Judge — August 3, 1929 — page 20: what you’re looking at

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| _i ” i f : MERICA'S FIRST FRONT-WHEEL-DRIVE mMoTOoR CAR It was a notable group of men who bad met for dinner .. . representative men in their several fields of achievement... art and letters, commerce and finance... and their conversation eventually centered upon motor cars... And it was the common opinion that the automobiles they owned, while rated fine and dependable, fell somewhat short of the consummate. Body silence, riding comfort, flowing motion, all the other attributes so glowingly prom- ised had never been realized to the full... More than all else, these cars lacked the individuality of design which sets their homes and their other personal possessions apart. And these men of sound judgment and good taste finally got to wondering, out loud, if something couldn't be done about it. Ideas were exchanged, and suggestions offered. And because they have the money and the will to have just what they want, if these § wants are humanly attainable, they reached this decision: “Let's see if these conjectures of ours are practical. If they are, why not finance and build such a car? Maybe something good will come out of it.” So engineers were called in, blueprints were made, ideas were translated into metal. And this car, today, after two years of unburried development, rides the boulevards. One of its twelve sponsors bas given to it bis name... Ruxton. The engine that powers it is a straight-eight, of course. The body is handcrafted by Budd... Joseph Urban, daring yet supreme in the sphere of stage decor, bas created its colorings... Schumacher bas loomed its exclusive fabrics. And in this starkly, smartly individual car, the decided advantages of the front-wheel- drive may be enjoyed... for the first time in history of American automobile design. comicbooks.com