Ashland weekly tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1919-1924, 1919-10-29
Overland 4 After Two Years of Actual
Demonstration Is Officially Announced ] @ s%

holstered with the luxurious Mar
shall Divan springs. The windshield
Is slanting rain vision. The one
man top, curtains and cushions are
Duratex. The horn button Is In the
center of the steering wheel. The
controls are all mounted on a kew
board on the cowl in instant and
ready reach.
And in all, Overland 4 lmpresses
its visitors as being a motor car
value of very distinctive comfort.
economy, quality and convenience.
1t will be marketed in four body
styles: A Sedan at s1,375; coupe at
sl,325; touring car and roadster at
$S45, I. o. b. Toledo.
INTERESTING DETAIL FEATURES
The motor Of the Overland 4 ia
cast en- bloc with a removable head.
1t has generous valve opening.
The lubricating and oiling system
require no pumps. The oil is circu
lated by pressure automatically ere
ated and the water Is circulated by
the Thermo-Syphon system or nat
ural cooling method. No power Is
required of the motor to operate
these systems.
The steering apparatus Is Of the
planetary gear type with the gears
at the bottom Of the steering column.
by this arrangement all the strain
is taken at three points instead of
at one.
The cluth is of the single plate
type now used by II percent of the
motor manufacturers. The selectiye
gear transmission has three speeds
forward and reverse. It operates in
oil.
The front axel is OF chrome nickel
steel which affords both light weight
and strength. The front wheels have
tapered roller bearings. The rear
axel, also Of chrome nickel steel, is
three-quarter floating. The differ
ential and rear wheels operate on
annular ball bearings.
The car is equipped with two
brakes-foot and hand. These work
on 1O-inch drums on each wheel and
to assure safety are larger than ne
cesSlty demands.
Keyboard Control
Upon the instrument board, or
! keyboard" as 1t is called on the
overland 4, is centralized the hand
throttle, spark and choke control,
and the ignition and electric but
tons, together with the speedometer
dial and current indicator.
In addition to the hand throttle
there is foot accelerator handily
placed. The clutch and brake ped
ais are adjustable to reach.
The wide, deep seats OF the Over
land 4 supplement the Three-Point
Suspension Springs and comfortably
accommodate five passengers. The
cushions are equipped with Marshall
Divan springs. The upholstery
throughout the car is long grain
Dpratex All cushions including the
back and sides are removable. The
one-man top also is OF Duratex.
Body Is All Steel
One Of the chief aims of the build
ers has been to maintain the highest
standard Of quality throughout the
car in both the material and manu-
facture. This has been carried to
the design and finish, the body de-
tails and the equipment.
The car has a streamline body
which is entirely instructed of steel
with slanting windshield. The full
crowned tenders are of heavy sheet
steel. The running boards are coy-
cred with linoleum, aluminium bound.
The body and chassis are finished
in hard baked enamel. The fit
tings are nickel and polish alumni
mum.
The car is equipped with an Au-
to-Lite two-unit starting and light
ing system, headlights with a dim
mer, dash and tail-lights, a magnetic
speedometer, electric horn, spare tire
carrier, extra rim, complete set of
tools, tire repair kit, Jack and pump.
The tires are mounted on demounta-
BILE rims.
Because Of the unprecedented de-
mands for the Overland 4, dealers
for the time being are accepting or
ders for delivery to purchasers I'm
the order in which requests are re-
eeived. g.