Los Angeles herald., 1910-02-06
STEADY DEMAND
FOR HUPMOBILE.
LITTLE CAR HAS ACQUIRED A
LARGE FOLLOWING
FACTORY UNABLE TO KEEP UP
WITH ORDERS
Tri-State Company, Local Agents, Are
Kept Busy with Popular Ma
chine, Both Demonstrating
and Making Sales

One of the most popular little cars
which ever struck the local sales mar
ket is the Hupmobile, and the way
these fast miniatures Gn size only
are going causes the sales force OF
the Tri-State Automobile and Supply
company. which handles the car here
abouts, extreme qualification.
The Hupmobile has made many
friends, both because of its appear
ance and because it is speedy and full
of endurance. Rene A. Brassy, pres1-
dent of the Tri-State concern, and e.
H. Sailing, general manager, have
their hands full getting out enough
machines to meet the demand, and the
demonstrators, headed by Charlie de
Bin, are busy at their work all the
time.
The Hubmopile was introduced little
more than a year ago, and in many
places, north, south, east and west, II
already has gained a strong hold on
the affections of the motoring pubic:
Tt is now being aggressively puSheu
in all parts of the country, and there
is no doubt that the success 1t mas
scored in other localities will be re-
peated in Los Angeles, which is quick
to appreciate a good thing.
The new Hupmobile plant in Detroit
is working to capacity filling orders
of delighted motorists. Yet there is
no attempt to slximp or unnecessarily
v
reach the highest standard of ettl-
cheney before it is permitted to reach
the hands of the buyer. Thls is one
reason why there are no disgruntled
Hupmobile buyers.
The Hupmobile has filled vacancy
in the motor world. There are any
number of moderate priced and low
priced cars whose construction were In
keeping with their price. What the
public wanted was a moderate priced
car whose construction was equal to
that of the higher priced cars.
The Hupmobile undertook to MI tnls
want, and it is little wonder that its
nroduct was so cordially received. The
motto of the company is Everything
the big car has save size"
Can Go at High Speed
In other words, the workmanship and
the quality of the parts are that OF
machine costing several thousand dol
lars, but the Hupmobile finds it con-
eistent TO sell their cars at $3.50 be-
cause they are smaller in size.
Rut il must be understood that they
are fully equipped and present as i'm
posing appearance as the biggest and
costIiest machine on the road. Fifty
miles an hour is no ordinary speed for
the Hupmobile to attain, and 1t viii
climb any hill that the biggest car
can negotiate.
A word about the construction of the
machine: The general design is such
that it has the appearance of racing
machine, and since this is direct evil
dence of a low center of gravity and
all that it implies, it will come as no
surprise to learn that the road per-
formance is praiseworthy in the ex-
treme.
With the seat located at about the
point of least motion of the body and
low, the sensation of case and comfort
is experienced, which is accentuated by
the we'll regulated distance from the
front of the seat to the dash.
With a bore of ga and stroke Of 3ss
inches the four-cylinder motor used
is rated at twenty horsepower, and,
considering the light weight of the
complete car mode of suspension and
other favorable considerations, the
power situation lends confidence.
The power plant is self-contained
and suspended in such way that the
chassis frame deformations, due to
road inequalities, are not transmitted
to the machinery.
The fywheel, fourteen inches in
diameter weighs forty pounds, is pro-
vided with helical blades to propel air
to the radiator and is placed in front.
The starting crank is journaled in a
cast extension, which IS fastened to
the front cross member of the chassis
frame. and is held out of engagement
by a helical spring. The crank shaft,
of special (heart-treated) steel, is de-
signed to afford great initial rigidity,
and the connecting rods, of H-section
steel drop forged). engage the crank
shaft through bearings of Parsons
white bronze of liberal projected area,
thus assuring long service in the alb
sence of bearing trouble.
Valves on Left Side
cast iron, are taper-ground, 5-S
inches long, with an oil groove seven
eighths inch wide to oil the wrist pin,
and three eccentric. bevel, split, pack
ing rings prevent the leakage of COM
preston. The rings are machined to
near size and ground on three faces.
The valves are 115 inches in diameter,
made of nickel steel and finished with
a. 45-degree seat. All valves are To-
Gated on the left side Of the motor and
spark plugs are located over the inlet
valves.
The cam shaft is provided with five
bearings in a separate demountable
member of the crank case, and the re-
moval of ten nuts allows of removing
the member, including the cam shaft,
gear and tappets.
The shaft of the type with integral
cams is babbitted in, which is a new
idea in automobile work, and the gear,
of the silent type, is exposed to view
and may be gotten at. The magnetic
is bolted to a shelf which extends out
from the same member and the same
scheme of boiling renders it feasible to
demount the magnetic and it's driving
mechanism without disturbing any
other part of the motor.
The half-time pinion on the crank
shaft is of steel and the thickness of
the gasket between the cover and the
case may be varied to alter adjust
ment of the meshing gears.