The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 18, 1907, Page 2

AN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1907. it 518 Modern Chafiot Holds th; Center of Stage indty o 5 |der by single push rod is not without Einlerest. Both the Pope-Hartford and |the Pope-Tribune present numerous improvements that will appeal strong- } {1y to the buyers of moderate priced } | cars. ¢ LOZIER ' A great number of cars will be c:-! | hibited that are not generally known lon this coast,.fetwithstanding that they heve the very best reputation int the East, and the visitor will be sur- |prised to find a great many cars on {exhidbition that he has never heard of. iIn what may be classed as the new cars is the Losler. This is a high-| priced, four-cylinder, seven-passenger | car. It merits more than & casual in- | | spection. A great many d|sfln('!i\'e; foatures not found on any other motor | {car are incorporated in its makeup. BUICK AND APPERSON Everybody is looking for something | _new and the auto enthustast will find | | something entirely new in the exhibit of the Howard Automobile Company {in booth 37. The Howard Company, in sddition to showing a full line of the ;l-mflus Buick automobiles, will show |one of the several styles of runabouts j-nd cars from the factory of the Ap- | persop Brothers, KNOX All Knox cars for next season Wwill Inot’ be. shaft-driven; only one model, | ' termed H, a 25-30-horsepower touring | car, will be so featured. The big 40-| 50-horsepower machine, however, will| still use double chain drive and the| | smaller machines with horizontal cylin- ders continuing with the single chain system. | RANIER ' The Ranier automobile for 1907, with | the official title of Model C, while pre- | ! senting no radical departures from this | year's B, takes on a number of im~i g — provements that are in the nature of | % | refinements rather than new depart- | ures. 5 | | service in California, where the con-| | ILE | dition of the roads require not only oLDIwOn | strength and power, but also ability Given a chassis of practical desxln,] to climb with ease the steepest srades. | it today serves the general require- i It is to meet and overcome such diffi- A ments of the trade when it is equipped | 5 = & | | culties as exist here that these ma- With a choice of the three styles of| At the | chines are placed on the market. bodies: touring ecars, runabouts and| | i limousines. Under these conditions | { POPE CARS | automobile construction at least ap- | { The new Pope cars make a stronger | Proaches enduring design. This con- claim than ever for supremacy, and dition represents the standard for 1807 certainly give every evidence of the ! pleasure cars as meade by the Olds| quality of construction Motor Works of Lansing, Mich The Fope-Toledo retains FRAYER-MILLER ous inverted U section| pemanstrating its claim in the Van- derbilt races that by its system of air cogling practical gylinders of any size could be cooled by the method used on the Frayer-Miller cars, the Oscar Lear COLISEUM San Francisco T8 18" o 25" its frame, and is radically changed in re- spect to the engine. Probably the de- tail that attracts the most attention s the fitting of Hess-Bright silent ball- bearings to the eérankshaft, though the atlon of both valves on each ¢ Continued os Page 8, Section 2 PR FORD e ars offered this year by | Ford Mot Company embody the! d It is Mr. Ford's & Given by the Automobile Dealers’ Association = 3| n 1906 cars. It might bc“ tunetion | truthfully said that the 1907 Dragon| cars do not offer one single new and| untried feature, and it can also be said with equal truth that no eiement of | the Dragon car is inferior to the best THE FRICTION DRIVE CAR ALWAYS ON THE GO. onel equivalent in any 1907 tour-| . . tomoblle ‘ Under the Auspices of The Dragon % made in two models, & 24-26-horsepower runabout ar ing car, each having the The metor is of the fou ® | cal type under the The Automobile Club of California dland a half inch mechanical fea-{jmch bore. It develops 24-26 horse- models have | power, French rating, at 1200 revelu- | tions, and is water-cooled with the| the | thermo-syphon system. TOURIST The Auto Company of California has just made its debut into the automo- ies agent for the any of Los Amgeles, | Tourist. This car| andard automobile| This machine is it of a very careful study of| affecting auto- | peeds, from zero to mobiles. The cars manufactured by rottle | this co ) ar wheels | Open Afternoon and Evening - Admission 50c¢ Model ‘G, Price $26b6. . e FIVE NEW MODELS. NO FIXED SPEED. ANY SPEED DESIRED. 35-40 Hersepower Four-Cylinder RUTENBER MOTOR. Seven-passenger, side entrance Tonneau. Wheel Base, 106 inches. LAMBERT %ATENTED FRICTION DRIVE TRANSMISSION, etc. Model “G” is the greatest value for the price ever offered to the automobile buying public. The Lambert Automobile Co. : COAST AGENTS 507 Golden Gate Ave. { bile wo: Auto Ve manufacty l‘!F the on made flexi- | the re Special R. R. Rates ~ Fare and one-third on all railroads for round trip, from any California point. Get receipt, ‘‘conyention form,” from your local quality | Califo ons a San Francisco are built especially fori bl iy g s et ; : ticket agent. Have ticket validated at the words, all the power of the en-| HARRIS RUBB[R ———— SUPPI-Y Efl office of the secretary, Coliseum. 5 ¢, under = frcumstances, avails AND a Pa. At first only e e o T o sins g Northwest Corner Turk and Polk Streets toce touring machine is & magnifi- Phone Franklin 2467 AGENTS FOR— GOODRICH TIRES The newest and most complete tire repair plant west of Chicago. A specialty made of vulcanizing of inner tubes and retreading gf outer ‘cgs‘iqgs., “ 5 e. It has four vertical cyl- orsepower dctually de- s of the rear wheels, five passengers, | tiree-point sus- | sliding gear, | three speeds | Las 12-14 osposed inder hood in front, ring transmission, everse, direct shaft e-point unit suspension of | Fitted with the well-known and celebrated Thor Engine. Very little vibration on the Torpedo, princi- | ring Fork, which has 1%4.inch play. 1} pally on account of being fitted with the Torpedo Patent Sg; Direct chain drive from engine to rear wheel (roller chain). A Motor is placed fully six inches lower than any other machine equipped with the Thor Engine. This is a great advantage and is acknowledged by all mechanical experts as being the praper positioh for engines on motor cycles. | The Torpedo rides fully 40 to 50 per cent easier than any other machine on the miarket. : .+« Price $228.00 ... The Bike Doctor JOE HOLLE Pacific Coast Agent; 20TH AND FOLSOM STS. & ! J e . See our Exhibit nmflcgNE MARKET 179 S DRAGON s emphaticajly first, me an assemblage of is, approved not | ineering precedent, | d work. It has the| endation of thou- ds of thoroughly satisfied purchas- rs, who have found the elements se- ected for the Dragon car to be abso- lutely the best for their respective det: