The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-02-04
Chrysler Releases
 New 1885 Plymouth
EIigh.Speed Safety Car Meets Modern Traffic COndi'
 tiOns-AII-SteeI Body and Hydraulic Brakes

Walter F. Chrysler to-day an- nounced the 1895 PIymoutbs as Revolutionary new-type high speed safety ears, expressly de- signed to meet modern traffic conditions" The cars are on dis play at the local Plymouth deal CTS.
 Introduced in six beautiful body types the new Plymouths,. stream- lined fin design, have added en- gineerfng developments which to- day more than ever before gives emphasis 10 its claim of being "AmeT1ca's best engineered low price car.".
 To quickly cataIog thet out standing features of the new car the 1885 Plymouth has an S2- horsepower engine with a compress sion ratio of 6.7 to 1; torpedo type aII-steeI safety body; syncro- silent transmission: fl new ride" achieved by & redistribution of weight. plus a new front spring assembly, Floating Power" en- zine mountings and hydraulic brakes.
 Mir Chrysler, in announcing the new Plymouth, said that 1t was cre- ated to satisfy critical need in America at the present time for safer transportation.
 Every indication points 10 more automobiles on the streeth and highways in 1885, than at any time since 1929,' he said. And, the automobiles of to-day are much faster than those of six years ago. They also must be safer"
 Safety Features
 Chryslcr Motors engineers, pio- neers in the development of such safety features as the all-steeI body, hydraulic brakes and new principles of weight distribution have perfected these safety factors In the new Plymouth.
 The all-stcel body of the 1895 Plymouth fits down over the dou- ble-drop X-type frame. The body and frame are bolted together a: 46 different points. Thus, the frame becomes a unit of the body along with the all-steel floor, side panels, center posts and other members. This design also per mitted the engineers to build more room in the bodies Plymouth seats are wider. The floor has been lowered 1-2 inches, provid. ing q lower center of gravity and more leg and head room for tue passengers.
 The Plymouth engine Cushioned in Floating Power rubber mount ings, has been moved forward over the front axle to slow down the action of the front springs and make more room for the largcl body. Plymouth passengers ride between the front and rear axles entirely surrounded by protecting walls of steel.
 With the engine over the front axle and the body moved for wtFd and fitted onto the frame, ths entire weight of the car has beon re-distributed 10 create an eE- tirely new kind of ride. To fur ther improve the ride, the en- gineers have developed a new type of springs, double-action shock akEorbers, and swag eliminator.
 The new Plymouth springs are Of a new thln-Ieaf design that are thinned down at the ends of each leaf 50 that Il greater area of eacb end comes into contact with the adjoining leaves. Thus, the weight of the car is distributed over a larger area at each leaf end. The oscillation frequency has been re- duced from 135 to 92 per minute.
 PIymouth's hydraulic brakes have been improved this year by changing the size of the wheel cy- finder pistons so that the pistona operating on the rear shoes of each wheel arc larger than the pihton actuating the front shoe This cqualizes the wear on the