Imperial Valley press., 1932-03-29


The new Ford is large, long.
roomy, fast, powerful and alert. Its
V-8 engine develops 65 brake horse
power.
The new Ford V-S is capable of
rs miles an hour
Fourteen body types of modern,
streamline design are offered. The
tour cylinder engine, developing so
horsepower and capable of 65 miles
an hour, also can be supplied with
any of these body types at low
er price.
Ihe new car embodies a number
OF outstanding features including
Silent snychronized gear shift
and silent gear, engine rubber
mounted, down draft carburetor
and carburetor silencer, automatic
spark control, and a diaphragm
type pump which drives fuel from
tank in the rear. There are also
soft, flexible transverse cantileyer
springs and newly designed rear
spring: self-adjusting Houdaille
double-acting hydraulic shock alb
Sorbers, large four wheel brakes,
newly designed electrically welded
steel-spoke wheels with large hubs
and hub caps and large tires. The
chassis and running gear are cush-
Toned by rubber insulators in the
spring shackleS and shock absorber
links The body is insulated from
the frame by rubber pads,
Cars Attractive
The bodies are fresh and modern
from the gracefully rounded V-type
radiator to rear bumper. The
Streamlines are carried out by the
long hood, with its rustless steel
center strip, the slanting safety
glass windshield, and rounded roof
line. The convex lamps, full
crowned tenders and long, low run
ming board harmonize with the bal
ance of the design.
Body interiors are roomy and
richly furnished. Seats are of new
style, designed for the utmost COM
Tort. Drivers seats in all closed
cars are adjustable. A large ventil-
ator is provided in the top of the
coWI The instrument panel Is oyel
and has rustlesS steel mounting
strip. Inside sun visors. which
fold out of the way when not in
use, are provided in all closed cars.
The new Ford V-8 engine is COM
pact and remarkably free from vi
bration. Overlapping impulses de-
liver the power in smooth con-
stant flow.
The engine is of the 9O-degree
V-type, having an S. A. E. rating
OF so horsepower and developing IS
brake horsepower at 34OO rpm.
The IS pound crankshaft is of the
90-degree type with its four cranks
at right angles to each other.
The counter weighted crankshaft
is statically and dynamically bal
anced. The crankShaft, connecting
rods and pistons also are in bal
ance so that the engine operates
with remarkable smoothness at all
speeds. Pistons are of aluminium
alloy and have three rings, the low
er acting as an oil-control ring.
Cylinder blocks and crankcase
are cast in one unit, giving exceed
ingly rigid engine construction. New
type valves, with mushroom ends.
operate from the camshaft.
Connecting rods from opposite
pistons are placed side by side on
each crankshaft throw. These are
mounted on new floating steel
bushings, babbitted inside and out
which serve to give the benefit of
the full crankpin bearing area to
each connecting rod, thus affording
longer wear.
The cast aluminium cover embrace
ing the intake manifold forms the
top of the engine, giving it an un-
usually finished appearance. The
down draft carburetor and the fuel
pump are mounted on this cover.
The gas is pre-heated IN the in
take manifold by a hot spot Gre
ated by hot exhaust gases surging
back and forth through a small
passage in the manifold cover
plate. Exhaust parts are on the
outside Of the engine blocks, the
left exhaust pipe being carried
around the front of the engine.
The distributor operates directly
from the front end of the cam
shaft eliminating the use of inter-
posed gears. Spark control is au-
tomato. Crankshaft and crankpin
bearings are fabricated by pressure
as are the main bearings of the
camshaft. Pistors and valves are
oiled by spray and splash.
Low Gravity Point
A fan o. airplane propeller type
and two centrifugal water pumps,
together with the large surface of
the radiator insure ample cooling
under all driving conditions.
The rugged double-drop frame