"Safety First" in a Chrome Steel, Silver and Cloisonne Limousine Chang Tso-lin, Tuchun of Manchuria, is taking no chances. And, incidentally, he is giving the good roads movement a fillip by setting an example to other precariously placed Tuchuns all over the Republic, There has been on exhibition in Shanghai this week the great armoured limousine, which has lately arrived for him from America. With two "braves" in front, one at the wheel and the other at the "ready" with a machine gun, and three others on each running board—presumably soldier-chauffeurs case of casualties—His Excellency Chang hopes to feel reasonably protected against the perils of Chinese highways and at a cost of Gold $35,000 he seems to have something to meet his requirements. Added to which there is no speed limit for Governors-General.
"It is too bad," says Motor," "that His Excellency is going to use the car in far away China. The people on Fifth Avenue and South Michigan Boulevard should be given chance to see this machine, which is a thing of rave beauty and undoubtedly the most remarkable car ever built. The Packard Motors Export Corporation has given the Manchurian Tuchun exactly what his imagination called for—a_ car which was not only fully aryed and armoured, but a twin six limousine, magnificent in appearance, speedy, comfortable and powerful' in performance.
"Under the beautiful exterior finish there is an inner lining of chrome nickel steel. Shutters of the same material, concealed in the roof, may be lowered to cover the side windows. The shutters, 1 effect the curve formed by the top and sides of the carriage, are actually a number of steel plates cut into strips and fastened means of flexible steel bands. The whole assembly operates on roller bearings grooved in the window sills.
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