Three Automobile Bodies in One 



Here is a car body that can be changed 

 on the road to any of three styles 



The Body in Process of Transition and in Use as a Runabout 



The changes are made by the use of a folding and 

 sliding superstructure. When the car is used as a 

 runabout this is slid back and swung down on a hinge 

 into the rear seat portion of the tonneau. To change 

 to a landaulct the superstructure is raised to a vertical 



position and side panels are opened out from the front 

 portion of the body to enclose the sides. The coupe is 

 made by sliding the entire top forward in slots that are 

 provided in the sides and swinging up a rear deck 

 from under the rear seat to fill up the space left 



"T"TTHICH automobile do you like 

 W best?" Ask a woman and she 

 will name the one with the 

 body that most appeals to her. Ask a 

 man and he too will express his taste in 

 terms of the body. For the body is the 

 most exposed part of the car; it expresses 

 a car's individuality. As a result, there 

 is a greater and greater demand for 

 bodies of distinction or for those which 

 have some particular feature that the 

 greater number lack. 



With the demand for better looks in 

 automobile bodies has come an equal 

 demand for greater comforts as expressed 

 by convertible bodies which can be thrown 

 open to the gentle breezes in the balmy 

 spring days or closed and heated in the 

 bleak winter months. One of the most 

 ingenious automobile bodies designed 

 to fulfill these conditions of individuality 

 and comfort is that shown in the accom- 



panying illustrations. It is really three 

 bodies in one, for it enables the car to 

 be changed in a few minutes into a run- 

 about, a landaulet with the driver out- 

 side and the passengers in their own com- 

 partment, or a coupe with the driver 

 and the passenger on one enclosed cross- 

 wise seat. These transformations may be 

 made on the road at any time and with- 

 out the addition or removal of any parts, 

 whereas in the early days of body design, 

 such transformations would have neces- 

 sitated the employment of three separate 

 chasses, each with its own particular body. 



The metamorphosis is accomplished by 

 using a sliding and folding superstructure. 

 This can be folded down and concealed, or 

 raised and used in either of two positions, 

 thus forming three distinct types of car. 



The advantages of such a body as this 

 are obvious. One has a universal car, 

 suitable for all occasions, and all weathers. 



This is the convertible Ixxjy .-is it 

 appears when it is used as a coupe 



Showing how body is changed from 

 coupe to landaulet by sliding top back 



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