The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-11-01

construction equal to that Of a hand.
made product. Inspection starts ct Che
steel mills where she company has sta.
toned expert metslurgists to test every
heat Of steel, and the Inspection ends
only with the owners driving the car
away The stock reaching the factory
is thus all first grade through many
Inspections, This itself is a new fea.
ture in automobile construction. The
body is all-steel with an oven.haked
enamel finish. The construction Is
simple and the balance OF part 10 part
Is unusually fine The car has been
designed light weight,
Complete Equipment.
Fourth-Bountihul and eomplsta equip
ment, In every detail from demount-
able rims 70 Auta-Lite starter, lights
and horn the equipment OF Overland 1
appears TO have been planned with a
single view Of comfort, convenience,
and long service All seat cushions
which are detachable Ike those in q
Pullman are upholstered with the lux
urlous Marshall Dtvan springs, The
windshield is slanting rain vision. The
one-nian top, curtains and cushions are
DurateN, The horn button 10 In the
center OF the steering wheel The con-
trolls are all mounted on keyboard on
the cowl In instant and ready reach,
All In all, Overland inpTesses It's
visitors as being a motor car value Of
very distinctive comfort. economy, quail
ketsd In four body styles: A sedan at
NSIS, coupe az si,Sss, touring car and
roadster at SS4S, fob, Toledo
Interesting Features.
The mortor Of the Overland 4 Ia cast
en- bloc with q removable head. II has
generous valve opening.
The lubricating and oiling system re,
quire no pumps. The oil Is circulated
by pressure automatically created and
the water is circulated by the ThsrIno,
syphon system or natural cooling meth.
GA, NO power is required Of the mo,
tor TO operate these systems,
The steering apparatus IL Of the
planetary gear type with the gears at
the bottom Of the steering column. BY
thus arrangement all the strain Is taken
~ three points instead Of at enc.
now used by II per cent OF the motor
manufacturers, The seleetive gear
transmission has three speeds forward
and reverse. II operates In oil
The front axle Is OF chrome nickel
steel which affords both light weight
and strength rds. IT, The front wheels have hay.
also OF chrome nickel steel, is three.
quarter floating The ditfersRtial and
bearings
The car is equipped with two brakes
foot and hand, These work on TO-
inch drums or each wheel and 10 as
sure safety are larger than necessity
demands.
Keyboard Control.
Upon tho instrument heard, or key
board as Il Is called on the Overland
l. Is centralized the hand throttle, spark
and choke control, and the ignition and
electric buttons, together with the
speedometer dial and current indicator,
In addition to the hand throttle there
a foot accelerator handily placed
The clutch and brake pedals are ad-
Unstable to reach.
The wide, deep seats of the Overland
I supplement the three point SUSPENSION
springs and comfortably accommodate
SnDnsd i nm o cushions Srs
The upholstery throughout the car 10
long grain DurateN, All cushions, in
Guiding the back and sides are remov-
able, The one-man top also IL Of
DurateX,
Body Is All Steel.
one OF the chief aims OF the builders
has been TO maintain the highest
standard to quality throughout the car
In both the material and manufacture
This has been carried TO the design aud
finish, the body details and the equip
Ment,
The car has streamlIne body which
Is entirely constructed OF steel with
santing windshield, The full-cyowned
tenders are OF heavy sheet steel The
running boards are eevered with line.
leum aluminium hound The. body and
chassis are finished IN hard baked en-
amel The fittings are nickel and pol
ished aluminium.
The. car Is equipped with an Auto
Lite two-unit starting and lighting sys-
tenn headlights with DINNER, 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 demountahle rims.
Because Of the unprecedented de-
mands for the Overland I, dealers for
the time being ere accepting orders for
delivery to purchasers IN the order In
which requests are received
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