Imperial Valley press., 1931-02-04
BOATLOAD OF NEW
De SOTO MODELS
DUE ON COAST
Inland Motor Company
To Get Its Quota Or
Classy Machines

Two hundred tWenty-one De Soto
automobiles were shipped to the
Pacific coast via the Panama canal
during the past week, il was an
nounced by ,Tred r. Cross, manager
of the Inlan,i Motor company, De
Soto distributors.
A trainload OF motor cars from
Detroit to New York, they made a
boatlo,'d when swung aboard the S.
S. Virginia which cleared its North
River pier" at the Port Of New York
for Los An geles and San Francisco
by way of The canal.
although water shipment OF
motor cars to The west coast has
become popular curing the last two
or three years with the develop
ment Of better facilities" said
Cross. 1T is believed that this ship
ment of De Soto Motors products
is probably. the largest aut,1motive
shipment b. boat to Los Angeles
and San Fra ncisco for more than
a wear. Upon arrival at their des-
tination the en- tire boatload of cars
will be taken up by De Soto deal
crs
Veteran Auto Dealer
Fred r. Cross, manager OF the
Inland Motor company, has been
identified with the automobile bus
mess In FL Centro since 1914 and
took over distribution OF the DE
Soto when it first came out IN
August, 1928.
The company has sold approx
mately 500 De SotoS in the valley,
Cross said, and the whole personnel
of the plant is awaiting the arrival
OF the new 1881 models with a great
deal of enthusiasm.
Inland Motors maintains a large
service department including me-
chanical repairs, body rebunding
and complete refinishing divisit MS.
There are % employees in {, he
office, service and sales depart
ments.
Specifications Given
Specifications of the new De Soto
follow:
Axle-Rear - Semi floating, 3-16
inch pressed steel housing. Drive
gear and pinion. spiral bevel type,
nickel chrome e-vanadium steel. Gear
ratio, 4.33 to |.
Axle-Front-Dro Eli
oft l-beam heat treated. Adjust
able tapered roller wheel bearings.
Steering arms chrome nickel alloy
steel forgings.
Body-Steel-weld body, perman-
entity quiet ON closed models (steel
welded in one piece, no joints.
Front scat adjustable on sedan,
Swing type windshield. French
type top. Cowl lamps.
Brakes-Service - Weather proof
hydraulic, internal expanding four
wheel. Drum diameter, IL inches;
brake shoes IL inches wide.
Brake-Parking External con.
tracing on drum of rear Of trans
mission.
Clutch-Single dry plate. driven
disc 87s inches diameter with as
bestos composition riveted tacings.
Ball thrust bearing.
Cooling System-Water themos-
tatically controlled, circulated by
centrifugal pump. Capacity 3%
inch u. S. gallons. Each cylinder
and valve completely surrounded
by extra large water passages. Gel
lular radiator, detachable shell.
Four blade. 149, inch fan, driven by
adjustable V-belt.
Electrical System-SiX-volt type
generator. third brush regulation.
Battery "a ampere hour capacity.
Single wire system. Starting motor
six volt type: drive, mechanical
shift to steel ring gear on flywheel.
Depressed beam headlights. 1gnl-
ton top outlet waterproof.
Engine - High compression. L.
head type, water cooled four cycle.
Bore. 81 inch: stroke as inch. N.
A. c. c. horsepower rating 25.35;
developed horsepower, 81. Piston
displacement 2053 cubic inches.
Rubber mountings front and rear.
Full force feed fabrication through
drilled passages to all crankshaft.
camshaft, and connecting rod bear
ings. Cylinders fabricated by spray
under pressure from metered hole
in connecting rod bearings. bear
ing crankshaft, dynamically and
statically balanced, with torsional
impulse neutralizer. -Four bearing
camshaft. Isotherm light alloy
steel-strut pistons. Crankcase full
ly ventilated
Fuel System-Plain tube type car
buretor with idle speed adjustment,
fixed Jets covering all variations of
altitude, summer and winter condi-
tions. Equipped with adjustable ac-
celeration pump. Air cleaner. Fuel
filter. Fuel pump driven from cam
shaft. Fuel tank capacity, II U. S.
gallons.
Overall Length-With bumpers,
169 3-16 inch.
Springs Semi-elliptic. FIR ont
length, 35ls inches; width, Ia in
ches. Rear length, 52ia inches;
width. Ia inches.
Steering Gear-Semi irreversible
worm and sector type, adjustable
for wear. Steering arm drop forged,
heat treated. Three-spoke steering
wheel II inches in diameter.
Transmission-Three speed, Sc
lective sliding gear type, unit with
engine. Main shaft mounted on
ball bearing with roller pilot bear
ins. Bronze countershaft bearing,
Wheels-Wire, semi-drop center
type. Non-skid tires 19x500.
Instruments and Equipment--Hy-
draulic shock absorbers on all
springs. Automatic windshield wip-
er. Ignition lock, speedometer, am
meter, oil gauge. electric fuel guage,
heat indicator, choke and throttle