THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: FEBRUARY 24, 1918.
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SOMETHING NEW
111 MEDIUM PRICED
FOUR CYLINDER
Eight Months of Continuous
Experimental Work Results
in Classy Car at Pop
ular Price.
Some Late Models Which Will Be Displayed at Show
The first factory shipment of the
new car to design and build which
Ray Harroun, John Guy Monihan
and a group of other specialists in
the automobile industry banded to
gether eight months ago, is now on
view at the salesroom of the local
distributors, Western Motor Car com
pany. .
The new Harroun is a light, popular-priced,
four-cylinder car with mod
ern lines, an attractive finish and
color scheme and unusually ample
and comfortable passenger accommo
dations. Features of marked individuality
are the large power range of the
motor and the balanced cantilever
spring suspension which imparts to
the car its unusual easy riding quali
ties. Built Like a Racer.
The Harroun motor rates only 16.9
horsepower for taxation and insur
ance, but its efficiency has been so
highly developed that it attains a
maximum of over 43 horse at 2,400
R. -P. M. Such a power range gives
the car its sensational speed, hill
climbing and other pulling ability, as
well as a notable degree of quick ac
celeration in traffic
An inspection of the Harroun dis
closes many adaptations of racing
car design a field in which Mr. Har
roun was long prominent as world's
champion and engineer.
The motor itself is racing design,
adapted to touring; car uses. Valves
are in the head with gas passages at
an angle. A radiating oil cooler adds
greatly to the life and efficiency of the
lubricant. The crankshaft is three
bearing and balanced. Cooling is by
cellular radiator through a thermo
syphon system with an ingenius im
peller attached.
The steering wheel spokes are
laminated springs, absorbing road
shocks but rigidly transmitting turn
ing force.
For Quick Delivery. -
The Harroun embodies in its fac
tory production a number of improve
ments over the models exhibited at
the national shows.
In place of the cowl tank is a large
fuel reservoir in the rear, communi
cating with the Stromberg carbureter
by a Stewart vacuum feed. Differen
tial, propeller shaft and even front i
wheels turn on Timken, adjustable
roller bearings. Remy starting and
lighting are standard equipment.'
The Harroun plants at Wayne, De-
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FIRST CREATED
BY STUDEBAKER
Inturned Bevel Was Used on
Bourgonette Car More Than
Two Years Ago.
CHANDLER TOURING.
ST I'D I'. B A K ! R TOU RING.
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HUPMOB1LE TOURING.
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OAKLAND COUPE.
CADILLAC BROUGHAM.
WESTCOTT SPORTSTER.
troit's western suburb, are arranged
and equipped for large quantity pro
duction and will follow this initial
shipment with the regular schedule of
ears, thus enabling the local distribu
tors to fill in a short time the large
number of advance orders thay have
already booked.
Nash Quad Truck Drives
And Steers on 4 Wheels
The Nash Quad truck, which drives
and steers on all four wheelsso that
the driver has command of his vehi
cle and the machine has traction un
der any road conditions, is one of
the giants in the motor truck field.
The truck has been largely applied to
army use and many experiments with
it were made under the scrutiny of
military experts. The name Quad is
derived from the four-wheel efficiency
of the vehicle.
ROUGH ROADS NO
TERROR TO OWNER
OF GLIDE MOTOR
An automobile is classy style, yet
sturdy build, is the Glide light six
handled in Omaha by the Nebiaska
Glide company in the Avey build
ing. The Glide is recognized among
knowing motorists as about the near
est thing to the "perfect light six"
as there is on the market. The six
cylinder motor is of high speed design
capable of almost every trick of
locomotion. It throttles down to a
scant two or three miles an hourven
in direct drive, or "high pear" as it is
familiarly known, and it speeds up
to more than 50 miles an hour with
out apparent effort.
Its smooth running is one of the
features of this six-cylinder motor.
The explosions are timed perfectly
and the vibration re.-.nltine is hardly
noticeable.
As for the car iself, it is built to
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with airplane type motor
THAT same law of returns which makes it
ultimately cheaper for a government to pro
vide the most efficient equipment for its soldiers,
holds true also in the equipment which a citizen
may provide for himself. If such equipment hap
pens to be a motor car, the purpose for which it
was chosen may very well be thwarted by an
undue frugality exercised in the purchase. Many
National cars are going to far-sighted men today
who view their investment in the light of its pos
sible returns to them over a long period. They
prefer the National to a cheaper car of less merit,
simply because they know that in the final ac
counting it will have served them better at
lower cost .
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Sfc andQwelve Cylinder Models
T-Pass. Touring Cm, 4-Pass. Phaeton, 4-Pass. Roadster, T-Pass. Convertible Sedan
Open Car ?rices-The Six, $2150; The Twelve, $2750
The Six Sedan, $2320; The Twelve Sedan, $3420
Gwernnunii War Rrvenue Tax Extra Chargi
NATIONAL MOTOR CAR h VEHICLE CORP., INDIANAPOLIS
Eighteenth Successful Yiar ,
The T. G. Northwall Company
OMAHA, NEB,
Complete Line of NATIONALS will be displayed at Auto Show
withstand any character of rough
going. Rough roads and constant,
hard usage, so heart-tending to many
motorists, have no terrors for the
owners of the Glide. The Glide seems
to take human delight in surmounting
obstacles.
