Arizona republican., 1918-05-05
JAR ON PAPER
 MAY SH|NE; BUT
 TESTSPROvE|T

"A test on a speedway by spec tally prepared car driven by a veteran race driver, certainly does not test | the kind of car that a purchaser ouys." says L. J. Ollier, vice. president | ana director of sales of the Stude- l baker corporation, in discussing the value of methods used by automobile makers in the testing out of new models.
 But" continues MT. Ollier "there IS not the slightest doubt as to the value Of genuine road tests under conditions that approximate those under which a car would be driven during it's life in an actual owners hands. Most any car makes good appearance when it is new-most any car can be specially built and tuned to make an enviable race track record but it is in the test of actual per- formance that an automobile proves up.
 | No more convincing illustration could be cited to prove the value of factory road-tests than the amazing performance of the three new series l9 Stakeholder cars. No motor cars, to my knowledge, have ever been sub Jected to such downright abuse and punishment. Surely never has an owner, no matter where he might live or tour. ever asked his car to do as much.
 Felt All Was Done
 After months of study on the plans for our new cars, in which each of our own highly trained engineers par ticipated, together with some of the ablest men in the industry, we felt sure that nothing had been left un- done that would contribute to the mechanical perfection of what We know now to be the last word in motor car construction.
 But a car that looks good on paper doesn't always measure up to expectations in the final assembly. Our engineers take nothing for granted. So exhaustive laboratory tests were made to determine just what the steel for each part of the new cars should consist of. Then We built our experimental cars and pun them to every test known to auto mobile engineers, to bring out possible flaws in design and construction Minor refinements followed.
 "Studebaker engineers, however, did not stop there. Before approving these new cars for production. the experimental cars were driven and pounded over the worst mountain roads of Pennsylvania, New York, the New England states, northern Michi- gan and Canada. The engineers or this test trip, which covered dis tance of 10000 miles, tried to break the cars-actually made a desperate attempt to push them so hard they would go to pieces.
 For Unseen Emergency
 Heres an illustration that is typ ical of the rough usage given the new Studebakers. In covering t' roads of northern Michigan durini the worst winter weather, the enSi
 neers were given an opportunity |
 test the springs of their cars to in
 limit of their endurance. At on
 place, where the going was over tn
 corduroy and sawdust roads of tn
 Jack pine plains of the famous lunt
 Der days, one of the cars plunge' ] into hidden mudhole and snlppe' ! a spring. Such a thing was not n forseen. It was, in fact, just wha the engineers were looking forth T
 were forcing the cars through thl
 gruelling test expressly to bring an
 possible defects. After a thoroug examination at the factory, it wa , determined to change the specified o tions of these springs. Undoubtedl ' the springs first used would hay |, proved ample in every way to stan = up and give service anywhere-but ] 7 is our policy to provide for the un ', seen emergency.
 !. Then, to determine the ability c . these new cars to withstand wear an ' tear on all moving parts during . period of average life in an owner hands, the three models were take
 tc the Chicago speedway for a ter : rife mid winter drive. Here each ca Il was driven at high speed for a dis !. tauoe of 30,000 miles. And this mile s age, under ordinary circumstance . would equal eight to ten years ( ;. continued service in the owner :. hands. Yet in disassembling thes ', cars, at the completion of the tes q we found surprisingly little deprecia tion. And not once, at any time dur ? ing the 30,000-mile grind, was necessary to take a car off the trac
 because of mechanical trouble.
 With such rigorous tests as thes . one would think engineers could as for nothing more-but they do. Ever T car is tested and carefully inspecte . by experts before leaving our fac :, tories. There's a final inspection ( - each individual car before placing IT in the hands of its owner"
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