Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-04-13
Most Valuable Auto
Truck On Pacific Coast;
Has Unprecedented Record

The most valuable automobile truck
in the wordsworth 100000 to the
Maxwell Motor Sales Corporation-is
on the Pacific Coast, having just ar
rived in Southern California. The un.
usual car is to appear in all the largei
cities Of the coast and will be here in
a few weeks, it is announced by Mr.
W. j. LaCasse, Pacific Coast Super
visor for the Maxwell company.
The truck is the famous Maxwell
American Automobile Association cal
which atteined unprecedented records
for durability and upkeep economy
during a midwinter official demonstra-
ton under the rules of the A. A,
A. sanction No. 1880 applying to the
run. 1t is because of the performance
attainments the truck has to its credit,
with the guarantee of the world s
highest available source of independ-
ent, disinterested authority back Of
the figures and facts, that the truck
has become so valuable to the Max
well company.
The Maxwell, which is certified as
a stock car by the A. A. A. Contest
Board. has the distinction of being the
first truck in the history of automo-
bile producing to make a durability
demonstration under the sanction of
tho A.. A. A. This sanction is tho
same business-like requirement that
applies when the A. A. A. conducts an
official speedway race Or other auto
mobile event the figures of which be-
come a matter Of official record.
In its demonstration test the Max
well attained this record:
Travelled from New York City to
Jacksonville, Fa@ and return-2,500
miles g midwinter roads in the
east, the run having been made last
December with temperature jranging
from 30 above to IL below zero; wealth
or conditions described as most un-
favorable in final A. A. A. reports.
Made a gasoline. economy average as
high as 1871 miles to the gallon.
Required no repairs throughout.
Carried full ton load throughput
and transported, during entire trip,
three different ton loads, each Of a
different character and neither an
"easy" load.
Revealed no measureable wear in
any moving part when official techni-
cal examination was made at con con-
~clusion Of trip.
Performed i'm such conclusive man
ner throughout that final A. A. A.. re-
port asserts that any average driver
could duplicate the performance with
any stock Maxwell car.
Went through entire test in this man
ner on basis of work equal to two
years Of ordinary truck service.
1'That, summed up, is the attain
ment of the Maxwell Three-A stock
hodtl truck" a Mr.. La Case,
''and it would be difficult for me to
describe which Of the various points
of its record would be of greatest i'm
portance-possibly the statement from
the A. A. A official technical obser-
yer that any average driver could
duplicate this performance.
GAS a whole the test and the unus-
ually satisfying facts and figures
which grew out of it and which are now
in possession of the Maxwell company,
available to anyone who wants to see
them, made one thing c~ertain--that
anyone contemplating a N investment
in o motor truck has in the record OF
the Maxwell Three-A truck a series
of data as complete, on truck upkeep
and performance, as it has been pos
siblo for the Maxwell company and
the American Automobile association
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