Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-12-31
LITTLE CHANGE IS FOUND
IN BODY CONSTRUCTION
Maxwell Expert Tells of
Coach Builders in
Europe.
SEES wonk or MIDDLE AGES
Says Frnmc Work or Vehicle Used In
French Coronation Ceremonies
Differs Little From IIirh-Grndc
Motor Cars or Present Day.

Motor body construction which 20
tho eve has changed enormously in
decade. In reality has changed but
little In several hundred years as far
as the principles OF body framing
and hraoinr are concerned. Methods
Of manufacture. OF course. have been
vastly improved and thoroughly
''nodcrnizcd, in America. at least. 20
meet tho demands OF large scale
production; appearance has hccn so
altered that beauty, durability and
utility for all types OF services. are
VOL combined: but tho raw frame
OF 4 motor car body built today. and
no skeleton OF Kings coach of
tho Middle Ages would easily pass
'or blood kin. IN virtually all de.
tails ot construction.
This is the statement Of T.. w.
Goodwin, consulting engineer OF
Maxwell Motor Corporations body
division. who has iust returned from
two months in Europe, during which
time he visited the Paris and London
automobile shows and the factories
nf leading motor car manufacturers
and coach builders In England.
France and Belgium. He also visited
the museums which hold the finest
examples OF coach work.
slow. Costly System.
in tho Palace 81 Kings. in Yer
'Fsiiios. Mr.. Goodwin made a close
Inspection OF GENEROUSLY appoint
,ed vehicle used in tho coronation
.ccrcmonies of French Kings in the
Middle Ages. and again brought to
rusc by Napoleon upon the occasion
,of his marriage TO Josephine. This
carriage is urnamcntcd with solid
~ did. Iiand-Carvcd figures adorn the
stop. The harness is OF gold Cen
-Ninc tapestry is used throughout for
upholstery Paintings are on the
~eidc panels, done by the leading ar
lists OF tho day, Yet the frame
work % this regal affair. built cen
.1urtes ago, is no different than is to
dc found In n high grade motor car
rhodY construction.
: Mr. Goodwin states that European
builders are not in position to avail
them selves OF the advantages OF
iarc scale production in body build
!. ing. They have neither the couip-
cement nor tn" manufacturing sys-
stem, They build today In about the
..samc manner that specially designed
--joAs arc manufactured hcrc-a slow.
- oStly system tina, has been made
sseomplctc in this country by modern
~ marhtncry and methods.
>" Closrd-tar Demand Increases
~ t'' t'4 'N'i1N '4'llhlu lpE cars OF the
-" os"d type in France has not ad-
-Fvancoi in tho same proportions that
= ~ has In the United States. he goes
-ron opcn cars, or closed cars OF the
= collapSiblc type ar. the most popu-
:, lar Tho English closcd-car demand
n-'s Increasing. but principally for cars
-~of the l.andaulet type.
= In no country, MIR. Goodwin claims.
.sar" motorists SO eSacting in their
ad "mauds FOR quiet operation as here.
tri Ito relates the story OF trim with
io;'n English motorist VINO was driv-
u.inS large, expensive car OF for
- iSn make That car was unuSu-
IN ily noisy" said Mr. Goodwin. The
''nNle was bowling; and tho motor
gears gay" forth sounds that came
IND went in crcsCendoS that depend
I'D upon the speed OF the car. I
Jailed tho owners attention to the
.-fhct that his car seemed to re do
tIng more than it's share of noise
.Ira King. suggested a little oil. He
."as angry He felt that he needed
.sto express his feelings and did 1,
- wouldn't give a snap tor. ono these
200! Yankee cars that Won Gavin,
-teI when tho motors running Per
,hans lao was sincere in his state
','rcnt. and perhaps that is why En-
'-ioDcan makes are not particularly
quiet But the fact that Americans
demand quiet operation has result
.ra in their getting H. We can I'm O.
edoubtodly learn from Europe. ana
lit j. just AS true that Europe can
learn from us"