"Each succeeding motor exposition
brings forth design refinements of
many kinds, many of which are but
the whims of individual designers and
never gain general recognition," says
R. T. Hodgkins, general sales mana
ger of the Studebaker corporation.
j "On the other hand, the keen observer
I at the automobile show sees each sea
! son sonic dominant design keynote
which has suddenly iul inexplicably
sprung into being as an approved mo
I tor fashion adopted simultaneously
lv dozens of the more expensive cars
which cater to the elite of motordom.
"We all remember the tirst fore
door models, the cowl dash, the first
general attempts at stream line effects,
the innovation of one-man tops and
the era of the crown fenders. This
year's show brings a new member
to this style family, a new touch of
refinement which fits gracefully into
the evolution which goes forward con
stantly toward the ultimate ideal of
perfect motor car design.
"The 1918 style innovation is to be
found in a doren or more of the finest
motor cars at the show. It is a con
spicuous bevel along, the top edge of
the body, bevel which tiyns inward at
an angle of about 45 degrees. This
long stream-line bevel accentuates the
length of the car and gives it a low
rakish appearance. Trimmed in a
contrasting color to that of the main
part of the body, it adds an outstand
ing touch of color, which immediately
bespeaks the aristocrat.
"The fact that this new element of
design is so prominent among the
finest cars at the show this year, and-
that well informed body designers say?
it will be a decided favorite for years
to come, make it of interest to know
where the new style originated. In
vestigation discloses the fact that
while this is the first time, the new
bevel-edge effect has been seen on
stock cars, the same idea appeared
on a custom body job nearly two
year ago. At that time J. Horace
Bourgon, body engineer of the Stude
baker corporation and long famous as '
a Creator of distinctive body types,
brought out a special Studebaker job
which made use of the stream-line
bevrl just as it appears on these mo
tor car aristocrats at 1918 shows. This
creation was called the Studebaker
'Bourgonette' and won considerable
recognition at the time as one of the
finest special custom body jobs that
had ever been produced in America.
"This year Mr. Bourgon utilized the
same idea in working out the body de
sign of the series 19, Studebaker big
6, and a score of other designers have
followed in his footsteps to such an
extent that the bevel-edge, born with
the Studebaker 'Bourgonette," is now
the accepted quality feature of de
sign among the finest 1918 models of -American
motor cars.
"The Studebaker big 6, in addition
to pioneering the new bevel-edge,
brings forward other features of strik
ing design. A very advanced work
ing out of the angular straight-line ef
fect is evident and the massive lamps
of unique design and harmonizing
symmetry put the big 6 in a class by
itself.
"It is also worthy of note that the
nickel-framed oval plate glass
windows arranged in pairs in the rear
of the top of both Studebaker 6s
were also a feature of Mr. Bourgon's
special body 'Bourgonnette.' This style
feature which has since been widely
copied by other cars in the high-priced
field was also originated by the Stude
baker body engineer as was the
method of securely fastening these
windows into the fabric of the top."
MMUnOMH-WKMfl
FIVE months ago the Nash Six with perfected valve-in-head
motor was first introduced to the buying public.
But that short time has sufficed to establish this car as
the biggest automobile value on the market today
When the news first came that the Nash Motors Com
pany, headed by G. W. Nash, had purchased one of the
finest manufacturing plants In this country and would
bring forth a new car embodying their ideals, motor car
enthusiasts everywhere looked to this organization to
produce a car of exceptional value.
And now this Nash Six in the hands of owners has
proved itself even better than the most enthusiastic
predictions.
First of all. the Nash Six is a car of tremendous power.
The wonderful perfected valveinhead motor exacts
every ounce of power from every drop of gasoline.
The materials and workmanship that go into this car
are of the finest. The body is designed and fitted to the
chassis like a glove, which makes it free from squeaks
and rattles.
If you have never ridden in a Nash Six you have a
revelation in store for you. Not until you get behind
the wheel of one of these cars will you know just what
we mean when we say Nash Motors have set a new
standard of values by the production of this car
We have never made price an issue, and we do not
wish to make price an issue now. But where can you
find a car that will compare with the Nash Six in work
manship, quality, looks or performance at anywhere near
its price?
This Nash Six is made in the four-passenger roadster
and convertible Sedan in addition to the five-passenger
touring car. The seven-passenger car of the Nash line
is Nash Model 671, a big, roomy seven-passenger touring
car of proven ability.
See these cars at the show.
Five-Passenger Touring, $1295. Four-Passenger
Roadster, $1295. Sedan, $1985. Seven
Passenger. $1465. Prices f. o. b. Kenosha.
NASH SALES COMPANY
General Distributors
10th at Howard St. Omaha, Neb.
VALUE CARS AT VOLUME PRICES