Woman posing in 1921 National Sextet phaeton automobile
Description:
View of woman posing in 1921 National Sextet phaeton car. Handwritten on front: "New National Sextet phaeton." Typed on back: "The new National Sextet phaeton, with cast aluminum steps in place of running boards, appears to hug the ground in the manner characteristic of the finest European cars, yet standard road clearance is maintained. The unusually low effect has been secured through the exclusive method of body mounting followed by National, in which the body is suspended on brackets riveted below the upper edge of the chassis frame, dropping the body sides several inches closer to the ground. In the year that has followed the introduction of this method of body mounting, it has proved itself not only a source of beauty but of riding comfort as well. Squeaks and rattles are banished through the increased rigidity of the body support, the sills being laid on edge, instead of flat, and overlapping the chassis frame."
