Life, 1929-02-08 · page 2 of 44
Life — February 8, 1929 — page 2: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising, not satire**. It promotes two Stutz automobile models—the Stutz and the Blackhawk—marketed as "specialty cars" featuring advanced engineering. The illustration shows a sleek sedan silhouetted against clouds, framed in an ornate art deco border. The text emphasizes innovations like an eight-cylinder overhead camshaft engine (introduced 1926), safety features ("Noback" anti-roll device, gasoline pump), and positive de-celeration control. There is no political cartoon or satirical content. This is a straightforward 1920s luxury car advertisement highlighting Stutz's technological superiority and styling appeal. Prices ranged from $3395 to $2955 f.o.b. Indianapolis.
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Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.
sTUT2Z TWO GREAT SPECIALTY CARS—SOMETHING NEW IN AUTOMOBILEDOM Now Stutz brings to a climax another epoch in the automobile industry. When Stutz produced its revolutionizing eight- cylinder overhead camshaft engine in 1926, it made motor-car_ history. W ith it came the worm drive and lowered center of gravity, also the many new safety devic including safety glass, for which now Stutz is justly famed, Today that valuable pioneer work reaches its finest flowering in two re- markable specialty cars. An even greater Stutz—and an entirely new car, the Blackhawk! And here are some of the re- markable things they share in common: which all truly modern automobiles must now standardize. (2) The “Noback.” one of the greatest aids to safety ever invented, by which back rolling on inclines is automatically prevented. (3) Gasoline pump, which operates under any engine speed, insuring an absolutely uniform gas- oline supply at carburetor under all conditions. (4) Positive de-celeration, perfectly controlled speed to meet road-needs of today. : (5) Safety, comfort, luxury, expressed in bodies by Weymann, Fleetwood and Le Baron. Two great specialty ca “most modern of them Stutz $3395 to $6895 IT 1S EASIER TO TIP OVER A PILLAR THAN A 0 B95 — pyaamip. sturz weicut is pyrawpen || Blackhawk $2345 to $2955 (1) Four speed transmission, = 5 TU = f.o.b. Indianapolis. T Z and BLACKHAWK MOTOR CAR COMPANY OF AMERICA, .C., INDIANAPOLIS, comicbooks.com oc™ |