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Show American Traveler Carries Biplane L. J. GILMER DRIVING OVER FOOTHILLS. Last week Ir. Irwin Tccoivod his biplane from the cast, and loading tho airship on an American Traveler car, drovo to tho Fort Douglas reservation and made scvcrnl successful flights. Perhaps no riiachino on exhibition at the show this week can boast o prettier or more distinct lines than the American car, manufactured by tho American Motor Car company of Indianapolis, Intl. Tlio American cars aro handled han-dled in Salt Lake by tho i. .T. Gilmer company. . The most popular American types aro the Traveler and tho Tourist. Thc Traveler is a four'pnssonger car, buijt-closo buijt-closo to the ground with an uuuorslung chassis and has all tho lines of a racing machine. Tho undorslung chassis gives a low center of gravity. Tho machine is equipped with forty-inch wheels. Tho car woighs U200 pounds fully equipped. A. Fred Wey, tho well known hotel man, as ono of tho latest persons in this city to order an American Traveler. Tho American Tourist is a sovcu-pussengor enr built along practically the samo linos as the Traveler, similarly equipped, has tho samo horse-power and woighs 11200 pounds. Tho cars can bo fitted' with canopy coverings for ubo in caso of storms. The American Motor Car company also manufactures a roadster with scats for two persons. Lim-ojisinc Lim-ojisinc and landaulct types arc also catalogued. |