Arizona republican., 1922-01-22
REQ BRINGS OUT.
TAXICAb MODEL

| lAAIUHb MUUEL
Designed and built expressly for
! taxi service, a taXicab chassis, TO be
! known as Model 5, has just been an
nounced by the REQ Motor Car COM
pany, according to advices Just re-
ceived by Manager Cooper of the
/ Smith Motor Sales company. But a
| casual survey of its many strong fea-
! lures is necessary to recognize veh-
iele particularly adapted for the work
| 1t is intended to do.
| II. 7. Thomas, chief engineer Of the
| REQ plant is enthusiastic over his
latest contribution to the REQ line,
! and predicts a great future for it..
4 His confidence is founded on the
! established correctness of the me-
| chanical principles employed and on
| the thorough and efficient manner
! in which the various working units
| have been developed.
| Foremost among the qualifications
! necessary for successful operation in
| taXicab service are the durability and
| stamina that win resist hard usage
and rough travel, supplemented by
| reasonable speed, quick and depend
ample spring resiliency. Economy of
operation and particularly economy
of maintenance are also vital factors.
! REQ has always enjoyed an envi-
able reputation for these qualities in
| both their passenger and commercial
models, and the broad and valuable
| experience gathered by them in both
lines of motor car industry have
peculiarly qualified them to produce
a taXicab chassis which it is believed
will play as important q part in the
taxicab business as the remarkable
Speed wagon has played in the high
way haulage field.
Reing a combination Of the best
units of REQ passenger cars and
| Speed wagons, and mounted on a
| frame especially designed for taXicab
work, the new REQ model enters the
field as a thoroughly tried and tested
job and is entirely free from every
thing that is experimental Each
unit taken from the passenger car
line has made good in many thou
sands of cars now in service and
every unit coming from the Speed
wa~on has been demonstrated by the
10000 jobs that deliver the goods
quicker and cheaper for practically
every line of industry.
THE facilities of the REQ plant
make it logical producer of a chas-
sis for taxi service" says Mr.. Cooper.
Practically everything entering into
the mechanism OF Reos is made
in their own plant from designs
worked out by their own engineering
department. They are entirely free
of dependence on others for either
quality or workmanship. And as all
the taxi chassis units viii but aug
ment current production, they are
not burdened with any creative or ex-
perimental expense. on the other
hand. they al once receive the benefit
Of quantity output And therein lies
the secret Of the very low price whic9
has been made on the Job Probably
no other concern could possibly give
a taxi chassis the benefit OF such i'm.
mense production economies.
But what is probably of more inn
portance still is the reasonable serv-
i've expense that is assured every
owner. REQ has long prided itself in
its moderate charges for replace
ments, and as all-important parts in
the new chassis are interchangeable
with other current models, they are
at once benefited by its moderate SER
vice. Moreover, immediate nation
wide service is available through the
~
dealers, and their corps of trained
mechanics who are familiar with
every unit entering into the job.
"The chassis will be on exhibition
during the New York show at the
branch house at Broadway and Fifty
fourth street During the Chicago
show it will be shown on their sales
room floor at 2501 South Michigan
avenue. The price of the chassis is
1880 f. o. b. Lansing, p'us federal
tax, including rear tenders"
The wheelbase of the new chassis
is 113 inches, which is seven inches
shorter than the touring car, and 10
inches shorter than the Speed wagon.
Turning radius, 19 feet. The engine
is the FOUR cylinder Speed wagon mo-
tor that has made such a marvellous
record for both speed and power. 1t
has four and one eighth bore with
four and half inches stroke; cylin-
ders cast in pairs with head integral.
Transmission is of selective type,
equipped throughout with hi~h- duty
Hyatt roller bearings. Clutch is null
tiple dry disc type with 13 steel
plates. Rear axle is full floating and
employs large Timken bearings
Steering gear is adjustable beveI gear
and internal sector and pinion type.
Springs are two inches wide, being
3S inches long in front and "a inches
long in rear Wheels are disc steel,
carry SO inches by Az Royal cord
non-skid tires. Electrical equipment
includes the thoroughly dependable
6rters used on Reos for many
Years A b-frame carries all i'm
portant working units, thereby re-
lieving them from road stresses and
strains.