METZ "22" $600 with Complete Electric Equipment

[Automotive Advertising Brochure]

Verlag: Henry Decker, Ltd [for Metz Company, Waltham, Mass.] (n. d.), New York City

Beschreibung

Unpaginated, though 4 pages. Illustrated with 2 b/w images of the automobile. 12-1/2" x 9-1/2" "The Metz Company was a pioneer brass era automobile maker established by Charles Herman Metz in Waltham, Massachusetts, from ca.1908 to 1922. Claiming to be 'winner of the Glidden Tour', the 1914 Model 22 was a two-seat roadster. It had a 22½Âhp four-cylinder water-cooled engine with Bosch magneto, full-elliptic springs front and rear. It ran on artillery wheels with Goodrich clincher tires, and featured a Prest-O-Lite-type acetylene generator for the headlights. It was billed as 'gearless', having a friction drive mechanism." [Wiki] A rare survivor from the early days of automobile manufacture. Two horizontal fold-lines, with splits developing along each. Some light soiling & smuding. A Good copy only. Self wrappers, printed in light orange, dark orange & black. Now housed in a clear archival mylar sleeve. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 42588

Bibliografische Details

Titel: METZ "22" $600 with Complete Electric ...

Verlag: Henry Decker, Ltd [for Metz Company, Waltham, Mass.] (n. d.), New York City

Einband: Softcover

Auflage: 1st printing thus, ca 1914.