STUDEBAKER TO MARKET TRUCKS.

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume III, Issue 73, 10 March 1913, Page 2

STUDEBAKER TO MARKET TRUCKS.

Complete Line, including all Types of , Body and Four Chi:. sis. <,d DESIGNS BY A. F. MAIS. Uni<j tic Plan ot limiting 1913 Sales to Six Metropolitan Centres. Yltei years of experimenting, tho Si udobaker Corporation announces its inrention of marketing, during the coming year, r. complete line -pf petrol commercial ears, ranging in size from light delivery waggons to high-duty trucks. Space has accordingly been reserved at the New York and Chicago commercial car shows, to place on view two of the new designs. These models are links in th*’ chain of four chassis types, which, with varying gear ratios, frames, tires and bodies, will cover a range ot tram 1500 to 12,000 pound.*. The other models are now undergoing test at Detroit.

The Studebaker designs are by Albeit F. Mais, who took charge of this department more than a year ago . A distinctive feature of all models is the internal-gear drive, which imparts power from the motor to the rear wheels, where tfie gear-reduction is made. Tins plan gives ail the advantage of the chain drive, with an added protection against dirt, mid tieedom Irom wear. It also permits use of a rear axle so designed that three parts carry respectively the weight of the truck, the drive and the torque. The power unit, composed of motor, clutch, transmission, steering' gear and control levers, is provided with rings by which the entire unit can be easily lifted out and replaced. The front axle is a unit in itself, as is the rear axle, the load-carrying part <;f which is forged and of 1-bemn construction. Frames are flexible, with integral gussets for carrying cross members. The uew trucks have four speeds, three sets of brakes, an expanding shoe dutch, metal to metal, and carry u large safety factor in all models. Designer Mais has placed the automatic governor on the countershaft, thereby permitting the driver to make use of his maximum motor speed for a hard pull, but precluding his driving the truck at anything greater than the speed for which the governor is set. One of the show chassis is designed for baggage and parcel delivery, the other for a 70001 b load. At first Studebaker trucks will no sold only in New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Chicago, Los Angeles and San Francisco, through truck departments added to the respedive branches. Careful study will be given to each installation, ami sales will be made only on a basis of requirement. In fact, Studebaker will refuse to sell any type other than the one best fitted to the special job. The bodies will be built in the Corporation’s South Bend plants, where an experience of more than 50 years has developed definite knowledge of loa l distribution and carrying design. At the show, the Studebaker petrol trucks are displayed with three clec-trically-driven Studebaker types, especially adaptable to work on city pavements, where radius, speed and extreme power can be made secondary to simplicity. Get to know all about these wonderful Studebaker vehicles, ranging in size from light motor cars to carry two poi - sons to heavy commercial lorries capable of carrying over 5 tons. TOURIST MOTOR CO,, LTDMARKET STREET, HASTINGS.