Car of 1912

Excerpt from The Car of 1912: Which Is the Latest Edition of the Locomobile Book, the Fourteenth Annual Catalogue of Locomobile Motor Cars With Which Is Combined Information of General Interest to Motorists The idea back of the Locomobile Book is to tell the story of the Locomobile - its record and development - its design and construction its advantages as a comfortable and luxurious vehicle - its superiority as a safe and reliable machine. It contains information not ordinarily part of a catalogue and which is useful for reference; consequently the book is produced in permanent library form with board covers. Our intention is to give complete information and not to create an impression of elaborateness in catalogue work. There are no expensive color plates. The ink is plain black on plain white book paper. Locomobile models for 1912 are the result of our thirteen years experience in making motor cars. Photographic illustrations and specifications of the various models are placed at the end of the book for convenient reference. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.