Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-03-17

tor Gar company Detroit, and the
WillNs-orcrlaud company. Toledo.
The ufth truck, which viii be as
semhlod I,ter IN Washington. As a
check against the design. has not
Yet been started.
The progress OF the work az the
four plants was about tho same. The
vehicles were originally scheduled to
be completed January ib. hut this
WAS not possible because Of unfav-
orable deinyH
The Federal and REQ companies
received their orders from tho gov
eminent tp begin the construction
of their trucks December 10, 1917.
willie the Nillys-OyerlAnd company
received Jos order on December ~.
The Maxwell company was the last
90 K"t lts word to 20 ahead. receiv-
'tng i'a order ON January z
Tho Federal company received the
engine springs frame ad clutch on
january 20 and Immediately began 10
HHrrmhlu the various component
paitt Win The exception Of the front
and roar uNloH its Job was virtually
completed ou January s The REQ
company went TO work on much the
same schedule and completed its
truck as far as possible at the same
time
Tho WHY'S Overland company. re.
iceivei It's engine from the NorthwAy
Motor corporation on January 3. to-
gether with the frame parts from the
REQ company and the clutch nssemhy
from the Detroit Gear n Machine
/ Co. The steering assembly arrived
on tho day following and the viii
I lard storage battery and muffler on
January s. The wood wheels, trans
mission and radiator the latter from
The Federal Motor Truck company.
were received on January 10. The
starting motor. Tenders. hood. tool
box and universal Joints arrived on
I January II ana the dash, inHtru-
inent board and fittings on January
/ /. Actual assembly was begun on
January a. and was finished ~ far
os posslble on January "a, with the
exception Of the front and rear axles
The Maxwell company started the
assembly OF It's job on January II,
I the date orawhich the frame arrived.
and finished the vehicle on January
20. with the exception OF both SETS
lof hxles The DELAY In the delivery
of tho nNleS was because they re-
quired much new die work.
! All ot tho principal component
parts entering into the conHtructiou
of tho vehicle were ordered from the
parts made by the government.
The mechanical features OF the
truck have already been explained
in detail la these columns Il will
1 be noticed that the engine ls pro
Nded with detachable cylinder heads
/ and with the dual Ignition system
consisting Of borh magnetic and
generator as followed on both the
previous Glass A ana class u trucks
! II differs from both Of the latter IN
/ that II IN equipped with mn electric
starter. II has however. many OF
( tho characteristics Of the Class A
and II engines. including the hot
I spot manifold and similar mount.
ing OF tho distributor, water pump
I and magnetic on tho left side OF the
engine looking towurd tho front and
the governor and generator ON the
rIght side
! Another unusual feature OF the en-.
/ CINE II that the crnnkcnse II 80 de-
signed that cylinders OF az in bore
J by 5ln, stroke are interchangeable
[ with the 4 by g-ln cylinders now
( fitted The purpose of this construc-
tlon is 90 enable the post office de-
! partment 20 use slightly smaller
hrhglne. as the 90 hp of the by Z
cylinders is considered too large FOR
ordinary post office work II may
be said In this connection that the
underlined rumor TO the effect that
the post office department win not
use any ~ the standard ned war
trucks certainly does not apply ni
least to the Glass "A Job. since the
post office officials and engineers
were considered iu It's design and
THAR recommendation Incorporated
into the construction laid out
Aside from the lnrRr cornporer,
parts which were shipped 90 each oi
the assemblies by the parts concerns
reach asSenihler furnished large
number of small units such as the
| hmke-rod assembly clutch pedal
assembly the fabric universal loint
spiders. spring bolts nud the like
The WHY'S overland company fur.
nished 1870 extra parts In all, includ
ing spring bolts. pads clutch and
brake pedal units, bumper. draw
bar. etc, exclusive of the wiring sys-
tenn The Maxwell company sup.
piled large number OF forging.
and the spring hangers Each as
scmhlcr himself provided small hrack
OTIS. the spark and control assemblies
and thousand ana one small parts
witch 60 TO make up the completed
vehicle
WIN Drive Trucks Overland.
According tu the plans us-ir
. known az this writing u is Intended
to drive each OF the trucks overland