Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1921-02-20
NEW OVERLAND IS.
RECORD BREAkERt
An ECONOMY GAR
MACHINE GIVEN THOROUGH TEST
BEFORE 1T WAS PLACED
on MARKET.

The new Overland has been history.
making product. attracting the atten.
ton Of the entire world since It was
conceived In the mind Of John ".
willys four years ago.
Mr.. WHY'S felt the need Of a good.
llEht car with the appearance and rid
ing qualities Of some u the higher
priced ears without the usual sacrifice
Of quality and economy In maintenance,
II was with this Idea In mind that
willys.ovcriand engineers were started
to work designing this wonderful little |
auto nHlilc.
One u the outstanding features Of
the car from Its beginning has been
the Triplcx spring. made OF the finest |
quality chrome vanadum steel, which |
has been u blk factor IN Ironing out the
rough plnces IN the road and making |
liHht car touring n pleasure to the
senses az well ms Ga the pocketbook.
II was Mr.. WHY'S desire that the car
prove itself 20 himself and his engineers
before being put on the market. In or.
der that the willys.overland Company
might absorb the expense ~ the test
rather than tho individual purchaser,
Following out this idea 200, 000mlle
test trip was planned and complctcd
proving the durability Of the little cor
and the feasibility and easy riding dual
tiles Of, the Trlplcx spring.
Gince the beginning of the automobile
luaa ststNu 10.
deAvored 10 make the best possible rec.
ord for his product. and thu new Over.
land has twenty.six TO It's credit since
II was officially placed on the market
October /. 1919. a list of these records
In ample proof ~ the durability and
economy Of this new Overland. which
follows
Overland carries and pulls ~ iales o.
cotton and 20 peoplc-total weight. IL.
2I5 pounds, at Hugo. okla.
Through the neutrality-suspicious. 20
Seattle and return, nc miles In %
hours.
Washington. d. C.. nonstop test; O..
?ss miles in days; &c as miles 10 the
gallon.
. Overland climbs famous stone Noun.
tain. near Atlanta.
Overland makes round trip from
Fresno 20 Yosemite In hours and %
minutes.
Overland travels s.L.i miles in days
and G nights at Middleboro, Mass.
Runs from Cedar Rapids 20 Iowa City.
rs miles. on the intcrurban street car
tracks; running time ? hours.
Overland Jumps ~ feet through alf
az cnvor Horse SHOW
Travels 5.ia2 miles In ies hours over
Indiana country roads.
Scdans In ~ towns make average ~
e5.2 miles TO the gallon ~ gasoline.
Houston Tex. police car In continu.
Gus use; travels more than $4,000 miles
chasing spceders.
Overland covers sSj miles In - hours
with gasoline record " 2i.5 mile 10
the gallon at Middlctown. o.
Overland ms three first.place cups IN
annual Los Angeles. Yosemite economy
run. 1890.
Overland travels from Canada 10
Mexico with actual driving time a few
minutes less than GO hours.
Sedan runs from Burnoll. Fla. to
Fitzgerald. Ga. more than 1000 miles.
without a fan belt.
Overland climbs 20 highest point on
At. Washington.
Trans.contincntal run. 3.ti2 miles
from New York To- San Francisco. &C.
companird with AN average Of 212 miles
20 the gallon.
privon 1864 miles from Fresno "a
bakersfield, Cal. on one gallon 81 gaso.
line.
Ci.mbs Fishci's Peak. near Trinidad.
Colo. travelling rs miles and making
it, own trail
Overland wins silver cup sweepstakes
at Norfolk. Va, in economy run. travel.
INK 30 miles and 100 yards on a gal
Ian az gasoline This contest was super.
,.scd by \. A. a, officials,
Car which made Indianapolis 7-dsy
record runs 1919 i.2 miles In "a hours
on the Indianapolis speedway.
Overland In special test at Spokane.
Wash. travels III miles on quar-,
OF gasoline.
Harper Overland 7.day. nonstop en-
duranoe run. showed mileage Of s.2e9
az Washington. u. G.
overiandIIarpcr Company Of PhilA.
delphla made croSscountry demonstra,
ton of 10000 miles
sednn runs i.6i3 miles through ~
counties In Texas.
overland Sedan travels SO miles
b through eastern part Of South Dakota
carrying open glass bowl OF gold fish.
During the war the ACCESSIBILITY OF
Standardization was brought out moru
forcibly than az any other tlmo during
tho history of the United States. The
new Overland Is n product Of this les
snn. and We can offer you today the
Overland that. In the main, win he tho
same M next year and the years TO
follow. This 81 course. means more et'
ficicnt and continuous operation TO the
ultimate buyer.