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The WHIPPET ♦ ♦ ♦ sets a new pace 2-U* The Overland Whippet will turn in a 34-foot circle ... Park in a 14-foot curb space. Especially designed stceringmechanism makes steering easy. Compare other cars by these standards f 3 5 miles on an Imperial gallon of petrol. > 55 miles an hour—s to 30 miles in 13 seconds. Four-wheel brakes—stops in 51 feet from a speed of 40 miles an hour. Turns in 34 foot circle—parks in 14 feet of curb space. 5 feet 9 inches high—lower gravity centre—greater safety. Modem-type body—provides more inside room than other light cars. HE Whippet is a complete car . . . designed and built as a unit. The distinctive body lines frankly resembles the finest cars of America and Europe. It has a beautiful finish of blue lacquer—with nickeled lamp-rims and radiator shell. Lowswung ... rakish .. . graceful as a Whippet. .. that’s the proper way to describe it. Its high-powered motor is by far the most efficient light car engine made in the U. S. A. It has an 80-lb. torque . . . this means greater pulling power . . . the ability to master hills, sand and mud without shifting gears. South Island Dis- i tributors: ; SOUTH ISLAND j MOTORS, LTD., | Christchurch. •; You have never seen a car like it before. In fairness to yourself drive this car . . . prove to yourself that no other light car is comparable to it. OVERLAND Whippet OTAGO AGENTS; W. J. P. M'CULLOCH. Garage: Cumberland Street, Dunedin. HUNT & WHITE, ANDERSON’S BAY ROAD G, T. GILLIES, OAMARU. S. ROBB, ROXBURGH. KEAN & WEDDELL, LTD., BALCLUTHA.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 19980, 23 December 1926, Page 18
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