Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1919-11-07
NEW TYPES OF SPRINGS

This improvement is the use Of
three point suspension springs. I'm
usually graceful in body, design,
Overland 4 makes splendid impress
sion on the visitor. 1t was this new
spring suspension, however, which
absorbed motorist attention at the
salesroOms. It is combination of
two principles that have been used
to greatest advantage in automobile
construction: First, that of CAN'T
lever springs; second, the flexible
three-point construction.
The luxurious riding comfort these
springs furnish the car was immedi-
ately 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
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 it's development
stand ten years Of successful manu-
featuring and engineering expert
ence in giving the public good motor
cars. For the immediate develop
ment and production Of Overland 4,
John N. WHY'S has concentrated the
vast resources of the Willys-Overland
Company Production will be on a
scale which will assure the greatest
economics in manufacturing.
IDEALS GUIDE DESIGN
Guiding the development of this
remarkable new car was Mr.. WHY'S
ideal of a motor car which would
combine 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 expenses. This was
not possible, the company claims, I'M
til the Willys-Overland Company de-
vised this interesting three-point
spring suspension spring seating
radically different from the conven-
tional design of four springs paral-
leling the chassis frame. New as
this spring suspension is, it is inter-
esting to note that the design has
been approved by the Society of
Automobile Engineers.
Before the final adoption of the
new springs, special breaking and
humping machines were rugged up at
the factory, and the cars, after that
supposedly destructive test, were
sent out on trisi trips which carried
them into every section of the coun-
try in all sorts of weather condi-
lions. The cars wer driven over the
Rocky Mountains, through the desert
roads and boulder stretches of the
southwest, over the sagebrush and
sand of Texas, and through"the mud
and clay of the Missouri Valley. A
two years test, covering 100000
miles of travel! The car satisfied the
company's engineers that it was
right. The war period which held
up production was devoted to an ex-
haustive perfection of car details,
refining the quality and economy
features.
Without emphasizing such features
as an unusually attractive appear
ance, the all-steel body with an oven
baked enamel finish and other inter
esting details, it may be said that
motoring interest centers in four new
and distinctive features Of Overland