Arizona republican., 1921-11-27

The old and the newl The ancient and the moderni Below, you see them drawn up side by side for your com parison. And were you to compare them in all their details you would surely find many interesting me chanica1 things of interest that H. lustrate the great progress attending the rise of the automobile as thing of transportation.
 The old timer standing proudly alongside the big Olds- Eight was the first car owned .n Phoenix that operated by gasoline. The first was a Locomobile steamer, the property of W. B. Creager, then superinten- dent of the city's schools and organ izer of the Phoenix High school, which became an asset of Phoenix as result of subscription contest held by the San Francisco Chronicle, and upon it's arrival here was displayed in Goldberg's store for six weeks Needless to say it attracted great attention and created much excite ment A striking vehicle, it was with sky-blue body and black I wheels.
 Bob Coulter, local manager of Snow & Tufts, is shown at the til- I Ter.
 The OldsmobiIe shown here soon l followed it, and was the proud pos | session of Doctors Stroud and Duf- field in either December, 1900, or I January, 1901. It was real aris- tocrat in those palmy days.
 One must needs stop and ponder l when he beholds an antique such as | this ancient Oldsrnobile shown in the 1 above picture. It recalls to memory 1 the days when men were endeavorlng to create a self lf-prooelliI1g vehicle | that would operate with something besides steam. The internal com bustion engine experiments were be- Il ing made at great cost or tune ana money for it was felt in many an engineering mind in the late '9Os that
 petroleum as a fuel would ultimately | drive the worlds transportation, i'll
 time to come.
 One obstacle after another was
 finally overcome. The first attempts
 were laughed at but after many ? heartaches vehicles were at last pro
 duced that would utilize gasoline se' off by an electric spark. And lnei
 swiftly progress winged Its way TOT
 ward until today there stands th'
 wonderful equipage known as tht | automobile = luxurious, dependable
 inexpensive and capable of reaching : the remotest of destinations
 The little Oldsmobile which hai I seen so much of life possesses on' 1 cylinder. It was cranked from tn
 side, steered by a tiller handle. ik'
 the present day electric coupes. l !, | had a. fuel tank of six-gallon capac : ity. The motors dimensions are fou
 inches by six inches-bore and stroke i. Its tires are 2Sx21s inches. As t speed it was whirlwind in the earl,
 days-25 miles per hour was its limi l, and it went tearing down the street.
 The final drive is by means of l, chain - gear driven aXles were un : known then. The cost of it wa : $500.
 The ignition apparatus on this ca = consists of dry cells and an ordinar y vibrator coil The radiator has thre
 sets of parallel coils arranged on . floor boards of the front of the cai
 the water circulating through pipe l, into an auxiliary storage tank.
 has a plunger circulating pump. 'f The steering gear connects direc
 with a spring which resembles tn -c regular buggy spring now in us'
 and which connects with the fror 'f axle thereby turning the axle whe
 the spring turns.
 |, Two speeds forward and a revers
 comprise the transmission, and th y control lever is at the right side {
 the driver, as is also the emergenc '- brake which is a large looped ste'
 bar. The spark is also on the rigi lc hand side of the front seat.
 Among the other ''peculiarities' { ll this aristocrat of bygone days al Id the brake, which contracts on u
 differential; the curved dashboard
 front and a wheelbase of six fee L. three inches.
 of Contrast this first product of tl
 Oldsmobile factory with the presel r. day motor car manufactured by tn It, concern.
 The Oidsmobile is the product . one of the finest equipped factori' Il, and most highly skilled workmansh O. in the country today. There a l. over 500 separate and distinct m; S. chimes which were specially design'
 for the Oldsmobile motor. It too S. approximately two years to lay O