Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-10-15
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driver.
The Nash chassis has been changed
slightly and a new four-door, five pas
senger sedan has been added, this be-
ing 5000 at the factory. Among the
chassis changes are the addition OF five
cross braces in the frame, which stu
further prevent frame weaving. Al
though these braces were added pr,
marily TO prevent flexing of closed
bodies, the open bodies are fitted to
the same chassis. Another feature of
the closed jobs is the copper guttering
Of the windshield sides to prevent
leakage of water.
OIds mobile Br0ugham
A new Oldsmobile body is the
brougham at $1,425, f. o.. b.. the fac
tory. This is a two door body with a
seating capacity of five and uses the
fitting front seat A feature of the
design is the rear carrying compartment
which is reached from the outside. A
cover. curved to conform to the body
lines, is hinged at the top and can be
locked. A strut holds it open when ac-
cess is desired. The tools are but
toned TO a board with drops from TINS
cover and beneath this is space for a
considerable amount of luggage.
Two new bodies have been added
to the REQ line. these being of steel
and comprising a sedan at S1.So5 I. 0.
b. factory. and a coupe at Sl,S3o, I.
o. b.. factory. They are to be known
as model c and will be produced
along with the aluminium bodied coupe
and sedan which have been IN pro-
duction for some time at a higher
price. The new steel bodies are be-
ing built in the REQ shops and an
option of either wood or disk wheels
is offered.
Fisher Built Bodies on Oakland
The new Oakland sedan and coupe,
both Fisher built, made their DEBUT
at the New York show. The SEDAN,
a four-door job, is priced at Sl,445
at the factory, and the coupe. which
has a five-passenger seating arrange
ment with fitting front seat, is 81
545 at the factory. The coupe which
is 500 higher in price than the four
door body has considerable additional
equipment. including a platform for
a trunk aluminium back raiisr. etc
Equipment on both the models is
Of the sport character.
A new seven-passenger SEDAN, TO
be known as Model ~, fills out the
WHY'S Knight line. The price of this
lob is S2.19J. The chassis is ldentl-
cal with the regular model.
Cole has made several changes IN
its closed bodies. including the adj
dition Of a cowl ventilator. Due TO
the ventilation secured by this means
the lower part of the windshield
has been made fixed. The closed bod
les have three-quarter running boards
with an extra wheel mounted Just for
ward of the end Of the running board.
The wheel equipment, consisting of SIX
wheels. is optional, wood, wire or
disk. The price of the two-door Sc
dan at the factory is $3,6S5.
Maxwell Club Coupe
A new Maxwell body is the club
coupe a 1895, f. o. b. factory. 1t
is featured by quarter windows which
drop full length in place of the solid
fabric covered quarter sections which
are generally used in connection with
two-passenger coupes.
The seating space is arranged the
same as the Maxwell roadster. The
ventilation features have been given
particular attention by the arrange
ment of the quarter windows and by
the special type of windshield which