TTTE SUNDAY OREGONTAX, POTITLAXD, SEPTEMBER 21, 1919.
HEW OVERUND FOUR
SHOW
PORTLAND
Much-Discussed Little Auto
mobile Here at Last.
SPRINGS ARE BIG FEATURE
Car Weighs Qsdy 18 or Pounds, Has
Fewest Parts, Does 4 to 45
Miles on High.
It's Tiere. And the many things that
have been said about Its remarkable
construction. Its easy-riding' qualities.
Its gasoline economy, are all true.
"It" Is the new Overland model four,
the "mystery car" in -which the Inter
est of the motoring public has so long
centered. It has been called the "mys
tery car" because details of Its con
struction have been kept strictly se
cret until one of these cars should be
In the hands of every Overland distrib
utor. That time has now arrived.
One of the new Overland model fonr
cars and a chassis showing the fea
tures of construction tha,t make this
model so different from any other au
tomobile ever built, were put on exhi
bition in the show rooms of the Willys
Overland Pacific branch, Broadway and
Davis streets, last week. This week
they will be on display at the Salem
tats fair.
No deliveries of the new model have
been made as yet. But with 14 of them
cow on the way to Portland from the
factory at Toledo, O., 75 more to be
hipped this week, and from then on
at the rate of a carload a day, it will
be a matter of a very short time when
deliveries to purchasers are in full
wing.
Spring; Central Feature.
This new little car Is different. That
Is the first thing that impresses the
observer. Not only Is It different in
basic principles of design, but it looks
different. Without being in the least
bizarre. It has a distinctly individual
appearance. It could be distinguished
In a crowd from any other car made.
Its big construction feature, around
which the whole car is designed and
built. Is its new three-point diagonal
cantilever spring suspension, both front
and rear. The front springs project
beyond the front axle, and the rear
springs project behind the rear axle.
On this long spring base the car Is
s-wrung.
This spring suspension has resulted
In the coinage of a new phrase in the
automotive vocabulary. That phrase is
"spring base." The meaning can read
ily be understood when it is said that
although the wheel base of the model
four Is only 100 Inches, Its spring base
is 130 inches.
It Is this long spring base, and the
spring suspension Itself, that give the
new Overland the remarkable riding
qualities claimed for It. These claims
have been substantiated in the severest
tests through which these cars have
been put by the Overland factory dur
ing the past two years.
Only 1SOO Poinds In Weight.
These have Included engineering
tests at the faitory and the roughest
kind of usage on tours over bad roads
in various parts of the country. Among
them have been several trans-continental
tours. And only recently two
Overland model fours accompanied the
motor transport corps truck convoy on
its pathfinding run across the conti
nent. Their performance on this run
was warmly praised by army officers
of the convoy.
The motor of the model four, like
the car, is entirely new. It is a four
cylinder high-speed motor that devel
ops 27 horsepower, and for which Is
claimed a speed of four to 45 miles
per hour on high gear. Very light
weight pistons and reciprocating parts
are used, thus reducing wear, giving
high speed and absence of vibration.
The car v. eiKhs approximately only
1800 pounds. It has fewer parts than
any other car. The body Is made en
tirely of steal. Tires are 30x3V4- The
upholstering is easy removable, the
cushions being so arranged that they
can be taken out and used for a bed.
This new car was the center of at
traction at the annual convention of
Overland dealers of Oregon in Port
land last week. The convention lasted
two days, and most of the time the
dealers couldn't tear themselves away
from the car. The convention ended
with a banquet Tuesday night at which
Bert Eling, manager: Rollie U. Peter
son, sales manager; Frank Deyo, serv
ice manager, and Harry Hays, territory
man for the branch here, were among
the speakers.
Though shown for the first time only
last week, one of the new Overlands
has been here some time. It was driven
across continent from Toledo to Spo
kane by Frank C Riggs about a month
ago. At Spokane Bert Eling met Mr.
Biggs and drove the car to Seattle and
on to Portland. But the time set by the
factory for putting the car on display
had not arrived, so It was cooped up In
a good safe place at the branch until
last week.
A visitor here at the same time was
W. F. Mack, with the engineering road
force at the Willys-Overland factory at
Toledo, one of the men sent out with the
little car on some of Its road tests last
year. One of his most interesting ex
periences was a tour with the car
last spring through Ireland, England,
Scotland, Wales and in France, Belgium
and Germany on the continent.
Accompanied by E. C. Morse, export
manager of the J. N. Willys Export
corporation. New York city, Mr. Mack
was sent in April with one of the cars
to England. The purpose of the tour
was to study road conditions in Europe
and to note prospects for early re
sumption of export business in automo
biles, as well as to show the new car
and advertise It on the continent.
