Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1918-05-10
Do You Know the Terms
of that $4,000 lille Test?

You have read that a stock Maxwell spass,ngsr ar ran for a days and
And that in Il. q days nonstop test the Maxwell covered 22O22 miles, at
But have you up o now, realized the full significance of that performance
Do you know that n other motor car in the world has ever equaned or even
In word, did you take this test seriously when you heard ofH2
s S5 t talk s sSoa s5 it down as a selling stunt" to give the publicity man something
It's worth you while to read and to study the conditions under which that test
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That's why there are few AAA Official Reoordsl
This 22OOOmle Maxwell nonstOpt test was official from start to finish.
Therein iesh value o you.
1t proves absolutely the quality of the ca-of the very Maxwell you buy.
For verify this was a stock Maxwell, Listen
bgs eh9 9sPe oct @sr s nsTsb S b t@ m nd 0'ee that" no 'p'a~p '0"' valves
Every other unit was as critically inspected. Then the car vas re-@sembed
As We had much at stake and the test vas made in winter November % to
January VS. $ V ~ea asked as , permission @o % to take certain %@ little I preaau4ono against sec
Sounds reasonable doesn't i7
But they refused permission to do any such thing.
For exampls:1They would lot permit a rubber cover Oer the magneto-it
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one hsn S ss2S to to- ss5bpfssto r = . sS% s against S% 3 b %Ssss Fl fo one ts CONSTANT
o %9t fhs he . usSs s sRS1a p& hsh r R5SS %b sSss al % MAKE Gn '1 oe. P PGs@shs run wa made
So rigid n were the rules rules " e were unable to carry H a spare tdee. on the Gs%.it
special permit to carry a spare tire
"Itmt stockr' cit isn't soGkr H
That was the 1 1sGoni sm reply ofthoss A a.. inspectors to every last suggestion that that
fat aT e cnytdmer D ean 6 b 9Pf fm 10 9opG os of 81 56 5SS d eaIasr en oy%6e %0d" Maxwell
s %S @os To no" S'o-n'' the rules we're 5" '"'' '' 50 "s"V
superintendent comply with the sam terms
And it will have to go some. III
For Maxwell set the standard when it performed this wonderful feat
Maxwell complied with those rles-and made good. III
Every drop of gasoline and Ill and water WASH measured OUT and poured in by IL
the inspectors themselves They would lot even let our nam pour it hl III
Every four hours the car had 20 report at the official station for checking III
And it had to bet there on the minute III
And every minute there was ar inspector beside the driver OF the front seat E
night for A. days and nghtsl IL
There was me technical stop. III
It is interesting to know the circumstances IL
Dead of night "a driving stom-a coudburst-suddaLy another car appeared HI
in the road ahead. III
In his effort to avoid a collision the Maxwell driver stalled his motor. iii
At least the observers thought it stopped and sor reported. III
The car did n6 stop, however, 80 its momentum again started the motor Gf it III
had indeed stalled when the clutch vas let in. Id
The contest board ezoneated our driver on grounds that his action wa neces
say to save life. III
That shows you how rigid were the rLes-how oonsdentousy applied by the iii
observers. III
You who have owned and driven mobor cars-you who know how mala thing I'D
may clog a carburetor or a feed pipe; "shot" a spark or stall a motor-wil III
realize what a wonderfully well made car this mustb e % g through that test
under those condbons-44 days-22O22 mnesw 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 matters hca record
atested under oath and guaranteed by the A. AA. t
Cy the way, the average wasn nearly 10000 miles per tne)
Any Maxwell owner-ora anyone interested may see thoer records
And-heres the most wonderful pat-though % attempt vase could be made
foreconony; the Maxwell averaged % miles per gallon OF gasoline
Some other car may, ONE time, equal some me of those performances But to
equal them all in the same test that ar nus be q Maxwell.