New-York tribune., 1921-12-18
Oldest Auto
Now Running.
Show Feature
Management of the National
Motor Exhibition 70 Be
Held Next Month Is Look
ing for just Such a Car
Will Emphasize Progress
ssOne-Lungcr" Gasoline Car
of 20 Years Ago Was Con.
sidered Wonderful Thing

Who owns and where is the oldest
automobile OF standard American make
still in running condition? This is
what the management of the National
Automobile shows in Grand Central
Palace, January to IL. and the Coli
scum. Chicago, January % to Feb
ruary Z. wants to know, and it would
ike to hear from persons who believe
they are entitled to the honor of such
ownership.
ment is to give the public chance
to compare the car and equipment fur
nished in the earlier days with the
greatly improved devices and appli-
words, TO show the value the purchaser
is getting now as contrssted with the
pioneer days. Most of the cars at the
first automobile show in 1900, and for
several years afterward, were known as
zone lungers." because they were
driven by single cylinder gasoline
engine. Two passengers were about the
limit. The equipment was practically
nil.
Just imagine how the zone lunger"
of nearly two decades ago would COM
pare with the modern, fully equipped
car. In the old days there were no
closed bodies--not' even windshield
protected the occupants; no self
starter; speedometers were unknown;
4 III
fact, no one even carried a spare tire;
mirrors, recording devices, bumpers,
safety signals, shock absorbers, light
ing batteries and clocks had not been
thought of. Even the steering wheel
of to-day was unknown. In fact, one
advertisement of a car as late as 1904
said the price included TENDERS, lamps,
tools and a horn" This was, indeed,
generosity.
Asked to Send Details
Candidates are required to send de-
tails of the make of car, the year of
manufacture, the manufacturers num-
ber, if possible; an estimate of the
number of miles the car has run; what
changes, if any, have been made, and
as nearly as possible the date and dis
tance of its last run, with photo
graph of the car, to S. A. Miles, gen.
eral manager. National Automobile
Shows, 366 Madison Avenue, New York
City, on or before January 8, 1922.
The conditions under which the old
car owners can enter their autom obiles
follow: 1t must be the property of an
individual who is not q manufacturer,
must have been built prior to 1907,
must still be of some practical use,
must have been in its day a standard
model of one of the exhibitors at next
hn Irfx, ,Io<. -
own power from point of delivery in
Chicago to the Coliseum, and remain
on exhibition there during the week
OF the exposition. The show manage
ment 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
committee of three, of which Robert A.
Brannigan, head of the patents depart
ment of the National Chamber of Com
merce, will be chairman.
ANY Standard Make Eligible
Prospective competitors will see by
the following list the cars that are eli
gible, the makes being those exhibiting
at either the New York or Chicago ex-
position or both:
Ambassador, Anderson, Apperson,
""Aitt Au uihVuVillet QUICK, cadillac.
Case, Chalmers, Chandler, Chevrolet.
Cleveland, Cole, Columbia, Crow-Elk
hart, Davis, Detroit Electric, Dixie
Flyer, Dodge Brothers, Doris, bort,
+, dupont, Durant, Earl, Elcar, Elgin, Es-
sex, Franklin, Gardner, Goodspeed.
Grant, Handley Knight, Hanson, Hat
field, Haynes, H. c. s., Holmes, Hudson,
Hupmobile, Itala, Jordan, Kelsey, King.
Aissel, Kline Kar, Lafayette, Leach
Biltwell, Lexington, Liberty, Lincoln,
Locomobile, McFarlan, Maibohmr Mar
mon, Maxwell, Mercer. Milburn, Mitch
ell, Moon, Nash, National, Mona.
oakland, Oldsmobile. Overland Pack
ard, Paige, Paterson, Peerless, Pierce
arrow. Pilot, Premier, Rauch-Lang, R.
v; knight, REQ, Rickcnhackcr, Roam
er, Saxon, Saycrs, Standard, Stanley.
stcarns- knight. Stephens, Stevens Dur
yea, Studebaker, Stutz, Templar, Vaux-
nall, Velie, Westcott, Wills St. Claire
and tilys-Knight