Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1919-11-13
Overland 4 After Two Years of Actual
Demonstration is Officially Announced
UNUSUAL PUBLIC INTEREST is
CENTERED IN THIS
LATEST MODEL

Overland f. the new car of light
u.eioht construction for which the pub
lie has been waiting since its introduc-
ton was first rumOred at the automobile
sbo,vs about two years ago has been
placed on exhibition in Grangeville at
the Overland salesrooms of W. g. Pea
cock.
The men and women who inspected
tbo Overland 4 were representative of
tbe visitors to Overland salesrOoms in
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 90 the great
est improvement in riding comfort since
the introduction of pneumatic tires.
New type of Springs
This Improvement is the use of three
point suspension springs. Unusually
graceful in body design, Overland
makes splendid impression on the Wis
itor. 1t was this new spring suspension,
however, which absorbed motorist S at
tention at the saesrooms. 1t is a com
binatiOn of two principles that have
been used to greatest advantage in au-
tomoble construction: First, that of
cantilever springs; second, the flexible
three point construction.
The luxurious riding comfort these
Strings furnish the car 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
WHY'S Overland company IS claim to
success in giving the public "a new
standard of riding comfort
The actual creation of Overland (
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 manufact
uring and engineering experience in
giving the public good motor cars. For
the immediate development and produc-
ton of Overland 4, John n. WHY'S
has con entrated the vast resources of
the Willys-Overland company. Produc-
ton will be on a scale which will as
sure the greatest economies in manu-
1acUurln8.
Ideals Guide Design q
Guiding the development of this re- :
markable new car was Mr.. WHY'S /;
ideal of motor car which would com
bne with the economy of light weight :
all the comfortable riding qualities and .
the stamina of the heavy and expensive
He proposed car of
builtin-quality which would free the
owner from all possible up-keep expens- t
es This was not possible, the com 0
pany claims, until the Willys-Overland f
devised this interesting three a
point spring suspension, a spring seat d
ing radically different from the con G.
ventional design of four springs paral- l
leling the chassis frame. New as this if
spring suspension is, it is interesting ID
to notice that the design has been APP b
proved by the Society of Automotive ST
Engineers. n
Before the nnal adoption of the new T
springs, special breaking and humping Of
machines were rugged up at the factory, a.
and the ears, after that supposedly Il
destructive test, were sent out on trial W
rips which carried them into every rs
section of the country in all sorts Of IL