Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-02-26
new DODCEIS
SAFEST AUTO
Double Steel Walls Is
Insurance Against
Accidents

Although the war Is over we are
still profiting by its lessons, and no
where is this fact more apparent
than in the production of the Vic
tory six, an entirely new Dodge
Brothers car. Two revolutionary
principles characterize il. Ii is the
first car in which body and chassis
are in one unit, and IN the Victory
Six for the first time in the history
of the steel body a double steel wall
is found in the body of a closed car
It's in this latter departure that
principles learned in the war are re-
flected-particularly the important
one Of providing for a second !
Of defense. The double steel wall
is just that. Even il the outer wall
should be penetrated, the inner one
would still stand as a second defense
for the occupants. The double steel
actually means double safety. Tests
have proved that il is practically im-
possible to penetrate both walls. This
double steel wall is the same bills
ter construction used in bsttleships,
and is virtually an answer TO the IN
creasingly imDortunate demands OF
automobile clubs. civic organizations
and the motor driving public for
heavy steel construction in motor
cars as we'll as in railroad cars and
buses-demands recently expressed
in a symposiu NEGLECTED by Per-
cival White, prominent consulting
engineer.
However, in spite of the double
strength resulting. the Victory six
retains the top lightness necessary
to keep il from overturning. for the
building of body and chassis one
strong unit alone means the saving
Of It's pounds. 1t is lighter than
n other car Of equal strength.
Each car body is composed of only
eight major parts, and there are
from $50 to $50 fewer parts than in
the ordinary body.
A Non-Tippable Pyramid
Perhaps the most important effect
of the ~one-piece construction is that
il means n decided lowering of the
center of gravity of the car-mak-
ing of the Victory virtually an IN
tippable pyramid with engine, trans
mission and axless-the heavy parts
all swung as liw as possible be-
tween the wheels. Heretofore, in an
GAA0lG ~ EAAG AONG1L RO0GcADAG
center of gravity engineers have
been reducing headroom and road
clearance to a disadvantageous de-
gree. The desired result has been
accomplished in the Victory six with
out resorting to either of these two
means. for the one-piece construc-
ton permits the elimination Of body
sills-a saving in height of at least
two inches.
In addition. this union Of body
and chassis gives still greater safety
since stress formerly transmitted to
the body stills is now taken by the
frame, giving the strength and firm
less of steel to parts formerly made
of wood. The natural result is a
longer life both for the car as a
whole and for the tires. rs we'll a.
great retire and gasoline mileage.
Performance Proves Cars Success
Success Of the new construction
methods employed IN the Victory six
IS reflected in its performance. The
gar has an easy speed of SIS miles an
hour. gees Fl miles on n gallon Of
gasoline at a speed of % miles an
hour. and accelerates from 5 to 25
miles an hour in eight seconds. and
from 10 to IS miles in Is seconds.
Other features of the new car are
a cooling system which introduces
ool water at various points in the
engine. instead of only one place, a
crsnkshaft free from vibration At
my speed. an oil system which pro-
tides more oil the faster one drives.
Lockheed hydraulic four-wheel
brakes, semi-elliptic springs both
front and rear. single-plste clutch.
select;ve sliding-gear transmission
and standard gear shift.