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Press, Volume LXI, Issue 11872, 20 April 1904, Page 4

ABOUT MOTOR CARS.

THE GEEAT AMERICAN MOTOR CAR EXHIBITION.

ENGLISH v. AMERICAN CARS.

T>P.OMIKEN*T Magnates of Industrial J ' cr.tcrprisca thrcurhsut the world, predict lhat the advent o; the Motor Car will lead to or.c of the greatest commercial booms the vor'.d has yet sees. Tbe recent Motor Tar Exhibition held in >*ew York in January i?st, i.fforded practical proof of the interest the public take in the new mean* of locomotion, the .'tf-idance beln? enormous during the period the Exhibition wm open, whi'.et the manufacturers brought all thoir V&ourccs to bear in displaying vehicles eralodyiriE all important improvements that experience and ingenuity could suggest. The following vX'racts from leading New York papers will be useful to colonists thir.kir.ff of purchasing motor core. The "Exporters' and Importers' Journal" states:—"None o! the exhibits of the great sbcw attracted rcoro general attention than the Rambler s'.ylee of automobile, vhich were shewn in space Xo. '75. They ero manufactured by Thomas B. Jeffery and Co., of Konosha, ■Wisconsin, V.S.A., Rnd tro cold as rapidly as they ran be turned out of the factory. Model H is ■intended for the accommodation of four passengers, and fs a 7-horte power machine, with a capacity for mounting grades up to •10 per cent., which is quite ample for the average public road. The carbureter is a •ilent float feed, automatic hi its action, and cooling effected by the RumiAez therrroeyphon system, which is controlled by the manufacturers. Ihe gasoline tank will hold •iff.cient fuel to enable the aii'.omobilo to run ICO miles without renewing the enppl?. The jump epark system, controlled by an automatics governor, is used for ignition, and the frpeed of the vehicle can be regulated froci three to <Venty-five miles an hour. The engine is a single cylinder machine, 5x6 inches. The" vehiclo is equipped with two brakes, tools, oilers, pump, repair kit, Solar Junior brass oil side lamps, and a braas honu Model X is very similar in appearance to Model H, but is mere elaborate in its equipment. It is designed to carry five passengers, and its speed is from six to forty miles an hour. The frame is of angle steel ,and the springs are four extra long full elliptics. The wheels are of wood, artillery type, and the tyres G and J., 3J inches. The engine 'it » double opposed cylinder, each fix 6 inches, and gives 16 horoo power, ample for grades up to 45 per cent. The front axles have a diameter of 3J inches, and the rear of 21 inches. There are two brakes, anfl the car weighs 1650 pounds. \ . '■ Model L Js also designed for five passengers. It wMigha and- is furnished Vfjth a- rubs tan till canopy, top, as-shown in th» picture. The general equipment is similar to that of Model X, with the exception of-the canopy top with bevelled plate glass swinging front, and waterproof side-curtains. The Delivery "Wtggon, Type 1, has a capacity for carrying two passengers, and 600 pounds of merchandise,'in two cubic'yards of eyace. It is a.model wnggovfor a deportment jjtoro to use, and is designed for thai purpose. The'engine is a single cylinder, 5x6 inches, which produces 7-horse power, ample for tht overcoming of grades up to' 10 per cent., nod send* the waggon along at a rate of speed from three to twenty-five miles an bottr. Its general equipment is similar to those of the pleasure vehicles made by the firm, and already described. * During the Show it attracted, ft good deal of attention from dry good*'men and other merchants, which gives promise of it* becoming an active factoz in.mercantile pursuits. 'Another Journal referring to the Exhibition . states:—"Madison Square Garden, during the progress «f the Bhow, was, in reality, s> great shop, la which hundreds of automobile* were ■old. Some of the exhibitors disposed of *U they ,atoek beforo the Show closed, and at Toy l»Tsaiable prices., Tha. greatest sole recorded, and verified upon invctigat&n, was that made by Thomas B. Jeffery and Co., the reenufectaxers of," the 2bmsfca/ Their entiro output «f this styje of motor for the present jreaiy was contracted for by dealers, the bttsiaw involving 2,500,000d015. on a retail buds. The Jeffery firm anticipate turning oat 2500 machines daring the year, every' one of which has been purchased by contract tv Adruce." The extrao's.. referred to-art only a few •f the awnerou* eulogistical paragraph? bestewed on Ihe Bamblers, and it is a mat'eer for congratulation that 'the Sole Agency for Xew Zealand has been placed with OATES, LOWRY AND CO., of CHRISTOHURCII, who will doubtless reap a rich reward in sales a* the Can become known in this country. Ii- is *h» generftliy acinowledged opinion that the English and French Motor Core are not the equal of the American makes for ■ate on colonial roads. The former are built ■with the engiaes placed low to the ground. The wheels have & narrow spread of four feet only, and do not "track" on country roads. Xn short they are "good road , * cars only, whereas ihe American Rambler has the engine placed high, s> great advantage in crossing rivers, creels, and on bad roads. The wheels have a wide spread, and track with the ordinary horsedrawn vehicles. There are few levers, simpler mechanism, and consequently less complication. A very important feature is that they are praoticaJly noiseless, whilst the economy in the cost of tunning is very marked, and works out on a practical test over 150 miles, at three-farthings per mile for Sew Zealand. As already stated, the Sole Agents for New Zealand are . '

OATBS, LOWBY AND CO.,

•wlio will be ple»»ed to arrange trials with intending pext&asen, or to forw&xd catalogoef fc» Watum*