Evening star., 1921-12-25
SEEK OLDEST AUTO
Of AMERICAN MAKE

Who owns. and where is. the oldest
automobile of standard American
make Still in running condition?
That's what the management of
the National Automobile shows in|
Grand Central Palace. January Z to|
II. and the Coliseum, Chicago, Jan
uary 2s to February 4. wants to|
know, and it would like to hear from
persons who believe they are entitled
TO the honor of such ownership.
The purpose of the show manageI
ment is TO give the public a chance|
TO compare the car and equipment
furnished in the earlier days with The
wonderful devices and appliances
that are standard now; in other
words. to show the value the rur-
chaser is getting now as contrastcu
with the pioneer days Most OF the|
cars at the first automobile show mi
1900, and for several years after
ward We're known as "one-lnugers.
because they were driven by sinsle|
cylinder gasoline engine. TWO pas
sengers was usually the limit car
risd. Tile equipment was practlcdliy
nil.
.One-Lunger" of Two Dacades Ago.
Just imagine how the "one lunger
of nearly two decades ago would
compare with the modern, fully
equipped car. In the old days thereI
were no closed bodies, not even Al
windshield protected the occupants
no self-Starter. speedometerS were
unknown. dmountahle rims were un-
heard of-in fact, no one even car
ried spare tire: mirrors, recoru-
ing devices, bumpers. safety slehals.
shock absorbers. lighting batteriesI
and clocks had not even been thought
of. Even the steering wheel OF TO-
day was unknown-ln fact. one az
vertisement of a car as late as Iso1
said the price included 1enders' iah'p''
tools and a horn.
tails of the make of car, the year OF
manufa cture, the manufacturer mum
ber, if possible, an estimate OF the
number of miles the car has run, what
changes. if any. have oeen mace anu anu
distance of its last run, with photo
graph of the car. to :. A. Miles. gen
erai manager. National AutomobfleI
shows. 366 Madison ave. New YORK
city, on or before January 3. 1a22.
Conditions of Entry.
The conditions under which the old
car owners can enter their autoho
biles follow: 1t must be the property
Of an individual who is not manu-
facturer, must have been built prior
to 1907, must still be of some prac
tical use, must have been in its day Al
standard model of one OF the e8hoit-
ors at next years show. must DeI
point of delivery in Chicago to the
Coliseum and remain on exMoiuonI
there during the week of the exposi-
sition. The show management Will
pay for the transportation OF the owner
Of the car and the car itself. from any
part of the United States to Chicago
and return.
The winner will be selected by a
committee of three of which Robert
A. Brannigan. head of the patents dc
partnent of the National Chamber OF
Commerce, will be chairman.
Prospective competitors Will see ny
the following list the ears that arc
eligible, the makes being those exhib |
iting at either the New York and
Chicago expositions or both: Ambas-
sador, Anderson. Apperson, Auburn
Bournonville, Buick, Cadillac, Case
Chalmers. Chandler. Chevrolet. Cleve
land, Cole. Columbia. Crow -Elkhari
Dodge Brothers, Doris, bort, dupont
Durant, Earl. Elcar, Eigin. Essex
Franklin, Gardner, Gcodspeed. Grant
Handley-Knight. Hanson. Hatfield
Haynes, H. c. s., Holmes, Hudson, Hup-
mobile. ITALIA. Jordan. Kelsey, King, kis
well, Lexington. Liberty. Lincoln. Lo
comobile, McFarlan. Maibohm, Marmon
Maxwell, Mercer. Milburn, Mitchell
Moon, Nash, National. Noma, Oakland
Oldsmobile, Overland, Packard. Paige
Paterson, Peerless. Pierce-Arrow. Pi
lot. Premier, Rauch.L .Laung, r. &
Knight, REQ, Rickenbacker, Roamer
Saxon. Sayers, Standard, Stanle!
Stearns-Knight, Stephens. Stevens
Duryea, Studebaker, Stutz, Templar
VauXhall, Velie, Westcott Wills -
Claire and Willys-Knight.