The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-01-03
NEWS OF MOTOR WORLD
NEW PLYMOUTH
SHOWING DATE
AWAITED HERE
Fifteen Innovations Mark
1884 Model: PreVieW
Is Given.

be displayed here, was given a
closed door" preview to newspaper
men and Dodge, De Soto and Chrys-
Ter dealers here today.
To be formally announced at the
New York automobile show on Jan. 6,
the cars will not be placed on pub
lie display here until a date in
January to be announced later, it
was stated today by A. l.. Willard,
local representative of the Plymouth
Motor Corporation.
The showing revealed that the
new PlymouthS have many features
never before found in a low priced
car.
They retain such basic Chrysler
Motors engineering features as float
ing power, hydraulic brakes and all
steel bodies, and in addition have
many other new advantages, includ-
mig a new type of individual front
wheel Springing-to be found on
even the lowest priced 1884 Plymouth
cars-a revolutionary new ventilat-
ing system on the De Luxe Plymouth
models. new and smarter interior
appointments and more than fifteen
other new features.
Test Springing Action
The dealers and newspaper men
were given a ride in a new Plym-
outh six and experienced the amaz-
ing riding qualities made possible
by the new individual front wheel
springing. They found that the
new Springing unit allows each
front wheel to rise vertically or fall,
when striking bumps or road OBJ
structions, without disturbing the
other wheel, and minimizing road
shocks to both frame and body.
In explaining the new method of
springing, Mr.. Willard stated:
"The coil springs in the new
Plymouth front wheel suspension
are made Of new type steel alloy,
said to be twice as strong as any
other known steel. In laboratory
tests, Chrysler Motors engineers
have been unable to break the
springs-even after they have been
subjected, under hydraulic pres
sure, to 100000 ups and downs"
more action than the springs
would ever receive in ten years of
use on an average motor car.
Undergo Severe Tests
1.-THE sand pits in which Plymouth
cars are tested for structural
strength are known as torture pits,
for the engineers actually drive the
cars so hard that they attempt to
break them up" Mr.. Millard re-
lated. when our test cars stand
the grueling trials of the sand pits
without breakage, we know that the
production cars will hold up under
any and all road conditions.
The Chrysler Motors sand pit at
Century of Progress, where
Plymouth cars were bounced high
in the air out of ruts and bumps
gave the public an insight into how
strenuous these tests are. Plym-
outh's new individual front wheel
springing has WithStood our most
severe sand pit tests 100 per cent.
Not only did the coil springs go
through long hours of rough driving
harder driving than the average
motorist would ever do in his entire
lifetime - but they brought home
graphically to us the amazing rid
ing qualities which the new suspen-
sion system makes possible in the
new Plymouth.
with the new Plymouth spring.
ing system both front and rear seats
ride equally well. Tests We have
made show it is possible to drive
one wheel of the car over a series
of railroad ties, yet the shocks re-
ceived on the wheel hitting the ties
are largely dissipated in its indi-
vidual spring and have practically
no effect on the opposite wheel, and
its spring.
"One of the important points
about the new individual front
springing as perfected by Plymouth
is the extreme simplicity of its con-.
struction and operation"