The sun., 1919-06-15
OVERLAND BREAKS
A WORLDS RECORD
Makes Nonstop Run Of
4,370.1 Miles in Seven
Days.

Remarkable automobile performances
ARE not a. frequent these days as they
were four or i've seasons ago the Amer
lean automobile manufacturer has at
tained 30 very high q standard Of prod
not That may explain why 30 much
Unusual attention has been attracted
during the last few days to a new
worlds performance record made by an
Overland stock car, Model 90.
New from the factory. this Model 90
was taken from the salesrooms Of the
Carhart Motor Company at Oklahoma
City. Okla, on March 20 and driven to
the lobby Of the Lee-Huckins Hotel.
There the gear shift lever was discon-
nected from the low, middle and reverse
gears and the gear box was sealed in
high The motor was started: the car
left the hotel and did not return for
seven days That was April 5.
The Overland 90, driven by a relay Of
four drivers, ran night and day, the
motor never stopping for 16S continuous
hours The drivers had no advantage Of
gear shifting during the two days of rain
on muddy roads and the twelve to fifteen
Ssours they spent each twenty-four hour
Way on good and bad city pavements, in
the rush Of traffio and on the Oklahoma
roads It has been said that II a motor
car win stand up on an Oklahoma road
II will endure In any other section of the
world.
In these seven days and nights, during
which the gear could not be shifted from
high nor the motor stopped for carbure-
ter adjustment or spark plug change the
Model 90 broke the worlds record for a
test Of this kind. The speedometer.
carefully checked, showed that It had
travelled t,37o.1 miles. That 10 practi-
tha q
distance equal to trip from New York
to Los Angeles and back across the
southern trail to Oklahoma City.
This remarkable nonstop performance
In high gear exceeded the next best
record ever made by 1891 miles.
Another unusual record was attained
by the four drivers OF this Overland
car. Tho A. A. A. record for a twenty
four hour nonstop gear sealed In high
made in Chicago, several makes of cars
competing. On only one day of its run
did the Overland fail to exceed the Of
hcial A. A. A. record. That was the
third day-an afternoon and night OF
rain, with muddy going under the axles
The car then fell eight miles under the
mark, but its performance was so I'M
usually high that It averaged 624s miles
for each day OF the 1853 hour run.
The motorist Is interested In tests of
this kind only as they point him to
some feature Of economy in operation
and upkeep. The test made by Z. R
Carhart, Overland distributor in Okla
homa, appears to be replete with such
features. The judges OF the contest were
the president of the Chamber Of Com
merce OF that city and the managing
editors of the two leading daily news
papers. Examination of their records
OF The Model SOS record breaking trip
ahowsi
/. The car made q trip. exclusively
IN high gear. through city traffic over
country roads. with two days Of steady
Oklahoma downpours to contend with.
ct . cost Of ! 17-100 cents for gasolene
end oil for each Of the 4.S7o.1 miles
travelled
3. oasolene can be saved by proper
shifting Of gears under varying traffic
conditions The Model sos record is
declared to be unusually good under the
no gear shift conditions. Burning a SO
test gasolene. 1t avraged 2o.s6 miles for
each gallon.
8. Only 5x gallons Of oil were needed
The oil cost s4.70.
I. Champion spark plugs were used.
None was changed or adjusted during
the seven days continuous driving.
8. Federal tires were used There
were three punctures only. Wouldn't
the man or woman who drives be con-
tent 10 undertake a transcontinental trip
u he thought Il would cause no more
tire trouble than that2