The Bismarck tribune., 1935-03-23
Steel Rooted Body and Electric
Cearshift Bring Praise
I From Motorist

The new Hudsons and Terraplanes
:or 1885 will be shown at the Bis
narck automobile and spring style
show March $3.50 by Wilde Motors,
inc.
Featured by lower. longer lines with
more power, even finer performance
and two of the latest developments
# the industry. the new cars are ex-
oected to create tremendous amount
II interest.
The two developments which are
new to the industry are the steel
rooted body which incloscs the pas
sengers III a silent, solid steel COM
partmcnt with perfect ventilation and
the new electric gearshift which clears
the front compartment and gives
real finger-tip control Of the car.
For 1885 the Hudson Motor Car
company builds Special and Deluxe
series Terraplane on ll2-inch Wheel
base and a complete series of Hudson
cars on three whcelbases. ll6. III and
124-inch wheelbases. New for 1885 is
the Hudson Big Six with SO horse
power engine mounted on 1l6-inch
wheelbase chassis.
Detailed advancement in engineer
ing and construction in the engine
has resulted In increased power with
ont any change in the basic dimen-
sionS.
From an appearance standpoint the
cars are lower and longer. The rae.ia-
tor grills have been improved with a
higher and narrower effect. The
Terraplane grill retains the radial or
sun-burst effect Of 1884, while the
Hudson grills are OF two types. The
one on the Big Six Hudson Is dis
tinctive for that Car and the other
is used on all Hudson 8's.
Another noteworthy improvement
In the Terraplane and Hudson cars
for 1885 Is the redesigned braking
system. The brake drums now are
made Of alloy steel and are machined
and polished. The sections have
been increased 20 per cent to give
greater rigidity. A more flexible type
of brake shoe is being used, resulting
in perfect conformity of the shoe with
the drum when the brakes are en-
gagged. Perfect equalization of brake
pressure on the shoe is obtained by a
new rotary equalizer which operates
with minimum OF friction. The
brake cables are hooked to this
equalizer which rotates under the i'm
pulse Of either the brake pedal or
emergency brake lever, giving an ac-
curately cqualized pull and uniform
movement Oh each of the brake
cables.
None of the ruggedness for which
the cars have established reputation
has been impaired. Terraplane s.
with bore OF 3 inches and stroke
Of S inches. produces SO horsepower
at $500 RPM. with a 6OO:l COM
preston ratio. The Hudson Big Six
engine. with bore of 3 inches and
a stroke Of inches, produces %
horsepower at $500 RPM. with a
625:1 compression ratio. The Hud-
SON has bore Of inches and a
stroke of a.: inches and produces 11a
horsepower at $500 RPM. with a
compression ratio of COOL. In addi-
ton there is available a 7O0:l head
as optional equipment at extra cost
These raise the horsepower of the
rerraplane to 100 at 1900 RPM, the
Hudson Big Six to 100 at $500 RPM
md of the Hudson to l24 horsepow-
er at 1000 RPM. The 7OO:l heads
are aluminium iron composite type
All the other n,ads are cast iron.
High Power Weight Ratio
With the high compression head
the Terraplane has the extreme high
power weight ratio Of only 26ia
pounds per horsepower on the coupe
and % pounds per horsepower on the
sedan-rOad weight. The big Six
Hudson with the TOOL head develops
100 horsepower. and on the Hudson 9
the special head which delivers l24
horsepower. gives the unexampled