French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1918-05-02

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You = know now of course, that the Maxwell Motor Carts the long distance champion
You have read that a stock" Maxwell 5pasenger car an for A days and
m a1 5ene a ap eed Of Of % aa gn ao pr Rou sstt the M"1"S covered >O22 miles, At
But have you, up to now, realized the full significance Of that performance?
approached that performance?
In word, did you take this test seriously when you heard oft?
Or did you set it down as a selling stunt" ito give the publicity man something
It's worth your while to read and to study the conditions under which that test
You know that the American Automobile Association NandHarly known as the
"AAA*) is the official arbtr Of every automobile test and contest.
SUPERVISION he @ust do DO t absoutey ~ as t Id n and ab 2E by t he decisions % oftbe Board oad
That's why there are so few A.AA Official Records!
This 22OOOmne Maxwell nonstop test was ofca. from start to finish.
Therein lies it's value to you.
1t proves absolutely the quality of the car-of the very Maxwell you buy.
For verify this was a "stock" Maxwell. Listen
First: the inspectors dsassembed the motor to see thatno special paons valves,
bearing metal or other parts had been used.
Every other unit ws IS critically inspected. Then the cr was ss@sembled
As sn we had 4 much MI hat: at stake tets; and the he tS: was made 4&I in n5%@+ ESov saa3est % saS to
Sounds reasonable, doesn't it?
But they refused permission to do any such thing.
For ezampls:1They would not permit a rubber over over the maena0-it
f 5ss M 5ssa;Sa TO: let s:1% us taDs f the aoM iseis ii ~w .$s s ss%P@ IRE 't t"Dsd N
one from % tank to D es1 Ss rs! ( . gaT sssin. "a a bsafsss f%s the constant;
a M a to ss us a s sRsa" ph h@h r RfeS %b 6Sda sn % %s1S2 eli spark a1se P PasrdnS' 0n twas made
Sa, Egd ~s TsFs the A zq tss:g W " so b sasP IL to sa nH S Z :p 7rf fR Sn % tn brought 6Ss5a9 At
special permit to carry a spare tire
"tbnt stock' 1T isn't st@k!''
That wa the lsconic reply ofthoseA A a. imPStorsto every last asts nsI5 2nt that
s6atd anS snyso6ns Rs ant tb b Sgf som S s2 o@s OF 81 sd $S d taIesr say ST1Se% 0os ~"z"s"
We are glad now-mehty gad-that the rules we're 30 strict and SC rgdy
enforced.
Any other cart that we attempts to equal that record must dc it under official
supevison-and comply with tn: same terms. "
And it will have to go some.
For Maxwell set the standard when it performed this wonderful feat
Maxwell complied with those rues-and made good.
Every drop IF gasoline and oil and water vas measured out and poured lin by
the inspectors themselves They would not eve leto ur man pour it in!
Every four hours the car had to report at the official station for checking.
And it had tt be there n the minute. IT,
And every minute there wa an inspector beside the driver o. the front seat
two more men in the rear One got out only to let another in-day and
night for a. days and nights!
There was me technical stop
It's interesting to know the circumstances.
in the road ahead.
In his effort 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 Stane0 when the clutchw let II"
The contest board exonerad our driver on grounds that hsa action vas neces-
say to saw life.
That shows you how rigid were the ru1es-how conscentiously applied by the
observers.
" You who have owned amd driven motor Ts-yQu Who INC how small thing
may clog a carburetor or a feed pipe; "short" a spark or stall a rotor
realize what a wonderfully we'll made car tiSm us b o go through THAT test
under those condtons44 days-22 OPP miles without stopping.