The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-12-30

- me 0o41m0lnG Of TIE neW
~ h Nv Motor company Of
Moline pisces upon the mar
~ new automobile which II 70
6oWn foe The lfse time ct the
& ~ York autcmobile show next
uFdoy. Tho CIR n . nix aqd II
~ known - the Model H. It
tpises to b one Of the sensa-
{ 6A6 ~ the New York show.
Deineeru and designers Of the
u - " MOTOR company have been
10y practically all the last year
\ p1tfecting details Of this new car
4 - q has been subjected to very
GoRere tests which have proved 1t
N ~ capable Of remarkable per-
1t9nnnce. The new model IL the
! result OF an experience Of more
tn three years In the manufac-
/ tufe OF six-cylinder knight engines
] end more than Is years experience
A the production Of passenger au-
femobiles. The aim OF the COM
any has been to build the finest
automobile in America for general
uje. and 1t has won the unqualified
! and enthusiastic endorsement Of
Hundreds Of judges to whom it has
been shown during thetirne 1t was
being developed. While the engine
n Of the same type as the former
r & v knight Six. 1t has been
greatly improved. the outstanding
change being the installation Of a
fbur-bearing instead of a three
bearing cranksrhaft.
In body lines the new car has
been very greatly improved. The
company has discontinued the use
Of the ''v" type radiator which for
it, product, and has adopted in
stead fat front conventional type
radiator OF very attractive lines
Nickel will be. the standard finish
Of the radiators on all cars. Sheet
metal parts have been improved
and refined and in every way the
appearance Of the new model will
compare favorably with the finest
automobiles Of the country. 1t is
Of interest that the bodies are the
product Of another local manufac-
turing plant, the Moline Body cor
pofatinn.
The Model Fl line will include
I've cars: five-passenger touring.
seven-passenger touring. four-pas-
uenger sport, five-passenger club
sedan and seven-passenger sedan,
and the price range will be from
1850 to $4,000. Production Of the
new car Is now under way and the
schedule will be eight cars a day
soon after the first Of the year.
Preparations have been made FOR
4 = production that will exceed any
former record OF the r & V plant,
It Is believed that the new car has
Z characteristics which will win Il
great public favor among discrim-
mating, buyers who want cars Of
the higher grade. and interest In
the new model r. already keen. Ar
aggressive sale and advertising
\ program has been prepared and the
new r & V Knight Six will mot
only be vigorously pushed in terri
tories where the car is now repre-
sented. but 1t is planned to invade
additional territory.
Externally the Model Fl car has
little resemblance to any Of the
former r 4 V Knight cars. The
top Is Of the permanent type and
there is ventilating windshield in
which are integrally mounted side
wings. Open cars are OF green
! gray. dark and r & v knight blue
while the closed cars are Of pelican
gray on the lower part and black
On the upper.part- Nickel and Ger
man silver trimmings are used.
6s Niles IN Hour.
Mechanically. the new car rep
! resents the best of all the long line
u Moline-k night'an and R & vKnight
Cars The new engine has remark
able power. giving the car hill
climbing ability Of rare character
while providing IS miles an hour
speed on the level road II that be
desired. Its acceleration is unusu-
ally rapid and the result is an ease
Of handling In trafiic which Is a de-
hight to the driver and q revelation
% those unaccustomed to the
Knight engine.
Spring suspension Of the new
model - interesting, as the r 4 v
knight now has los inches II
spring length tori 124 inches Of
Wheel base. the longest springs.
Drcportionately. OF any car In the
country. It 10 said. Infframe con-
struction. too. the h { v engineers
have adopted q design that is dis