Briefly Stated Facts Concerning This Year's Glidden Tour, which was Won by the Metz "22." The annual running of the Glidden Tour, under the auspices of the American Automobile Association, is looked upon in automobile circles as the classic road event of the season. It is not a race, but a prolonged endurance contest, the object being to thoroughly test the reliability and stamina of the many competing cars. This year's tour was over a 1,300 mile route, from Minneapolis, Minn., to Glacier National Park, Montana. It started on July 11, and ended on the 19th of that month, thus covering eight days of travel over all kinds and conditions of roads, from the gumbo mud of Minnesota to the rocky hills of western Montana, piled up mile on mile by the ascent of this section of the Rocky Mountains. The Tour was won by the Metz team of three regular stock cars. Many makes and prices of cars competed, including the pick of America's best, but the Metz was the ONLY team that went through the entire eight days of the contest with a perfect score. It was not "luck" or "team work" that enabled the Metz to establish this splendid record, but practical and solid construction. There were three regular Metz stock cars in the contest, and each and every one of these cars maintained a PERFECT score, checking in at every control without additional allowance or time extension of any kind, throughout the entire eight days of the Tour. On the final day of the contest the Metz cars were last to leave noon control, but they overtook all the cars ahead, and, when ten miles from the finish, caught the pacemaker and crowded him over the last mountain range, finishing with twenty minutes to spare. The Metz cars were the ONLY cars in the contes: that were equipped with gearless transmission. The gearless transmission of the Metz "22" entirely does away with gear troubles. Concisely stated it means-No clutch to slip, no gears to strip. Metz price, $475.00, completely equipped. Prices of other cars that competed in the Tour-from five to ten times as much. The Metz is the lowest-priced four-cylinder automobile in the world, and it is a strictly high class, fully guaranteed car, roadster type, torpedo body, left-hand drive and center control. Every purpose of a closed car is met and amplified in the Paige Model Montrose Coupe. It is a 1914 enclosed vehicle of high attainment. It reveals the coach-builder's art at its best. It has a roomy and luxurious interior, is beautiful in all its appointments, and satisfies the taste of the most critical purchaser. The moderate price of this Model Montrose reflects the efficiency of Paige manufacturing methods just as it is reflected in the famous Paige "36" Touring Car. Built on the chassis of the Paige "36," the Montrose Coupe brings with it to the purchaser every assurance of splendid mechanical design, construction and workmanship. Its strength, its responsive power and the completeness of its mechanical equipment, coupled with the beauty of its body design, make it an ideal car for physicians. Seats four persons in comfort. Why should you pay more than the price of the Paige Montrose? $1,850. Wheelbase, 116 inches; quiet Paige motor, 4 x 5; unit power plant; multiple disc cork insert clutch; silent chain drive for cam shaft, pump and generator; big brakes; 34 x 4 inch tires with non-skid in rear; demountable rims; left-side drive, center control; Gray & Davis large unit electric starting and lighting system; complete incidental equipment. See the Montrose at your dealer's, or write us for catalogue. This model will be exhibited at both the New York and Chicago Automobile Shows. 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The Ideal Car for Physicians Ideal, because a phy sician's car must give COMPLETE ELECTRIC EQUIPMENT unfaltering service un der all conditions of weather and roads. It must be a tough Car, a speedy Car, a thoroughly practical Car, absolutely reliable in operation; and it should also be a stylish Car. The last annual Glidden Tour, which turned out to be an exceptionally severe endurance test, was won by the METZ team of three cars. Many makes and prices of cars competed, including the pick of America's best, but the METZ was the ONLY team that held a perfect score the entire eight days of the tour. $600 Price, without electric equipment, and fitted instead with gas head lights and gas generator, oil dash lamps and tail light, and bulb horn. Makes from five to fifty miles per hour on the high speed, is a wonderful hill climber, travels 28 to 32 miles on one gallon of gasoline, and 10,000 to 12,000 miles on a single set of tires. Its gearless transmission entirely does away with gear troubles. We want a representative in every town. Write for terms. METZ COMPANY, Waltham, Mass. |