The Washington times., 1936-11-14
TWO NEW LINES
ANNOUNCED BY
CHEVROLET

Two new complete lines Of cars
announced by the Chevrolet
Motor Company for 1887 are now
on exhibit at the automobile
show. They are the Master and
Master Deluxe, each comprising
six body types.
Five of the body types are COM
mon to both lines-Sedan, coach,
business coupe, sport sedan with
trunk and town sedan with trunk.
A sport coupe with rumble seat
appears in the Deluxe line and
a Master cabriolet with rumble
seat also has Deluxe features.
New Features
New features common to both
lines are listed as follows:
Improved performance, especially
in acceleration and hill-climbing,
resulting from a greater ratio OF
horsepower to weight.
Diamond crown Speedllne Styl'
ing, which constitutes a depar-
ture from previous designs in
overall appearance.
AIl-silent, all-steel bodies, with
solid steel turret top and uni
steel" construction.
Safety plate glass all around
at no extra charge.
Box-girder chassis frame made
up of box section side rails and
cross-members, giving Increased
strength and reduced weight.
New six-cylinder, high compress
sion, valve-in-head engine, OF large
bore and shorter stroke, develop
ing Is horsepower.
Hypoid gear axle drive gears.
Independent front-wheel Suspen-
sion, known on General Motors
cars as knee-action. is standard
equipment on the Master DE- Luxe
models. Master models are obtain
able with semi elliptic front
springs only. The De Luxe models
also differ from the Master in
equipment and trim, and they
have different steering gear and
rear axle ratios.
Both lines are identical in
chassis, engine and body structure.
All models have been reduced in
overall height and floors are 2 1-16
inches lower than in 1886. Thus
center of gravity is lowered.
Bodies Are Longer
In addition to being lower, bod
les are longer and the streamline
effect is heightened by a high
lighted speedline that extends
from the hood into the body and
doors.
Greater visibility has been OBJ
tanned through use of wider wind
shield and wider windows. Seats
are wider, too, and every model has
commodiouS luggage space, either
in a built-in trunk or in a compart-
ment behind the rear seat.
Bodies are really all-Steel. The
"turret top" double cowl, side
panels, floor and doors are welded
without the use of a single bolt,
rivet, screw or nail.
The engine has a bore of 312
inches and a stroke of 334 inches,
with piston displacement of 216.5
cubic inches as against displace.
ment of 206.8 inches in the 1896
motor. The new engine also has
four crankshaft bearings instead Of
three and the pistons are new in
size and design. IT, are lighter
and dome-headed with cutaway
slipper-type skirts, reinforced by
integral-cast ribs. The compress
sion ratio has been raised from G
to / to 625 to l.
Better Heat Control
Manifolding has been improved
to give better heat control in con
junction with the thermostat con
troll, and the syncro-mesh trans
mission has been made more rigid
and compact.
The new longer and shallowel
battery has II plates in each cell
instead of is as hitherto, and its
capacity has been increased to 10(
ampere-hours.
In interior treatment, advances
have been made in convenience
comfort and appearance, from tht
newly designed instrument pane
to the wider rear seat.