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AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



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new electric one 

 mentioned above 

 (which is run from 

 a tiny magneto 

 placed beside the 

 front wheel, thus 

 doing away with 

 the bothersome 

 flexible shaft and 

 replacing it with 

 two small wires), 

 there is now a new 

 apparatus of this 

 kind operated by 

 air from a small 

 blower likewise 

 placed beside a 

 front wheel and 

 connected by small 

 rubber tubes with 

 the indicating in- 

 strument of which 



two can be used if desired, one in front and one in the rear 

 of the car. 



A popular car with some owners is an inside-operated 

 gasoline coupe. Some of these are designed with special 

 bodies while others have a top that fits upon an open run- 

 about and converts it into a closed car. Whichever form of 

 body is used, a convenient device that should be fitted to 

 such a machine, is some form of self starter. A good ap- 

 paratus of this kind — there are several on the market — 

 will make it unnecessary for the owner who is his own 

 chauffeur, ever to crank his machine when in ordinary use. 



In purchasing a closed car the automobilist will do well 

 to consider its adaptability for touring use in the summer 

 season. The limousine is apt to be uncomfortably warm in 

 mid-summer and besides this, it is not well adapted to tour- 

 ing. Probably the finest combination closed car for win- 

 ter use in town and open or closed machine for touring in 

 summer is a new 7-passenger landau recently brought out 

 by a well-known Buffalo company. The motive power is a 

 6-cyiinder engine of 66 h. p. This car was especially de- 

 signed to meet all 

 the exigencies of 

 touring in sparsely 

 settled districts 

 where good hotel 

 a c c o m modations 

 are few and far be- 

 t w e e n. One of 

 them was tried last 

 season abroad, and 

 the new model con- 

 tains many refine- 

 ments and improve- 

 ments suggested by 

 actual use. By fit- 

 ting a special Vic- 

 toria top with a 

 folding glass front 

 over the chauffeur's 

 seat in place of the 

 usual fixed deck 

 and glass front, 

 when the top is 

 folded down the 

 car is entirely open, 

 the only obstruc- 

 tion to the passen- 

 gers' view being 



An up-to-date limousine. 



An inside-operated electric coupe. 



the frames of 

 the windows. 

 Spacious tool boxes 

 extending the en- 

 tire length of the 

 running boards on 

 each side have 

 been fitted. The 

 use of these boxes 

 for tools, parts, 

 inner tubes, etc., 

 leaves free the 

 space under the 

 rear seat, which 

 has been fitted with 

 a sliding drawer for 

 a luncheon kit. A 

 folding step on 

 each side is let 

 down automatically 

 when the corre- 

 sponding door is 

 opened. A folding wash basin is located in the back of the 

 front seat, water for which is supplied from a pressure 

 tank beneath the car. This wash basin cabinet also con- 

 tains towels, combs and brushes, etc. Other toilet articles 

 that might be of use are also provided. A liberal provi- 

 sion has been made for trunks, of which two can be carried 

 on the roof, and three more in a boot back of the body. 

 The chauffeur's trunk fits in a compartment that is ordin- 

 arily used for supplies. A gas tank for acetylene is fitted 

 beneath the rear of the frame. The upholstering of this 

 machine is of tooled Cordovan leather, which experience 

 has shown improves, if anything, with use. 



Furthermore, this material does not absorb dust as does 

 whipcord or other cloth covering. An easy way of clean- 

 ing the interior of any closed car is to make use of a port- 

 able vacuum cleaner. One of these machines is part of 

 the equipment of all up-to-date households, and it is an 

 easy matter to make use of it in the garage as well. 



Part of the equipment of every closed car, whether it is 

 used for touring or simply for city work, should be some 



form of demount- 

 able rim. An extra 

 tire, fully inflated, 

 should be always on 

 ''hand, ready for any 

 emergency. When 

 tire trouble comes, 

 as it is always 

 bound to do sooner 

 or later — and often 

 at the most inop- 

 portune time — it 

 need not occasion a 

 two or three min- 

 utes at the outside. 

 and the owner will 

 feel well repaid for 

 the extra investment 

 which the special 

 rims may represent. 

 This is a verv 

 important feature 

 and is one that 

 should recei^'e 

 every possible con- 

 sideration b V all 

 who use the auto- 

 mobile. 



