New Britain herald., 1926-11-30
The Depth of the Cushions Seems to Be the Big Test for the Ultra Car This Season-1OO Ma chimes Worth Millions on Show in New York.

New York, Ncv. 30 R-The depth of the cushions-not the purr of the engine-is the seasons test of all elegance of motor cars.
 The practical perfection of the mechanical side, automobile men said today. has caused the shifting of emphasis. Now the "dolled up" body is the thing.
 100 Cars Worth Million.
 Just how elegant the very ultra car will be was forecast when 100 cars worth s1,000,00O were rolled into fhe ball room of the Commo- dore hotel this week and there left to glisten amid soft music and select society, sporting the following "ac- cessories" Automatic cocktail mix CTS. ice chests, three-tier trunks. with 14 brass locks; hardwood bars, with gold and silver plated goblets; automatic cigarette lighters, boudoir chests, containing hair brushes, combs, etc.; caralra marble-toned leather seats; polished aluminium hoods, inlaid imported wooden door railings, monogrammed foot mufflers and period upholstering.
 $2O,OO0 Not Unheard Of.
 The well-dressed car. the exhibits in the twentieth annual salon show, will cost from $10.000 to $20,000.
 The highest priced car is not. however, one of the most adorned. It is a thoroughly sedate cab de vile, of English origin. with body built in Springfield, Mass.
 At a little less than $20,O00, it could be traded almost anywhere for half a dozen lesser-toned family transports.
 The Antique Craze.
 An outstanding feature of the sea son is the application of the antique craze to motor cars. One maker, a builder of very inexpensive cars, has "periodized" twelve bodies Of his most expensive brand and wealthy buyers may now have car to match their colonial country mousse Or llleli ldNol4lc Se''iiS"h'@ '@'
 From the Chinese palanquin they have taken some ideas, and appllec others from the Egyptian. Roman. Gothic, Georgian and other eras The period furnishing is reflected chiefly in the back seat where mi lady may esconce herself in early Gothic or the first empire, depend- ing upon her pocketbook.
 One of the curious cars of the period group is a perfect reproduce ton in canary yellow and black or a coaching brougham. An eight eenth century body on 1926 chas- sis boasts everything from archalc hinges and a square window lamp near the "coachman" to little leather tassles on the inside of the doors,
 This is, however, frankly, sell ing stunt and according to the deal CT, he doesn't hardly expect to sell it unless perhaps in Los Angeles.
 Personality Plus.
 Personality thus may reign su- preme in the American-built bodies that grace the foreign-motored cars
 For example. there's the rumble seated sport model racer, ordered by Rudolph Valentino, shortly DC fore the actors death. Obviously the cars body, built here on a Mllano constructed chassis. was patterned after it's radiator cap, which Is silver cobra, fang shot out. ready to spring.
 The hood is damaskeened alumi- mum and achieves the old appear ance of snakeskin.
 Internally, there are few innova- tions this season, cylinders still run ming from sixto twelve, with eights predominating.
 Aluminium Hoods!
 Aluminium hoods. that require a