Arizona republican., 1921-09-18

Have you ever tried to push or pull your car along the street when you had run out of gasoline, or something had happened to it to make it advis- able to wheel it to a nearby garage? If you have had that experience. you probably rem amber that it was no doubt a mans size job to get your unconscious chariot to rolling. 1t probably required the services of sev- eral extra pedestrians who happened along, and who were impressed into the work of manipulating your gas cart down the street.
 Which all goes to show that 1t does require considerable effort to move an automobile by manual labor. Nearly everybody has to exert himself along that line of endeayor occa- sionally and therefore perhaps this little story about to be told will be of interest.
 Bob Hunsick, manager of the Franklin Motor Car company, feeling all along that the easier a car rolls along the road the less gas it takes and the less wear and tear is ex- perienced, bethought himself of a lit tie stunt to test out the rolling quail ity of the Franklin Looks to me as though a baby could pull that car along the street. he declared. Ball bearings throughout and perfect bal ance tend to reduce friction, and by George, I will just about bet all | possess that a couple of kids can pull | that Franklin sedan around town without any trouble a-tan.'
 l The thought was father to the deed and Bo brustled around to find Q couple of little girls who would con sent to act as fairies and draw the ] crr a Cf where everybody could see how easily | it rolled. Two little girls, Mary Jose phine Parsons and Mildred Morin
 both typical of fairy lore, were se- lected.
 l Now then, a Franklin sedan, ever | though it is a big car, is much lighter in weight than it appears. It:
 weight. empty. is 2775 pounds. Ths
 reasons for this are that a woo6
 frame is used in the chassis, the body metal is all aluminium, and man,
 parts required in the water cooled
 motors are eliminated by the direci
 air cooling system of the Franklin ] motor.
 1 Added to these features. the cal
 runs almost entirely on ball bearings
 When the appointed time arrived for the demonstration, Mir. Hunsicl drove out a new Franklin sedan. jus from the factory and necessarily stiff No extra oil was put into the car an, none was taken out The battery wa | removed to make sure that the starte
 would not be used to start the car lThe regular non-skid tires on the req
 were left on, although they operate | I give more traction to the wheels. an,
 therefore cause more or less of sue
 ton action.
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 ner of Monroe street and Centra avenue and two bright colored rib
 bons were attached to the headlights
 Then five passengers, four men and
 little girl. climbed into the car. T
 protect tie little girls drawing tn
 car. two husky policemen walked be
 side them, warning away careles
 drivers who. in their curiosity, go
 in the way of the slowly rolling car. Without much effort the two httl
 girls started the car and kept it roll ing down Central avenue and aroun
 the corner on Adams street, wher inc car was stopped and a pictur ; taken. Although the sun was hot an the movement soft, allowing the req fires an unusual amount of traction
 At no time did the little girls tin the load too heavy to pull easily. The full significance of this stun
 is not realized untll one consider
 that these two little girls weighed IV nounds combined. Miss Parson : weighed in at 53 poun and Mis- Morin tipped the scales at 56 pound
 The car, with it's passengers, weighe
 in all about 342H pounds. It will h
 apparent to any motor car owner ths r a car weighing this amount mne l nossess very exceptionally well dc ? signed axles and bearing surfaces f order to afford SO little resistance D the feeble power possible for two tin V children to exert. And, on the oth' n hand. it will be equally as afpareI n to one familiar with automobiles tn; I a sedan, fully equipped, with pien'
 ,f rnnrn for five large passengers.