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Winnetka Weekly Talk, 15 Apr 1922, p. 3

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Peter N. JANS Earl J. 1. A M K E HAYNES 55 HAYNES 75 Touring 5 Passenger $1695 Touring 7 Passenger $2425 Roadster 1750 Tourister 4 Pass. 2425 Coupe, 3 Passenger 2425 Brugia: 5 Pass. 3150 America's First Car Sedan 5 Passenger 2735 edan 7 Dass. 3465 Suburban 7 Pass. 3465 July 4th, 1894 Jans-Lamke Compare Modern Automobile With One of 1914 If the motorists of today were set back into the year of 1914--"those good old days'--how would he fare in the purchase of an automobile? What price would he have to pay and what would he get for his money? This proposition was placed before the motcring public and immediately there was this sort of a reply, "Ah, if we were but back ne in the dear old days of "14, we'd get a lot of automobile for migurty -iittle money. Prices were certainly low. Why, I can remember when we'd get a Spufendorf car for $950. And you remember the old Clankety car that was priced at $800. There was a real buy." But would the motorist of 1922 be at all happy if he were put behind the wheel of one of these 1914 cars selling for $300 to $900? Imagine him trying to make Hubbard Hill on high! Imagine him driving over unpaved streets. Imagine him bumping over the Zion City road at its worst and trying to make speed. The car of 1914 is not the 1922. The motorist of 1922 is not the motorist of 1914. In the last eight years there has been a most remarkable advance in beauty of line and finish, in power and speed of motors, and in ease and comfort of riding. The car of 1914 would never have negotiated Hubbard Hill in high gear, a stunt that is so easy for the car of 1922 that it causes" no comment. The car of 1914 was an easy-riding boat, but even so it wasn't a tenth as comfortable as is the car of today. The improvements and conveniences that have been put into automobiles in the last eight years have come gradually and we have become accustomed to them gradually. They are none the less remarkable for that. The motorist of 1914 who paid several thousand dollars for his automobile at that time--buying what was called the finest car in the world, did not get as much power, speed, comfortable riding, fine appearance nor any better standing up qualities than the motorist who planks down $1000, or $2500 for a car now. In fact, a 1922 car would so outclass in performance the best of the 1914 cars that there is hardly any comparison, and the motorist of today wouldn't hesitate a minute in picking the car of 1922. Yet in spite of the great improvements which have been made, modern manufacturing economies and recent reductions have brought the price of good cars down to what the motorist of 1914 would consider a ridiculously low figure. No, the motorist of 1922, we are afraid, would be inclined to turn up his nose at the car of 1914 in spite of the low price. The greatest bargains in the history of the motor car are right here today, and we sell the leaders of their respective classes. HAYNES 75--$2525 HAYNES 55--$1695 COLUMBIA LIGHT SIX $1078 "Good" MAXWELL $965 DELIVERED ANYWHERE ON THE NORTH SHORE AT THESE PRICES FREIGHT AND TAX PAID If it is not convenient to come to our show rooms, we will be glad to arrange a demonstration at your convenience, if you will give us a ring on the telephone. Won't you let us hear from you today? ans-Lamke Motor Co. 1013-15-17 Davis St. Telephones Evanston 6020-4250 COLUMBI1A LIGHT SIX STANDARD EQUIPMENT STANDARD EQUIPMENT "GOOD" 31x4 Oversize Cord Tires. 31x 4 Oversize Cord Tires. 1922 Disc Steel Wheels. Disc Steel Wheels. MAXWELL 6-Cyl. 45 H. P. "Red Seal" Motor. 6-Cyl. 456 H. P. "Red Seal" Motor. 1922 Timken Axles. Timken Axles. # Stromberg Carburetor. Stromberg Carburetor. Borg & Beck Clutch. Borg & Beck Clutch. Genuine Leather Upholstery. Genuine Leather Upholstery. Barrel Lamps. Barrel Lamps. Wheel Base, 115 Inches. Wheel Base, 115 Inches. MODELS MODELS of Touring -. ., $1078 Touring . . $1078 Coupes. ..5-..°.. 21395 Coupe: 5, =. 71303 Sedan. «voi... 41405" "Sodan 8. 1405

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