Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1914-08-05

automobile bodies are built, painted and
upholstered; where the famous Stude-
baker automobile springs are made, and
where the cylinders for the Studebaker
cars are cast from a secret mixture of
molten iron and steel.
THE next morning we gave hasty
''once over" to the automobile plants
in Detroit. now working at top speed
on the new Studebaker ''four" and
''six."
'At noon they delivered to us the
great fleet of cars and we started, fill
ing out of Detroit in very dignified
way, with the folks there rubbering
and shouting good luck to US. 1t takes
something out of the usual to stir De-
troit over an automobile proposition
but this was the biggest thing ever.
Outside the city limits, on the fam
Gus cement roads of Wayne county, we
began to sail. There was man named
Boyles, the Studebaker dealer at Kala-
mazoo, out there in front, in new
Studebaker car, and he was in hurry.
l knew we were travelling some bnt,
when l looked down at my speedom-
eter and saw Fifty" looking me in the
eye, l could hardly believe it, the car
held the road so perfectly.
'"The run to Kalamazoo was about
10 miles and we tore it off between
lunch and supper. And you should
have heard that bunch talk about the
way those cars performed, when we
got in, without an absentee and with
every man of the $50 right on his
schedule.
cat South Bend the party split, the
Chicago bunch coming on and scatter
ing at the big town, after a ride of
400 miles over all sorts of roads.
1--WE had some sand, plenty of dust
and some real hills along the the route
and had plenty of chance to find out
just what the new Studebaker cars
will do. And each of us has story to
tell about speed, power and reliability
that he can back up with his own ex-
perience.
''It seems incredible that $50 cars
could come through such test with
out single bit of trouble, even if
they are Studebaker cars. But so
far as 1 know, that is exactly what
happened. The Importance of this
one fact shows how nearly the mod
ern motor car comes to an ideal which
even year ago, would have been
fatty impossible.
ga feature of the trip was the alb
sence also, except in a few isolated
instances, of any tire trouble. Of
course, any car is likely to pick up a
nail now and then. But there wasn't
a blowout on the trip, 80 far as l
could find out. This is undoubtedly
due to the radical reduction in the
weight of the new Studebaker cars
and the fact that they are equipped
with oversize tires. Another tire
advantage, which we appreciated was
the fact that the cars all carry Safe
ty-Tread' tires as a standard equip
ment. None of US needed chains at
any part of the way, despite the fact
that we came through part of Mich
igan that was just pok ing its head
out of water, after big storm.
! While Mr.. Knox failed to keep &C
curate track of his cars gasoline and
oil consumption, several of the party
did, the "Fours" showing an average
of between IL and 20 miles to the
gallon of gasoline, without any Wis
ible lowering of the lubricating oil,
the consumption of which could have
been no greater than quart for 500
miles, this despite the fact that
the cars were all new and received
only the regular factory test before
delivery. The "Sixes" averaged
from II to 16 miles on gasoline and
used only little more oil than the
smaller cars.
"Productio at the Studebaker plant
is coming along rapidly and several
carloads of the new cars have been
promised to local dealers during the