NEW FORD CAR.

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXIX, Issue 5274, 14 May 1928, Page 3

NEW FORD CAR.

TO BE EXHIBITED SHORTLY. FIRST APPEARANCE AT HAMILTON WINTER SHOW. Messrs D. McL. Wallace, Ltd., Thames Valley dealers for Ford Cato, and Mr, R. L. McCliiwhy, Criterion Garage, Paeroa, district dealerte, adr us that they will be exhibiting me new Ford cars at the Waikato Winter Show, which takes place at Hamilton commencing Tuesday, May 29. Tremendous interest is being taken! in the new car, and it is expect- . ed that what happened in American, and Canadian towns will be repeated here in New Zealand. Enormous. W-crowds flocked to see the new car wherever it was exhibited, and it i s anticipated that it wilßcause a senaa, tion in the motoring world when it is (©leased for demonstration in. New Zealand. Ford, with his vast organisation. has accomplished something in car production nevejr previously at- . tempted by motor-car manufacturers. He has produced a car that is mechanically years, ahead of any light car manufactured today. He has studied appearance and comfort to the last degree, and in his new car has combined 1 every refinement usual y found only in very high-priced cars, with absolute mechanical superiorityTaking a Tew items at random from the specification, one gets an. idea of what a great car the new A model must be. and is eager to see the actual car for oneself: Speed, 60 miles per rhour ; benzine consumption, 30 miles to the gallon; 4-wheel brakes; hydraulic shock absorbers; 3-speed gear box; five 1-piece■ steel spoke wheels; distributor type ignitionThen the equipment is complete with rear view mirror, automatic wind t shield wiper, .combination! stop and - tail light, speedometer, dash Hghtfoot accelerator, gasoline gauge, ammeter. thief-proof ignition lock, sun mirror, one-piece windshield, etc- The cars' will be on view for the period of the show, and a special exhibition will be given in Te Aroha and at Paeroa at special dates to be announced at the cenclus’on of the Hamilton Show.*