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Show M BOOT DM FDR NMILK Nineteen-Eleven Car Has Innovation Inno-vation That Makes It the "Car Beautiful." Tho Frnuklin automobile, as present-' od for the season of 1911, shows marked , innovations in body dosign, so much so in fact that it is announced as "tho; enr beautiful." High front doors, a fea-! turo of the entire line, protects tho' occupants of tho front seats. Body linos arc long, graceful curves. ' Straight, high sides, vfith low seats and Jong wheel base, culminate in a ( sloping dash tapering down to u hood ! of new design distinguished by gradual I curves. The adoption of this now hood 1 goes fnr toward carrying out the rak-fshness rak-fshness of the long lines. 1 Four models, designated as IT, D, MJ and G, coustitute tho Franklin line of I open cars for Mil, two "sixes" of-tiic of-tiic full flush-sided typo and two) "fours" 'moro nearly ot tho conven-1 tionnl type. Tho horsepower is rospec-tively rospec-tively -IS, 38, 25 and IS. Model II is built with a seven-passon-1 gor open body or a four-passenger double torpedo-phaeton body; model D with either a five-passenger open body or as a seven-passenger limousine, or landaulet. i Model M is mndo with cither a five-passenger, five-passenger, limousino or landaulet, while model G is fitted with a four-passenger open body or a two-passenger single torpedo-phaeton body. The torpcuo-phaeton torpcuo-phaeton body provided for either of the "sixes" is built on lines closely followiu" those of the Franklin torpedo exhibited at last wintorfs automobile show at Madison Squaro Garden ,in New York. In the 18-horsepower class a torpodo-phacton torpodo-phacton is presented which lias a single seal and carries two peoplo only. A rakishness and a suggestion of speed about the entire design is enhanced in the 'sixes" by greater rake of the steering post, by new mud-guard design de-sign and uv low seats. As in tfie past, tho Franklin fourcycle four-cycle engine is air-cooled for 1911, with development and refinement in various ptrticulars. In the application of the air currents to the cylinders a suction fly wheel and separate air jackets, as in the engine of tlje past year, are used. The suction flv wheel gains in effect and in amount of cooling exactly as the speed of tho motor increases, maintaining a cooling cool-ing efefet in proportion to the amount of engine heat. Equal curronts of air are drawn through the air jackets about tho several cylinders, and each cylinder is cooled exactly as much as the others. In tho cylinders of all but the smallest model the bore equals tho stroke. All the Franklin motors for 1911 are accurately balnnced. Rotating membors, such as tho fly wheel, are given special spe-cial balance tests, and all reciprocating reciprocat-ing parts weigh alike. Fiber gears unaffected un-affected by atmospheric conditions aro used for tho cam shaft gear and tho magnet idler gear. Tho intako valve and the regular exhaust valvo are separate separ-ate instead of being coucentric. An auxiliary exhaust valvo at tho base of each cylinder is rotaincd as a featuro of the Franklin construction. Lubrication is accomplished by means of a force feed oiler, and oil passes through tho crank shaft and into the engine base and thence into cups on tho internal base bearings. Centrifugal force carries it through the crank shaft to the connecting rod bearings, where it is thrown off from the connecting rod ends as spray, lubricating tho cylinder walls, which are further lubricated by the splash system. Larger wheels and tires are used on the 19.11 Franklin than on the models of previous years. Eecognized Pnrnklin features arc retained re-tained in the 1911 models. These include in-clude a wood chassis frame and full-elliptic full-elliptic springs, together with light weight or the entire motor car. Tho members of the wood frame are mado of threo layers, or laminations, of second-growth wluto ash. Tho onginea of the "sixes" aro provided pro-vided with, a new type of carburetor, the auxiliary air supply being controlled by two springs. Tnese springs increase tho ilexibilty of the carburetor. Tho vapor passes from tho carburetor to the cylinders through an endless suction yoke. -This gives a particularly even supply of vapor. The six-cylinder models mod-els aro provided with a foot accelerator, by moans of which tho throttle can bo opened quickly. "When tho foot is removed re-moved tlie engine immediately slows down to tho speed determines by tho throfctlo lever position. The use of a single ignition system is continued, tho Bosch high-tension magneto being used. On the 18-horsepower engine the spark is fixed; all others are equipped with n governor of improved type. The clutch is of the multiplo-disc type; tho transmission is selective sliding, slid-ing, with three forward speeds and one rovcrso speed. Four-way gasolino valves, the fourth way being a drain cock for the tank, are used. |