New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-31

do away with this trouble Some owners complained ha
they used excessive of ubrcang OIL Just as others ouho
bcv weren't getting particularly good gasoenc mileage ihe'c
thing, many cases were chargea the hand to the ois
svstem fauness and the other to lcaiy carburctors
Other cars showed trouble with the saske' under the re
movable cylinder head The gaskes blew out causing eakas
in the water system and had be replaced Otentmes before
the gaskcs gave way entirely the leaks started and became
to tighten down cylinder heads In such cases
studs the cylinder heads broke Sometimes the cars came
through with cracked cylinder heads with broken studs beng
delivered so from the factory
For some reason or another the wheels OF the cars
were not secure the assembly the wheels were not keyed
securely to the axle shafts Many bothered with
having wheels sometimes front sometimes rear come oil
when the car running There complaints that the car
This appeared be because the front wheels were
not always trled up when the came through
The cars had ubrcating oil gauges which did not always
register The quality standards of the factory apparently under
went change in respect of fuel gauges The first had the
filler pou, on the dash fuel gauges Later the gauges
were supplied Many Of them did register properly the guam
Gty n the tank.
Another point in which the standards underwent change
was in the matter of running boards and wheel hubs The
first cars of this model bad running boards and hub
wheels Subsequently both features were changed
But to my knowledge provision made by the factory Tor
bringing date free of cost to the owners cars thus made
obsolete had been than couple OF months use
10y substituting the hub and nolem running boards
The front end of the car particularly noisy
from the The chain to the starter wasn't silent although
of the silent type experienced trouble with
in the front end which very fragile.
The car frequently spoken of but that did not
describe what many and drivers discovered in the front
scat They found cahped for persons of only leg
length may have been justification for this ida too
for ono the changes made when the model brought out
was to the the forward compartment by two
inches.
The favorc appellation for the powerful but the
did many its to b. quite to the job
of hauling the Those who spoke of this feature read
port of their the when the
came of inch larger in bore making it the adve
tenens then said The Worlds Most Powerful Low Priced
Car.
have already touched why the not in
the hands of Of found be particularly economical
But economy we'll quality and efficiency words found in
Overland advertisements describing the
A. have said changes made several essential details
the model the the Model 75B announced
July Besides increasing the size of the eliminating the
fragile front gear spoken Of and making the forward leg
greater the magnetic done with system OF coil and
distributor ignition adopted The Model 75B different
car from the Model Is and perhaps better right straight
through have heard Of certain motor troubles from
But the ought be better for the priced
trying had the hands the public have
the engineering department of the WHY'S Overland Com
pany a whole lot.
But here is the point: Even if the new car vertable
from the charge Of having made good the public with the
The troubles should have been left be discovered
by the public The company by Wanting its special facilities
equipment and knowledge advertising copy of large space
the daily newspapers and other mediums induced prospective
automobile buyers become Overland The duty of the
WHY'S Overland Company that the performance
squared with the promise. This not done
Is enough that these troubles that any
model might have Such varied troubles occurring they did
sufficiently large number of such any careful
of thoroughly tested model should have
production The fair conclusion be that if the
advertising of the WHY'S Overland Company had been
with of solemn obligation the public deliver the
goods promised these troubles would have been found If
all the things that the WHY'S Overland Company Wanted
advertising really existed and they bazoned big
copy convince folks they buying thoroughly salts
factory s65 then the WHY'S Company ought
have made good them.
The Tribune does pretend to that automobile
manufacturer produce nothing but perfect and that all
be oubeProof for all Perfection rather much
expect this finite human world But when the WHY'S Over