Oakland Tribune from Oakland, California • Page 35

AlicoT 20, 1922. ADS GEI Clever Two-passenger Coupe Arrives This is the latest Oakland car to reach this city. It is a two-passenger cefupe, intended pri EMM marily or business men who make long trips, and fias a spacious luggage compartment me rear aeck. iSUKBA'i iFinSICAUlD IDUMIIIS SHIPPED mmmwni adds mi mm George Washington, we'r, oftcntand Tou.WiU be In the Main High The first carload of motor cars built at the7 new Oakland alant of the- Durant Motor Company of California went to Seattle, Wash- toldr was first In war and way. And.

Lo and Ing his Prescription, They Dlscov-red He was positively correct. The nation which he fathJJred still iamenla iia. sal edea se. ,1 fngton. WS.

Dulmage. motor car "TIS're-'tajBght that -evr. iB-bi iifS LOS ANGELES. Aug, 19. (Special toT.bs TRIBUNE) Only a feW MlOre months thon th Tinm nnnu- did Georgie tell a whoppBi But Georgie never had to face a frowning traffic copper.

lis, who distributes the throughout the Washington territory, made a special trijj to the factory and personally supervised the floading of his, first shipment. Dul- lar 183 cubic Inch racing niptor Is to pas8 into the discard. Thli type Ben of Franklin was the daddy hi motor, tne power plant that has electrical invention; He bottled up the lightning with a -scientist's Intention. As expert on the tricky Juice, he had no competition. But Ben was never asked to fix a troublesome ignition.

JT lie wt'S fi -in Z'SZTfr are 'g5ffi' Into the market-, causing the peevi customer purchased a 1922 Dingbat last week to complain that he's been stu6k with a car sS out of date that the radiator cap Is thrtc-8ixteenth-et--an "ijich lower than a ref lly modern Th established theory that liquids are non-com pressihle appear to have, been disproved by the filling Motion scientists, who have a Hay of squeezing 20 gallons of gas into a tank which holds only IS gallons. UNCLE EB. HE SAYS" Economy Js a good thing in its place, but the chap who tries get the last hundred miles out of a tire that's already done Us full duty and then some will flid that by the time he's figured up road service tips. vulcanizing, boots, patches, tubes ruined and indigestion due to loss of temper he could have put on new cords all round. Abe Lincoln was a humorist with -i1DU an npeeu recoras, is to follow the 30, 450 and 600-Inch ears of the past into history.

Already American manufacturers ara preparing for the 1923 Indianapolis classic, where the-, tiny 122-Inch speed creations are to make their American debut.1 Among- the area engineers of this country who are building cars to defend our honor on the speedway against the foreign invasion of 1923 is Harry A. Miller of this i ty. recognized as the greatest builder of racing motors in the world today on account of the victories of anecdotes, in plenty; Each chap" who caljed on him picked up at least nineteen or twenty. He told his homely yarns until the The latest addition to the Will.w Sainte CItfire line, according word receiver--by Is a five-passenger brougham. Just announced by II.

Wills the standanrWTtla-t'afnte Clair chassis with its eight-cylinder V- type engine that includes sucli unique features of design as overhead camshafts as well as over-' head valves. The body was. designed and buillfby The interior of the new brougham is said to be extremely commodious, space and eeatv being arranged with ease of access and-the comfort of five passenger the prlncipai'bject of Jhe designers. The two doors, have a width of 2 inches. The divided front seats are twdx 'deeply upholstered chairs, each folding forward.

This permits entrance to the rear neat from either side, of the car. There is ample roomfor three pasnensors on this reaf scat and the whole compartment is "exceptionally spa-' clous. Upholstery Is granite weave cloth or gray velour ana. boily col-, ors are blue and maroon with upper panels in black. The disc wheels, designed by C.

