Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-05-13
US. A. HUP'S
TEST GROUND
Engineer Tells of Diff
ficult Feats In
All Sections

where are the best automobile
proving grounds in the United
states? Frank z. Watts. chief en-
Sineer Of the Hupp Motor Car cor
poration. gives q reply which is At
once epigrammatic and practical.
Inc best automobile proving
groundr in the United States" he
sAys. are all over the United States
Inc remark illustrates the method
Dy which Hupp cars are tested for
performance and durability before
tney are permitted to 60 itno the
hands Of buyers.
y herever and whenever We find
unusual conditions, especially in con
contracted FORMS" the Hupp chief
engineer explained. I'VE take ad-
vantage of the facilities which ma
ture has provided and man cannot
duplicate ever ut very great ex-
pense."
Hills can be built. Mr.. Watt went
on TO observe. So can race tracks
but YOU can't manufacture unusual
climate. wide atmospheric variations
high altitude and real mountains
hQpD QGelTtN 10 WAhF sur
OF the stamina OF new cars or new
car features. il subjects them to tho
sctusl conditions they will have Il
face in owners use.
Proving new cars. as we do II
y . rather expensive but decidedly
worth while practice" said Mr.
watts. I'VE send test cars thou
sands. in fact hundreds OF thousands
OF miles to subject them 10 the ex.
perience that subsequent owners vii
meet IN their use of a car.
When We were developing oul
Century cars and wanted to know
what they would do in extremely
eoid climates. we sent some TO Min,
nesota in the dead Of winter. wheT
the thermometer was successfully
flirting with 40 below temperature
Thus we could test them in actua'
and severe winter conditions and
we're able to check the cold wea
Their efficiency Of various starting
n lubricating systems beyond al
question.
other cars went in midsummer
70 Phoenix, Arizona, when IL wa.
10 in the shade and no shade. Cool,
ing systems can receive a test there
never possible anywhere else. Up,
hoistery and paint prove their sur
resisting qualities in Arizona: and
OIL and air cleaners are tried 10 ca
pacity with alkali dust. which Is ex
trenely destructive 10 engines. Ir
fact, general hot weather perform,
ance can be accurately determined
In TIE Arizona test.
TO find out what a car will d.
In high attitudes we take il 70 Colo
rado and Utah and when il Ia,
climbed v the Rockies for a few
months we know all about its axle
gearing and its power and hill climb
Ing abilities-all about the effecl
OF high altitude on carburetorS anc
cooling. But high altitude condi
tons don't exist IN Michigan snC
can't be reproduced there.
TO test the mud hog ability Of
. car we chose Kentucky. Tennessee
or Missouri. each of which can boast
= special brand of mud u~nexcefIet
for sickness and general contrar.
mess. Here we ride for miles. run.
xrfnk boards dragging through mud
~carrying. in addition 20 a full load
Of passengers and luggage six hun.
dred pounds or more Of Just plain
mud. Then we know what road
clearance and engine power mean.
I'VE send cars south and stop of
for a moment al the famous Union.
town hill-but not for long. for there
are hills in the Caroiinss even more
difficult. We try them out and
pass on TO get the effect of sea
level altitude On carburetors and
other features that must suit both
low and high attitudes. The salt
airs effect on performance and car
finish are incidental revelations
which are carefully noted.
Before we ever show the public
any Of our new models, we know
Just what they will do in the hands
Of their owners. We don't have Ia
use slide rules and adding machines
to figure out from theoretical data
which their hill climbing abilities are
or what effect temperatures or alti-
tude variations will have. The cars
have already shown us. They have
passed the acid test of actual road
performance on the precise kind of
roads and in the precise conditions
where owners will use them"