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Show DOUBLE SIX MOTOR EXCITES COMMEBI Kissel, However, Will Stick to Six as Well as Twelve. I "Kissel has been regarded by the au- 1 tomobile trade as conservative toward I radical mechanical changes and has in- variably exercised correct judgment 1 when once deciding upon a given design," de-sign," said C. N. Carruthers, manager of i the Inter-Mountain Motor Car company, i local distributors of KisselKars. t "Therefore," Mr. Carruthers contin- ' ned, "the advent of the double six, j just introduced by the Wisconsin manu- 5 facturer, has revived attention and dis- ' cussion among motorisis on the twelve- . cylinder engine, and the motives that l caused Kissel to introduce this type. "The addition to the line of the dou- l ble six doesn 't mean that Kissel is cold a to the six, the factory explains. In fact - it is made clear and emphatic that the hundred-point six will be produced this - year in very much larger quantity than i the double six. f "The double six is built particularly s for those seasoned motorists looking for i- a 'new thrill' in road performance. "The majority of buyers will continue ; to be satisfied with the more modest do- r ing of the six, without desire for any- .- thing so infinite in flexibility and pow er as the double six can cimm. "According to certain facts dug up, dusted and tabulated for use at a recent Kissel tenth anniversary meeting, it is apparent that Kissel is not as conservative conserva-tive in the accepted sense as is generally general-ly credited. "Besides being among tie first seven American manufacturers to produce a six-cylinder car, Kissel was actually first in the following: Three-quarter elliptic springs, double external brakes, arched frame over the front axle, merger of- all electric wires at one terminal, one-man-top, divided front ,seats, two and three-door bodies and, as everybody knows the convertible car called by Kissel 'the all-vear car.' "It is also true that Kissel first offered of-fered in a popular priced car the full floating rear axle, electric lighting and starting and the substitution of oil lubrication lubri-cation for grease cups. ' ' |