H. Wills add to the appearance Of this model and are also factor of-, safety. A welcome addition to the equipment ls trunk platform and nickel bars on the rear body panel The lighting, a feature that owners especially appreciate, Includes-combined large and small headlights, with the large lights, tilting and magnetically controlled from the steering column. There is also a white backing light operated automatically In reverse gear. But office seekers roared, Abe, they say, was never known to crack one on the Ford.

i mage also dj-ove each one of the cars in the flrstxarload-allotment onto the loading they were loaded into the freight car in the presence of various Durant officials, including President R. C. Durant, C. M. Steves, vice-president and general sales manager; H.

W. Trueblood. assistant sales manager: E. C. Allender, traf.

flc manager, O. Llchtleg, general agent' American Railway Express, WesternjnSCrict. Dulmage hajrbeen associated with" the Durant interests since the early days of the General Motors Corporation, and he claims the distinction ot-being the first deafer in the Northwest to be assigned Durant territory. It was largely on account of his long connectloh with W. C.

Durant and his son, R. C. Durant, In the motor car. Industry that Dulmage was given the. first shipment turned out at the new 33,000,000 Durant plant at Oakland, while many of the other 250 Durant dealers on the Pacific coast clamored for this honor.

Incidentally, this first' carload shipment front the Durant plant was followed by sixteen other carload shipments consigned to Dulmage for distribution throughout his territory. Miller motors in the greatest Dames tne worm has ever sei which have been staged "onthe Oakland Has Modern Apartment Buildings This photo shows a Hudsonvoach from Hantlin-Wichman salesrooms in the driveway of the Regillus, a new apartment hohse just completed on tKe shores of Lake Merritt. A broad driveway leads from the street to the i front entr ance. The Regillus involves new ideas in apart-ment construction and is attracting attention from architects all over the country. mm Tecumseh Sherman led his men through Georgft to the sea-He marched across the red clay hills as slick as slick can be Twaa then he said that.var was hell; we wonder how he knew It, The sand was deep, perhaps, but then he wasn't driving through it.

John 'Smith, the Pocahontas guy, he was a hero bold; His name was one to conjure with, in history we're told. Though it's a short and simple name, it's fame we don't begrudge; In fact, we often use it, when we face a traffic Judge, There was a man in our town, And he was wondrous wise; A German type of cycle car costi $22 at the present rate of exchange. Machinery Placed To Make New Car With production of the first Star car from the Durant plant at Lansing scheduled for September, placing of machinery to provide for it STREI AROUSES FURORE BY NEW CAR PURCHASE Bill Strei has purchased a Packard single six from Earle C. An-thiny. and it has caused a furore among accessory men along automobile row.

Strei operates an automobile accessory house at 23rd and Broadway. Now all tne other executives In the same line in the city are wondering how Bill did it. Chas. Avis, who drives an ancient Heap, wants to know how Strei "gets that way." Jack O'Brien, with his old car, declares that he can't afford another one. Frank Cary, who drives a three cylinder flivver, is' all het up about it.

Sandy Freedman and Maurice Copeland also are. asking Stret "how come?" Get Non-Resident Certificate in State Motor tourists entering California-from other states must obtain a non-resident registration certificate within 24 hours. Those whi do not comply with this law must take out a regular state license. I He ntarteed in with earnest aim Hl flivver to disguise. -f ft at-- I I Is to be begun next week to Hal W.

Alger, vice-president of Durant Motors Company of Michigan. Bodies will be turned out by the Auto Body Company, Lansing, and the motors will come from the Continental factory at Muskegon." Three Billions For, Better Roads Nearly 3, 000,000,000 has been spent for highway Improvement in the United States since 1890. The amount now available for expenditures is over $1,250,000,000. Ho substituted this and that; In fact, he went so far His son picked up the discards And assembled quite a car. OUn WEEKLY FABLE.

-Once Upon a Time a Tourist and His Family Started Ovit for a Pleasure Drive and Became Lost in an Impenetrable Forest. Seeking Information, aa to the Route, They Opened Conversation with a Rural Inhabitant, who Said, as Follows, to-wlt: "Drive Straight Ahead One Mile, Turn to the Right for a Half Mile, G. A. ROBINSON CO. Sales Service 470-72 Twentieth St.

