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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 1, 1911)
5 Fjhis Maunders 66 IhxQ Car Tlhalfc Laid Out ttlhe GIMdeini IRonniLe 20" ft. It Is the Lightest and Lowest Priced Car That Ever Performed the Feat and It Did It Better Made Better Time and Finished in Better Condition. Not Only Beat All Previous Pathfindinjj Records But Abo AH Records for the Route the Dixie Trail 1,490 Miles In 10 Days. WHEN MR. S. M. BUTLER, Chairman of the Contest Board ofthe , American Automobile Association, first saw the Flanders "20" vith which driver "Bill" Soules had been instructed to report it A. A. A. Headquarters in New York to lay out the route for the Glidden Tour to Jacksonville, Florida, he exclaimed; "THERE MUST BE SOME MISTAKE! Surely you do not expect this little car to carry four passengers and cover the route in the time at our disposal? You see there axe only 3 day between now and the date the tour must start, and maps, booklets and other data must be gotten out We can't allow more than six teen day of that for the pathnnding.' "WHY, WHAT DID YOU EXPECT, MR.: BUTLER?" asked Driver Soules, who feared he had misunderstood his instructions and y Joules never docs that. WHY I EXPECTED an E-M-F '30' the old war horse that has laid out so many routes. I surely did not expect a smaller car and I am surprised that W. E. Flanders, Manager of the Stude baker automobile business would risk hie and their reputation with the 2,600 dealers of the Studebaker Corporation in such an important event on so light a car. What will a 20 horse-power car do on the slippery 'clay roads of North Carolina and the sand trails of Florida? Why P "WHAT WILL SHE DO?" asked Soules now thoroughly on his mettle -"111 tell you what shell do. Mr Butler: Shell make the $5,000 cars that have laid out former Glidden Tours look like thirty cents plugged. "WHAT WILL SHE DO? you say you can only allow sixteen days; that's an average of eighty-five miles per day. We this little three speed car and me will take your official party over that route on the tour schedule that's ten days and we will give them as comfortable a ride as they ever had and we won't be late for supper once." "WHY, THE E-M-F "30" TOOK 38 DAYS to cover the 2.600 miles from Detroit to Denver and return when pathnnding for the 1909 Glidden." said the chairman. "And that was a great performance." "That's true, Mr. Butler, but we make wonderfully good cars nowadays. That's just what we are going to prove to you." ON SEPTEMBER 11th Mr. Bruce, Manager of the A. A. A. Touring Bureau wrote in part as follows: "We have today received a telegram from Mr. A. J. Westgard, our special representative, 6aying the Flanders car made the trip yesterday from Gettys burg to Staunton, a distance of 179 miles a splendid perform ance considering that the road detail is being taken all the way for map making will not you arrange to have the Flanders '20' continue after finishing the Glidden route, and come up from Jacksonville thru Savannah to Charlotte, connecting North and South, by the Shenandoah Valley, Charlotte, Columbus, Augusta and Savannah." We wired, "Glad to do it, or to con tinue the route to Panama or the Pacific Coast it's all the same to the sturdy Flanders car." NOW THIS IS ONLY ONE of several great feats the new three speed Flanders "20" has performed during these past few weeks. We set out to show that in this three speed, fore-door model we have a car that baa not a superior in the world and not an equal out side of our own E-M-F "30," the staying qualities, speed and hill climbing ability of which is so well known that it no longer needs demonstrating. JUST LISTEN TO THIS: Flanders "20" has won every event she has entered has more reliability runs, more hill climbs to her credit than any other car this season. Not a day passes but she adds one or two more victories to her credit one or two more trophies to her collection "YOU'RE ALL RIGHT, SOULES," exclaimed the Chairman enthusi astically now. "You have the right spirit and it is very evident you believe in your Flanders '20.' Go to it and if you do the trick, hanged if I won't buy one I begin to like the looks of her. She certainly is a trim looking little rig." ORIVER SOULES WAS PLEASED but he took issue with the chairman on one point. She isn't so little,' Mr. Chairman ehe has 102 inch wheel base ; will carry five just as easily as four, and well show you there's the biggest 20 horse-power under that bonnet you ever saw in a car." , WELL. TO MAKE A LONG STORY SHORT, she did it and she did it magnificently. Each succeeding day when Pathfinder Westgard wired the "head office the surprise of Chairman Butler and his associates became greater. Flanders "20" Wins X. IOWA'S LITTLE GLIDDEN: Flanders road scores out of a possible three. Going so root "SO" made three perfect t. TWIN CITIES TO HELENA, MONTANA: 1390 mile, over prairie trail and mountain passes mud hub deep in place. $4,000 cart nccumbed to the difficulties Flanders "30" won 1st and sad all the prises there were. S. DEAD HORSE HILL: At Worcester, Mas. This is America's Greatest Annual Hill Climbing Contest. Flanders "SO" won first, dipping 47 seconds off