| Show I I-I I HERES HERE'S ERES ERE'S Peanut Pietro's Packard Pup up the tiny iny speed blitzen built The Telegrams Telegram's dialect writ writer r rh The picture was taken take this m morning r in front of f th Si lS company P Pietro etro is is' at the wheel with Clair D D. Sprague designer of the trie car at athis his his' side w. w fr l r I r j l' l tJ l Y t f o tl r f JU tr If 1 mif I J. J JW f i 1 t f Ii sOft tr J i v tU t l gS i i iI ir t v s 7 y i hifF I i I I. I Ft 4 I 1 V l Uj v L Lh J tJ J f It II l 1 v 1 Ift h T JJ II tj 11 L S 1 t 1 f PEANUT PIETRO'S PACKARD PUP IS IS I SOME JAZZ W WAGON WOT AGON WOT YOU lINK TINK I Telegram legram T Auto Editors Editor's Gas G s Perambulator Makes M kes Its Debut c.- c. at il Elks' Elks Parade and th r P PIETRO'S Packard Pup has mad its bow jl Perhaps bow wow would be more appropriate it if-it were a baby canine But the Pup is not a log dog but merely a a a- gone dog-gone good automobile The The latter latter is the expression of those who have I already ridden in the tiny blitzen Pietr Pietro's s 's Pup made its first public appe appearance appearance appearance- ra in th the the- Elks Elk parade parade parade pa pa- rade yesterday esterday afternoon A crew of eight experts and mechanics s put the final touches on the little car a few minutes before the thc parade started One of them put gas in the in-the the tank tank and the Pup stopped topped breathing in front of The Telegram office for want of fuel The mechanic later s said ld he only put a a gallon in because he thought such a littIe lit lit- tIe tle car would run a long way on that lit lit-I amount o An idea Ida was practically the only nucleus nucleus nucleus nu nu- nu- nu cleus for the Pup It was built built- up en entirely en- en by bv a crew of expert mechanics m lii the shops of or the Sims company local Packard dealers The principle of Packard Packard Pack Pack- ard construction and design was carried throughout Only the finest steel and andI I material was used In the little car Work was first started on the Pup nearly I five months ago and steadily progressed r until t it was taken on the street y yes yes- s- s r After construction of the motor motoi had reached a certain point In the Sims shop it was sent away for the addition addition- of many new features of motor designing When th the motor was returned to Salt SaltI Lake It Was tras placed placed- in the frame and I started for the first time Although stiff and unbroken for fot high speed work the little motor developed phenomenal power showing almost unbelievable unbelievable unbelievable un un- un- un believable performance on the hills and andrem rem remarkable bursts of sped ped on the leyer lever It Is equipped wits practically only one gear gear high An Improvised reverse gear was installed for emergency use It will travel e at a terrific rate In I high h gear up tt hI any n hill il In the city r with h ha ease a The idea of the Pup was conceived by Claire D. D Sprague of the Sims company who has built several noted automobile speed jobs In in the past past- Alex 8 S. Sims president president- of or the Sims company took a personal Interest Interest In the construction of i ithe th the Pup and obtained the cooperation of the Packard factory In carrying out the principle of Packard design and con on TIl The tiny car is built into a practical miniature model of a genuine Packard twin six Various parts of several different different different dif dif- dif dif- ferent makes males of cars pars was used In constructing constructing con con- the Pup It Is strongly built of light material most of the parts being turned up on 1 lathes cast S by by- hand or t hand welded ve Sedo Sedon in n the the- Sims I shops h Sprague prague supervised the construction and devoted many weeks to perfecting the design that kept the car within specified speet- speet We fled fied dimensions I l eE So far faz as ri Is known et the Pup Is the practical automobile In inthe the world wOl-ld equipped with a high power automobile motor and having capacity for two passengers It has a gear ratio of four and two sevenths to one The motor will turn more more than 2600 revolutions revolutions LIons per minute The total weight Is approximately approximately approximately ap ap- ap- ap proximately pounds Goodyear airplane cord tires the ue toughest and mose resilient light weight tires in the world were shipped here es especially especially es- es for the Pup from the Goodyear factory factor at at Akron O 0 The tires tires' were purchased through the Rubber Products company East Second South street The latter firm also constructed the special special ape ape- cial wheels and made the necessary changes to convert the airplane tires tire for tor automobile use Except for a a. small portion the body is constructed of of- sheet aluminum and airplane spruce wood covered with linen and stretched with airplane wing dope The tall tail of the Pup S 'S s a framework linen The hoodIs hood tood of wood ere co with covered Is sheet aluminum and was cut from a Packard hood regular Emil E. E Nielsen wil 1321 Jefferson street t built the the tall tail cowl hood an special I miniature Packard ard steering wheel Other Important metal work was executed bythe bythe by bythe the Liberty Sheet Metal works The classy little radiator which is 15 an miniature of the ones used used on large exact Packards i is is- the creation of V. W. E. E Western estern Bowerbank manager of the the- Auto Radiator company H Social Hall Han avenue The shell sheil is of ot heavy sheet and the core tore was made from a aj copper minia minia- miniature miniature standard Packard The special products of the Pack Pack- I ture lights are j 1 ar ard Painting a factory t g and and upholstery Of the Pup I was done In In Inthe the big new and modern 1 dern 1 trimming shop of the Mutual Motors company compan Second East ast and Second South streets This Important work worl was done under the personal direction of F. F E I Weber noted California top builder who Is now manager of the Mutual Motor company's big trimming and painting department A special U J J. J carburetor was in installed installed installed in- in stalled O on the Pup by the U. U J. J company company company com com- pany South State street Jo 10 o insure perfect at the greatly varyIng varying varying vary vary- ing motor speeds at which the Pup will operate The requirements of the little car were studied and the Installation of the U. U J. J was wa made by W VP B. B Vestal an expert from the factory |
