Arizona republican., 1919-06-01

tained by the four drivers of this Ok lahoma car. The A. A. A. record for g. hour non- stop. gear sealed -in- high run is 5S7 miles. That mileage was made in Chicago, several makes of cars competing. On only one day of it's 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 under the axles. The car then fell eight miles under the mark, but it's performance was SC unusually high that it averaged 624.3 miles for each day of the 16S hour run.
 The motorist is interested in tests of his kind only as they point him to some feature of economy in oper- alton and upkeep. The test made by E. R. Carhart, Overland distributor in Oklahoma appears to be replete with such features. The judges of the con- test were the president of the cham Der of commerce of that city, and the managing editors of the two leading daily newspapers. Examination of their records of the model 90s record breaking trip show:
 1. 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 a cost of one and 17-100 cents for gasoline and oil for each of the 4.370.1 miles travelled.
 ?. Gasoline can be saved by prop CT shifting of gears under varying traf- fic conditions. The model 90s record is declared to be unusually good un- der the no gear-shift conditions. Burn ing 59 test gasoline, it averaged 20.66 miles for each gallon.
 3. Only 57s gallons of oil were needed. The oil cost s4.70.
 1. Champion spark plugs were used None was changed nor adjusted dur ing the seven days continuous driving. Q. Federal tires were used. There were three punctures only. Woudn't the man or woman who drives be con- tent to undertake a transcontinental trip if he thought it would cause nc more tire trouble than that? Four controls were established fol change of drivers and refilling witf 1 gasoline and oil. The captain of the driving team was Linn Mathewson
 well known in the east and middle west as a famous track driver on the | speedway tracks. He is now the re- l tail manager for the Carhart Motor | company at Oklahoma City.
 The Oklahoma public was advised
 in advance of the test. The daily
 newspapers bulletined the progress oi
 the run each day. In addition to tha, ! publicity, MT. Carhart arranged tC flash on the motion picture screens o
 the city, the cars mileage every foul | hours. The run was officially started l by F. W. A. Vesper, the president O. l the National Automobile Dealers as sociation.
 :, This amazing demonstration o
 the economy possibilities of the light
 weight American car of high grad,
 manufacture is already reflected in al
 increasing inquiry in this and adjoin l ing territories for motor cars. It i
 estimated that there will be an ap
 preciable shortage of motor cars thi
 year-the first free season after tn restrictions of the war munitions pro
 duction. The local dealer for tn Overland points out that while thi
 run has produced a very great man. inquiries for the model 90, conceded t
 be one of the most successful 0 American automobiles, the production
 of these cars has been limited this yea
 by the parent company in Toledo.