The Washington times., 1916-11-11
MUCH SPECULATION
0VERAEW LIBERTY
Striking Body Design and Ex-
treme Simplicity Of Chassis
: Outstanding Features.

Speculation about the Liberty car
for which David s. Hendrick has been
made local distributor, has been rife
in Warrington.
Outstanding features are a striking
body, design, extreme simplicity in
chassis construction and many refine
ments in detail
or even greater Significance are the
numberless well thought out details.
which have followed from the Liberty
principle of building with the owner
always in mind.
Designers have provided the addi-
tional room in the drivers seat al
ways desired by motorists; more som-
fort In the rear seat; the steering
post in an easy driving position: a
clutch SO light in operation that n
y finger can move it; powerful, but
light-opeEation brakes; a windshield
that protects from wind and rain;
curtains that fit. and wide doors. The
cushions have been carefully studied
and are well slanted to support the
passengers In comfort Upholstery Is
OF genuine leather and by the gener-
Gus use of curled hair IL is extremely
soft. Many of the features incorpor-
ated are exclusive in Liberty con-
struction.
= In body measurements desig ners
They have recognized the face that
purchasers of car of this class will
probably do their own driving and
have. therefore. provided remark
ably roomy driving compartment
which careful measurements show to
be about two inches deeper than or
binary.
Mechanically the new production Is
reassuringly free from experimental
ton and yet much ingenuity and skill
are displayed in the elimination os
many parts. The possibilities of
chassis simplification are brought out
In startling manner: and the design
az whole Is clean cut piece
OF WORK The weight I of the
carefully proportioned so that the car
rides with rare smoothness
=, In ADDITION to the five-passenger tour
1ng car. the company will also build on
the same chassis a number of open and
closed type bodies. Among these is
close coupled four-passenger body, The
closed bodies will be of distinct types, in
every way In keeping with the high
ideals OF the officials Of the Liberty
company.
Consideration for the owner s.conveni-
ence Ia clearly evident In the mechanical
construction of the car. For example,
the clutch, the most used OF all con-
trolls, Is far lighter In action than the
ordinary type. Although held in EN-
Eagement by a pressure of approx
ruately $500 pounds. the force required
TO operate II Is so reduced the clutch
pedal can be depressed by a mans fore
finger. The service and emergency
brakes are very powerful. and at the
same time easy to operate. The emer-
Rency brake. mounted directly behind
the transmission Is extremely powerful.
This construction, which has been used
with great success on foreign cars OBJ
tains the added leverage OF the rear
axle gear ratio, which multipies the
braking effectiveness more than four
times. .
The Continental motor, which is of
special design with 3b-inch bore and
4Is-inch stroke. is Of the IL" head type
with cylinders cast en- bloc and with
cylinder heads removable. Further con-
alteration for the man who drives and
cares for his own car Is shown in tho
elimination grease cups, big easily Oiled
oil cups being employed instead. An
other detail Is the safeguarding OF the
cars running out of fuel by the use Of
an ingenious reserve tank OF three
gallon capacity Incorporated in the main
tank.
Equipment is complete in every re-
spect, and provision for the owners con-
venience is again evidenced in the loca-
tion of the tools, These are carried in
a concealed rack in the panel immedi-
Ately In front Of the right-hand door.
Many other details of equal Importance
arc to be found throughout the entire