Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-01-05
DODGE VICTORY
SIX MAKES HIT
AGENT REPORTS

4 AOLA NL1 OZN i ~
The new Victory six just announced
by Dodge Brothers, Inc, embodies
innovations and improvements upon
present day automobile design which
has found immediate favor with the
motoring public, says William Al
bertS, OF the Douglas Dodge agency.
Within the reach of millions in price
of millions in price this new product
promises sensational performance at
high speeds, he asserts.
Long, low and graceful, the Victory
six presents smart and voguish
appearance coupled with sweeping
advances in construction and design
that has brought forth a flood OF
enthusiastic acclaim from the throngs
who have viewed it at the show
rooms of VIM. Alberts Motor COM
pany Inc, Dodge Brothers dealers
where the car is on display.
Providing safety, comfort and road
ibility to a degree never before at
tained, the body and chasis OF the
Victory six are a single unit.
Z To provide road holding qualities
necessary for high speeds and at
the same time to permit the low
sweeping body lines dictated by
fashion without sacrificing roomineSs
or road clearance, Dodge Brothers
have employed this basic innovation
in automotive design in brilliantly
effective fashion. Because in auto
motive design in a brilliantly effective
fashion. Because conventional sills
and cross members have been done
away with, the chassis ana body
being integral, the center of gravity
is closer to the road and the overall
heighth of the car is about at the
ordinary mans hat brim. The low
center of gravity and the union OF
chassis and body are said to- have
a marked stabilizing effect adding
greatly to riding comfort and safety
at all speeds.
More than million miles. of tough
driving and special hardships were
turned up by Dodge Brothers engi-
neers in their work on the new Vic
tory. Not only was the motor, which
is a special one of the L-head
medium duty type with seven crank
shaft bearings and pistons OF alum
|irum alloy, given severe tests but
the new body and chassis was SUBJ
mitted to the most rigid and drastic
punishment possible, it is stated.
Further structural distinctiveness
has been obtained by mover type
of body design, which might be
described as a steel shell welded
inside an outer steel ! shell to form
a double wall with an air space
between. BY perforations and other
und-deadening devices all body
noises have been eftectually suppressed,
leaving strength, Ightness, appear
ance and absence OF rattles as a net
gain. The frame OF the Victory
six chassis is SO deep that no splash
shields are necessary thus eliminat-
ing another source OF noise.
e Lockhead hydraulic Ebrakes for all
four wheels, similar to the ones on
the senior line OF SKIES, nave been
adopted for the Victory
The line will be offered in wide
variety of colors.
The engine developed exclusively
for, the Victory six is an L-head,
medium duty type, with bore OF 3 3-8
inches and stroke of 3 7-8 inches.
Pistons are aluminium alloy, Seven
bearings support the crankshaft,
which turns approximately 1,285 r. p.
m. at 25 miles an hour and about
$3.50 r. p. M at 65 miles an hour.
Because of rigid support and careful
balancing of the So pound crankshaft,
no CONFERENCE.-The or other vibration
dampenerS are used. Bearsslift posi-
tions the S. A. E. standard; namely,
lever to left and back for low and
to right and back for high
Plans for 1928 at Dodge Brothers
include the continuance of the stand
ard four, equipped with four wheel
brakes and priced at 1915 for the
sedan, and the senior six, priced
at $1,595 for the sedan, in addition
to the Victory six The Graham
Brothers truck division, which has
just completed the most prosperous
year in its history, will continue to
build commercial cars and trucks of
five capacities, two ton,. one and one
half ton, three quarter ton and one
half ton.
Tentative schedules for the year
indicate that nearly three fourths
of Dodge Brothers passenger car
production will consist of Victory
models including coupe, at $1045,
coupe with rumble seat at $1095,
a sedan at $1O95, de luxe sedan at
'$117o, and de luxe broughamN at
S117O.
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