Show MOTOR CAR GIVES MODERN LUXURIES People Announce New Model For the Spring Season IS PLANNED FOR TOURING THIS AUTO IS A REAL PULLMAN I OF THE AUTOMOBILE j 1 Usually fall Is the time chosen by mo motor motor motor tor car manufacturers for the announce announcement announcement ment of ot new models model The I Motor Car company of Buffalo howeVer has left the tha conventional path in this regard in placing on the market a new model modo 1 soon won after the beginning of the year The new nets model is a power touring landau and like all aU the present models of cars its motive motivo power a six mo motor motor motor tor The first of ot these cars was exhibited at atthe atthe atthe the recent Madison Square garden gardon show and attracted instant interest It was a acar acar acar car built for a specific purpose that pur purpose purpose purpose pose being extended touring and was designed to meet every possible exigency of ot the road and give ghe the passengers the maximum of ot comfort In districts district where accommodations were not plentiful and the car Itself practically the only habitation habitation habitation tion A car similar to the new model in inmany Inman inmany many man respects res was used by an American during an extensive tour in Europe last year and the present model contains many improvements and refinements suggested by b his experience abroad Planned Extended Touring Experience has shown that the landau body bod although somewhat commonly classed as an body bod is particular particularly ly well fitted for touring It gives the passengers pa the benefit of thorough pro protection protection protection in inclement weather exclusive exclusiveness ness when it is wanted and an open body for general work The open effect is ac accentuated accentuated accentuated in this car by the elimination of the customary deck over the chauffeurs seat and the fixed glass front and the use instead of a special Victoria top and a folding glass front set back of the dash When hen the car is used in open form there therefore therefore therefore fore practically the only obstruction to the view of he passengers in the rear seats Is the framework for the front and door windows More carrying capacity for supplies tools and parts than is afforded by the regular touring or car is of course necessary for a car intended for tor distance touring and this has been cared for by an ingenious use of the running boards These have been built up into boxes that extend the entire length from fender to fender and provide spaces for tools accessories supplies of various kinds inner tubes and parts As the top of this box is higher than the ordinary running board an extra folding step has been placed When hen the side door is closed this step fits tits snugly against the running board box but when the door Is opened it swings downward into position its oe oc 01 n tion on being governed by the opening and closing of tie the door As supplies are car carI I in the running board beard boxes it Is not notI I necessary to utilize the space under the I rear seat as a storage place for that class of articles Accordingly a sliding drawer has lias been placed under the rear seat for tor holding a luncheon kit kitHas kitHas 4 Has Every Convenience At some of the inns and aUlI hotels hatch encountered encountered encountered both in America and Europe where luncheon stops are made the toilet accommodations ac accommodations are sometimes of a kind that are to say sa the least not inviting I To care for this phase of the touring situation sit sU situation a folding wash basin of the kind employed on yachts has been built Into the back of the front seat Water ater is sup supplied supplied supplied plied by pressure from a tank located underneath the body bod The basin compart compartment compartment compartment ment also includes room for towels and combs combe and anti brushes On either side of it are the rails for robes and coats For the upholstering tooled Card ova n leather is used moed This leather has been tried for several Steral years ears in cars cans and its serviceability proved conclusively Contrary to most leathers continued use adds to Its natural beauty imparting an attractiveness that can be obtained only in that way wa Carries Several Trunks The carrying of ot baggage is always a serious matter on long tours The ordinary ordinary ordinary nary baggage rack carried behind the ton neau is generally sufficient for a few suit suitcases suitcases suitcases cases and if the party is restricted In its number some baggage may ma be carried in Inthe inthe the but this form Is la subject to the serious objection that It cuts down the roominess of the car considerably Trunks are almost out of the question under or 01 dinar circumstances Provision has been made for tor two or them In waterproof cases ases to be carried on the roof root while three more are provided for on a boot back of the body bo The chauffeurs trunk Is carried in the compartment generally used for supplies and the gas tank under the rear of or the frame Altogether the car Is one that provides every convenience possible for tor extended tours Toilet accessories other than those enumerated are ure provided and these are ample to provide for any emergency en encountered encountered encountered countered on the road Owing to the necessity of time for the manufacture of these theM cars orders tor them J will not be accepted after April 1 I deliver deliveries ies ios to be made later ir IT the year and In time for the touring season The new car said W V F Culberson coast representative of the company compan Is designed especially for lor those persons who plan to do extended touring either in this country or abroad Ther There are quite a number of wealthy Califor Californians Californians who are constantly touring about the state and for these a car of this type will be very attractive Then there are not a few who have shipped i their cars carsto carsto I to Europe and spent months touring about I England and the continent while others have purchased cars abroad for tor the same service I know from what some of these motorists have told me that their experience experience experience ence In some of the more open country has not always been the happiest because of the inconveniences to which they were ware put by lack of ot the elementary Ev Evidently this has been the gen general genral general eral ral experience expedience and the present car comes in answer r to the appeal of the tho tourist abroad Hereafter the petty pett incon inconvenience Inconvenience need be bf of no concern to him |