The New York herald., 1921-04-03
SELECT AUTO SHOW
OPENS TOMORROW
Fine Exhibition in Home of
the Automobile Club of
America.

The doors of the Automobile Club of
America will open at p. M. tomorrow
on an automobile exhibition that will be
quite different from any that New York
has ever seen. In the great club house
on Fifty-fourth street Just west OF
Broadway from to IL each day during
the coming week selected group Of
high class cars will be shown, the finest
products of the motor car industry OF
America and Europe.
This showing has been arranged. par
ticularly for the club men and women OF
New York and their guests. With but
thirty cars on view. each one distinc-
tive model, there will be ample oppor-
tunity for the close inspection and COM
parison that car owners and purchasers
like to make. Admission will be on In
vitation. and the crowding and pushing
that mar so many shows will be absent.
From the mechanical standpoint the
cars are the latest models the manu-
facturers Of the United States, Great
Britain, France and Belgium have pro-
duced- Each Is typical Of the best eng-
neering practice in its own price class,
and visitors will see some splendid ex-
amples Of engineering skill working with
tuo HlEuoSL pTiCeu IndteTldiS Tic IndTketS
of the world afford.
The coach work will reveal American
designers and builders of automobile
bodies at their best In color and finish,
In the texture and tone of the uphol-
stery as well as In the convenience and
elegance of the interior fittings. this ex-
hibit will eclipse any Of it's predecessors.
The marked progress shown along this
line will be noted with special graft
f1cation, for. long after the motor in
dustry had taken root on American soil.
and the products Of Detroit, Buffalo,
Bridgeport and Trenton had made names
for themselves the world over, It was
still thought by many that only Eu-
ropean styles were authentic as to body
| construction, Line and finish. The ad-
vance in this art evidenced at the Club
next week will astonish and please all
those who are proud OF the motor in
dustry Of the United States. from both
the quality and the quantity standpoint
The Assembly Room OF the club pro-
vides most distinguished setting for
the cars. In Its main features. this room
| is a replica Of the Sale des Fetes. IN the
Chateau de Blois Lois-et-cher, France
and IL considered one Of the finest in
| teriors in New York. Eighteen cars will
be shown here. The Grill, which ad-
joins, will furnish space for seven ad-
ditional models, and the remainder will
be displayed In the foyer and Bureau OF
Tours on the main floor.
The cars on view will be the follow
| ing:
| Ambassador Cadillac, Cole, Dodge
Brothers. Essex, Haynes, Hudson. Kis-
sci. Lexington, Lafayette. Locomobile
Lincoln, Marmon. Minerva, Mercer. Ma
T-f.
Arrow, Renault, Rolls-Royce. Rauch
& Lang. Stevens-Duryea, velie, Winton
The opening of the exhibition will be
marked by a luncheon in the grill room
of the club. Dave Hennen Morris, a
governor and former president of A.
G. A., will welcome the exhibitors, and
| Henry CASTOR as chairman Of the ex-
hibitor's committee will also speak.
Marmon will exhibit a seven passenger
suburban. q combination of open and
closed car conveniences. The interior
mountings are Of dull Grecian design
and the equipment of the body includes
a dome light. toilet case. eight day
watch. cigar lighter, foot rest, robe rail,
stenophone. silk curtains with automatic
rollers, carpet and mat and carpet over
| linoleum; the mouldings are In mahog-
any finish.
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the famous six cylinder Belgian product,
well worth study as an example OF mod
ern motor construction. This contains
many innovations In mechanical design.
| Dodge Brothers will show a Stratton-
Bliss town car on the Dodge chassis.
The latest foreign practice is followed
as to interior finish. The coach work
Is in velvet black with silver stripe
and there are nickelled wire wheels.
aluminium foot steps and nickelled lamps,
| Locomobile will exhibit the Sportif, a
four passenger car. modelled on strictly
continental lines. an adaptation of the
racing car with comfort and safety
added. This has proven the favorite
with both the younger set and for their
elders This Is painted a special blue
with triple stripe.
Cole will show their Aero Eight, up
holstered in material imported from
France The color scheme OF the body
is carried out In the shade of the cloth
and the enamelled ware. The chassis is
their latest with the Constant Clear
ance Piston" considered by the automo-