New-York tribune., 1922-02-05
Car
Show Will Be
Best of Kind
Annual Exhibition by tho
Auto Dealers Of Th;, Bor-
ough 70 Be Held March
I to IL; Spaces Drawn
To Display Fifty Makes
Total of 2I5 Spaces Will
Permit Accessory Dealers
Also to Exhibit Wares

With q drawing Of space for the
annual exhibition OF the Brooklyn
Motor Vehicle Dealers Association
completed the members Of tho organi-
cation are settling down to the forma-
ton Of plans that promise to make
the eleventh annual show the most i'm
portant and best over staged in Brook
lyn. As usual it is to be held at the
2Sd Regiment Armory. 1t will start on
Saturday, March 4, and continue over
Saturday, March Ii. The dates are
similar to the ones that have been used
by the Brooklyn dealers for years.
The drawing during tho past week
showed that tho committee had dc
cided to arrange the armory along
lines held out for the show last year
Instead of arranging the armorv into
big spaces and allowing each dealer
to take single space, the drill shed
floor was divided into small spaces and
the dealers were allowed 10 draw one
or more in accordance with their wants
being, of course limited to the size of
the line they desired to show. The
arrangement allows OF an exceptionally
attractive show and one that is easily
inspected by Che public.
In the olden days it was the rule
Tor the members of the Brooklyn Mo-
tor Vehicle Dealers Association to oc-
cupy all the spaces IN the center Of
the armory and to relegate outsiders
to the less desirable spaces along the
walls. In those days, the dealers as
socation was closed corporation. To-
day things are different. Practically
every important dealer and agent in
the borough is member of the asso-
citation. Each took his chances at the
drawing, and as a result the old lines
and the new lines are we'll distributed
around the armory.
Spaces Allotted Fairly
Some of the first spaces chosen were
the ones that the committee thought
were the least desirable. It was due
to the fact that certain dealers with
more than one line of cars were anx-
lous to keep their lines together. Other
dealers were anxious to be near their
class competitors, and so were willing
to take spaces that the committee
thought were the least desirable in the
armory. At the end of the drawing all
hands were delighted with the way
things broke. The committee also was
pleased, for glance at the chart
showed that the cars were so we'll dis
tributed that no part of the armory is
going to be without good exhibit. In
the aggregate, there are 215 spaces or
the chart. These will be flied by some
tortyiive to fifty exhibits.
AS the accessory dealers are not
members of the Brooklyn Motor We.
hicle Dealers Association, their spaces
are being allotted in a different man
ner. The accessory exhibit is to be
staged in the balcony Of the big ar
mory. Last year the adding of acces-
sories to the show was big nnova-
ton. Only few were placed in the
armory. These were staged at one end
of the balcony. They proved so pop
ular that the committee decided to use
+he entire balcony this year. There is
no drawing for the spaces they being
sold to the first bidder. Already, prac-
tically all are gone. The committee in
charge Of the accessory exhibits ex-
poets to have every booth sold long
before the opening Of the show.
1t is too early to talk of the type OF
cars that will be exhibited by the diff
fcrent dealers. All the latest models
will be shown. OF recent years new
models have been given new and ir
some cases exceedingly treakl 81
names. Even an expert body make,
did not know all the names. The
statement is made upon the authority
of the Society of Automobile Engineers
which has decided that the many freak
names have become a joke and so ap-
pointed a committee to formulate 6
set of motorcar body names which
would at all times convey an adequate
meaning of just what sort Of body is
implied by a specified name.
Many Motor Terms Freakish
In the motor competition for novel
ties some remarkable terms have beer
created, utterly incapable of being de-
fined by the average motorist or any.
body else.
The Automobile Society committee
has selected the following names te
be used as standard ones for auto.
mobile bodies: Roadster, coupe, phae
ton, sedan, berline, limousine, broug-
ham, laMdauet cabriolet, sedan-an
daulet. berline- -landaulet. coupe-l Ian.
daulet. limousine -landaulct, and broug
haml landaulet.
Models of all these types of cars will
be seen at the Brooklyn show.
Officers and COmmittees