English engineers push for twelve cylinder Sunbeam for Indy 500
Harry Grant plans to pilot a Sunbeam or Talbot in the next Indianapolis 500 after a British group urges a twelve cylinder Sunbeam to challenge Peugeot. Jean Chassagne who set Brooklands speed record is named as driver, with Ziegler and Lambert backing the effort. Grant, seeking a decisive year, sails to England for tryouts and a potential Sunbeam or Talbot entry, hoping to rival Lambert and the Peugeot team.
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Brooklands
Jean Chassagne
Goux
Boilloty
Peugeot
United States
Harry Grant
England
Paul Ziegler
Lambert
Grant
Talbot
Percy Lambert
Indianapolis
America
Bostonian
Sunbeam
Foreign plant reps eye Indianapolis station for Bismarck works
Representatives of the Bismarck Steel Works Berlin have been in Indianapolis to study a distributing station. Karl Schneider a director and Frank Wallace an American rep visited the city. A high tariff previously limited exports, but a distribution station for nickel may open in Indianapolis within a month.
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Bismarck Steel Works
Berlin
Germany
Indianapolis
Karl Schneider
Frank Wallace
New York
United States
Russell joins Bessemer Forces
R. F. Russell formerly assistant chief engineer of the Alco plant has taken charge of the engineering department of the Bessemer Motor Truck Company in Grove City Pennsylvania.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell
Bessemer
R., F. Russell
Alco
Bessemer Motor Truck Company
Grove City
Mammoth Ford Branch in Manchester England Highlighted
Detroit reports reveal Ford's Manchester plant at Trafford Park as a vast operation with about 1000 workers. The facility turns out 8000 to 10000 cars this year, matching the combined output of Britain’s three largest auto makers, spread over 115000 square feet of floor space.
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Detroit
Mich
Ford
Ford Company
Manchester
England
Great Britain
Trafford Park
Manchester Ship Canal
Philadelphia
New York
Ont
Mersey
Liverpool
Tire Prices Drop Goodrich Leading Chicago
Nearly all major tire makers cut prices with Goodrich at the forefront. Goodyear reduced 34 by 4 plain from 29.80 to 24.35 and non skid from 34.30 to 28.50, tubes to 4.90. Firestone cut casings 15 to 17 percent and tubes about 20 percent, 34 by 4 plain now 26.20 and non skid 30.50.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Goodrich
Goodyear
Firestone
Aoe
United States Tire Company
Fisk
Michelin
Republic
New Device Aims to Eliminate Skidding on Cars
Professor 8 C Shipley from the University of Minnesota and C G Minor and A M Walsh from Colby Sales Company plan a Boston trip in a Colby car fitted with a compensating device funded by Standard Investment Company. The device replaces the gear differential with eccentrics that direct power to the wheel with higher resistance. Under normal use power should distribute to both wheels, and the inventors expect a 90 percent reduction in skidding if successful.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
8. C. Shipley
Engineering Department
University of Minnesota
C. G. Minor
A. M. Walsh
Colby Sales Company
Boston
Colby
Standard Investment Company
Maintenance test to prove value of better highways goes coast to coast
The American Highway Association with the federal Office of Public Roads and state officials launches a seven hundred mile maintenance experiment from Washington to Atlanta. The project flags historic sites along the route and aims to keep improved sections from deteriorating while upgrading unimproved stretches. Leonard Tufts leads the campaign to fund traveling engineers and 110 miles will be placed under government supervision.
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American Highway Association
Central Good Roads Organization of the
United States
Federal Office of Public Roads
Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
Washington
Atlanta
Arlington
Mt. Vernon
Bull Run
Chancellorsville
Spottsylvania
Fredericksburg
Richmond
North
Office of Public Roads
Leonard Tufts
Seaboard
Auto Stop Thief Accessory Reveals New Theft Shield
The Auto Stop Thief locks and unlocks car ignition via a ten button dash panel. Each unit uses a unique button sequence such as D H O T to unlock, with any incorrect press re locking the system. It can control ignition high or low tension, lock gearsets, and deter joy riding by requiring dash access to defeat the lock.
Heavy Franklin Car Sales Rise in 1913 Ten Months
Franklin Automobile Company reports ten month sales through October 1913 rose 76 percent from the same period in 1912. September and October 1913 sales were double those months in 1912.
