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Show IILIG COMFORT 10 MODERN CHS Great Care Used in Manufacture Manu-facture of Tops, Curtains and Upholstery. "Probably the first demands of the average motor car buyer, after he has satisfied himself as to the mechanical excellence of a car, is concerned with riding comfort. He is critical in his examination of the upholstery. He wants to be sure that the cushions and seat backs are covered with genuine leather and not cheap imitations that will wear out promptly. He demands a top that, will shed water like a duck's back; side curtains that fit so snugly that they are absolutely bad-weather proof," said C. A. Quiglcy, local distributor dis-tributor for the Chandler car. Mr. Quigley continued: At the Chalmers plant we use three largo cowhides in the leather work ou every Chalmers Bix. The average skin contains sixty-five square feet of leather and no "hides under sixty feet are accepted. Only large western cattle afford hides large enough for this work. After the seat tups have been cut and stitched, they are ready for the hair filling and the springs. It is here that riding comfort hangs in the balance. The building of an automobile cushion is work for an i expert, and Chalmers upholsterers are among the best paid men in the i . entire plajit. Care must be taken . that the filling is evenly distributed distrib-uted so that the seat will not bunch, sag or knot. Loug, curled hair of the best variety insures the longevity longev-ity of the cushions and prevents them flattening out, even alter several sev-eral years' use. In tin; manufacture of tops, the very finest prade of mohair is used. The room in which Chalmers tops are made fairly hums with industry. indus-try. Thirty-eight girls operate electrically-driven sewing machines with a skill and lightniug sure-ness sure-ness never approached by mere man. One side of the room is given over to the cutters. Along its whole length stretches a table long enough to banquet a small factory. At the head of the cutting table are heaped great rolls of mohair and pantasote, ready to lie cut into tops and curtains. A half dozen of these rolls are mounted on a rack that feeds them off onto the cutting cut-ting table. From the sewing machines, the finished pieces are sent to the top-assembly top-assembly denartment, where a score of fitters adjust and alter the various va-rious sections to fit standard car bodies. Each part is tailored to its particular car, in order that no unsightly creases or crevices for the wind or rain to creep through may remain. That this sort of carefully checked-up work more than repays the manufacturer has been demonstrated demon-strated to our satisfaction by Chalmers Chal-mers owners, who have driven their cars 200.000 miles or more, with i this equipment still in excellent condition. |