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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 18, 1910)
N v ... TliE SUNDAY OKEGOyiAX. FOKTLAyP, DECEMBER 18, 1910. . j Hf hereni fmt cost, sumd ater coslt," ' the most economical car im Ae world. Tri theft X Z lamps, piping and generator; 31x3ia-inch rear tires; shock absorbers on front -llSw edSS yggrK ' springs; three oil lamps, horn and tools. Top, windshield and speedometer f fmtrs LI EE Touring Car GUARANTEED POR Touring Car Are you one ofttose who have felt that a touring car was beyond their means? Hundreds . like you to ownership, tomorrow, when the new $900 Hupmobile is shown for the first time mtos city. In first cost and in assured economy of operation it makes a touring car possible to scores who have not dared consider one betore. , The Hupmobile Philosophy; "Let the other fellow have the Ions profit on the high-priced car. "Give us the small profit on a generous volume. "The automobile business cannot grow to real greatness on the patronage of the few it must deserve the support of the manj. "There aren't enough rich men to go around. "We will build cars for the average man for the modest pocketbook. "We will send the Hupmobile out into every nook and corner of the world. "We will link the city to the farm; and the farm to the city. "Anybody can sell luxuries to the rich let us bring "health and sunshine; and pleasure; to men and women of modest means. "Let us resolve to build a car so good that it will shame the cars of higher price. "Let tis make it so light and yet so strong that it will cost less to keep than any other car on earth. "Last, and most important of all. let us resolve that all the money on earth shall not tempt us to turn out a poor product." This poli'i'v 'a formulated three years ago. Now thousand of people swear by the Hupmobile and vouch for its soundness and its value. The new Hupmobile banishes three bugaboos which have always confronted the touring car buyer: 1) The fear that a low price meant poor construc tion. 2) The fear of excessive cost of repair. 3) The fear of a high cost of upkeep. Fear No. 1 is driven away by the life-long guarantee and the magnificent record of thousands of Hupmobiles already in use. Fear No. 2 is left without a leg to stand on by this same life-long guarantee. Fear No. 3 meets its Waterloo in the proof presented by hundreds of owners that a Hupmobile, cared ,for at home, costs from 20c to 25c a day. So you will be confronted, when you see this new car, tomorrow, by an entirely new economic proposition. If a touring car would mean anything to you If it would make life brighter and' healthier and happier for you and your friends "And you can afford to pay for that inestimable boon a first cost of $900, and an after-cost about equal to the average daily streetcar expensethen buy a Hupmobile, with implicit confidence in its rock-ribbed, life-long guarantee. Buy it, too, with this thought in mind : That the first poor Hupmobile has yet to be built. That there isn't a crippled Hupmobile in America, unless it was crushed in an accident. That Hupmobles used for a year or more have always commanded almost full list price. That the Hupmobile policy has always been to carry out every promise to the letter. The life-Long Guarantee The Hupp Motor Car Company guarantees tEo Hupmobile free from defects in material or work manship, during the life of the car, and will re place, free of charge, any such defective material when returned to its factory for inspection, trans portation prepaid. This guarantee does not cover tires- HUPP MOTOR CAR COMPANY. GENERAL SPECIFICATIONS What You Get in This New $900 Hupmobile Touring Car VgQ& ' ftmriout. $750 Tou (ret enough power to carry four people up any hill or grade the Hupmobile may encounter. You get more speed, several times over, than the law allows or a wise driver cares to use. Ton get a system of springs, supplemented by shock absorbers in the front, which makes driving a delight in ease and smoothness. Tou get a longer wheelbase than has ever been offered betore lor less than $1000. Yon get a Bosch magneto and slid ing gear transmission offered for the first time in a touring car for less than $1000. COTTE (ptctftcaUaaa Itnt as Rntsboot ept: Bodr of .notaj. fuiir raotoNd and atorm. proof. Hupp blu. hit (trip; tra? wbo!a end frr pan.ls do doors. Doors pB forward. Standard oo,olpm.nt Ineiodoo alactrla halllchta, combi nation oU and a..c trio aid and tall lamp, dotna Usht. folding- dash for a third poraon. hock nuimlors la front. tires. ht tiKhaa; roar. tlxYt lacaes. Walgnt. 109 panada, Tttrm. niM F. . B. You get the same superb construction that won for the Hupmobile Runabout the honor of being the only moderate-priced car that employed the same fine materials and methods utilized on larger and costlier cars. You get the first life-long guarantee ever given with any automobile in the world-4a guarantee which will be carried out to the letter no matter how many people may, in time, own the car you buy, nor how many years hence it may be called into action. RUNABOUT. Unit power plant. Four-cylinder, 20 H. P. motor; J -Inch bore. 3 V Inch otroke: offset crank shaft; valves on left side. Selective sliding gear transmission, two speeds forward and reverse. Lubricated from crank case. Multiple disc clutch, enclosed In gear case and running" in oil. Hyatt roller bearings on outer ends of rear axle; 2 foot and 2 emer gency brakes. Internal expanding. on rear wneeis. Drop-forged front axlo, I-beam sec tion. Integral spring seats. Frame of pressed steel channel seo tion. Semi-elliptic front springs, . patented cross spring in rear. PRICE, $750 F. Float feed, automatic carburetor, me celerator pedal; nana inrtn under steering wheel. Bosch high tension magneto. No battery, coil or complicated wiring. Thermo-syphon system of water cir culation for cooling. Front and. rear tires, 30xS inches. Wheel base, 86 inches. Tread, 6s Inches. Body Hupp blue, white striping-. Wheels gray. Oil lamps for dash ana rear, horn and tools regular equipment. Top, windshield, gas lamps, tank or generator extra. Weight, regular I equipment, 1200 lbs. O. B. DETROIT. I TOTJRIJTO CAR Mi mm: Same a Runabout except: Wheel-base 110 Inches, heavier frame, vanadium steel rear spring. Metal body, seating four. Tufted upholstery. Hupp blue on body, white striping; gray wheels. Regular equipment, gas headlights PRICE, 800 F. O. B. DETROIT. and generator, shock absorbers on iront springs, vu uaou . J lamps, horn and tools. Top, wind ehleld and speedometer extra. Tires 30x3 inches front, 31x8 Vi Inches rear. - Weight, regular equipment, 1600 pounag. TORPEDO spacMaa- cntlona Sam as runabout ex- opt: Gear ratio tVt to 1. giving- spod of So miles an hour. Metal body, with gaa- oline tank ancloaad. Abaoluta protactlon front mud and dust. Standard eolors and quipmont earn as runabout. Tiros OxS Incaas front and roar. Woi Coupe, $1100 1800 pemnda itindArd qulpm-mt. wl tit th ansa Detroit. Price T. O. B Hupp Motor Car Co., Detroit, Mich. Smith Cleveland Company ButributorSeventh and Couch Street. Portland. Orezon Phone Marshall 2376J (Licensed Under Selden Patent)