The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1919-11-20
Overland After Two Years of Actual
Demonstration is Officially Announced
UNUSUAL PUBLIC INTEREST IS
CENTERED IN THIS
LATEST MODEL

Overland 4, the new ear of light
weight construction for which the pub
lie has been waiting since its iutroduc-
ton was first rumored at the automobile
shows about two years ago has been
placed on exhibition in Grangcville at
the Overland salesrooms of W. G.. Pea
cock.
The men and women who inspected
the Overland 4 were representative of
the visitors to Overland saesrooms in
a thousand cities, towns, and hamlets
of the United States The company s
dealers, from Maine to California, and
from Washington to Florida. now have
on display one or more of the new mod
els described as embodying "the great
est improvement in. riding comfort since
the introduction Of pneumatic tires. y
New Type of Springs
This Improvement is the use of three
point suspension springs. Unusually
graceful in body design, Overland 4
makes splendid impression on the Wis
itor. 1t was this new spring suspension,
however, which absorbed motorist IS at
tention at the salesrooms. 1t is a com
bination of two principles that have
been used to greatest advantage in au-
tomobile construction: First, that of
cantilever springs; second the flexible
three point construction.
The luxurious riding comfort these
springs furnish the ear was immedi-
ately understood and appreciated. 1t
is this feature which gives ito the
. new Overland car, designed for light
weight, that degree of riding comfort
and security hitherto possible only in
high-priced, heavier cars.
But this is only one of many feat
ures in Overland 4 which back the
Willys-Overland company's claim to
success in giving the public "a new
standard of riding comfort
The actual creation of Overland 4
began more than two years ago. The
last two years have been devoted to
testing and perfecting each part of
the car. Back of its development
stand ten years of successful manufaet-
uring and engineering experience in
giving the public good motor cars. For
the immediate development and produc-
ton of Overland A. John n. WHY'S
has con .entrated the vast resources of
the WillysOverland company. Produc-
ton will be on a scale which will as
sure the greatest economies in manu-
featuring.
Ideals Guide Design
Guiding the development of this re-
markable new car was Mr.. WHY'S
ideal of motor car which would com
bine with the economy of light weight
all the comfortable riding qualities and
the stamina of the heavy and expensive
automobiles. He proposed a car of
built-in- quality which would free the
owner from all possible up-keep expens-
es. This was not possible, the com
pany claims, until the Willys-Overland
company devised this interesting three
point spring suspension, a spring seat
ing radically different from the con
ventional design of four springs paral-
leling the chassis frame. New as this
spring suspension is, it is interesting
to notice that the design has been ap-
proved by the Society of Automotive
Engineers.
Before the nnal adoption of the new
springs, special breaking and humping
machines were rugged up at the factory
and the cars, after that supposedly