The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-09

wee when converts a Ford into a I one-ton truck. Farmers and mer- chants whose business has been hin dered. by transportation problems due to railroad congestion are providing
 against shipping delays by employing
 motor trucks for long and short hauls.
 The utility of the motor Uruck mas i never been emphasized so much as
 now and the uses to which the mar chimes are put are more varied than
 ever Nf
 Farmers and business men who own Ford cars are making double use Of their machines by converting them into trucks by the addition of the Redden truck attachment which can be fitted with any type of body. One farmer uses his Ford for utility pur- poses about the farm on week days and on Sundays he takes off the 'truck-maker' converting the car back into it's original form and takes his
 family out for a ride
 The truck attachment is so laid out that it balances it's load on the rear axle which is designed to carry the load with safety. There is no change in the control system though the brakes are on the new rear wheels instead of on the old ones and the
 necessary connections for making the change are supplied with the outfit.
 Though the engine is called upon to handle a heavier load than that of the plain Ford car it is under no greater strain because the chain drive to the rear axle introduces a gear re-
 duction- The effect. is to lengthen the leverage of the motor so to speak. The conversion from a pleasure ear to truck can be ef ected in few hours.''
 Beats the Records
 Ralph Bulford in a Hudson Super Six stock chassis smashed all long dis tance automobile records from one to 24 hours at the Sheepshead Bay Mo. tordrone, May 172, by covering 1819 miles in 24 hours. The chief object of the test was to beat the 24 hour record of 1881 miles made by s. F. Edge nearly nine years ago on the BrookIands Track in England in an English six cylinder Napier car
 Mu1ford not only beat Edges re- cord by 23S miles but drove the whole distance himself without any. relief driver and averaged 75 91-24 miles per hour The car was the same one that Mulford covered. a mile in 3511I seconds or at the rate of 102.22 miles per hour at Ormond Beach a few weeks ago. The trial was an official one as it was sanctioned by the American Automobile Association and their representatives acted as timers and judges, so there is little uuesti on but that the record will be formally approved by the contest board at their next meeting. Incidentally. Mul- ford's was the fastest sustained long distance flight made by man on air, land or water.
 Briefly, Mu1ford started his attack against old father time at 6.O4:46 on Monday evening and at the end of the first half hour had covered TT miles. All through the night he drove by the aid of his cars own electric system assisted by the search lights on some touring cars placed on the turns, averaging about TT miles an hour, or about II miles faster than Edges time
 He could have averaged 80 miles 1 an hour but for the fact that Assis- | tant Sales Manager Rippingi1le who l was handling the trial for the Hud- 1 son factory insisted that he stop every | 150 miles for gasoline and oil His | only other stops were made after he had covered 1920 miles when he the left rear tire as it seemed | slightly worn. Another stop was made for a few seconds at the 1596 mile to clean some dirt out of his car buretor and again on the following lap when he changed the spark plugs on his motor.
 MuIford's driving was very consis- tent throughout as on the odd hours miles an hour and during the even hours when he was compelled to stop for supplies he averaged about "A miles an hour.
 After covering IT miles in the first hour Mulford covered 500 miles in 1-2 hours 923 1-2 miles in 2 hours When he was 124 1-2@miles ahead of Edges record he had done 1000 miles n a trifIe less than 13 hours He kept up his good work and shortly before o'clock in. the afternoon