The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1917-01-13
1917 MODEL FORD

So that you may know something
of the Ford Touring Car the Review
is giving away in the Thousand Dol
lar Contest this edition contains !
complete list Of Ford Specification;
as outlined in the Ford Motor Co
house organ, "The Ford Times j.
:he current ISSUE Read them care
fully and you will find that simple
ity is the keynote.
AXLE-Front axle of I-bean
construction, especially drop-forgec
from. single ingot of Vanadiun
Steel. Rear axle also of Vanadiun
Steel and enclosed in a tubular stee
housing. The Ford differential is OF
the three-pinion bevel type; all gears
are drop forgings made of Vana.
dunn Steel.
BRAKES-Dual system on all
Ford cars. Service brakes operates
on the transmission and is CONTROL
ed by foot pedal. Expanding brake
in rear wheel drums serves as en-
Urgency brake. 1t is controlled by
hand lever on left side of car.
CARBURETOR-Flost feed auto
matte with dash adjustments Spec
tally designed to give maximum
power, flexibility and easy starting,
with economy of fuel consumption.
CLCTCH-Multiple ste I disc,
operating in oil.
CONTROL-On the left side of
car. Three foot-pedal controls, low
and high speeds, reverse, and brake
on the transmission. Hand lever for
neutral and emergency brake on left
side of car. Spark and throttle levers
directly under steering wheel.
EQUIPMENT-All Ford cars are
sold completely equipped, except
speedometer-no cars will be sold
unequipped.
FINAL DRIVE-Fcrd triangular
with all shafts, universal joint and
driving gears enclosed in dust-proof
and oil proof housing. Direct shaft
drive to center of the chassis; only
one universal joint is necessary. All
shafts revolve on roller bearings; a
ball and socket arrangem ent in the
universal joint relieves the passess-
engers of all shocks and strains
caused by the unevenI@s of the
road.
GASOLINE CAPACITY = All
Ford cars have cylindrical gasoline
tank Of ten gallons capacity mount
ed directly on frame under front
seat.
MAGNETO-Special Ford design,
built in and made a part of the mot
or. Only two parts to the Ford mag
neto, rotary part attached to the
flywheel and stationary part at
tached to the cylinder casting. No
brushes, no commutators, no moving
wires to cause annoyance on the
Ford magnetic.
VALVES-Extra large, all on
right side Of motor and enclosed by
two small steel plates.
WHEELS AND TIRES Wooden
wheels of the artillery type with ex-
ira heavy hubs. Front, thirty by
three inches; rear, thirty by three
and one-half inches.
cycle. Cylinders are cast en- bloc with
water jackets and upper half of
crank case integral. Cylinder bore is
three and three-quarter inches; pis-
ton stroke is four inches.
SPR1NGS-Both front and rear
springs are semi-elliptical trans
verse, all made Of especially Ford
heat-treated Vanadium Steel.
STEERING-Steering knuckles
and spindles are forged from special
Ford heat-treated Vanadium Steel,
banda are placed behind front axle.
TRANSMIsSION-Special Ford
spur planetary type, combining ease
Of operation and smooth, silent run
ming qualities. Clutck is so designed
IS to grip smoothly and positively,
and when disengaged to srring clear
away tno drums, thus assuring posi-
tive action and maximum power.
UNIT Observation-Disclosures
are four complete units in the con-
;truction Of a Ford car-tne power
plant, the front running gear, the
ear running gear and the frame.
THREE-POINT SUSPENSION
Each of the Ford units is suspended
1t three points of the chassis. This
method of suspension insures abso-
ute freedom from strain on the
parts and permits the most comfor-