Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-03-13
HUPMOB|LE MOTOR
IS NONSTALLABLE
New Body Design and Refinements
That Materially Improve This
Years Model

The Ensminger Motor Company, dis
tributors for a large section of the
State, will display the new model X,
as the 1915 Hupmobile is known. This
and other models will be at the auto
show in Kclker street hall.
The wheelbase of the new Hupmo-
bile is 119 inches long, the result be-
ing two inches more leg room in the
front compartment and seven inches
in the tonneau. Upholstery is full
tufted, and the wider seats have the
same comfortable tilt that has char
acterized Hup cars for three years.
Wheels are larger, tires being 34N4
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
rights of the windshicld: new style top
cover that conceals the bows when the
top is laid back; rain-vision wind
shield, with lower half adjustable Tor
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 taillight; electric
horn, demountable rims, spare rim
and carrier at the rear, license plate
holders at front and rear, robe and
footrails in tonneau.
An increase in power is gained
through larger valves, an increase in
the bore and a different shape COM
bustion chamber. The Hup company
was one of the first American manu-
facturers to use the small bore, long
stroke type of motor, and this is con-
tinued. the bore being 3 IS inches and
the stroke Il inches. The carburetor,
of the horizontal type, is moved to the
right side of the motor, and the gas
carried through passage between the
cylinders, assuring complete vaporiza-
tion. Storage battery ignition, with
automatic spark advance, replaces the
magnetic.
The motor is made nonstallable
through being connected at all times
by a silent chain with the Westing
house combined generator and starting
motor, the single unit system having
replaced the dual unit used for 1914.
The voltage of the electrical system is
increased from six to twelve 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 semiellptic type.
llC lTOllI sAle is OI Ille type,
with a slight castor effect which makes
steering easier and gives the wheels d
tendency to resume a straight course
after turn has been made. The rear
axle remains the full floating type,
with a new design housing which
makes the gears more readily acces-
Sible.
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
rapacity to sixteen gallons, with the
filler cap under the hood to avoid a
break in the smooth lines that sweep
back. from the new shape radiator to
the windshield The cowl board car
ries, in the center, the lighting and ig-
milton 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 flat edge, add their part to the
beauty 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 vet pro-
duced, is to be continued. It's char
acteristics are we'll known and are the
foundation on which the model X has
been designed. This was the first
American car in which the small bore, |
long-strole principle was applied ana
was among the first few, if not the !
Very first, to adopt the streamline type
of body. Along with these innovations
come others that have since been
wideT adopted by manufacturers. I
such as placing the gasoline tank in !
the cowl of the dash, driving the mag |
neto and camshaft with single silent
chaln, horn concealed under hood, etc. !