Pueblo chieftain., 1921-04-24
NEW 0lOS EIGHT
COVERS .1643 MILES
IN Al AR. 5 MIN.

Covering the 1643 miles of road that
separate Pueblo from Lansing. Mich
igan. in Al hours and minutes actual
running time, constitutes an average
| of 40 miles an hour for the trip and an
exceptional long-distance record run
for c. c. Henderson of the Henderson
! Oldsmobile company of Pueblo. and his
! salesmanager. II. T.. Smith. The run
was made in a light eight touring car,
just off the factory floor. The car
reached Pueblo coated with the mud of
! Michigan, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Ne
braska and Colorado.
The two Pueblo men left Lansing at
o'clock on the morning of Wednes-
| day, April 20, and arrived in Pueblo at
4:15 o'clock Saturday morning. April
%. Tho actual distance covered was
much beyond the log mileage of 1854
| miles. since bad sections of roadway.
mud, and washouts made frequent
and lengthy detours unavoidable. The
route covered was by way of South
Bend. Joliet, Davenport Des Moines.
Omaha, North Platt, Denver and Pu-
| eblo.
| The first day out. they arrived at
| Davenport at 10 o'clock at night. hav-
ing covered 494 miles straight-way in
1lla hours running time. The roads
were in bad shape after the recent
| storm-the same that swept Colorado
| one week ago.
The next day, they left Davenport
at 10 o'clock in tho morning. arriving
in Omaha at $3.50 O'Clock that night,
| covering in spite of snow drifts feet
deep at points. bad roads and bad
| weather as far as Iowa City. 35S miles
| in a running time of . hours and 40
| minutes.
They left Omaha Friday morning at
o'clock. arriving "a hours later in
! Pueblo after covering 1893 miles of road
in 10 hours and SIS minutes actual rum
ming time.
Tho purpose of the trip to the Olds-
| mobile factory was to secure models
of this new 4-passenger sport model
car for the Pueblo trade, and to in
| crease allotments on new cars before
May. Mr.. Henderson was successful
in his trip. securing two of the new
| eights to be shipped to Pueblo immed-
| lately, of the same models, with A.
| cylinder engines, and the car they
drove. They secured an increased al
| lotment for the year of 30 per cent
| The gasoline average for the trip
was slightly more than IS miles TO
| the gallon. A little over 4 quarts of
oil took them thru to their destination
The 4-passenger sport model is the
| only car Of cylinders now being made
at Lansing. in the Olds factory. Bod
! les are interchangenb for 4 and s.
| that they saw at tho factory. orders
for SO carloads of machines in one
| mornings mail.
The design of the new light eight con-
| structed in aluminium wherever prac-
ticable. is the result of years of la
Dor by Engineer Jack. Oldsmobilc de-
| siEner. who Was formerly with the
Cadillac designer. White. The car has
a wheel-base OF 115 inches. The motor
rates SO horse power by block test.
and turns over at 1850 revolutions .
| minute Tho car Is guaranteed to do
rs miles an hour. At several times on
| the trip, Henderson and Smith. who
took turns at driving. put the speed
| ometer at tho 20 mark.
Tho car. with the mud still clinsing
| to it, was on exhibition Saturday at
| the Olds shop on Seventh street. In
| spite Of terrific strains. every joint was
| tight. and the motor turned over as
| smoothly as a floor model. Only one
change of tirc was necessary on the
trip.