The New York herald., 1921-11-13

sizes and types Besides trucks the
Krupps had an exhibit OF steel wares
and steel parts that was extremely in
teresting. as IL was one of the few pieces
OF educational propaganda in the show.
Here were various grades of steel and
different processes with new unrustable
steel
The sensation Of the show was the
Rumpler drop car, so called from its
shape when viewed from above. The
designer Herr Rumpler. made a stir
ten years ago in airplane circles with
a monoplane, and his aviation expert
ence showed in the lines OF the car.
The air resistance was as near zero as
science and mathematics could make IL.
The car steered from the front, but the
engine and all its parts We're on the
rear axle This, of course, gave much
more effective cooling and tends to re-
duce dust clouds and gas difficulties for
driver and passengers. Spare wheels
and tires were carried in the pan under
meath and are readily accessible from
the side. The car could easily develop
65 miles per hour with low gasolene
consumption. In keeping with its gen
eral aviation lines the ear has perfectly
fiat horizontal mud guards, and the en-
closed types gave n most curious though
submarine and airplane. The price was
between 15O. 100000. 900 marks ($1,500-
$4,000. orders were booked for year
ahead. wilicn would seem 10 Indicate
that the public has faith in its powers or
performance.
A car without gear shift was shown
by the Maybach Company, a concern
known for its Zeppelin motors. Essen
TALLY this is new clutch arrangement
worked like a Ford, but with more
complicated mechanism. The car had
a self-starter and could 80 directly from
n walking TO racing speed. Other Tea
lures were front wheel brakes eliminat-
ing skIddin and a double ignition sys-
tenn The same PEOPLE also showed
marine engine built without crank case
gaskets.
Two more wonders were the so-called
Mauser single track car and the Rivo
propeller car The former has an ordi-
nary type small body. but with only two
main wheels, u considerable tire econ
omy. The car started with two aux
iliary wheels, which can be raised as
soon as in speed. II the car tips be-
yond a certain point the raised aux
Hilary wheels prevent spill. The price
is $4,000 marks (S250), and no more
orders can be taken until March. The
American rights have already been sold.
Another feature is the Rivo with rear
propeller drive. This gives high speed.
The pitch OF the propeller is adjustable
for reversing, slowing and stopping.
The car also can be fitted with runners.
An electric car was on exhibition quite
in contrast to the usual luxurious Amer
lean types. This was of solid simple
construction, batteries in front, two mo-
tors on the rear wheels, and clearly in
tended TO be a car for the large public.
There were several light and medium
weight motorcycles which showed the
prevailing European tendency away
from the greater weight of some Ameri-
can makes. The model here was more
like the English Douglas, and some of
the machines seemed little more than
strengthened bicycles with engines.
Six thousand five hundred marks (S65)
was an average for the simpler, more
moderate priced motorcycles.
Specialties. accessories, &c, had a
number of places. including "non-break-
able glass, compounds to keep wind
shields from cloudihg. and the like.
There was u new Boscn magnetic giving