Phone Lakeside 64 i Parking in Small "If you could wily see the 122-inch car you would see a real racing been in competition and are already perfected, while we have but eight months to build and perfect the here is more proof of car. r. Space Easily Made cars that will compete with theoo seasoned Jobs acroRS the Atlantic. When Pietro BordlriO came to America last spring with his fast To successfully "mike" a small parking space in which the car is to be placed, first steer the car slightly into it and then out again before backing in. This brings the rear wheels fearer thecurb in preparation for the backing process, and makes the, work of parking easier.

Ratio of Motor Trucks to Autos The ratio of mdtor trucks to all passenger automobiles in Great Britain is 26 per cent, while that in the United States amounts to only 13 per cent. 183-inch Flat, he brought an old wreck. For a year he had been werklng with the 122-inch Fja't and -dug up the old 183-inch job from the scwip heap to come to America. Hp admitted while here American speedways this season. Miller is new working oik two of these sl22-inch cars, otwr of which is entry No.

1 for the Indianapolis classic next May. SIX FORlHRANTr lu-addltfon these two 122-inch ears Millerfa building four racing crs trfthe i83-inch type for C. "Cllfr Durant of Oakland, and Durant announced here yesterday that as soon as the 183-inch can are for the great) Lob Angeles Speedway classic scheduled for Thanksgiving Day, Miller is to, begin work on two 122-inch Jobs which will be the Durant entries at next year. The four cars now being built, all 183-inch iabs, are be the mounts of Jimmy Murphy, Ralphs Mulford, Roscoe Sarles and Eddie Hearne, the stars who are to drivel for Durant on his racing team dur- Ing the final contest of the 183-inch apeed regime. Just which of these speed kings will he switched to the tww 122-Inch J6bs for the 600-rhile race at Indianapolis May 30 'is not known; but it is not unlikely that fha great little Jimmy Murphf will be given the first of the 122-Inch Durant Specials and Roscoe Sarles will get the other unless Cliff Durant decides to take another whirl at the BOO-mlle race hlhsolf, driving as Murphy's partner in peed.

"Word has come 'that the Duesen-berg interests are again entering the racing field and already have two 122-lnoh cars in the making. It Is known that ftalph Pe Palma is working on a brace of 122-inch cars in this 5 pity, while there Is a promise that there will be two 122-inch Packard Specials in the lists at Indianapolis next year. BIG WAIk GOES CP. Whejv "Pop" Myers announced that iii J823. the displacement limit wai to be to 122 inches, race fans all, over the country who look to Indianapolis as the one big sporting event, of the automotive world, began to about the loss of speed, Fisher and Myers held out1 against the storm and finally drivers were all converted, but they asked "Where will the cars come fromT" The answer is.

dozen cars already in preparation, in America and there will be a dozen or more of these; little speed creations invade United States from Europe, they have been.pef-fecting the 122-inch car for more than 18 months. Never has the smaller type motor failed to develop more Breed in competition its predecessor. Each time that the piston displacement has been cut by the dictates of the Indianapolis Speedway, th has been perfected within a short time until It has eclipsed all the performances ot the larger The development of the small racing motor has had its effect on the automobile industry. The present day small motor used In the passenger car and truck Js the re-- ault of the experimenting on speedway and road racecourse and price has been the lives of many of those knights of the speed trail who have gone over the rail never to come back David Bruce Brown, Spencer Wlshart, Hughle Hughes, Bob Burman, Eddie O'Donnell, Gaston Chevrolet, Billy Carlson. Harry Grant, Alton Soules and so many others.

The development of the 122-inch motor is bound, to have its effect on the industry, just as the 183-inch Jobs did. The speedway is the industry's greatest laboratory. In the past, the American manufacturers have waited until a few weeks before the Indianapolis race! Then they have thrown the new ears together and gone into the contest full of "bugs." As a result, th Europsans have consistently trimmed us. But each before a smaller motor was adopted, the American have developed cars that made the Europeans look aick then the slxe was again cut and the Americans were caught napping. GREAT HANDICAP.

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