San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-10-27

A total Of 1900 motor cars in San
Antonio were equipped with Gabriel
Snubbers last year. according TO H. +
Clapp. manager of the local factory
branch of the Gabriel Manufacturing
Company. of Cleveland. Ohio. During
the last several years motor car manu-
facturers have begun to recognize them
as a necessity and they are considered
no longer as an accessory by many
motorists. They have been on the To-
cal market for nine years and with the
establishment of the local factory
branch at JIG Broadway. they have
been more widely advertised and conse-
qucntly are in greater demand. Their
primary object is to make n car ride
easily. and they do. according to sew
eral thousand motorists.
The Southern Equipment Company
was the first distributor Of Gabriel
Snubbers in San Antonio when they
were placed on the local market nine
years ago. On November of last year
the factory opened a branch here and
made it the headquarters for Gabriel
Snubbers OF South Texas. Opening an
intensive advertising campaign imme-
diately after beginning business the
local branch has succeeded in equip
ping hundreds of motor cars in San
Antonio with Gabriel Snubbers. Ga
hriel Snubbers have been on the mar
ket since 1911 and are said to be some
of the most extensively used shock
preventing devices for motor vehicles.
The primary object of Gabriel Snub-
berS is TO cause the car TO ride easily
to give that soft. floating movement
to the car body sought by every motor
list. The secondary object is to protect
the car from vibration. prOlOng the
life of both car and tires and reduce
general upkeep expens".
They are the only device embodying
the true Stumbling princi =. says Mr..
Clapp of the local branch. and the APP
plication of which is patented. There
is no other snubber. the word being
the company's registered trademark.
and stamped on the product for tho
protection OF the customers. says Mr..
Clapp.
Sixty Cars Have Them.
More than 80 leading car manufac-
turers have adopted Gabriel Snubbers
rs standard equipment. or drill the
frames for them. There can be no
higher endorsement as to the value and
efficiency of Gabriel Snubbers than
by the engineers who build these high
Grade cars. and whose interest it is
to give their customers only the best
the market affords. lie Says. The COM
pany shall not attempt to enter into
any detailed statement regarding the
merits of Gabriel Snubbcrs as it feels
that the old saying factions speak
louder than words covers the matter
briefly and thoroughly. Mr.. Clapp says
Snubbcrs are simple pieces of ma
chincry. They are made of only few
parts. As the car springs compress.
tho spring in the coil expands and
takes IN the slack in the betting, then
cs the rebound commences. the coils
Of betting begin to tighten and create
friction on the band of brass between
them. thus forming a resistance that
increases gradually as the coil com
presses the spring within it. This
action controls the action of NE car
springs. and causes them TO regain
their natural position without jerk
or abrupt stop. The result is the oc..
cuDants move with the seat instead OF
being bounced or iolted with it,
The cars that are equipped with the
snubbprs are: Case. Anderson. Apper-
son. Buick. Cadillac. Cole. Davis. FL
car, II. G. S. Hupmobile (clos2d mod
ell. Jordan. King. Kissel. Lafayette.
Hearse, McFarlan, Milburn Electric,