Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1909-08-05
REQ Automobiles Premier


Ever on the alert To supply the pub
lie with the type of car il demands, X.
+, Olds, president of the REQ Motor
Car Company, seems TO have again
struck the popular. vein in motoring,
as indicated by the details given out
yesterday of the new four cylinder REQ
touring car which the big Lansing con
cern will market next year.
While combining the very best for
eign and domestic practice, the new
car viii be strictly American in general
design and construction, even going so
far as TO have the steering wheel on
the left-hand side, a practice that is
coming into general use. The motor
will be four cylinder vertical with
the cylinders east in pairs. The bore
is inches with a stroke Al inches,
while the horsepower rating is 30-35.
The long stroke is "A feature that has
been coming to the front for the past
year A detailed description of the
new car is certain To be of interest not
only TO the public generally, but To the
trade, which has long waited for the
Reo's product for next year. Incl.
dentally the car will sell at popular
price-S1250--so that the increasing of
their order to 10000 cars which r.. NJ.
Owen and Company have made 10 care
for their 800 agents, would seem bit
of enterprise.
The crank case is cast in one piece,
giving great rigidity and avoiding all
leakage of oil through packed joints of
the two piece type. Connecting rod
adjustments can be made readily by
simply removing the two hand hole
plates on the side of the crank case
The main cranS-shaft bearings are adj
Unstable from the outside of the crank
case. These features are possessed by
no other motor of this type at the pres
ent time avoiding any dismantling of
the motor in order TO adjust the main
and connecting rod bearings.
| The crank-shaft is of special high
t grade manganese steel, having a ten
sile strength of 10000 pounds to the
square inch The crank pins are ID
2 inches in diameter, q inches long.
The three main bearings have com
bined length of l0l inches, with di-
ameJer of l. inches. The crank-shaft
| is offset from the center line Of cylin-
, ders thus avoiding the excessive piston
thrust on cylinders. In order To reduce
: wear the cam-shaft is likewise offset
from the center line of the valve litter
guides. The cam gears are all spiral
| cut SO as TO minimize noise and friction.
Oiling is by the sump or circuative
| splash type thus furnishing no outside
| pipes or connections TO get loose or leak
| This feature removes very important
| element from the hands of the mex
| perienced. A single length plunger
| pump is driven from the cam-shaft
| through an eccentric. 1t delivers oil
| from the oil reservoir TO the three main
| bearings of the motor, also To the face
| of the cam-gears. This oil then collects
| in partition reservoirs in the bottom of
| crank-case and is maintained at IA con
| stant level. The connecting rods dip
| ping into this oil cause fine spray
| which lubricates the cylinders and pis-
ton, the amount reaching the cylinders
being governed by splash plates.
Ignition is by magnetic with battery
auxiliary TO aid in starting. The mag.
neto is attached TO its bracket by sin
gle strap, allowing easy removal. The
contact points are very accessible while
the wiring is short and fully protected.
| These Will all form part of the regular
equipment The large steering wheel
with comfortable rake and foot controls
are located on the left side. The trans
mission is of the latest swinging select.
i've type, absolutely locking when i'm
Ineutral position. The large brake
drums prevent overheating and are in
keeping with all the other advanced
features which mark this new model
/ throughout. The wheel base is los
inches this being neither too long fol
city use and of ample length for easy
riding on country roads.
| The tread is 80 inches. The clutch
and connections are all thoroughly up
to-date. The carbureter is the auto
matte float feed type with an extremely
| wide range of speed. The change-gea
teeth are made of the strongest anc
most substantial material. The edrivin,
shaft is 81 per cent nickel steel, hard
ened and properly heat treated, thu,
insuring maximum strength, durability
and reliability. Fuller mechanical de
tails can be procured from Torrance
Ellis, the local REQ dealers. The tw,
cylinder $1,000 REQ touring car ant
single cylinder $500 runabout which
have proven SO popular during the pas