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About The Omaha morning bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 7, 1923)
Studebaker Wins Pike’s Peak Hill Climbing Contest Charles H. Myers in Big-Six Establishes Record Time Over Hazardous Route. Charles H. Myers of Colorado Springs. Colo., driving a 1921 Stude baker Big-Six, won event No. 3 in the recent annual Pike's Peak national hill climb. The race was over a course of 12 miles with a climb of 2,000 feet. Myers’ time for the distance, 19 min utes 21 2-5 seconds, Is the fastest time ever made over the route by dars with a minimum weight of 2,000 pounds. The competing cars were divided into three-classes governed by weight and piston displacement. The Big Six was entered in oip.se No. 3, which was open to cars with motors having a piston displacement of 300 cubic inches and over, and minimum weight of 2,000 pounds. Car Had Been In Fire. Many high powered racing cars and experienced drivers were en tered. Before the race Myers was not considered as a possible winner by the large crowd which thronged the course. It was evident, however, as the powerful Studebaker dashed to the front at the first quarter, that the “dark horse” would finish among the leaders. The victory of this Big-Six is all the more remarkable because of the unusual conditions under which it competed and the hazardous route covered. Eight months ago this Big-Six was wrecked at Pueblo, Colo., and was so badly damaged by fire that it was not considered worth repairing. My ers, however, rebuilt the stock motor, us.ng light pistons and rings and a stock cam shaft. After making only six adjustments on the original de sign he was satisfied to enter it against factory entries and special cars of various makes. A member of the technical board, which inspects all automobiles the day previous to the race, made the statement that the Studebaker was the nearest stock car which con tested in the event. Although this was Myers’ first race, he displayed the skill ofr an ex perienced driver—taking the sharp turns and steep Inclines at a speed that would have done Justice to a champion. His efforts were reward ed when he crossed the finish line with a lead of one minute and a half over his nearest competitor. Myers won a purse of |500 for the fastest time in his class; honors for the second fastest time regardless of class, and the fourth fastest time that has ever been made over the route. He also holds the record for cars of this weight, viz, 2,000 pounds, _ there being no weight limit in past years. Charles M. Schwab Named Stutz Motor Director Charles M. Schwab, probably the greatest figure In American Industry today, has been elected to the board of directors of the Stutz Motor Car company, Incorporated, according to an announcement by officials of the Stutz factory at Indianapolis. Mr. Schwab’s election took place at a meeting of the board of directors in New*. York city. Eugene V. R. Thayer, chairman of the board of di rectors and an associate of Schwab in many of his business interests, presided. Forty Miles an Hour Through Clouds ..^-igaasagiTT Tlie fastest cars that ever climbed t he “Top of tbe World” road up Pikes Pe ok. Forty miles an hour up the ateep grades and sharp turns of Pikes peak! That Is the approximate speed necessary to win the annual Pikes peak contest, premier hill-climbing event in the United States. It means that the winning driver must hit well over 70 miles an hour on the short straight aways, and that driver and car must be perfect in nerve and endurance. The fastest time ever made In this dash—a 12.4-mile run up the moun tain side with a climb of 5,000 feet— was made by Ralph Mulford in a Hudson Super-Six special in 1916. His time was 18 minutes 24.7 seconds. The next fastest time was estab lished in 1923 by Glen Shultz with an Essex special, In 18 minutes 47.4 seconds. Thua both the fastest time and the next fastest time up the mountain side are held by thg Hud son-Essex organization. This mean^ not the fastest time for any particu lar size or type of motor, but the unqualified fastest time up the course for cars of any class. This makes the record of the Essex all .the more creditable, since Its laurels were won from cars of much larger size. In 1921 King Rhiley of Osh kosh won In a Hudson In 19 minutes 1C.2 seconds. Oakland “Traveler” Is on Way to Frisco The Oakland True Blue Traveler has just completed one-third of it* journey to Ix>s Angeles. The car has covered more than 10,000 miles since it left the factory as car No. 2 of the 1924 production, and has made such a remarkable dis play that it has become the talk of automobile row everywhere It has been. The driver of the car, Clay Risser, has given more than 500 demonstra tions of the four-wheel brakes on wet pavements, and on roads and streets that city and county officials alorig the way designated, to give it a thorough test. Ford Company Prepares Own Artificial Leather From a dally output of 5.860 yards in October, 1920, to the manufacture of from 30,000 to 50,000 yards of arti ficial leather a day at present, Is one of the interesting achievements of the Ford Motor company1* plant in Highland Park. Five grades of leather, each suited ,o a different purpose, are produced and with these the company is able to supply, wholly or In large part. Its own side curtains, side quarters, back curtains, cushions, cushion fac ings, tops, sedan roof covering. The artificial leather manufacture, which was first begun as an experi ment in 1918, has reached a high state of perfection and now proceeds on the continuous production system. Use Motor Caravans for Vacation Trips "Where are you from, mister?” That was a common question vaca tion wanderers with packs heard last season, and, due to the hundreds of Overland and Wlllys-Knlght drive aways, many score of these strangers would say, "Toledo, O.” Toledoans vacationed Inexpensively this year, especially those who wanted to make a tour. It was not an un common thing to see two or three young men being taken away In drive aways for their vacation toure. Some of them only traveled a few miles with the drivers, others stayed with the motor caravan until the coast lines were touched. Woihen in Racing Field. Women