throttle. Also on the quadrant is a lever to advance or 

 retard the ignition. 



Acetylene headlights, Dietz combination electric-kero- 

 sene side lights, and a combination taillight are provided. 

 On the left running board is a tool box that may have con- 

 tained at one time an acetylene tank, as no tank is now on 

 the car. On the right running board is a battery box. A 

 muffler cut-out pedal is located between the brake and 

 clutch pedals, and there is a starter button in the center of 

 the floorboards just in front of the seats. A siren, switch, 

 and rheostat are mounted below the level of the driver's 

 seat, to the right, on the outside of the body. A bulb horn 

 is attached to the right side of the body, just forward of the 

 driver's right foot, while the bulb is secured to the right 

 side of the driver's seat. 



Instruments on the dash (fig. 92) include a Standard 

 Foxboro air-pressure gauge for the gasoline and oil tanks, 

 Weston ammeter, Bosch ignition switch, and a 100-m.p.h. 

 Warner auto meter (speedometer) driven by gearing on 

 the right front wheel. A primer is fitted to the intake 

 manifold to assist starting in cold weather. A handle on 

 the steering column is connected to the cable-controlled 

 choke of the carburetor. 



This specimen was known as the 50-horsepower model, 

 although the developed horsepower was considerably 

 greater than 50. It is car No. 778 of the Simplex series. 



In 1949 the car was completely repainted in red with 

 black striping, and reupholstered in pleated black leather 

 by Haley's, Inc., automobile dealers in Washington, D. C, 

 through the courtesy of George C. Hane, the owner. At 

 the same time the seven old tires and inner tubes were re- 

 placed by new ones contributed by Harvey S. Firestone, Jr. 



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