The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1918-05-03

You know, of course, that the Maxwell Motor Carist long distance champion
of the world.
You have read that a stock" Maxwell 5passsnger car ran for A days and
nights without stopping the motor.
And that, in the "a days nonstop test, the Maxwell covered 22O22 niles at
an average speed of rs miles per hour.
But have you, up to now, realized the full significance of that performance
Do you know that no other motor cal in the world has ever equaned or We
In word, did you take this test seriously when you heard oft?
Or did you set it down a a selling stunt" to give the pubHctyman something
It's worth your while to read and to study the conditions under which that test
was mad.
You know that the American Automobile Association 4amiiahy known a the
"AAAO is the official .arbtc of every automobile test and contest.
up TiHopS he en must uan do t' a It" %%st yas tod n md aRdeb by tS PLoddce Sof the f Board GA ID
That's why there are 50 few AAA. Official Records!
This 22OOOmne Maxwell nonstop test vase official from start to finish.
Therein lies its value tt you.
Iproves absolutely the quality of the car-of the very Maxwell you buy
For verify this w@a stock Maxwell. Listen
First: the inspectors dhasembled the motor to see that no special ptons valves,
bearing metal or other parts had been used.
Every other unit was as critically inspected. Then the car vas rea@emtled
As we had much at stake and the test was made in winter November % to
dental aoppage.
Sounds reasonable, doesn't it?
But they refused permission to do any such thing
For example:--Thy would not permit a rubber cover over the magnao-t
They refused to let US tape the ignition wire terminals they are not tapped on
the MaxWens we sell SC of course it wasn't "Stock"
Neither would they let us Use a spiral cOned pipe in place of the usual straight
unremitdng vbrhion-t isn't stock"
Nor to use a special high priced foreign make of spark plug-the run was made
on the same spark plugs with which all Maxwens are equipped.
Sss 5sd " S5a the A 1S Sss Ss " f5 h sa99s 5s s'# n H Z sP york. fr sn 90 5 brought 6saia It
special permit to carry a spare tire.
"Itint stockp' at isn't stockr'
That was the laconic reply ofthoseA A inspectors to every last suggestion that
canedfor anything but the precise condition of the standard, stock model Maxwell
that any customer can buy from any N of 5000 dealers anywhere.
We are glad now-mghty glad-that the rules were so strict and sc rgdy
enforced.
Any other car tate vera attempts to equal that record music 10 it under ofhCal
superintendent comply with the SAM terms
And it will have to go some.
For Maxwell set the standard when it performed this wonderful feat.
Maxwell complied with those rles-and made good.
Every drop of gasoline and oil and water waSm measured out and poured in by
the inspectors themselves. They would not even let Jul nan pour tnl
Every four hours the car had to report at the official station for checking.
And it had to be there on the minute.
And every minute there was an inspector beside the driver o. the front seat
two more men in the rear. One got u only to let another n-day and
night for a. days and nights!
There was ne technical stop.
Its interesting to know the circumstances.
Dead of night a driving storm t cloudburst- suddenly another car appeared
in the road ahead.
In his effort to avoid a collision the Maxwell driver stalled his motor.
At least the observers thought it stopped and so reported.
The ar did not stop, however SC its momentum again started the motor Gf it
had indeed stalled when the clutch was let in.
The contest board exoneraed Jul driver OF grounds that his action vas nece-
say to save life. @.
That shows you how rigid were the rles-how consientousy applied by the
observers
may clog a carbuHtor or a feed pipe; short a spark o, TALL a motor-win
realize what a wonderfully well made cart this must be to go through that test
under those condiions44 days-22022 miles without stopping
troubles, tire changes; the distance and the routes are matters of official record,
atested under oath and guaranteed by the A "A.
(y the way the average was nearly 10000 miles pr te)