Los Angeles herald., 1910-01-30
SINGLE MODELS
IN COLUMBIAS
FACTORY ADOPTS A GENERAL
DESIGN
NO RADICAL CHANGES MADE IN
1910 OUTPUT
Price of Cars Vary from $275o Up to
$4,000, According to Equip
ment and Body to
Suit Buyer

For 1910 the Columbia Motor Car
company of Hartford, successors in
business of the Electric Vehicle COM
pany, one of the very first concerns IN
the United States to take up the man
ufacture Of motor vehicles, market but
one gas model, known as the Mark 49,
lot q, at prices ranging from $2750 to
$4,000, according to the body equipment.
This capable car is the perpetuation
of the model designed by Hiram Percy
Maxim, and which proved to be one OF
the most successful vehicles of its
type.
For the past two years one model
has been the policy of the Columbia
Motor Car company of Hartford and
it's predecessor, the Electric Vehicle
company.
Such changes as are incorporated in
the 1910 Columbia, Mark 48, lot 4, are
in no wise radical, they are simply
those little things suggested after an
other season of experience. the prin-
cipal change being the increase in the
size of the cylinders from 4Ax41a to
45x4.7, and the oilihA system, which,
has been refined somewhat, doing
away with the cylindrical tank car
ried on the chassis in past models. The
cooling system has been improved, a
new type of marine governor. new de-
sign brake pull bars, new design foot
accelerator, relocation of the steering
assembly and the addition of jump
spark system of auxiliary ignition
constitute the principal changes. In
appearance the 1910 model is some
what refined over last year-that is,
more snap and graceful design than in
the past.
Valves Are Housed
y,
lumbia is of the well known IL type
that is with the valves located on one
side of the motor, the left. An inno-
walton is the housing of the valves,
which tends to eliminate valve click
as well as to protect the working MEM
bers. Cylinders are cast in pairs OF
the best quality of gray iron with in
tegral water jackets. The horse power,
according to the A. l.. A. M. standard
formula, is 80. The cylinder units are
bolted to the upner half of the alum
mum crank case and the cylinder pair
sets are rigidly held together by, clamp
bracket supports and anchorages for
the clamps are cast integral with the
heads of the cylinders. All valves as
above mentioned are located n the
left side of the motor, are of nickel
steel and are housed with aluminium
sections screwed together, extending
from the base of valve pockets to the
crank case. ne valves are actuateo
bv a. single cam shaft, having integral
cams, the shaft being specially treated
to insure long life and maximum OF
service. The plungers are held II
place by bronze bosses or guides re
tained in position by clamp spreaders
The lift rods are adjustable and tn
rollers are hardened and ground. Th'
| inlet valves are two and one-fourtl
| inches in diameter, conf al seat, ant
the exhaust are one and three-fourth'
inches in diameter, conical seat.
The motor fly wheel is twenty inches
in diameter, with four-inch race
and is keyed to the extension of the
crank shaft. 1t is of fan blade con-
struction and induces a strong current
of air through the radiator. The clutch
is of the fly wheel cone type, fifteen
inches in diameter, leather faced. The
cone is of aluminium, fitted with alum
mum plates and small springs under
the clutch leather, which provide for
smooth pickup.