Car : Overland Whippet Four
Year : 1926
Engine : 4 cylinders in line
Bore and stroke :79.4×111.1 mm
Cylinder capacity : 2199 cc
Gears : 3 forward
Brake horse power : 30
Maximum speed : 55 mph
Wheelbase : 9 ft 4 ins ( 2.84 m)
Suspension : front and back :semi-elliptic leaf- springs
The company was born in 1902 in Terre Haute, Indiana, Under the name Standard Wheel Company, and became Overland company when it moved its premises to Indianapolis in 1905; it took the name Willys- Overland Company after John North Willys, who had made his fortune selling first bicycles, then cars. The company began to make headway with a series of 4-cylinder models, adding two with 6 cylinders in 1909. These, however, were not a success.
After moving to Toledo, Ohio, into the former Pope premises, the company was among the first to put its faith in the Knight sleeve valve engine. The introduction of the Whippet in 1926 brought Overland into the top few names in the sales leagues: of 315,000 vehicles produced in 1928, half were Whippets. In 1929, 190,000 were sold. Launched in June 1926 as the 1927 model, it was given the name Overland Whippet; but after the first 30,000 the name changed to Willys Whippet. The engine had side valves and dry disc clutch, pressure lubrication, and brakes on all four wheels. It was also the first car to combine choke and lights and horn controls on the steering column, thus within hand’s reach. On the first models the door opened from the front, but this was immediately changed.
Overland Whippet Four
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