The Ford Car.

Progress, Volume I, Issue 5, 1 March 1906, Page 109

The Ford Car.

the car, but has reduced the motorist's troubles and increased his confidence in his ability to always " get there " on time. - Among the. Ford models for 1906 we may mention model " X " having a luxurious body for five passengers, weighing 2000 lbs., with 114-inch wheel base, six-cylinder vertical motor, 4£ inch bore by 4^ inch stroke, 40-h.p. actual, improved planetary transmission, and possessing a speed of from 50 miles an hour down to four miles per hour on the high gear. We understand that a local Wellington company has secured the sole representation for New Zealand for the Ford Motor Company, and that they have already placed orders, and that large stocks of these and other models for 1906 make will shortly be landing m the colony.

The general manager of the Ford Motor Company (Mr. Henry Ford) has been identified with gasengine construction as pertaining to automobiles since 1892, when he built his first machine, which is still 111 active use and doing satisfactory work. Mr. Ford built the machine which held the world's championship for 25 miles, made on a circular track in 1901, and he will be remembered by most automobile sportsmen as the builder of the lamous No. 999, which held the world's then speed record which was obtained in New York on July 25 th, 1903, thus making the mile in 55 4-5 th seconds on a circular track Mr Ford has never ceased in his endeavours to produce a perfect automobile From time to time he has designed and built at least a dozen different machines, only to see fresh opportunities for improvement where most men would have rested on self - satisfied " oars." When the two-cylinder-opposed engine was put on the market wise men shook their heads at such an innovation in the prevailing type, but

it has proved a great step towards simplicity, flexibility and reliability. The Ford holds an established position in America for its compactness, safety and its low cost of maintenance. Mr. Ford claims to have proved that the multiplication of cylinders, when accompanied by simplicity of design, has not only increased the flexibility and power of