The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-06-06
PULLMAN DELIVERY CAR IS HIT OF 1916
Latest Product Expected to Duplicate Success of This
 Season s Pleasure Gar.

Encouraged by the instantaneous success which attended the introduc- ton of the 1916 pleasure ear model the Pullman Motor Car company has just made formal announcement of the completion ot gigantic plans for the production of the Pullman light sterling features of the Pullman touring car, combined with all of the latest improvements to be found in light truck construction.
 Although it has been the determfn- ed policy of the company to concen- trate it's energies on the producing of the best pleasure car on the market at the price, the Pullman offices have been consistently urged by their deaI- CTS to build a light delivery car with every standard of quality which has made the Pullman famous in the pop ular-priced class of motor cars. The results of this ins1srent pres- sure on the company is the announce ment of it's plans for the building of a | light delivery car. When their deal CTS were advised a. few days ago that | the company had acquiesced to their pleas, there was an immediate and al- most universal call for the new light l delivery car. A The announcement recently Of the company's contemplated acquisition of
 
 the fore-runner of it's decision to | build a light delivery car, the increas- | ed factory space together with the l last word in manufacturing facilities already having been anticipated. l To cope with the steadily tncreas- l ing flood of orders for the Pullman light delivery car, the factory has been put on a 'twar order. basis, and now the production has only reached the point where the company is able to ''whet the palates'' of it's dealers and distributors.
 | Many of the dealers in urging the l Pullman company to manufacture a 1 light delivery car have cited instances | of hundreds of merchants owning Pullman pleasure cars who want the same for their delivery service. The | principal reason for this satisfaction l on the part of the merchant, it is pointed out, is the positive proof of 1 the low up-keep owing to the remark able gasoline-mileage records which 1 tho Pullman cars have made.
 The Pullman light delivery car is brought out on a special chassis, stur- dy for maximum loads but light enough for plenty of snap and ample speed. The wheel base, IA inches, is l exceptionally long for delivery car of its class. The normal load capac- ity is 1000 pounds, filling all the re- 1 quirements of a. hundred different forms of business.
 | An important mechanical advance, usually found only on cars of much higher price, is the independent mag neto system of the Dixie waterproof, high tension type, wholly independent of the starting and lighting system. This double electric system is recog- nized as the standard of high class construction and it's superiority over 1 the single unit system is now gener- ally admitted by leading automobile engineers, as it's insures ignition at all | times.
 The special full 50-inch cantilever l rear springs, too, are unique in a light | delivery car of this class, being here tofore confined mainly only to ears of much higher price. Their adoption by the Pullman is evidence of the manufacturers progressive ideas and plans The cantilever springs are es- pecially heavy and made of high l grade spring steel. They are swung from underneath the full floating rear axle, and extend to the center of the car body. This gives a long fulcrum and affords spring resiliency where it is most needed, at the same time ta- king un all aunoxfng stdesWaX mos