Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-09-19
HUPMOBILE LARGER;
PRICE REMAINS SAME
1915 Product Has More Power,
Longer Wheelbase and Greater
Passenger Capacity

Taking as their working basis a
chassis which for three years has re-
mained unchanged in essentials and
which has proved itself right in prin-
ciple, the Hupmobile engineers have
devoted themselves, in the 1915 pro-
duct, to refinements that tend to in
crease the mechanical efficiency of the
car and to add greatly to the comfort
and ease of the passengers.
The net results of their work may
be summed up in the statement that
the 1915 Hupmobile is a bigger car,
has more power, carries five passen-
gers with more comfort, presents sat
lsfying evidence of painstaking atten-
ton to detail, and a real wealth of
equipment.
AS Sales Manager Mooney pits it.
We feel that in the Model K, as the
1915 car is to be known, the Hupp
Motor Car Company, for the third
time, has created a new class. When
the Hupmobile 20 appeared, it set a
new pace for small cars. The Hup
32 again established a precedent for
ears of its class. And it seems to us
that the new Hupmobile is simply fol-
lowing Hup custom and setting a new
mark for value and size in it's price
field"
The wheelbase of the new Hupmo-
bile is 119 inches long the result being
inches more leg room in the front
compartment and Z inches in the ton
neau. Upholstery is full-tufted, and
the wider seats have the same com
Portable tilt that mas characterized
Hup cars for three years
Wheels are larger, tires being S4x4
inches. with nonskid treads regular
equipment for the rear wheels Other
regular equipment includes a Hup de-
sign of one-man top, which when
raised attaches rigidly to fixed up-
right of the windshield: new style ton
cover that Conceals the bows when the
top is laid back: rain vision wind
shield, with lower halfadjustable for
ventilation of the front compartment:
special design headlights. with one
bulb which can be dimmed at will and
special glass front, with the upper half
corrugated to kill the reflector glare;
special design tail light: electric born.
demountable rims. spare rim and car
rier at the rear, license plate holders
in front and rear, robe and foot rails
in tonneau.
An increase in power is gained
through larger valves, an increase in
the bore and a different shape COM
bustion chamber. The Hupp Com
pany was one of the first American
manufacturers to use the small bore.
long stroke type of motor, and this is
continued. the bore being ga inches
and the stroke 51a inches. The car
buretor of the horizontal type, is
moved to the right side of the motor,
and the gas carried through a passage
between the cylinders, assuring com
plete vaporization. Storage battery
ignition, with automatic spark ad-
vance, replaces the magnetic.
The motor is made nonstallable
through being connected at all times
by silent chain with the Westing-
house combined generator and start
ing motor. the single unit system hav-
ing replaced the dual unit used for
1914. The voltage of the electrical
system is increased from g. to ~ volts
Body sides are higher and the doors
are wider, having the handles inside
and flush with the door upholstery.
Easier riding is assured by the use
of longer front springs and long rear
springs of the semi-elliptic type
The front axle is of the Elliott type.
with a slight castor effect which
makes steering easier and gives the
wheels a tendency to resume a
straight course after turn has been
made. The rear axle remains the full
floating type, with a new design hous-
ing which makes the gears more read
lily accessible
Steering is now from the left side.
with an 1S-inch steering wheel, while
the gear change and hand brake levers
remain in the center.
The gasoline tank is increased in
capacity to 16 gallons, with the filler
cap under the hood to avoid break in
the smooth lines that sweep back from
the new shape radiator to the wind
shield. The cowl board carries in the
center, the lighting and ignition
switches and the speedometer, which
are Illuminated at night by a small
hooded electric light. The switches
are controlled by Yale locks. Crowned
tenders, without beading and with
fiat edge, add their part to the beau
ty of the new cars design.
The Model 80, which has Just COM
pleted its third successful season, and
which has proved the most popular
model the Hupp Company has yet
produced, is to be continued. Its char
acteristics are we'll known and are the
foundations on which the model X has
been designed. This was the first
American car in which the small-bore,
long-stroke principle was applied and
was among the first few, If not the
very first, to adopt the stream-line
type of body. Along with these in
novations come others that have since
been widely adopted by manufactur-
ers, such as placing the gasoline tank
in the cowl of the dash, driving the
magnetic and camshaft with a single
silent chain, horn concealed under
hood, etc.