Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-01-08
Many From D. c. Attend
Auto Show i'm New York
Delegation of Local Dealers, Headed by Edward M.
Wallace, Will Pay Visit TO Annual
Exhibition There Tomorrow.

been wasted. ROominess has been
improved by better proportioning
bodies. in 40 far az the overhang In con-
cerned. The gain in space has been
ting seats and arm rests, which IN
years gone by have been features Of
only the higher priced cars. are be-
coming fairly common.
The greater use Of steel In body
building has had an imports mt effect
In permitting an apparent decrease In
size with an actual increase in roonri-
ness. Steel also permits the use Of
niue narrower supporting posts, and
this in turn increases visibility and
safety.
New Designs.
Aside from the rainbow col1rs that
are quite common at the show. brief
glimpse at the assembly Of 1928 mod
els reveals number Of important
tendencies in design. Perhaps the
most noticeable of these viii be the
rapidly growing popularity Of the
shailow-crown type Of tenders that
first appeared this year on the prod
ucts OF one maker. and give promise
, of sweeping right through the in
dustry.
The next impression is that radia.
tors are narrower and a bit higher.
and that the time honored radiator
filler cap has undergone a change.
Some Of the new filters are 80 fat az
to be almost invisible. Some combine
an emblematfc ornament with a mo-
tometer; others have orna ment only.
the ..eat indicator being mounted or
the dash.
Still another noticeable change has
to do with the ventilating openings.
or lowers. in hoods. Heretofore these
have all been vertical Sits; now
great many Of them are horizontal
and some are slanting. In one or tvo
eases provision is made for manually
closing the openings in the Winter.
Inside the cars there in an obvious
tendency toward the grouping OF all
necessary instruments under one or
two glass-incloSed panels. During the
earl days of the industry the dash
OF a moderate-priced car generally
looked like the boiler head of loco
motive with its various meters, valves
and other gadgets. Then these de-
vices practically disappeared and
| dashes became too severely plain.
| Now the instruments are coming back.
| and aside from serving a very prac-
teal purpose In providing a properly
| Illuminated space for ammeter. zaso-
/ line gauge, oil gauge. heat indicator
| and clock, the glass panel adds deco
rative air of distinction.
! Without question. the most interest
| ing feature concerning the trucks il
the resemblance which they bear to
passenger cars. While vastly more
! rugged than ever before, the trucks
| possess features OF appearance. COM
| fort and convenience which not 30
long ago were found only on passenger
cars and were entirely foreign 10 COM
mercial types
| To begin with. the modern truck.
/ like the passenger car. in most cases.
| il now a closed vehicle. thus giving
| the driver full protection against the
clements. From one standpoint IL 10
| nothing less than a very practical
i looking coupe body mounted on o
| relatively large chassis and with
| plenty Of space behind TO carry tons
OF goods.
| Among seh exhibits are - makes
| of cars. Is makes OF trucks and 1
| taxicab. There al. IS shop equip
| ment exhibitors and iSs exhibitors Of
accessories. The makes Of cars in
Guide Auburn. Buick. Cadillac.
Chandler. Chevrolet. Chrysler. Gun.
ninghan,. Diana. Dodge. Du POINT.
Elcar. Erskine. Essex, Falcon. Flint.
| Franklin. Gardner. Hudson .Hupnao-
bile. Jordan. kissel. Ia Sale. Lincoln,
Locomobile. Marmon. Moon. Nash.
Oakland. Oidsmohile. Packard. Paige.
Peerless. Fierce-Arrow. Pontiac. REQ.
/ Star. arns.Enight, Studehaker.
| Stutx. Nelie. whippet. willys-knight
/ and Wolverine.
| Makes of trucks include American
I.aFrance. Chevrolet. Corb;tt. Gun
| ninghan.. Federal. G. NJ. G.. Graham.
/ Larrabee Deyo. REQ. Roamer. Savers
/ & Scovill. Schacht. Selien. star. Stew
art. Studehaker. Stutx and Erskine.
/ Beginning tomorrow. the special
Ford show will open at the Madison
4 Square Garden. aud will las, through
/ the week. All models will be on dis
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