Fine Roads In England.
"Roads In England are wonderful,"
said Mr. Mack. "Although almost no
work has been done on them since the
outbreak of the war, they are still bet
ter than most American roads. They
have stone foundations in most cases,
with macadam surface, smooth as a
floor.
"French roads were not nearly so
good. Most of them are built of cobble
stones, which are unpleasant to drive
over, to say the least- Roads in Ger
many are of macadam and very good
for the most part.
"We drove to many points on the old
battle line, including Amiens, Senlis,
"Verdun, Chateau Thierry, Vimy ridge
in France, Ostend in Belgium, Luxem
burg, and in Germany to Coblenz, Aix-la-Chapelle
and the headquarters of
the 90th division at Bern-Castle. All
told, we did a little more than 8000
miles of running. We didn't have the
slightest car trouble, though at times
the only fuel obtainable was kerosene.
"Gasoline is still a very scarce article
in Europe. In England the price is
about 75 cents per gallon, up to 11.75 in
France and Belgium, while in Germany
we had to be content with kerosene
most of the time.
"We kept accurate figures on our
fuel consumption. In England we av
eraged about 30 miles to the imperial
gallon, which Is about five quarts. The
car does 22 to 26 miles per American
gallon."
Mr. Mack left Portland Tuesday for
San Francisco, driving one of the new
Overlands.
THE LONG-AWAITED NEW OVERLAND MODEL FOUR IS HERE AT LAST.
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REMARKABLE RECORD
OF PEERLESS EIGHT
New Mark for Stock Cars Is
Established by Veteran.
HEW VEL1E IS DUE HERE
LATEST MODEL SHOULD ARRIVE
THIS WEEK.
Car Altogether Changt-d in Appear
ance, With Bevel Plane Lines
and at ew Engine.
W. T. Stlne of the D. C. Warren
Motor Car company, distributors here
for Velie and -Peerless cars, has writ
ten from San Francisco that one of
the new Velie models has arrived
there, and that it Is even a better-looking
car than pictures received from
the factory indicate. He says In the
letter that a demonstrator of the new
model sohuld arrive in Porland this
coming week, soon to be followed by
a shipment of several carloads.
The 1920 Velie model is an entirely
new car, even to motor. Like the for
mer engine, the new one is a Conti
nental, but one especially designed and
built for the Velie factory.
One feature of this motor Is Its su
perheated carburetion system, for' use
of low-grade motor fuel.
The body lines of the new Velie are
altogether changed. The hood is of
the sharp-peaked bevel plane, Rolls
Royce type. The car is attractively
painted in blues and greens and Is be
ing made in five body styles; two, four
and five-passenger touring, six-passenger
sedan and four-passenger coupe.
CM" TRUCKS ACCEPTED
SIX VEHICLES ADDED TO FIRE
DEPARTMENT.
One and One-Half-Ton Trncks Se
lected in Competition With
Seven Other Makes.
Six Gary trucks selected for the
Portland fire department in competi
tive tests with trucks of seven other
makes last July 15 have been delivered
to the department and accepted and
are now being equipped in the munici
pal shops with fire-fighting apparatua
These trucks will replace horse vehi
cles that have been retired from
service.
The trucks are all of the 1-ton
model. They are equipped in front
with Brunswick pneumatic cord tires.
iSl-xS, and In the rear with Goodrich
solid truck tires. Each truck was ac
cepted only after Its ability to make
25 miles an hour had been proved alter
delivery in practice tests under the
supervision of Assistant Fire Chief
Laudenklos.
One of the new trucks will be
equipped as a hook and ladder truck,
one as a hose wagon and others as
chemical vehicles. They were pur
chased by the city for the fire depart
ment through E. L. Cramblitt. manager
here of the Gary coast agency.
HaVI
SEVEN OF 13 RACES WON
Appearance at Cn ion town Speedway
Labor Day Tenth There
Since Debnt in 1916.
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THIS IS THE FAMED MTSTERT CAR." A MTSTERT SO I.O'TGElt, BUT
HEKOHK YOU TO THIS LIFE IS SIDES A'U KROT VIEWS.
At last it has arrived, the new Overland Model Four, of which yon have
heard so much. The first of the new models reached the Willys-Overland
Pacific company here last week. It is an entirely new and different car in
every respect design, chassis, motor, spring suspension, everything. Hereafter
Overland production is to be confined solely to this new little' car, which Isn't
so little, after all, and a new Willys-Knight four, which It is understood; will be
In production within another month. The upper photo shows & side view of
the new Overland Model Four, with Bert Eling, manager of the Willys-Overland
Pacific branch, at the wheel and Harry Hays, territory man, beside him.
