The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1919-11-13
|NEW TYPE OF SPRINGS
Ersree- point Suspension Design Is In
troduced for First Time.
.gsG CAR COMFORT is CLAIMED
willis Overland Asserts Springs Are
Greatest Improvement in Motor
Cars Since Pneumatic
Tires.
glG CAR COMFORT is CLAIMED

,,.ieht construction for which the
rsblc has been waiting SINCE its in
PRODUCTION was first rumored at the
automobile shows about. two years
90. was placed on exhibition in Mena
a. week at the Overland salesrooms
4, the Zachary Motor Company, 704
3 DeQueen street.
The men and woman who inspected
- Overland in Mena were repre-
tentative of the visitors to Overland
salesrooms in a thousand cities, towns
and hamIets of the United State. The
scompany's dealers, from Maine to
SCalifornia. and from Washington to
SFlorida, now have on display one or
more of the new. models described as
2enbodying "the greatest improvement
b. riding comfort since the introduce
Hon of pneumatic tires.
New Type Of Springs.
This Improvement is the use Of
|.three point suspension springs. IN
usually graceful in body design, Over
land makes splendid impression
on the visitor. 1t was this new spring
suspension, however, which absorbed
n.torist attention at the salesrooms
IA is a combination of two principles
That have been used to greatest adj
Vantage in automobile construction:
First that of cantilever springs; sec
ond, the infiexible three-point con
1struction.
The luxurious riding comfort these
springs furnish the car was immedi-
stely understood and appreciated. 1t
Is this feature which gives to 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
nres in Overland which back the
Nillys- Overland Company's claim to
Success in giving the public "a new
Standard of riding comfort"
The actual creation OF Overland d
began more than two years ago. The
last two years have been devoted to
Resting and perfecting each part of
*the ear Back of its development
stand ten years Of successful manu-
Featuring and engineering experience
#in giving the public good motor cars.
Nor the immediate development and
production of Overland a, John N.
Nillys has concentrated the vast re-
Sources of the WHY'S Overland Com
pany Production will be on scale
S~hich viii assure the greatest econo-
xmies in manufacturing.
Ideals Guide Design.
Guiding the development of this re-
narkable new car was Mr. WHY'S
ideal of a motor car which would
ztombins with the economy of light
weight all the comfortable riding
knualties and the stamina of the heavy
and expensive automobiles. He pro-
posed car of built-in quality which
:zWould free the owner from all posi-
dc up-keep expenses. This was not
posslble, the company claims, until
TIC Willys-Overland Company devised
Ill interesting three point spring
Fuspension, spring seating radically
tifferent from the conventional de-
Sign Of four springs paralleling the
rhassIs frame New as this spring
suspension is, it is interesting to note
That the design has been approved by
SIC Society of Automotive Engineers.
Before the final adoption of the new
Springs, special breaking and bump
ng machines were rugged up at the
factory, and the cars, after that sup
= posedly destructive test, were sent out
''szns trial trips which carried them into
every section of the country in all
sorts of weather conditions. The
tars were driven over the Rocky
Mountains, thru the desert roads and
y boulder stretches of the southwest,
over the sagebrush and sand Of Texas,
and thru the mud and clay of the
missouri Valley. A two years test,
#sovering 100000 miles of travel! The
gar satisfied the company's engineers
that it was right. The war period
which held up production was devoted
fo an exhaustive perfection of car de-
tails, refining the quality and econo-
my features.
Without emphasizing such features
as an unusually attractive appear
fnce, the all-steel body with an oven
baked enamel finish and other inter-
fsung details, it may be said that
motoring interest centers in four new
and distinctive features of Overland A.
hese features, each worth the motor
ISIS study. are:
Springbase, Not Wheelbase.
First, of course, the three point
antllever spring suspension. The
prngs on Overland extend fifteen
'nches from point on the chassis be-
Fond the axles at front and rear, Civ
ing a wide diagonal shape to the
springs. The car has thus an actual
fprlngbase of 1870 inches, altho the car
"neelbase itself is 100 inches. Each
sprlng tiexibly responds to its task of
heepng the body and passengers rid
ng on constantly even keel. Bob
ping, sidesway. and lurching are ma
terlally lessened. The result is q
Toomy, easy-riding car on new type
- springs so designed as to absorb
foad shocks from the worst of pave
Ez'hents or roads. The Willys-Overland
Fhgineers made the unusual claim OF
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