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The Jewett Five-Passenger Coach was manufactured for the Jewett marque of the Paige-Detroit Motor Car Company of Detroit, Michigan.

Jewett Five-Passenger Coach specifications (1926 data)

• Color – Gray, Jordan Blue, or Thistle Green
• Seating Capacity –Five
• Wheelbase – 125½ inches
• Wheels - Wood
• Tires - 32” × 6.20” balloon
• Service Brakes – Hydraulic, contracting on four wheels
• Emergency Brakes – Contracting on transmission
• Engine - Eight cylinder in line, cast en block, 3 × 4¾ inches; head removable; valves in side; H.P. 28.8, N.A.C.C. rating
• Lubrication – Force feed and splash
• Crankshaft - Five bearing
• Radiator - Cellular
• Cooling – Water pump
• Ignition –Storage battery
• Starting System – Single Unit
• Voltage – Six to eight
• Wiring System – Single
• Gasoline System – Vacuum
• Clutch – Dry plate
• Transmission – Selective sliding
• Gear Changes – 3 forward, 1 reverse
• Drive – Spiral bevel
• Rear Springs – Semi-elliptic
• Rear Axle – Semi-floating
• Steering Gear – Worm and worm wheel

Standard equipment

New car price included the following items:

• tools
• jack
• speedometer
• ammeter
• motometer
• electric horn
• transmission theft lock
• automatic windshield cleaner
• demountable rims
• spare rim
• snubbers
• stop light
• inspection lamp and cord
• spare tire carrier
• rear view mirror
• cowl ventilator
• clock
• closed cars have smoking case, vanity cases and dome light, and trunk on Victoria and Brougham.

Optional equipment

The following was available at an extra cost:

• None

Prices

New car prices were available F.O.B. factory plus tax on the following models:

• Touring - $2575
• Playboy - $2575
• Victoria - $2775
• Brougham - $2875
• Friendly Three - $2875
• Five Passenger Sedan - $2975
• Seven Passenger Sedan - $3225
• Seven Passenger Suburban Sedan - $3375

See also

• Jewett (automobile)

References

Source: Slauson, H. W.; Howard Greene (1926). ""Leading American Motor Cars"". Everyman’s Guide to Motor Efficiency. New York: Leslie-Judge Company.

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