Below you see how it looks from in front. Note the projecting mud apron
over the front springs, which are of the new three-point cantilever suspension
system, evolved for the first time in this car.
PORTLAND MiiH IHVEHTOR
TRANSMISSION LOCK MADE FOR
DODGE CARS.
1920 DODGE MODEL HERE
IMPORTANT CHANGES ADD
RIDING COMFORT,
TO
Lines Remain Same as Before, In
Conformity With Policy of
Dodge Brothers.
Lock Designed by E. A. Olsen, Sales-1
man for Covey Motor Car Com
pany, Is Successful.
Owners of Dodge cars may feel proud
of the discrimination in their favor
shown by E. A. Olsen, designer and
builder of the Olsen transmission lock.
made for Iodge cars exclusively.
A few of these locks were built two
years ago and have been used to test
out their efficiency in actual practice.
Mr. Olsen, who has been selling Dodge
cars for the Covey Motor Car company
for several years, says that less than
one year's practical test proved the ef
ficiency and convenience of this lock,
but that war conditions have prevented
production until the present. A slight
change in the construction of the lock
meets the only criticism ever made.
and the person offering the objection
demonstrated his claim to the entire
satisfaction of Mr. Olsen and others.
The lock was originally built to
lock the transmission Into neutral," ex-
Several interesting changes have
been made in the latest models of
Dodge cars. All are great improve
ments In the comfort qualities of the
car. It is also interesting to note how
cleverly so many features could be
added without changing the lines of
the car, which Dodge Brothers are so
determined to maintain.
"It has always been the policy of
the factory to protect the Interest of
the purchaser against a fictitious de
preciation, due to a radical change in
the design or model." says H. M. Covey
of the Covey Motor company. "A con
servative design was originally select
ed, and, although many changes, both
mechanical and in design, have been
made since the first cars were built,
they have always maintained the orig
inal Dodge cast. This Is a great factor
in the preservation of used car values.
"The rear seat has been widened
about three Inches, giving more room
to the occupant of the tonneau. The
front seat reclines a little more than
on former models. The rear fenders
are built considerably longer, which
not only improves the looks of the
car from the rear, but serves as a bet
ter protection from mud and dusty
"A slanting windshield has been pro
vided, as well as the new so-called
"Gipsy" type of back curtain. Con
struction of the doors has been changed
to accommodate rods for the side cur
tains, so they may be opened with the
doors. This latter is a very valuable
change, one that buyers in this sec
tion of the country will appreciate.'
Top Mending.
To mend a tear in the top it Is best
to use woolen yarn to draw the edges
together, after which a top of material
similar to that of the top is - applied
with rubber cement, set by the vulcan-
izer.
Overheating: on Low.
When It is necessary to employ low
gear for a considerable period it Is pos
sible to obviate the overheating that
would ordinarily result by keeping the
mixture In, the leanest possibls con
diUon.
STUCK
OFF IS THE COUNTRY
with your storage battery
"dead." No starter, no lights,
perhaps no ignition.
You can forestall such
trouble if you equip your car
with a
GOULD
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It will not die a premature
and sudden death. Gould
Storage Batteries are guar
anteed to give satisfactory
service for at least one year.
Get yours now, before trouble
comes.
Rathkey
Battery Co.
Expert Repairing and Re
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389 Oak St. Bdwy. 2604
Service Station
V
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plained Mr. Olsen, "which seemed thor
oughly practical at the time, and this
Is now the theory around which most
transmission locks are built. But this
clever workman thought he could drive
the car away, though locked, by rais
ing the floor boards and pushing the
pins upon which the shifting forks are
mounted, into any gear desired, as the
shifting lever was locked in neutral
and would not interfere. This he did
to the surprise of all concerned, but to
the benefit of future lock owners.
"As the construction was immediately
changed so that the shifting lever Is
locked In reverse, this now defeats the
great objection, yet the car can be
moved to comply with the fire ordi
nance by holding down the clutch.
The lock Is purely a Portland prod
uct, and though a small article, may
develop into considerable proportion.
It is being placed on the market by
H, M. Covey, of the Covey Motor Car
company. Dodge and Cadillac distributor.
Always keep your car under perfect
control.
The Peerless eight racing car that
made Its tenth appearance at the Union-
town speedway on Labor day has estab
lished a stock car record that has never
been equaled, to say nothing of being
surpassed, according to word received
last week by the D. C Motor Car com
pany. Peerless distributor here.
In IS races it has swept by the ref
eree's checkered flag seven times In ad
vance of the rest of the field.
