The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1917-10-25

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The 1918 SENSATION in THE AUTOMOBILE WORLD
CAR TO BE PLACED ON MARKET AT $495 TO MEET THE
DEMAND FOR A FULLY EQUIPPED LOW PRICED CAR.
The Overland factory has just made announcement of a new
Overland model to be put on the market this season that will be
the automobile sensation of the age. The company will build three
hundred thousand of this model the coming season and the price
and specifications Of the car should make it the most popular ma
chine ever put on the market. ~
In view Of the present crop conditions in this territory this
model can be considered a life saver. 1t will become the big
eest and most popular automobile seller in this territory, for it
an already comprehensive line with a car in the Ford
Glass; as regards price, but with qualities so superior as to over
come the hitherto Objectionable features of a low-priced car.
Briefly the new machine may be outlined as possessing a four
cylinder engine, 32x4 inches; aluminium pstons; three piston
rings; three bearing crank shaft; developing So per cent more
horsepower at the same number of revolutions, than the Ford-a
scientific test showing 1875 for the Ford as against 2o4 for the
Overland. The reason for this increase in horsepower, with a
slightly smaller motor, is due to better machine work, better
compression, better carburation by carrying the ca1buretor high,
and the overcoming of the general waste of power in the Ford due
to loose construction, and in a large measure, to their carrying a
magnetic as a part of their fly wheel.
It is equipped with a two-speed sliding gear transmission as
against the planetary gearing of the Ford. It has a honeycomb
radiator with % per cent more radiation than the Ford, and COM
pletely overcomes the Objectionable feature of boiling over. It
has electric lighting and starting, which is really designed for
the car, and a part of it; instead of being taken on afterwards
as additional expense. 1t possesses a disc clutch; an all steel
body, with concealed hinge in door; gasoline tank in dash; de-
tachable upholstery; crowned tenders; tire carrier in rear; one
man top-same design as at present with no cross bars in front;
support in one, even the battery box being made to brace the
frame instead of merely hanging from it.
The car weighs 1850 pounds, and while rs pounds lighter than
the Ford, it has a larger body, and the appearance of being much
larger car. The clearance and the size of the tires are the same
as the Ford, while both the front and rear axes, the rear axle
assembly, all four wheels and front wheel spindles are not only
the same size as the Ford, but are interchangeable with it.
Probably it's most remarkable feature is it's 100-inch wheel
base with 130inch spring suspension; a new invention, precluding
the necessity of shock absorbers, and having a riding quality SUI
perior to the famous cantlever spring. This unique spring sus-
pension gives the car the riding qualities of a heavy car of 13O-
wheebase. In fact, one of the selling slogans already coined
is "The car with the 10O-inch wheelbase and 13Oinch riding base"
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