NEW 1946 FORD V8 CARS

Chronicle (Levin), 28 September 1946, Page 6

NEW 1946 FORD V8 CARS

FIRST FOR SIX YEARS Pre-war the annual presentation • of new passenger cars was an event. Today it becomes a gala occasion because for the first time in six years we can see for ourselves how -all the advancements we have speculated about will affect our motoring. The answers can be found to-day in the new Ford V8, first of the 1946 big cars to be released. The new Ford V8 has indeed ; many outstanding improvements. Streamlining is gr-eatly advanced, ... with lavish use of chromium and a : handsome, wide, flaring front. Stainless steef is now used in • attractive window trims. Interiors of the Ford V8 are exceptionally pleasing, good use having been made of new fabrics and plastics.

!~ \ • — ating temperatures 'more quickly during the "warm-up" period. Owners will also appreciate the new bonnet catch,. now controlled entlrely from the driver's seat. ' Four new models are available — Ford De Liixe Coupe, Ford De Luxe Four-door Tpwn Sedan',' Ford Super De Luxe Coupe and Super.be Luxe Four-door Town 'Sedain All these cars are of Canadian manufaeture, built in New Zealand at the Ford factory at Lower Hutt. Probably never before in New Zealand's history has there existed such" a" demand for new .cars as there is today. With car manufacturers • concentrating • on war material during the war ' years, a solid back-log of car orders accumulated. Import • licenses, however, restrict the riumber of cars that can be imported, so 'that

Improved Riding Riding comfort has been improved too. Springing has been redesigned with more numerous and thinner leaves. Another advancement is the dual stabilisers, front and rear, which do away with side sway in high winds and give greater steadiness. This is especially noticeable on curves and cornering. The extensive use of rubber in engine and chassis mounting have improved riding comfort, too. Synthetic rubber has been used because of its longer life and deterioration resistance to oil. Safety in the 1946 Ford V8 has been further improved by larger self-centring hydraulic brakes, with new "soft" action and lighter pedal pressures. New Meclianical Features Experience gained by Ford in building military vehicles for every theatre of war, and in particular the experience of the New Zealand Long Range Desert Group, have resulted in many improved features of the V8 engine of these first peace-time models. New balanced carburettion for greater efficiency and economy,. new four-ring aluminium pistons, wide use of oilbath air-cleaners and a larger oil pump. . The radiator has a new flexible mounting fcr longer life. Also developed under battle conditions are centrifuge type sediment pumps at each crank pin, especially valuable during early engine life. Another eye-catcher under the bonnet is the calibrated pressurevalve radiator cap, an ingenious device to give higher engine oper-

only a minor .percentage of would-j be purchasers will have an opportunity of buying a new car this! year.