The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-10-14
CL0SEDEG.I.AIRIS7
important NOW
aeo Dealer Discusses This
Phase Of Auto Trade
for Readers.

';ItSassbut a few years ago that
the clDsed car was merely an ad.
ii,nrt q. the! regular line Of types
produced By automobile manutac.
tiirers and the demand for this type
was nothing to be compared with
the unprecedented demand that ex.
ists today says NJ. D. Wilson OF
tine Wilson Sales Co.
AS one looks back at the prog
ress made in automobile body con
strncti6n during recent years, one
faet Is prominently evident and
that IS the freakish type OF body
has lost favor with the public. To
day the closed car conforms with
the Standard practices OF the cal
makers. Body designers are guild.
I'd BY the desires OF the public and
dienIty In. design Is the vogue.
AS q famous designer OF WON.
EMS modes so aptly declared, The
sfeil dressed woman OF refinement
should be attired so that she Is not
conspicuous. but yet commands a.
tcnton by the good taste she dis
plays SO II Is with the average
closed car OF today. They are heau.
it'll: dignified, practical and built
for unitarian purposes,
s,Eighres recently issued by tha
National Automobile Chamber Of
Commerce state that the 1929 pro.
dnctton will exceed 1000, 900 moto /.
Sehicles alone. During the sec.
ondg quarter Of 1922. the entire In
dnstrY produced $4,000 motor We
holes with 1.137,00O cars and
trucks for the full six months. Gen
crafty speaking. the closed car is
used as a utility vehicle and be.
cause it2is so adapted to all sea-
sons its popularity has increased
~ leaps and bounds. Since the
days when the Phoenicians journe".
cd westward, man has striYen to
hettett the mode Of travel He sought
new means of expressing himself
and as centuries went on. clvtliza.
ton and transportation became CO.
partners moving down the ages
hard IN hand.
'sThe invention Of the wheel was
the most important step In pro-
nipting progress and Is comparable
only TO the compass which guides
mariners when out OF sight OF land.
Steam engines helped to quicken
the transportation movement and
more and more individuals sought
faptd and better transportation.
with the advent of the motor
rar. II was believed that the last
word in transportation mad been
found because Of its independence
OF such things as schedules, time
tables! ,etc.seto which the average
man had been heretofore bound,
The automobile opened up new
avenues Of transportation. New
roads were built. Progress has ad.
yanced with the advent of the mo.
tor car and today its Importance
Is felt throughout the world.
The new REQ closed models rep.
resent the last word in closed cars.
Mechanical reliability that Is in
utionally REQ is built into the
double;tramed chassis, with the
power units suspended in an inner
frame which, in turn, is Graded
With the outer one.
Fifty horsepower is developed
trtile SIX ground cylinders in which
travel, the aluminum.alloy plstons.
And quietly carried to the drive
sYhals through a 4-bearing crank.
shaft 1ssplate clutch, an amid.
shir.mounted transmission and
smoothly operating universe;
joints
Both new REQ closed models at
ttacted unusual attention at the
Slossd Car Exhibition in New York
and those who have seen these
Closed cars agree that never before
las mechanical goodness so effec.
lively Joined forces with beauty
and utility as in tho new REQ Ali.
Steel Paueled Coupe and Sedan"