Iron County Record | 1955-04-14 | Page 14 | Dodge Truck Dealer Announces New Model Features

Dodge Truck Dealer Announces New Model Features The new C-3 Scries of Dodge Job-Rated trucks announced by Wilson N. Lunt of Lunt Motor Company, local Dodge Truck dealer, covers approximately 90 per cent of all hauling needs. The new line of trucks are now on display. The right engine is available in the new models to haul most economically various loads up to 40,000 pounds gross vehicle weight and up to 60,000 pounds gross combination weight. The 6-cyllnder 6-cyllnder and Power Dome V-8 engines range from 192 to 202 horsepower, Mr. Lur.t said. Even users of low-tonnagt trucks have different hauling problems, Dodge Truck engineers realized in making available either 6-cylindcr or V-8 Dodge truck engines for any type of hauling job in the 'i-tcn. '4 -ton and 1-ton fields, he continued. One owner carrying; 8 light load may need the lower-cost C-cylinder C-cylinder 110 horsepower engine. Another owner with heavier. loads operating in hilly areas and where high labor costs demand de-mand sustained high speeds may find the new 1C9 horsepower Power-Dome V-8 engine more economical, Mr. I-unt pointed out. Economies available in the new line make it possible to purchase pur-chase a regular 1i-ton pick up truck with maximum gross vehicle veh-icle weight of 5,200 pounds or one designed to carry a lighter load and with a maximum gross vehicle ve-hicle weight of 4.250 pounds. The new 109-horsepower Pow-er-Dome V-8 engine used In 'i, , and 1-ton models features a single rocker shaft, free-turning valves, vacuum spark advance, ad-vance, valve guides that are integral in-tegral with the head, hydraulic valve tappets, and a 7.G to 1 compression com-pression ratio, the local dealer said. '