The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1913-10-18

CHA[NERS|N
A SEVERE
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B. S. Bingham Tells of a
Demonstration Made While
in Stockton

while in Stockton was asked. by
: respective buyer. to give good
demonstration In a 1914 model Chal-
nI-rs Six" says B. S. Bingham of
the Pioneer Automobile company. He
insisted on seeing what the horse
power of the car really was. and how
Il would act under certain conditions.
20 he asked us 10 take him on a dem-
cnstration which covered about S5
miles over the toughest roads, parts
of which included some very deep
sand. There was one stretch of about
seven miles of the deepest sand
through which. under ordinary cir
cumstances. it would have been nee
essary to take TO the gears of an or
binary automobile, but owing to the
wonderful elasticity of the new motor
OF the Chalmers Six we pulled
through the sand on the fourth, or
high gear. with five people IN the
car.
FOUND DEEP SAND
Upon reaching the end of the seven
mile stretch of excessively deep sand.
the prospective purchaser desired to
test the cooling qualities of the car.
whereupon the motor was stopped
and 1t was found there was no place
hand. This we consider a marvellous
performance. owing to the conditions
OF the weather, there being absolute
~ no wind, and the temperature
setading well around the 100 mark.
This sand, however. later proved to
be an upgrade pull.
After leaving the sand the gentle
man wanted to see what speed the
car could produce under ordinary con-
lf0f tai
after starting, from IS miles an
hour over the ordinary country roads
to a speed OF so miles an hour with
out the least vibration OF the motor.
The only noise detachable was the
sound of the exhaust whereby one
could see that there was a motor pull
ing the car.
ION leaving Stockton over the state
highway the sand and ruts were so
deep that ordinarily 1t would necessi-
tate changing of the gears for safety
of the car, but the marvellous work Of
the self-starter proved itself by
helping the car over all bad places
with perfect ease obtainable only in
such a motor.
EASY RIDING QUALITIES
The wonderful performance of this
car attracted the attention of every
its merits. The absence of vibration
of any kind in the motor and the
wonderful riding qualities. result
of the new form of spring suspension,
place this car, we believe, without an
equal. 1t is the opinion of everybody
who has ridden in the car up to the
present time that 1t is the equal in
every way to any car selling at three
times the price, and many people.
after investigation OF the merits of
the car, and the manner in which 1t is
constructed. find that II is entirely
unnecessary to go beyond this Price.
Although this was not an official
test, and having no idea of the des-
tination OF the car. / found that the
car averaged. under general road con-
ditions, approximately IA miles TO the
gallon of gasoline. this not being
trial trip over ordinary roads, but
being purely a demonstrating trip
showing what it Is possible to do un-
der all conditions of roads-some of
the worst that 1t is possible to en-
counter in the state-and we consider
the remarkable performance of this
car under these conditions stands Sec
ond to none"