The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-10-07
WONDERFUL FEAT
OF PACKARD TRUCK

The wonderful usefulness and great
practicability of the Packard truck
was recently demonstrated by a three
ton truck which performed the won
derful feat of crossing the continent
from New York to San Francisco UNI
der its own power, and without any
adjustments. This machine arrived in
San Francisco Thursday, August "a,
completing continuous trip across
the continent and going every foot of
the way under it's own power This
feat is unparalleled in the achieve
ments of commercial motor vehicles
The truck was equipped as a prairie
schooner and carried cargo of three
tons, making a total weight of the ve-
hicle and load i'm excess of 10000
pounds. One man drove the entire
distance across the country and was
accompanied by two and sometimes
| three companions. On more than one
occasion the truck broke through tot
tering bridges and was saved from
! falling to destruction only by most
heroic efforts of the men. 1t wallowed
, through sand and sage brush, and
| fought its way over steep, rock trails.
encountering washouts from five to
twenty-five feet deep, which it over
came. One of the boys who accom-
panied the truck, on arriving in San
Francisco, sent the following wire
from that place to the Packard fac
tory:
THE trip from Omaha to San Fran.
cisco has been the hardest possible
test over desert sands, sage brush and
mountainous grades. We pitied our
truck as we pounded her through and
could hardly believe that mechanical
parts could stand up under such ter
rife strain. The trip totaled 1880
miles. She certainly is a wonder"
This is certainly one Of the best and
? most severe demonstrations which
has ever been subjected to any truck
and it only serves to show the reliable
ity of the Packard
The sales of Packard trucks have
been growing so rapidly and are be
coming so numerous throughout thu
mainland that a very small fixed dis
count has been determined on 70
sales to one concern amounting t,
ten cars or upwards in one order Thi
D. system applies to orders of a max
mum of fifty trucks.
- The Packard Motor Car Company i
designing their new siX-cylinder ca
paid great deal of attention to tn
'interchangeability of parts and al
IL semblies of the six with the "Thi
IL ty" four-cylinder car. This was mad
very important feature, not only
simplify manufacturing, but also t
l. extend greater facilities to the Pacl
ard service. The plan was carrie
- out as far as entirely new type an
model of car would permit. The int
NAAoll6 OoDlIlIy VI DOhlSo was IlduG III
first consideration. All styles of boz
les for the six" and Thirty" chassi
ID are exactly the same.
Some of the important chassis part
,. and assemblies, which are identica
for both cars are: The Packard dr.
plate clutch, the water pump, brak
assembly, spring hangers, informed
late brake shaft, change speed an
hand brake levers, sector bracket toe
and battery boxes, and lamp equiv
ment.
Some assemblies are interchange
able in part. For example, the frs
and second change speed gears AM
the reverse gear are the same, bu
, the countershaft and its gears on tn
, Six" are individual parts. The rea
wheels are interchangeable. TIL
- spark and throttle levers on the steer
ing wheel are the same for both cars
=, as is also the auxiliary air valve leve
:, on the dash. Interchangeability az
plies to a large number of individual