Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1912-03-23

'''i ilHillh. 'NllN N'updNN SdltSIOOU
is the wonderful siX.Cylindcr Packard
Even though this car has been on tn,
market only a few months, alread,
seven Of them have been delivered II
Honolulu. and every one Of the pur
Chascrs claims that the Packard 81!
is the finest car they have ever rod,
in, and it has beaten its competitor,
by mile.
Mrs. p. NJ. Allen, Or. W. y. Bald
win, MIR. c. $ Holloway. Mr.. j. NJ
Dowsett, Mr.. A. A. Young, Miss Thel
ma Parker and Mr.. Sam Baldwin arc
among the enthusiastic Packard.Si,
owners.
At the present writing the VOL
Hamm.ioung Company have no less
than five more of these Packard Skies
on the way. four OF which have al
ready been sold to arrive.
The following open letter has Just
been received by the Won Hamm
Young Company. witch will give some
idea OF the tremendous success which
tho Packard skies" have met with
''N'' ~ ~ All'A 'Nh'.N l'lls
s5oooooo Sold ..
~ wonder 4. The public realizes
what Il means to have placed over
one thousand Packard Six cars I'm
the hands Of purchasers since the
opening Of tho 1912 season." said Mr..
Joy, president Of the Packard Motor
Car Co. "ln seven months purchas.
ors have invested more than five mil.
lion dollars in this one model. This
record, as applied to a high grade
six in the first year OF its appear.
ance has never been approached in
this country or in Europe.
when we started in to sell the
Packard Six we sold II on Packard
reputation. We had been twelve
years building up that reputation and
the public understood pretty well tina
the public understood pretty well that
we wouldn't offer a car until we
knew It was right. As a matter of
fact the Six Us based on knowledge
Of the siN-cylinder art in its highest
development on two continents.
When the Packard Motor Car Co.
decided to build Skies II bought tho
best examples II could find in Ger.
many. England, France and the Uni.
ted States. And 1t designed at least
half dozen models before adopting
tho one that was given the Packard
namc. That car was tried out in six.
~ thousand miles Of testing which
penetrated the Rocky Mountains and
covered some of the worst roads In
the United States. And yet we were
hardly prepared for the sweeping YER.
dict that followed.
THE Packard Six has the fastest
getaway of any car now on the mar.
kct. From a standing start It will de.
vclop speed Of sixty miles an hour
In thirty seconds jump into car
with me md ri prove 1t to you.
ITS amazing power, whether run.
ming fast or thrOttled down, Is deval.
opcd without noise. II maintains its
position as the smoothest running
and easiest riding car even at the
dizzy speed Of seventy miles an, hour
Tho motor is rated az forty.eight but
the actual horsepower as shown by
brake tcst Is soyorty.four This 10
brought about nv tho sunorioritv NJ
Packard design We have tried out
nearly oyory known mako of carhu.
rector for instance and wo have nov.
or found one that onnroachod tho
Packard carhurctor IN aeyihiIitv or IN
tho output nj nowor that n malkns
possible. An exclamation or the eH.
cheney of tho Packard motor would
include also the design and sizo of
the valves. size Of tho intake header
and intake adjustments. size of tbe
exhaust and muTrlcr ignition timing
and spark.pIug adjustment. fiji Of the
crank shaft hearings and pistons
three.point support and a proper In.
IRRIGATION.
Easy To Steer.
"The notable ease Of steering in
the Packard Six is brought about by
n large clearance between the springs
and front wheels, aflordlng most
desirable short turning radius. The
touring car, with a wheeIbase of 1913
inches. can be turned around in a !