A DISTINCTIVE DELIVERY

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 102, 1 May 1936, Page 12

A DISTINCTIVE DELIVERY

I NEW INTERNATIONAL HALF-TON MODEL C.l. | Where rapid delivery of light loads lat low cost is imperative, this latest International Model C.l with a proper body' is just the truck for the job. • This sturdy six-cylinder International : is one of the best appearanced vans on 1 the road. A wide variety of bodies is ( available and the chassis is offered in two wheel bases—ll 3 inches and 125 inches. The engine is a powerful high compression six-cylinder unit with detachable L-head and dome-type combustion chambers, it develops 78.5 maximum brake horse power at 3400 r.p.m. The features of the engine include down-draft carburetion, pressure lubrication, hardened exhaust-valve seat inserts, counter-balanced crankshaft and steel backed, replaceable main and connccting-rod bearings. The ‘chassis is remarkably sturdy, being reinforced at vital points and has ex tra-capacity springs. There are many truck, users in all lines of business whose selling requirements are met by' this new International Model C.l. It is interesting to note that 44 manufacturers in America build heavy-duty trucks and International out-sells the nearest rival by nearly two to one. In all trucks from halfton up, International registrations the first seven months of 1935 are 67 per cent, over the same period in 1934. The entire truck industry altogether gained 32 per cent. No cthei truck, regardless of size nr price equals International’s gain. These figures are taken from the official statistician of the American automotive industry. Economy is the sum and substance of truck ownership. You may de without economy in a car, but to-day the truck is a stern business proposi- • tion. It always has been so, but toi day more than ever.