The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1918-04-30

o d tt tT world Of course that tie Maxwell Motor c''i''' long distance '''Hp''"
You have read that a stock" Maxwell 5passenger ct IAN for a. days ard
nights without stopping the motor
an M average s@s i" .p sod o as a' me esP pT 1ou n"' the Maxwell covered % "Ns' "
But have you up to now, realized the full significance IF that performance?
Do you know that no other motor car in the world has were quaNed or even
In a wore, did you take this test seriously when you heard it?
Or did you set it down IS a selling stunt" to give the publicity man something
It's worth your while to read and to study the conditions under which that test
1GAA5 G is the %S o a%d ar 1% OF every 0 automobile 't@t" and Contest o%@@ ' "'
Bgs RsFaeR' S yea m SSn do h ssss ssf " asa o c " osd sl RiSes, y his ss e decisions o of se 4 Board:
That's why there are so few AAA Official Records
This D. 600 mile Maxwell nonstop test was official from start to finish.
Therein lies its value TIC you.
1t proves absolutely the quality Of the car-of the very Maxwell you buy
For verify this was a stock Maxwell. Listen
FsSfr tn et inspectors oT ofSs ds nst h% b the 1n n% to see that N special ''on' valves
under their own supervhdon. ' ~VNNN '"
as %s Sa 8 % %e asked as s peFmd sno the eo o tsae @ csaa ma1 ht % w'n, SHsv sgans, a aeS to
Sounds reasonable, doesn't h2
But they refused permission to do any such thing.
rs ft" "stoe c would lot permit " rubber owe over TIT "'s"''0-7'
II M TsfHssa to . let us tape e, the do ignition i ea sTe terminals they are lot tapped 0"
Neither would they let IS uses spiral coIed pipe in place of the usual straight
Umemitdn n" vibsfadon~it isn't t stock" stock 'S'"' . "'N'Se :" "S '"'"'
on the S s ufe spsff plugs %H x RaSS %h 13a' al M Make ii s sP1st equipped Paprdn' 'u" was mace
So Td . %esJ Il the A 1q aelg we Were ter b snd Nc to c' jn N : p york H sn an e S qoSa51S
special permit to carry a spare tire.
at isn't Sockr' at isn't stockr'
That was the laconic reply of those AAA inspectors to every iast suggestion that
that tea amy customer "s%ms G ean t b @yi hm s1y yo one If 5000 %e deaers anywhere yae "' N'A'"F"
We are glad nOw-mghty glad = that the rules were so strict and 50 dgidy
A anSs 0tns5 car that eo ssJ attempts saqS st to s saHal t tat record must DO ( ''@' official
And it will have to go some.
For Maxwell set the standard when it performed this wonderful f:.
Maxwell complied with those rles-and made good.
Every drop of gasoline and oil and water was measured out and poured in by
the inspectors themselves They would not wen let III man pOuI it il
Every four hours the ar had to report at the official station for checking
And it had to be there On the minute.
And every minute there vas an inspector beside the driver on the front seat
two more men in the ear. One got out only to let another in-day and
night for a. days and nightsi
There was m technical stop.
Its interesting to know the circumstances.
Dead of night "a driving storm "a coudbuSt- 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 car did not stop, however, so its momentum again started the motor Gf it
had indeed staued) when the clutch vas let in.
say to save life,
That shows you how rigid we're the ules-how conscnniousy applied by the
observers.
You who have owned and driven motor cas-you who know how smaAa thing
may clog a carbWetor OF a feed pipe; short a spark or STALL motor-w
realize what a wonderfully well made ar this must be o 60 through that test
under those condhions44 days-22O22 miles without stopping
The exact amount of gasoline, of oil, of water used; the tire mileage, tire
troubles, tire changes; the distance and the routes are matterso official record,
auested under oath and guaranteed by the A "A.
(y the way, the average ws nearly 10000 miles per tue) 49,
Any Maxwell owner-ora anyone interested may see those records.
And here's the most wonderful pat-though no attempt was o could be made
foreconomy; tn Maxwell averaged % miles per gallon OF gasoline.
Some other ar may, ONE time, equal some one of those performances. But to
equal them all in the SAME test that ca must be a Maxwell.