Great Falls tribune., 1921-03-13
OVERLAND PERFORMS
DARING STUNT To
TEST CAR SPRINGS
Unparalleled Riding Qualities
Of Light Weight Autom0-
bile Are Proven.

Although the Overland car with Trl-
plex spring suspension has been tested
over hundreds Of thousands Of miles Of
all kinds Of roads and in all varieties
of weather, the wonder of it's perform
ance has seemed to dare owners to
subject it to freak stunts involving pun
ishment in some cases. seemingly too
severe to motor car.
But with the Overland each feat has
but proven the engineering skill and
large resources which have made pos
sible this new standard of light weight
motor car.
So successful has been the Overland
| withstaEding the strain Of these severe
freak tests that during last summer one
daring feat became the highly adver-
eral state and county fairs in various
parts of the country
| This trial. first staged in Denver,
was named 'The Jumping Horse" The
Denver distributor of the WHY'S Over
| land company conceived the idea Of
, dressing up the Overland with a horses
head attached to the radiator.
Inclined platforms were erected and
set is feet apart at the Deslver horse
and stock show. The Overland car was
made to run up this inclined platform,
leap the 18 feet through space, land
ing on the other inclined platform. 1t
was accepted as so remarkable through
out the country that newspapers and
magazines and moving picture compan-
| les devoted large amounts Of space to
acquainting the public with the details
Of the daring feat.
Other Dealers Try Stunt.
Following the lead Of the Denver dis
tributor the feat was tried with sue
cess by many other dealers and dis
tributors in various parts of the coun-
try and it became the feature event at
number of state and county fairs.
No motor car before had ever been
subjected to such a test. Triplex
springs of Overland sustained blow
of 4o.104 foot-pounds with every leap.
yet body and delicate car mechanism
we're protected from the terrific shock
and strain.
Another Overland dealer erected a
platform over the rear seat Of an Over
land. He mounted on this bowl of
goldfish and started ON 573mile tour
Of his state. He covered the 513-mile
run in 81 hours including time lost in
A. cities visited and for night stops and
returned to his home without the loss
of a single fish or of water.
This test, in the opinion Of hundreds
who watched it eagerly. proved con
vincingly the wonderful riding qualities
of three point triplex springs with
which the Overland is equipped.
At Cedar Rapids. Iowa. an Overland
touring car was driven % miles over
the ties and trestles of an interurban
railway without damage. The car
maintained a speed of IA miles an hour
on this trip.
Car Climbs Mountain.
Near Atlanta, Georgia, daring driv
er took the car to the top of Stone
mountains steep granite dome. Scanned
and fissured rock. glazed and slippery
in spots, did not force this little car
to hesitate.
To determine what the little Over
land would do in the way Of economy
with expert driving, finely adjusted
Overland touring car made 1C6 miles
on gallon of gasoline. Of course, the
car was allowed to roll as much as pos
sible, but there was no coasting in the
trip.
The Overland has been made to
climb steps, to Chamber up steep and
rocky embankments. It has accepted
the challenge Of freshly turned fields
and mud and water hub deep.
Every performance has proven an
inbuilt strength, flexibility, riding quail
tiles and protection for delicate car
mechanism due to tripiex springs, that
has marked this Overland as new
standard of light weight motor car.