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Press, Volume LXI, Issue 11876, 25 April 1904, Page 5

ABOUT MOTOR CARS.

THE GREAT AMERICAN MOTOR CAR EXHIBITION. ENGLISH v. AMERICAN CARS. -PROMINENT Magnate, of Industrial 1 enterprises throughout the world, predict that the advent of the Motor Car will lead to one of the greatest commercial booms the world has yet seen. The recent Motor Csr Exhibition held in New York in January last, afforded r"* ctical P roof of the intereat the 'public take in the new means of locomotion, the attendance being enormous during the period the Exhibition was open, übilst the manufacturers brought all their resources to bear in displaying vehicles embodying all important improvements that experience and ingenuity could suggest. The following ix'racts from leading New York papers will be useful to colonists thinking of purchasing motor cors. Tho "Exporters and Importers' Journal" states: —"None of the exhibits of the great show attracted .more general attention than the Rambler s'yleß of automobile, *hich were shown in space No. 73. They are manufactured by Thomas B. Jeffery and Co., of Kenosha, Wisconsin, U.S.A., and tre sold as rapidly as they can ha turned out of the factory. Model H is intended for ths accommodation of four passengers, and is a 7-horße power machine, with a capacity for mounting grades up to 40 per cent., which is quite ample for the average publio road. The carbureter is a silent float feed, automatic ia its action, and cooling effected by tho Rambler thermosyphon system, which is controlled by the manufacturers. The gasoline tank will hold ■vJScient fuel to enable the automobile to run 150 miles without renewing the supply. The jump spark system, controlled by an automatic governor, is used for ignition, and the speed of the vehicle can be regulated from three to twenty-five miles an hour. The engine is a single cylinder machine, 6x6 inches. The vehicle is equipped with two brakes, tools, oilers, pump, repair kit, Solar Junior brass oil aide lamps, and a brass horn. Model X Is very similar in appearance to Model H, but is more 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 ateel ,and the spring* are four extra long full elliptic*. Th* wheel* are of wood, artillery type, and the tyres-G and J.,- 8} inches. The engine is a double opposed cylinder, each 5x6 inches, and gives 16 horse power, ample for grade* -up to 45 per cent. The front axles have a diameter of 2J inches, and the rear of 2i inches. There are two brakes, and th* car weigh* 1050 pounds. Model L is also designed for five passengers. It weigh* 1725 pounds and is furnished with a substantial canopy top, as shown in the picture. The general equipment is similar to that of Model X, wifh the exception of th* canopy top with bevelled plate glass ■winging front,' and waterproof side-curtains. Th* Delivery' Waggon, Type 1, ha* a capacity foe carrying two passengers, and 600 pounds of xnarchandis*, in two cubic yard* of apace. It is a model — »j;go:i for a department *toro to use, and is designed for that purpose. The engine is a single cylinder, 5x6 inches, -which _ produces 7-horse power, ampi* for th» overcoming of grades up to 40 per cent,, and send* the waggon along at a rate of ipeed from three to twenty-five mile* an hour. Ita general equipment is similar to those of the pleasure vehicles made by the firm, and already described. During the Show it attracted a good deal of attention < front dry goods men and other merchants, -which give* promise of its becoming an active factor in mercantile pursuit*. to Another journal referring to the Exhibition *t»te*:—"Madison Square Garden, during the progress of the Show, vat, in reality, a great •hop, in which hundreds of automobiles were told. ; Some of the exhibitors disposed of *U their stock beforo the Show olosed, and tt Srtty fMronnblo prices. The greatest sale recorded, and verified upon invetigation, was that made by Thomas B. .Jeffery' and Co., the manofacturewof the'Ramblcra. Their v entire output of this style of motor for the present year, w*« contracted for by dealers, the . business 'invohring 5,500,000d01*. on a retail basis. The Jeffery firm anticipate turning out 2500 machines during the year, every on*?- of which ha* been purchased by contract inadvuice." ,* . / *j ' *?" «xtrie»*. referred to are only a few efjjh* numerous eulogistical paragraph* bestowed on the Ramblers, and it is a mateer te 'oangratulatioir that the Sole Agency for 'N«*r Zealand has been placed with OATES, IOgTRY AND CO., of wl» wai doubtless reap » rich reward in sales sa.th* Cars become known in thi* country. ' fi U <fa* generally acknowledged opinion «*h** U» English and French Motor Cars aw not the equal of the American makes for use on colcaial roads. The former are built X Sk v _*"• plßced low t0 the «"»->*•• t2 ■_ 5 ' ***' a Mn °» B p" ad °* *<>«* • ™* do not. "track" on country X Ia *«* they are "good road" cars °y, **«-» the .American Rambler has the «2~ *«* „ advanu in "£""*,»*.», «**,. and on bad roads. ** wheel* l*v* vwaa , prMd> wi tnck /Iff i°^^ i **a»™ vehicle*. There ' *«™7. T"' '* aplw *»■*--«■. ->d consequently fcas complication. A very important feature „ ft* they *« practicldly noise . les*. whilst th* fa rf i . mmmg « Tery wd _ orl _ ml ****** tast over 150 miles, at thrtm-farthings P« ma* fer New Zealand.

A*, already .tated, the Sole Agents for Now Zealand are OATES, LOWRY AND C0 4 who will bo pleased to arrange trials with in'tecding purchasers, or to forward catalogues to enquirer*.