are even entering the racing field—and conquering. The dizzy speed at which the world's fast est drivers nowadays circle speed tracks to victory Is not too fast for them. Several women competed In a 100 mlle race at the famous Brooklands track at London recently. One of them, Mrs. Grace Duller, won with an average of more than 90 miles an hour, faster than the winning aver age at the International 600 mile classic at Indianapolis, Memorial day last. Mrs. Duller drove a Leyland eight, a British car. America was Instru mental In helping her win, ns the car was equipped with Champion spark plugs. —— PAC KARD 16 to 22 Miles per Gallon of Gasoline 20,000 Miles from a Set of Tires Any consideration of the Single-Six purely on a price basis necessarily involves a wide latitude, if just com parisons are to be made. The range must extend from a thousand dollars under to at least a thousand dollars above the Packard price. Compare the Single-Six with cars costing a thousand dollars less, and the former will prove the more eco nomical purchase when all items of expense are right fully reckoned. And when it comes to cars costing one thousand dollars more, Single-Six owners will give you records which prove that point for point in per formance, comfort, ease and beauty, the Packard will more than hokl its own. . 1 j • Richardson Motor Car Company 3016 Hernejr Street Telephone HA roejr 0010 ASK THE MAN WHO OWN* ONE Silent muck - ? ■ Engine Fools Motor Writer Four-Wheel Brake System and Smooth Motor Praised— Large Production Lowers Cost of Car. In the course of a review of the new Buick 1924 models, H. A. Taran tous has the following to say In the current Issue of Motor: “While In Detroit Inspecting these new cars, I had occasion to get hold of one of the experimental models that had been -driven some 20,000 miles, and took It for a few hours’ run. Thtf engine Idled so slowly and noiselessly that when I disengaged the clutch to stop, I Instinctively stepped on the starter pedal, fearing the engine had stalled. This was something new to me In valve-ln head engines, because usually, even when new, there Is always some sort ilt sound- U)<Jloati)lB that the engine is turning over. "The four-wheel brake* are re markable on the Bulck. They do not slide the tire* like a pair of tightly adjusted rear wheel brakes. They do slow the ear down with remark able speed, yet the wheels do not and cannot lock. On the dry straightaway, on a wet street, on easy turns or sharp turns, the brakes worked to my complete satisfaction, and gave me a feeling at the wheel that can he had only with four-wheel brakes. “New throughout and developing some 70 horsepower from Its 3 3-8 by 4 3 4 bore and stroke, the engine oper ates at higher speed than the former engine, showing 2,800 revolutions per minutes as Its peak. It Is smoother because of a heavier crankshaft, larger bearings, better timing from a new camshaft and larger valves. “Without going further Into cjianges Bulck has made, let me say, tfikf considering the slight price in crease, It may seem hardly possible to produce such cars at the prices mentioned, because the changes alone would ordinarily come to many hun dreds of dollars per car. Production in large quantities can be the only answer.’’ Yellow Cabs Now in 700 American Cities If It Is good enough for Broadway. It Is not too good for us. Is the typi cally American attitude of every city, regardless of size. That explains why the phonograph, the radio and the automobile Is found In the small hamlet as well as In the crowdeJ city. It also accounts for the establtsh men of modern yellow cab compa nies In approximately 700 American cities, with this total Increasing 60 to 80 a month, according to figures just issued by the Yellow Cab Manufac turing company. The spread of the modern taxicab Idea has been one of the most Inter esting developments In American community life of the last three years. The establishment of the busi ness on a 6-and-10-cent store basis has been largely responsible. Opera tors have found low rates attract large number of riders and enable them to operate at small profit. • The Evening Bee Is the only Omaha paper printing International News Service dispatches. Hupniobile Holds High Mileage Mark Offcials of the Hupp Motor Car corporation believe that no car on the market, at any price, provides in all Its vital parts for a greater mar gin of strength in proportion to known strain than the Hupmoblle. "Such provision." declares Charles D. Hastings, president and general manager of the corporation, "is one of the simple secrets of long life, and Is why the" earliest models we built are still in daily service In all parts of the world.” Among recent letters received at the Hupp offices In Detroit from its owners are many that tell of Hupmo biles thar have each given in ex cess of 100,000 miles of service to date. The aggregate mileage of 17 of these cars Is 2,603,202 A1 Bloomstrom of Forest, Wash., Is the owner of a 1914 Hupmoblle, which has covered more than 320,000 miles In the Intervening nine years. During that time, he writes, replace ments have been three springs, spin die'and spindle bolt. These latter two, he explains, -were broken In a wreck.__ Car Industry Aid to Plate Glass Concern} An Interesting instance where on* industry serves another Is seen tn th* connection between the plat* glan industry end the automobile busl ness, according to O. C. Wellson Andrew Murphy A Son Co., loc^y dealer In Durant and Star cars. ' "Th# automobile industry Is lesi dependant on the plate glass lndustr, than Is the glass factory upon th automobiles. The hest automobile* large and small, make use of plat glass for windshield* and ^windows The plate glass Industry might no*, prosper continuously without automo bile manufacturing. "Plate glass manufacturers wen formerly dependent upon the build ing industry for the sale of theli product, and the building lndustr: seems to have its ups and downs “The periods of lull in constructloi meant idleness for the plate (Iasi plants and put them to great ex pense in keeping their forces togetb er. Plate glass workers must b skilled craftsmen, with Initiative knowledge of delicate processes. 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