The Peerless eight made its debut at
Uniontown on December 2, 191C, and
was entered as a special in compliance
with the American Automobile associa
tion code. The motor in general char
acteristics was the same as that manu
factured by the Peerless company for
their Model SC.
Nine cars were entered in the initial
race. Five started and three finished,
which gives a good idea of the tre
mendous strain imposed on the stock
cars entered in the race.
Eighty Miles mm Hewr.
The Peerless won the race by circling
the broad track at an average speed of
80 miles an hour. The race was of 60
laps and the distance totaled 66 Vi miles.
The only variations from the then
standard Model 6( specifications are ap
pended below:
Body, racing type.
Wbeelbase. shortened to 103 Inches.
Rear axle geared 1 to S.
Weight, ready for track. 2490 pounds
Wheels, S2x3 Inches, Rudge Whit-
worth racing type.
- Tires. 23x4 H. racing type, 13 lugs.
Springs, lightened and flattened,
semi-elliptic rear.
Shock absorbers, Hartford, double on
rear.
Ignition, Atwater Kent closed circuit
system.
Oiling, additional supply (Olixum) to
all bearings.
Fuel, pressure feed.
Carburetor, Ball &- Ball, large size.
Pistons, Magnalite, high compression.
Following the race the car was
shipped back to Pittsburg and stored
away for the winter.
Wins Agala Next Year.
In the spring of 191? it was again en
tered at the Initial race of the year.
This time it was for 100 laps. Many
doubted the ability of the car to stand
the abnormal strain, but once again it
shot past the judges stand far In ad
vance of the others.
From then on it was decided to enter
the Peerless In all Uniontown races
and the enviable record it has estab
lished In the face of some of the
world's greatest driving experts
augurs well- for the autumn classic
The record of the Peerless Eight fol
lows: December 2, 1S1C, SO laps, 66 Vi miles,
first.
May 10, 1917100 laps, 112H miles,
first
May SO, 1917. 100 laps, 112H miles.
first.
July 4. 1S17, 100 laps 112 H miles,
first.
September 3. 1917, SO laps, 6S4 miles,
first.
October 29, 1917, SO laps. 66 miles,
third.
May 1. 1913. 24 laps. 27 miles, third,
first heat; third, second heat.
September 2, 1918, 100 laps, 112
miles, fifth.
July 19, .919. 20 laps. 22 V, miles, sec
ond, first and second heats; first, third
heat; third, final heat.
CALIFORNIA AUTO CLCR BUST
Campaign Launched to Get Thieves
Who Steal Accessories.
The theft of wearing apparel and
accessories from automobiles is being
made the subject of a vigorous cam
paign by the California State Automo
bile association.
Recently the association appeared
In the case of a man charged with
petty larceny in attempting to steal
a suitcase from a member of the
association in Oakland. As a result
of the association's action, the man
AUTO DIRECTORY
STANLEYS
performance of the Slanl,v in t mil times
jal to the demands made upon it. and the
&lity of the nerformMiire ia tin KAttafvinar
Orpr' a 74 !""-- that Stanley owners soon forget they have an
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Price $98o Complete With Plows.
FRANCIS MOTOR CAR CO.
East 13th stad Hawtki
Atterbury
Truck
WITHOUT A SUPERIOR
l'i, 2, 3'i and 5-Ton Capacities
ATTERBURY TRUCK SALES CO.
"Truck Specialists"
343-345 Oak SL. Portland. Phone Broadway 354
New Light Six. $1475 Factory
Mitchell. Seven-Passenger, $1675 Factory
MITCHELL. LEWIS & ST AVER CO.
Broadway at Oak
FrankI
offers more of "what yon actually need and Trant fa
a sa.AM..VM-
mu auLVtuuuuc.
Ill BRALY AUTO CO
M.M.M.
Main 4SS0. A 3SSL
19th and Washington St a.
was convicted and sentenced to 60 other cases where members lose ar
days in the city prison. Similar steps tides while their automobiles are
are to be taken by the association in I standing on the streets.
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w e can sup.
&ly a Gould
a 1 1 ery to
fit the bat.
tery box on
your car.
Suggestion to Truck Owners
and Buyers
Cutting delivery costs and transportation charges is not
accomplished by simply selecting a motor truck, but it is
the choosing of the right truck the one that has been
found by others in your particular line of business to be
the most satisfactory truck for your haulage problems.
Our organization is constantly analyzing the records of
Federal trucks operating in every part of the country in
all kinds of business. This valuable information is always
available.
Road conditions and the kind of material hauled require
a certain type of truck and oftentimes a special body.
Let as advise you.
' Federals are made in sizes and capacities to meet every
need. ,
See FEDERAL at State Fair.
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