The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1955-11-04
NEW CHEVROLET
LINE FOR 1855
OUT IN FRONT
New Cars On Display Friday
Pleasing In Appearance
and Performance

Sweeping advances in durability,
safety and power, paced by new
205-horsepower VS. engine, head
line the engineering achievements
in the 1866 Chevrolets.
The horsepower boost, giving
added zip for passing and pulling
out of tight spots, runs the gamut
of Chevrolet's line of passenger
car engines, beginning with a 40
horsepower six featuring an 8-to-1
compression ratio. This engine,
available with standard, overdrive
or Powerglide transmission, re-
places 1913 and 136-horsepower
skies in the 1855 line.
The 1856 line offers choice of
three VS., including a 162-horse-
power engine for cars with stand
ard transmission and a 170-horse-
power engine designed for Power
glide.
The 205-horsepower Super Tur-
bo-Fire We, hiked from $50 horse
power last year, has new Chew
rolet compression ratio high of
9.25 to 1.
The entire line Of engines, both
VS. and skies, have redesigned
high-lift camshafts and hydraulic
valve filters. Full advantage of
the optional power package" in
PRODUCED last year is extended to
all 1856 station wagons through a
redesigned fuel tank which permits
use of a dual exhaust system on
these models for the first time.
Two of the key advances pro-
viding increased durability for the
VS. engines are a new clutch facing
offered as regular equipment and
as optional full-flow oil filter.
The woven asbestos composition
clutch facing is an improvement
suited to the higher engines speeds
and torque of the V8. The new
material not only provides smooth
er operation but also cuts down
the possibility of chatter"
The new filter system prolongs
engine life by providing cleener
oil for the cylinder walls, bearings
and other moving parts. This is
achieved by channeling all of the
engine oil through the filter ele-
ment.
A special bypass safeguards the
engine against any restriction in
the filter. Whenever the pressure
in the filter inlet and outlet ports
varies by as much as five pounds,
a spring-loaded valve opens to
route the oil directly to the main
oil gallery.
The filter unit is easily serviced
from underneath the car. To pro-
vide installation clearance, the oil
pan has been reshaped. Oil refill
specifications remain at four
quarts.
A vital safety improvement is
offered by new sealed beam head
lamp with a redsigned lower beam
lens pattern which throws more
light along the right-hand side of
the road. Tests show that the light
provides up to 80 feet more "see-
ing distance. Another feature of
the light cuts off "stray" rays to
provide improved vision in in
clement weather.
Other safety features include
crash-tested door locks which re-
duce the danger of doors springing
open in a collision. introduced on
Chevrolet models last summer, the
safety locks consist of flange
on the floor which overlaps an
other flange on the striker mount
ed on the body pillar. The inter
locking feature prevents sideways
disengagement.
A new battery, carrying a So
month warranty instead of 81,
features microporous rubber sep
arators in place of wooden separa-
tors.
Voltage regulators are made
waterproof for longer life and
trouble-free operation by a rubber
seal between the cover and the
base. Spark plugs are equipped
with new ribbed ceramic insulators
which give 25 per cent more re-