The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1918-05-02

Z,UUU Mile | eSt!
X Y TX know s"d Of curse that the Maxwell Motor Carts the long distance champion
You have read that a stock" Maxwell spassenger car rn for a. days and
And that, in the a. days nonstop test, the Maxwell covered 22o miles, at
an average speed 81 Is miles per hour.
But have you, up o now, realized the full significance IF that performance
Do you know that no other motor car in the world has we equaned Or even
approached that performance
In word, did you take this test seriously when you heard ofit2
to talk about?
It's worth your while to read and to study the conditions under which that test
1A.A A%% i is the rs od AdsIs arha eq' OF every A automobile V tssta and c a"@st 40 ''
B fape PSihoPs b Sn m dan do h abso5 thef ~h so s m ad ab Raes 6y d the P dsasons o 1T the 4 baa1 d:
That's why there are SC few AA.A. Official Recordsl
This 220oOm1e Maxwell nonstop test ws official from start to finish.
Therein lies its value to you.
1t proves absolutely the quality of the ,car-of the very Maxwell you buy.
For verify this vas a stock" Maxwell. Listen
First: the inspectors dlaSembed the motor to see that nc special pHtons valves,
bearnglmetal O. other parts had been used.
Livery other unit ws as critically inspected. Then the car was reasennbled
1 January ~s 2s 8 ~ ns asked as ' pe1n aa the the t tst ~a' Had 1t ie p5sssat sss' ssasst as a Sso
Sounds reasonable, doesn't it?
But they refused permission to do any such thing.
For example: They would not permit a rubber over over the magneto-t
II M REFUSED to to. let :tu us tape al st the 1s. ignition ito %, wire terminals ssas they are not tapsd on
Neither would they let US use a spiral colsd pipe nn in place Of ft the usual ,a ls straight
m 1Gn en xib bo nuit isn't to "ssoea." against a 0e'k'ss {" the constant
On n't the to s HaS a S spSa p@ uA n R5sS %h 5s5sa sn %sHSs eli sss s PsHsrdns 'n" YVES made
So rigid were the rules, re- were unable to carry as, a spare eth tire e. on the ss rrea1..it
special permit ito carry a spare tire.
1t Isl StOCk!' 1t ISM IOCk!'
That was the laconic reply ofthose AAA inspectors to every last suggestion that
canedOr anything but the precise condition of the standard, stock model Maxwell
that any customer an buy from any On Of 5000 dealers anywhere.
We area glad now-mighty ia d-that the rule we're 50 strict and SO rgidy
enforced.
Any other car that ever attempts to equal that record must do it under official
supeUiaon-and comply with the SAM terms.
And it will have to 60 some
For Maxwell set the standard when it performed this wonderful feat
Maxwell complied with those ules-and made good.
Every drop of gasoline and oil and water vas measured Out and poured n by
the inspectors themselves. They would lot ever let our man pour it in!
Every four hours the carl had Ito report at the official station for checking.
And it had to be there OF the minute
And every minute there was an inspector beside the driver O the front seat
two more men in the rear. One got ut only to let another in-day and
night tor a. days and nights!
There vas O technical stop.
Its interesting to know the circumstances.
Dead of night "a driving sorn-a coudburst-uddenly 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, SO its momentum again started the motor Gf it
had indeed staueD when the clutch wasl let in.
The contest board exonerated wi driver IN grounds that his action vas neces-
say to save life.
That shows you how rigid we're the rles-how consdentiously applied by the
observers
You who have owned and driven motor cars-you who know how small thing
may clog a carburetor OF a feed pipe; "short' a spark or stall a motor-wil
realize what a wonderfully we'll made car this must be to g through that test
under those conditons-44 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 routesA are matters Of official record,
atteted under oath and guaranteed by the A. "A.