The New York herald., 1922-10-15
Along the Row

New York. distributor of the Stewart line
recently delivered fleet of delivery wagons
equipped with cord tires TO the makers ~
Beech Nut bread.
Automobile body makers viii stage their
second national show in the Twelfth Regi-
ment Armory January to 49, This will
come at the same time as the National Auto
mobile Show in Grand Central Palace, thus
making the period one of the biggest auto
mobile weeks New York has ever seen With
the body builders and the car manufacturers
from all parts of the country holding their
mobile Industry will practically own the city
for six days.
J.. j. Hunt, metropolitan distributor for
from Capt, L. v. Rickenbacker. who With
his bride Is honeymoonng at the scenes OF
MS sensational air battles which returned
I'm Americas ace of aces at the close Of
the world war, that he Is very much i'm
pressed at the progress of aviation in Eu-
rope. especially In France, where the Gov
ernment has created subsidy to assist COM
mercial aviation.
Hundreds OF the latest automobile models
~ be on display along Brooklyn's outomo-
bile row this week. The occasion Is the
tumn show of the Brooklyn Motor Vehicle
Dealers Association and the event has stirred
friendly rivalry among the members of the
organization more than any other happening
IN recent years. The cars are being exhibited
In the many Individual showrooms. the ma
'-ity of which are on Bedford avenue How
Ger, rulton street, Atlantic avenue. Flatbush
avenue and Lafayette avenue will also reflect
pirit prvaoinnant In the Brooklyn auto
lobile world for the next six days. Dealers
N the last named sections have dressed
ip'' just lavishy as their contemporaries
who are situated on motor car row proper.
George Dickson. president OF the National
Motor Car and Vehicle Corporation. who
anne TO New York for the show drawings OF
the National Automobile Chamber of Com
merce, told George Morrow the local Ma
tional dealer. that in all his experience in the
automobile business he had never seen any
'''-g like the present demand for closed
cars.
Ne can't build them fast enough he
aid. Although we saw this thing coming
and thought we had prepared for 1t. we arc
wamped, just the same. You might ray
hat we are specializing in closed cars. With
,ur organization and equipment ought to
atch up with the demand before very long
we have an expert designer of national repu-
alton and special body building depart
ment. Our close coupled sedan. which was so
we, sne m at ,tsr the recent closed car show
mired BY all who see it,
Three Overland four touring cars and ono
Willys-K knight touring car entered by J.
Hamlet & Co.. Ltd, Willys-Knight dealer In
New Zealand. were given perfect scores at
the completion of the recent reliability ru.
II 143 miles from Chri-t Church to Akaroa
and return. The three Overlands and the ono
Willys-Knight were given a score of 900
ach for perfect nonstop run and relie-
bility of performance. There were twenty-six
in the contest.
Road conditions and driving rain made
the trip extremely difficult and hazardous.
yet the Overands established record OF
27.2t miles TO the gallon of gasoene and the
knight 1922 for the entire distance
Gene Sarazen, the professional golf cham
pion, Is the proud owner of a Packard single
tx roadster. He was In such hurry to
get his new car that he went all the way out
10 the factory TO drive II In himself.
we received last week very complete and
Instructive book entitled Motor Vehicles and
Their Engines" by Frazer and Jones. II Is
published by d. Van Nostrand Company OF
Warren street. This interesting publica-
tlon covers care repair and mana cement OF