The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1919-05-15
OVERLAND CLAIMS RECORD.
Model 80 Travels Seven Days and
Nights Without Stopping Motor.

NlSHtS WITHOUT Shopping MOt0r.
Remarkable automobile perform
ances are not as frequent these
days as they were four or five sea-
sons ago; the American automobile
manufacturer has attained 30 high a
standard of product That may ex-
pain why so much attention has
been attracted to a new worlds per-
Torrance record made by an Over
Land stock car, model 30.
New from the factory, this car
was taken from the salesrooms of
the Carhart Motor company at Okla
homa City, Okla, on March 20, and
driven to the lobby of the Lee-Huck-
ins hotel There the gear shift lever
was disconnected 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 3.
Motor Ran 1853 Hours.
The car, driven by relay of four
drivers, ran night and day, the motor
never stopping for 1853 continuous
hours. The drivers had no advantage
Of gear shifting during the two days
of rain or muddy roads and the II
to Is hours they spent each 24-hour
day on good and bad city pavements
In the rush and traffic, and on the
Oklahoma roads. 1t has been said
that IL motor car will 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 stop
ped for carbureter adjustment or spark
plug change, the model 80 broke the
worlds record for a test of this kind
The speedometer, carefully checked
showed that 1t had Travelled 1901
miles. That is practically one-sixth
around the world, or distance equal
to trip from New York to Los Ange-
les and back across the southern trail
10 Oklahoma City.
Averaged 62i3 Miles Per Day.
This nonstop performance in high
gear exceeded the next best record ever
made by 1901 miles.
Another unusual record was at
tanned by the four drivers of this car
The A. A. A. record for 24-hour non
stop, gear-sealed in-high run is 5S7
miles. That mileage was made i'm
Chicago several makes Of cars compel
ing. On only one day OF its run did
the Overland fail to exceed the official
A. A. A. record. That was the third
day--an afternoon and night of rain
with muddy going The car then fell
eight miles under the mark, but its
performance was so unusually high
that it averaged 624.3 miles for each
day of the run.
The motorist is interested in tests
OF this kind only as they point him
TO some feature of economy in opera.
tion and upkeep The test appears to
be replete with such features. The
judges of the contest were the presi.
dent of the chamber of commerce of
that city land the managing editors of
the two leading daily newspapers. Elk
animation of their records OF the Model |
Dos record-breaking trip show:
Gas and Oil Cost Low.
The car made a trip, exclusively In |
high gear. through city traffic, over
country roads, with two days of steady |
oklahoma downpours to contend with |
at cost of one and 17-l00 cents for
gasoline and oil for each mile Travelled
Gasoline can be saved by proper
shifting of gears under varying condi- |
tions. The model 90s record is declar- |
ed TO he unusually good under the no |
gear-shift conditions. Burning a 80. |
test gasoline. it averaged 20,66 miles |
for each gallon
Only 5 IL gallons of oil were needed |
The oil cost $4T0.
Champion spark plugs were used |
None was changed nor adjusted dur
ing the seven days continuous dri- |
wing
Federal tires were used There were
three punctures only Wouldn't the |
man or woman who drives he content |
20 undertake transcontinental trir |
If he thought it would cause no more
tire trouble than that?