Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-02-24

cars are here to stay and open mod
els will be used mostly as semi
sport cars. Second, the dominant
! character OF enclosed cars has
changed. They are utilities now
not luxuries. It seems to mo That
this is nothing less than q marvel
Gus development. an overnight
event of epochal Importance in the
Industry. Who would have Thought
IL months ago that it would be
more difficult to sell open cars than
enclosed ones? Yet that is the ex-
&C! truth today. Who would have
SAID year ago that the greatest
! problem today would be for the
pody manufacturers to turn out n
volume production OF enclosed cars ?
| ana mat the companies who were
SO 1oreslghted as to make their ar
engagements for volume of en-
closed cars would be selling their
| capacity output? Now this demand
being disclosed and admitted, isn't
1t reasonable that the automobile
trade. rejecting this desire. should
tell the manufacturers of the indus
! try to turn out enclosed bodies in
! volume under a standardized sys-
! tcm-aS 4 few companies did last
year. We must have quantity pro-
duction in enclosed bodies. If it
, weren't for its notable spirit of re-
Spouse to public demand, the Amer
| lean automobile business would still
be small time trade rather than
, one of the worlds great-giant in
dustries. 1t reasoned: If standard
! lied manufacture could produce
such wonderful results in the quail
ity and price of chassis, why not in
| bodies also?
| But isn't the fact apparent that
: the motorist who can have but one
make of car. and who wishes to use
| that car in all seasons for both bus
| mess and recreation. will seek the
| medium priced enclosed car. which
| best meets the general average Of
| his ncedsc
| "This car. it should be undorst God.
cannot be skimped in any important
| particular. 1t must be reliable both
! in chassis and body. 1t must give
the purchaser assurance that the
| body will last as long as the chassis.
| The body may have straight instead
! of curved lines. and the equinment
in line with the general purpose of
the car should be chosen for utility.
But it must be priced right and
render Il definite, comfortable serv-
| ice.
The kennebec Auto Supply Com
pany says that the new -Four Door
. Brougham REQ will undoubtedly be
! one of the most popular cars OF the
year and has already created q great
deal of attention and much favorable
comment at the National Automobile
shows. The new Brougham REQ.
| combining modishness with comfort
| and economy, is truly a quality pro-
duct. Completely appointed and
: equipped to the smallest detail with
every convenience for comfort ana
| utility it represents the most adj
vanced practices in close-counled de-
sign and is in conformity with the
modern trends of motor car con-
struction. This new Brousham Reo
comfortably seats five passengers.
| The front seat is wide enough to ac-
commCdate an extra person. The IN
/ terror is upholstered in high grade
broadcloth- finished wool material.
! The door and seating arrangement is
such that there is no crowding or
sacrificing of either seat or let room
; in gaining all the advantages OF
| close coupled body. The frame work
is of selected ash and maple. thor
oushly braced, with all exterior pam
I els of sheet steel. The top is OF
sound -deadening Slated construc :
| ton covered with waterproof fabric
{ instrument board and window
moulding are of solid American wal
nut. Wide doors, each hung on three
4, heavy hinges. are provided WIN
double catches which ensure against
! door rattles. Both rear doors ana
left fore door are locked from the IN
side, while the right fore door is
locked with key from the OUTSIDE
Each door is fitted with crank-type
! window regulator. convenient pocke.
pull-to handle and stop strap. y
tonneau heater with heavy aluminium
foot plate is controlled III the pas
senger compartment.
Clair Marston of the Franklin
Sales company says mat notofis'a
who figure that the "l'il old bus has
done pretty we'll if it lasts fifty or six
ty thousand miles. will be interested
in learning of an automobile in use IN
Astoria, Ore, which has piled up a
mileage equivalent to more than Ia
times the circumference of the earth
at the equator. The car. which is
n 1910 Franklin, is owned and is Still
being driven by Walter G. Smith OF
Astoria: it was purchased in 1917
from the Omaha Franklin leadership
In 1917. when the speedometer con-
nection broke. the dial registered
35S,162.6 miles the car had actually
travelled. Since that time Mr.. Smith
estimates that he has driven the car
about 1000 miles. Mr.. Smith states
that the 13-year- Franklin has
covered the trip across the continent
and back three times and has been IN
80 states.
It held a record Of 10 hours between
San Francisco and Los Angeles be-
fore the highway was built between
these two places. The only new parts
ever put in the car, according to MT
Smith, outside Of body and fender
changes, are a new set or intake
valves. oil pump gear and one rear
axie driyeshaft. The car has the
loriginal pistons and rings. Compress
sion is still good and the car today
makes about 16 1-2 miles to gallon
If gas. Mr. Smith still finds the
"old bus" dependable on long trips
despite the fact that it has arrived
NJ a hoary old age and has chalked
IN a mileage approached by but few
cars.
The past week has been banner
one for the John +. Hill Co., as they
have taken orders for ten cars. the
Hill concern is local distributors for
the Ford Motor Co. The following
are the different models sold: Two
touring, three sedans, two chassis
and two coupes. For this time OF
wear the above number OF safes is
very good, and is a forecast 1or DIE