River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1920-01-29
ELGIN SIX EARNS GREAT TITLE
BY FOUR YEARS WINNINGS

Holds Worlds Records Fer Fam
Gus Sealed Chassis Run and Long
Distance Jump.
A recapitulation of various events
and happenings in motordom dur
ing the past four years recalls to
mind the repeated ,triumps which
the Elgin has made in stock car |
competition; and thus, the manner
in which it has earned its title OF |
Worlds Champion Light Six"
Though the policy of the Elgin
organization has never been to en-
ter the kind of competition which
requires special built racing mod
els driven by professional pilots, Ell
gin officials have been overly zeal
Gus in entering strictly stock cars
in scores of gruelling events of wide
public interest Most of these have
been unstricted to cars as moderate
in price as the Elgin.
On numerous occasions Elgin Of
ficials have taxed their ingenuity
to devise special feats of broad
interest, imposing critical tests for
economony, endurance and speed, in
order to prove for their own satisfac
ton the full extent of the Elgin's
efficiency and stamina.
The record which it established in
winning the longest known cross
country sealed-chassis endurance run
stands as one of the most brilliant
examples of high automobile achiev-
nent 1t was on this occasion that
an Elgin Six Ian all stock modeD
which had been selected by Secretary
of War Baker to report road con-
ditions for the U. S. War Depart
ment, Travelled from Chicago to the
Pacific coast, distance of 6,202
miles with an average gasoline con-
sumption of 1914 miles to the gallon,
and with its chassis officially sealed
by President Chas. NJ. Hayes of the
Chicago motor Club in such man
ner that neither the motor, clutch
or transmission could be Inspected
or adjusted enroute. A handsome
Loving Cup was awarded to the Ell
gin for winning "the longest cross
country, sealed-chassis run in auto
mobile history"
A most spectacular achievement,
and yet one which has become quite
common to an Elgin car, is that OF
jumping, under maximum speed, from
a small incline into the air and land
ing full force upon solid macadam
road, at distance of from 60 to 70
odd feet. Tests such as these serve
to prove the perfect balance of its
parts and its rigid tenacity of struct-
ure The worlds record long distance
jump of 70 feet, IL inches, was made
by an Elgin Six at Bellville, Illinois,
on June Is, 1917.
AS racing across country with fast
express trains will always prove a |
most thrilling event of wide public
interest amoung Automobile men,
lust so do the many records that Ell
gin stock cars have established in
numerous contests of this kind ap-
peal to those who are most exper-
fenced in judging the comparative
merits of speed and efficiency OF cars
in the medium priced category.
A recent run of this kind was made
from Chicogo to Indianapolis, when
an Elgin Six Victory Scout Model,
carrying four adult passengers, beat
the time of the fastest express by
exactly fifty-six minutes. William
K. Gibbs, formerly of Motor Age, and
Chester Foust, of the Chicago Amer
lean Automobile department, were
the official observers of this remark
able run. No water was added to the
radiator enroute, and the car aver
aged seventeen and one-half miles
to the gallon of gasoline.
WEISS PROS River Falls. Wis.