previous record and making her nearest competitor look like an also-ran. 4. ST. LOUIS TO KANSAS CITY Reliability Run: Flanders "20 won 1st with score of S9S out of possible 1,000. Other cars penalized ISO to 689 points and out. A test devised to eliminate all mud plugging that's nuu for . BUFFALO ENDURANCE RUN: if possible. Proved to be four days of Flanders "M." Won firs of course. S. NEWPORT HILL CLIMB: This was not a sanctioned meet but is the biggest event of the year in Indiana worst hill in the state. An owner entered his own car and he not only won in his class, but made a clean sweep of seven straight events In larger car classes. A SO horse power Knox beat her time t seconds -hooray I 7. DES MOINES. IOWA Speed Event: Two special racing cars came to town one frame up for a record. Dealer took stock car oS the showroom floor and cleaned them up 1st easily. S. SEATTLE TO HAZELTON, B. C: This was not a contest for the very good resoon that no other car has ever dared attempt the trip for gold medal offered two year ago. Flanders "0" went after it through the wOdernes. Brought it back, of course. This will long stand a a record of endurance for motor car of any power or price. . PATHFINDER POR GLIDDEN TOUR first official csr over the "Dixie Trail" New York to Jacksonville, 1,480 miles in 10 days average 148 miles a day. Chairman Butler of the A A. A. says the cleanest job ever done In laying oat a Glidden Route a wonderful car. WITHIN EIGHT WEEKS SHE HAS WON NINE Important event enumerated in the panel. In one she made three perfect rood scores out of a possible three; in another. Minneapolis to Helena Reliability Run, she won first and second all Ae prises there were. And at Worcester, Mas., she won America's premier hUl climbing event, chipping 47 seconds off the previous record and beating the time of several cart of four and five time her price. IF YOU FOLLOWED THE NEWS yra have doubtless been struck by the consistent performance of this car in all reliability events. To say that Flanders "20 Is entered in a reliability event is to aay Flanders "20" has won First-Hind moat likely Second and Third also. Always first thru. THAT'S WONDERFUL WHEN YOTf CONSIDER that in these ' events, while entered only in her own class, her merit scores at" the end make those of cars in the higher priced classes look " cheap indeed. TAKE THE TWIN CITY RUN Minneapolis to Helena, Montana, over prairie trails and mountain passes), in which ' such car as Packard, Stoddard-Dayton, Abbott-Detroit, Simplex, Maxwell, Cole, Krit, Hupmobilc and other cars failed to finish with perfect scores, and two out of three Flanders "20's did. IS PRICE ANY INDICATION of the road ability, the staying quali ties, the reliability and the capacity for standing hard knocks ? surely not in view of these splendid victories of this "20 horse power $100 car. NO. IT CERTAINLY IS NOT we have never claimed that the E-M-F "30" was a better car than the three speed Flanders "20." The thirty is a little larger ten inches longer wheej base, will go faster say SI miles per hour as against the 47 that any Flanders Touring car will go; but it won't and no. car.. made will--climb . a hill better ; it won't and no car made will stand rougher usage or perform so well month in month out with so little care or attention or expense. . FLANDERS "20" IS MADE OF SAME high grade steers the best the science of metallurgy knows how to produce hy the same careful methods and in the largest plant in the world devoted to the making of one model. We make every part "from pig iron and the raw steel bar to the finished car." And we guarantee every car for a year, giving the buyer a bond signed by General Manager Walter E. Flanders himself. FLANDERS "20" IS YOUR CAR H is the ideal car for the man who does not f ael be can afford, or who does not care to put more than $1,000 into an automobile whether it be the one car he and his family shall use for all purposes, or an auxiliary car for the rich man who wishes to save his big, expensive,' more cum bersome touring car or limousine. DELIVERIES YES, THAT'S THE ONLY 4 TROUBLE we can't seem to catch up with the demand can't promise you immediate delivery. August vwas the biggest month in our history. Sep tember will surpass it by 500 cars shipping 123 Flanders "20" cars per day now and increasing our factory facilities just aa fast aa we can Bought the original Ford plant last month and putting on 1,000 more men. This will , increase our output 20 per cent. Trying our best to catch up but people have come to appreciate this car and the demand still leads the supply. OW,V WAY IS TO SEE YOUR LOCAL DEALER at once. Get your order in, pay a deposit, so the order will be sent to the factory and given its regular serial number then you won't have to wait long. Every day's delay in placing the order makes two more days' delay in getting the car, for Flanders "20" is carrying everything before her, and the "tin cars" are losing ground fast. Flanders "20" has the caJJ but ii you hurry youll be "lucky. STUDEBAECER CORPORATION E-M-F Factories, Detroit, Mich. allJO MI O 1 COMPAM 9 2026-28 FARNAM ST.! OIVHA.1HIA.,, IMEI3. : Direct Factory Branch Studebaker Corporation, Detroit, Mich.