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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 25, 1912)
Model 69T Self Starter 30 Horsepower 5 Passenger Touring Car Center Control Completely Equipped 110-inch Wheel Base Timken Bearings Prestolite Tank $50 Rem Magneto R 0. B. Toledo 40,00 0 Cars a Year ma - mm -M fl A. TT 7 Makes this V Possible' ERE is the car we have asked you to wait for. Those who have heeded our advice will profit. Those who have not will lose. You were duly warned, advised and notified, and those whose better judgment a, thpm tn delav their automobile purchase, until we maue public our 1913 facts, are now in a position to feel no litde amount of keen satisfaction. - . This car, at this price, smashes all previous records. It even totally eclipses our 1912 values, which a year ago baffled the world. 40 000 Overlands will be made in 1913. This enormous jump in production makes possible this new car at this new price. As our production goes up, our prices come down, as has been shown in each preceding year. Now let's take this car and carefully analyze the value. First take the remarkable and exceptionally complete equipment of standard accessories. The Warner speedometer is conceded by practically every manufacturer in the world to be the best made. It is the speedometer you find on all of the $5,000 cars. We could have put on a speedometer that costs just half that of the Warner but we wanted the best. The price of this speedometer is $50 the world over. Then take the top and boot. This top is made of the finest mohair. You could not buy it for less than $50 in the open market The clear' vision wind shield is handsome, strong and serviceable. Besides being an ornament to the car it adds that touch of completion. . The retail price of this anywhere is $25. Then there is the well known Prestolite Tank, the price of which you know from past experience is always and to everyone the same. The Overland self-starter cannot be purchased for less than $25. This car carries a $50 Remy Magneto winch has an established reputation all over the-world.. We can touch the big subject of the, car itself but slighdy. The specifications above tell the story. Here is detailed the most remarkable automobile value the world has ever been offered. Note particularly Buch high-grade features and fineness in the construction as the famous Timken roller bearings on the front wheels and the equally famous Hyatt bearings on the rear axle. Note more carefully the long wheel-base and big motor, lhe wheel-base of 110 inches gives ample leg room in both seats. The selective transmission, too, is fitted with fine annular bearings. Read carefully the spring and brake dimensions. Com pare these spring and brake facts with cars that cost twice the price. Do this without fail. You'll find no difference. The three-quarter floating rear axle is another big and important feature. $50 Warner Speedometer $50 Mohair Top and Boot $25 Clear Vision Wind Shield All Bright Parts Nickel Plated aloe Have you ever heard of an equal value for less than $1,200? Why, as a matter of actual fact, you can find $1,500 car that have practically no more to offer than this one for $985. In this age of rapid progress it is sometimes difficult to grasp the full significance of an important progressive manufacturing step, such as this car exemplifies. But when you sum up the extraordinary cold dollar for dollar value which this car offers, as compared to any and all competing motor car values, the giant economical manufacturing strength of the huge Overland plants is realized and recognized. It only proves the ability of this most powerful and efficient automobile factory. . It only proves the economy of producing over 40,000 cars a year and the big money saving it means to you. We can make the positive statement, witnout any kind of a condition, that this is the automobile industry's record value. This car can now be seen in any city in America. Over 2,000 Overland dealers are waiting to give you your demonstration. Look up the Overland dealer in your city today. His address is below. 'Phone him for a demonstration. He will give you all the time, at any time you want. Act quick and you'll get a prompt delivery MOTOR Fonr-cylinder, cut aep-arately- Bore. 4 in. stroke, 454 in. Hcmcpo.tr, 30. IGNITION Remy Model K. D. But err end Magneto two sources of COOLING Water cooled. Thermo lygjMS Cellular Radiator. OILING Splash system far crank and cam heft bearings. Cylinder end limine gears oiled with Km wood lore feed oiler. CAM SHAFT Carbon Steel drop forged, three bearings. CRANK SHAFT Carbon Med drop forged, five bcthsl. CONNECTING ROD Carbon Steel drop iorged. MAGNETO SHAFT Drop forging. PUSH ROD Crceeeat drill rod steel. CARBU RETOR Model LSohebler. CENTER CONTROL. FRAMB Chsnne! Section Cold rolled steel. No. 9 U. S. Gs. -156), Depth Side Rail. 3H in. Width ot Flange Face. 1 irf. SPRINGS Front; Semi - elliptic. Length. 36 in. Width, IK in. Rear; three-quarter elliptic. Length. 42 in. Width, lH in. All springs here C leave, etcel bushing eyes. TRANSMISSION Selective. Three speeds forward and reverse. Annular Bearings. REAR AXLE Three-qnarter float lag; bearings, Hyatt; Axle Shaft Car penter Seme ateet. Propeller Shaft. Cold Rolled Steel. Mam Driving Shalt. Calamet Steel. B . BRAKES Contracting end expand ing on rear wheels. Inside diameter Brake Drum 13 in. Width of brake shoo tk in. Outside dismeter Brake, dram J3)t in. Width Brake Baud, 2 la. FRONT WHEEL BEARINGS Timken Roller Bearings. FRONT AXLE Drop Forged, Clearance 10 in. TIRES-32x3X Q.D. COLOR Body, Overland blaa wheels, gray: all bright part nickel plated, with black trim. BQUIPMEN T-Mohslr top and boot! Wamer Speedometer: W indshield: Prestolite Tsnk: Sell-Starter; Five black and nickel Lamps; Tire-Irons: Roba Kaili FostRcitj Tort Kit ud Jack, The Willys-Overland Company, Toledo, Ohio J.W. Leavitt & Go., Distributors 529 Washington Street, Portland, Oregon Phone Marshall 2779 A 2444