Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-11-06

DETROIT, Mich, Nov. "A trip TO
Detroit would be an excellent thing
for the song writer who has all OF
the country's nanny" singers 20
confidently declaring that the world
ID waiting for the sunshine.
He probably would write o new
song.
II would tell about the world-on
tiptoe, holding its breath, It's mouth
open-waiting for Henry Ford's new
ears. 1t should be noted that the last
word Of the preceding sentence Is
plural, not singular-cars, not car.
For, while Detroit (and, in this in
stance, Dctroiters are just like the
rest of the nations people, is in
t~ensely interested in the mysterious
substitute for Model 7, the city is al
most as much worked up over tne
mass transportation kings second
car.
Second Car in Six Months
Ford, in d conversation with 4
friend not long ago, said . second car
would follow the new low-priced Ford
within three or five months.
This intermediate car will be
F0rd's product to compete with
Buick, Studebaker, Nash, Hudson,
Chrysler and a couple Of others Of
that price class.
But the first new car
Detroit feels that it knows prac-
tically all there Is TO know about the
much-heralded machine that will take
the place OF the famous Model Il,
with two exceptions-just what it's
going to look like, and the price.
And, so far rs the price Is con-
cerneas one or two pretty good hints
have been passed out 80 that that IL
not as much OF a mystery rs II was
VIII Undersell All Others
In the first place, 1t can be stated
on the authority Of no less n person
age than Henry Ford himself that
the new car will undersell all others
now on the market.
Just what did Ford say to indicate
thatg Well. for one thing. he said
Our job Il TO make the best pos
sible car at the lowest price"
And, almost in the same breath, he
added, when asked why all the de-
lay
1.-THE problem would have been easy
II we didn't have to get u price be-
low everybody else"
As a matter Of fact, some men here
in Detroit, who ought TO know what
they are talking about, say that II
you take the prices of the various
Chevrolet models and knock off $50
or SIS, you will come pretty close to
the figure Ford is going to ask.
Don't bet too heavily on that,
though. Ford springs a lot Of sur
prises. Anyone who would make a
flat declaration Of facts as to what
Henry Ford is going to do might be
proved awfully silly.
Appearance Entirely Changed
The new Ford will not look any
thing like the old Ford. That's the
most joyful tidings of all.
The car will be lower, and longer.
It will look more like your idea OF
an automobile, and you know what
we near.
IL will be four-cylinder. not six, as
some reports have had IL.
IL will have steel spoke wheels and
four-wheel brakes.
The spring arrangement Of the old
Ford has been thrown into the ash
can SO far as the new product u con-
cerned. The new springs will be
regular" In other words. they'll be
like the springs on other cars.
IL will have a gravity feed. The
gas tank Is 20 be located in the e0wI
lust in front OF the windshield. III IA
said this principle alone caused a
Today discussion among engineers.
with much midnight oil, before the
final decision was made.
Much New Equipment
There will be q speedometer and
an ammcter and a foot accelerator a.
standard equipment This latter II
clad news to more than one calloused
finger.
And. as q touch az luxury. there
viii he q gasoline Euage. No more
RIGGING out the odorous foot rule 20
lind out how much was there isn't.
The motor viii be powerful. II
The 1928 Ford will be light, will
weigh less than a ton.
will have approximately 40-horse-
rower. But that's not so important.
for the old Ford. abused as IL was.
seldom was condemned for lack Of
power.
But all Of these details are old
stuff TO Detroit.
As we said before, Detroit, always
a Jump ahead Of everyone else in an
automobile way. Is developing more
than a passing interest in Ford's in
termediate car. which ought 70 bloom
with the flowers OF 1925 spring.