New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-02-02
Mitchell Has
New Model to
= Display at Show
Not Radically Different in
Design, but Follows New
Manufacturing Standards
Set i'm Wartime Work

The fact that there would be few
new things to see at the show this
year has been source of much regret
to the automobile fraternity. 1t is
realized that most people come to the
show to see what is new and that this
year there would be a sad lack of those
features the novelty of which draws
the crowd. The Mitchell Motors Com
pany, however, is among the few
makers to exhibit something really
new.
Although the new Mitchell skies do
not depart radically from the design
which has characterized this line for
the past three years, they are dis
tinctly new in the sense that they have
been built throughout to the finer,
higher standards by which the Mitchell
factory has learned to work during the
time when it was devoting all of it's
facilities to winning the war.
A close examination reveals the fact
that the Mitchell engineering staff has
gone over this car from headlight to
tire carrier and has changed, improved
and strengthened every detail, so that
the car now stands out as one which
may be expected to give good service
for much longer period than the or
binary car.
New Car Much Stronger
1t was realized early in their investi-
cations by the Mitchell engineers tina,
the old standard of strength for cars
in this class would have to be dis
carded. The light six was too light
1T called for too many sacrifices. The
car of the future must be an all round
performer, light enough to give good
gasolene and tire mileage and heavy
enough to stand up for years under
hard treatment.
Accordingly the frame was strength
ened not only by adding depth to the
side members but by reinforcing the
cross members and by the method of
assembling the frame with hot rivets
which hold tight, nJtead of cold rivets
which soon loosen Up.
The rear axle was made Of heavier
better material throughout. New kinks
in the design, cutting anv mounting of
: the spiral bevel gears tend to make
the axle quieter as we'll as stronger
A new method of hanging the brakes
which vastly increases their efficiency
and ease Of operation has been devised
This policy Of strengthening the cal
has been carried out in all details, suci
asthe steering gear, front axle, bodies
and in many other places.
Manufacturing Methods Improved
The one thing which the war ha:
taught those manufacturers who have
been making material for the govern
ment is how to do fine work. Mitchell
engineers took full advantage of thi:
knowledge in perfecting the new Vic
tory model.
The cylinders, for example, arr
ground to accurate dimensions anc
smooth finish instead of being reamed
as is usually the case. TIE methods OF
heat treating gears have been so i'm
proved that stronger, more uniform
gears result.
Throughout the whole Mitchell fac
tory the spirit of better workmanship
left by the war is helping Mitchell
workmen to build the new car bette
than any car has ever been built be
fore. Over a quarter Of n million dol
lars worth Of new machinery and test
ing equipment make the results Of thi
better workmanship certain.
1t was also realized in developing
the new Mitchell Skies that the pro