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Show WIS IMI FACTDR.SAYS EXPERT Few People Realize Value of This Unit, Declares Sharman. ('Few people realize,'7 said Sam Sharmaa, manager of the Sharman Auto company, yesterday, "that the chassis, which, by definition, is the complete frame assembly, including the power plant and exclusive of the body or other carriage work, is the most important part of the car as far as the 'gets there and gets back' idea is concerned. "There is nothing about the body of a car which ever 'gives out' bo as to stop the car from running. The 1 ody is important, to be sure, but the vital parts of the car aro in the chass., and that is why we urge so strong. y that the purchaser study with care he steel foundation that it underneath "That is why so much attention has been paid to the developir jut -of the Perfectly reliable chassis iu he Oakland ix, for the. manufacturers ieali?.ed that on this depends almost entirely their j success in the customers' satisfaction. We are proud of the facJ; that model 34 ranks in mechanical excellence with the I higher priced cars upon which the finest i engineering talent is displayed, and we call attention to the 'act tnat the Oakland Oak-land Six chassis is ,he finest example of light weight with strength construction construc-tion in its price cla s. "The frame is section pressed steel of heavy gauge, four and a half inches deep, with ample width to give great rigidity throughout the frame's entire length. It is heavier than in model 32, but, because weight is scientifically re- j duced elsewhere, the new car weighs but rery little more than its predecessor. , It is of the 'gnat' construction wide in the rear aur narrow in front and directly undern ;ath and to it are j Bhackled the front and rear springs, a 1 simplicity of c jnstruction which eliminates elimi-nates the number of parts and much weight which xs found in many other cars. Because the frame is narrow in front and the turning angle is unusual, the Oakland 34 will turn around in a circle only thrirty-eight feet in diameter. diam-eter. The high-grade Jacox irreversible steering system, is used and all connections connec-tions are very heavy and strong. "A careful study of the entire Oakland Oak-land 34 chassis impresses one with the ' fact- that Oakland engineers have built; not only for long service and perfect safety, "but for the convenience of the owner and driver, aa welL'' J |