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Franklin
Franklin Automobile Company
New Ford Coupe Body by Cleveland Company
A new two passenger coupe body has been designed and placed on the market by the Commercial Auto Body and Manufacturing Company of Cleveland Ohio. The body fits the chassis and features a roomy hood with glass front and sides enclosing the seat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ford
Commercial Auto Body and Manufacturing Company
Cleveland
Safety and Sanity Mark Auto Design in 1914
John N. Willys declares 1914 the year for safety and sanity in motor car building. He cites wide industry adoption, notes medium priced cars are powerful and reliable, and praises Overland quality, parts availability, and durable design.
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John N. Willys
Willys-Overland Co
United States
jJast
Cost of living rise blamed on horse farming shift to trucks
John N Willys of Toledo argues motor trucks cut hay oat and corn waste, citing US crop values and 25 million horses and mules. He claims replacing half draught animals with trucks could save about 1.587 billion dollars and improve American living standards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John N. Willys
Willy-Overland Company
Toledo
Ohio
Willys-Utility
United States
Milwaukee Tests Rope Barriers to Boost Downtown Traffic Safety
Milwaukee police experiment with roping off sections of the busiest streets during rush hours to separate pedestrians from vehicles. Barriers run parallel to streetcar lines leaving about ten feet for cars and three feet for pedestrians while officers enforce restricted crossing times. If successful, the plan may extend citywide to ease motor traffic and reduce blockades from streetcar boarding.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Fears Car Shortage Prompted by Freight Delays
J S Marvin of the Automobile Chamber of Commerce surveys rail service and car shipments as heavy shipping season nears. He mails notices to about a thousand railroads urging cars return to home roads and factory districts. Ford enlarges Canadian plant adding capacity to heat treatment building doubling output.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. S. Marvin
Automobile Chamber of Commerce, Inc
Marvin
Ford
Ford Motor Car Company
Grant Buys Findlay Motor Co
The Findlay Motor Company of Findlay Ohio, once placed in receivership, was sold last week to the Grant Motor Company of Detroit. The plant will immediately start producing 5000 two passenger roadsters to be branded as the Grant.
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Grant
Findlay Motor Co
Findlay Motor Company of
Findlay
Grant Motor Company of
Detroit
Hupmobile Ends Ambitious 5000 Mile South Africa Tour
John Nordlinger and partners completed a 5000 mile Hupmobile tour across South Africa. The trip showcased roads once unseen by motor cars and highlighted Bechuanaland and the Cape Good Hope region. The journey boosted Rogaly sales nearly threefold and will be captured on film for posterity.
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John Nordlinger
H. J. Rogaly
C. D. Bradford
P. G. Baldwin
Union of South Africa
Africa
Transvaal
Bechuana Land
Cape Good Hope Peninsula
Nordlinger
Rogaly
To Build Cyclecar
Robert Clarke chief inspector of the F B Stearns Company has resigned to enter the cyclecar field. He designed a cyclecar he expects to manufacture and market soon. Clarke was a superintendent at Daimler Hum ber and Columbia Motor Car Company plants in Hartford Conn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Clarke
F. B. Stearns Company
Clark
Daimler Motor Car Company
Humber Motor Car Company
England
Columbia Motor Car Company
Hartford
Conn
Jesco Electric Lighting System Establishes Paris Branch
The Jesco lighting and starting system gains adoption by French carmakers leading to the formation of Societe Jesco at 85 Rue de Villejust Paris as a foreign branch of the Jones Electric Starter Company of Chicago, maker of the Jesco system.
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Jesco
Societe Jesco
Rue de Villejust
Paris
Jones Electric Starter Company of
Chicago
Detroit Cyclecar Club Forms Amid Growth
Detroit, Mich December 20 The Detroit Cyclecar and Motorette Club has been formed with nearly forty members and a slate of officers including F Ed Spooner as resident, J P Vigne first vice president, J J Batterman second vicepresident, C F Gazeley third vice president, I N White fourth vice president, P A Teats secretary and R C Albertus treasurer. Other cyclecar centers such as Chicago form similar groups as demand for home and outside use rises.
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Detroit
Mich
Detroit Cyclecar and Motorette Club
F. Ed Spooner
J. P. Vigne
LaVigne Cyclecar Company
J. J. Batterman
Scripps-Booth Cycleecar Company
C. F. Gazeley
Detroit Commercial Axle Company
I. N. White
Princess Cyclecar Company
P. A. Teats
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Uree Construction
Sunbeam Racer
Russia
Ford Sales Company
East
Houston Street
Crockett
San Antonio
Texas
Washington- Atlanta
Federal
John W. Willys
Frank A. Winerich
Crockett 262
New
St. Mary's Street
San Antonio, Texas
Hupmobile
Hup
Stearns
Cyclecar Club
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