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THE. OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: APRIL 7, 1918.
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NEW STUDEBAKER
MODELS FINISH
TEST
SPEEDWAY
Latest Product of Detroit Fac
' tory fut j Through i ' Unique
r Jeshon Famous Chi-
cago Track.
Cross-country runs, no-ttop records
vai reliability tours have all com in
'or tlieir place in the testing of auto
hbbiles. It remainedhowever, for
of the most remarkable endurante
runs eves conceived to test out new
models.
In the early part of last December,
F, M. Zeder, chief engineer of the
Studebaker Corporation, chartered
the Chicago Speedway, scene of
many a thrilling brush between . the
world's foremost speed kings, for
the Inauguration of a new kind of
automobile test of his own conco
tion. H anticipate the rigor of the
December weather wtth its aero tem
perature even though , he did y not
reckon on the coming pf the worst
blizzards known to the middle west
in half a century, "
- With everything in readiness at the
Speedway, Zeder left Detroit for
Chicago with experimental models
I of the three new Series 19 Studebaker
'cars and a, picked crew, of drivers,
mechanics and pitmen. .With the
three cars on the track, one car of
each new model, Mr. Zlder instruct
ed the drivers and relief-drivers to
keep the cars running regardless of
everything until - their speedometers
registered a full 30,000 miles. This
admonition, although it meant days
of nerve-racking grind, was cheer
fully received by testers. They had
helped to build these experimental
fcar-they drove them; on their first
road test and they had unswerving
faith in their ability to finish" the
mighty test with colors flying.
- , Little" Wear Shown.
"After these experimental models
had completed their ninety-day 30,
000 mile test on the Speedway, and
were driven over the roads to our
Detroit" factories, we tore them down
completely for a thoroup inspec-1
tion, says-Mn Zeder, in commenting
upon the unqualified success of the
test. "We expected to find consider
able depreciation but to fven our
own astonishment, an examination of
j the parts of the disassembled k cars
i actually revealed less wear than
would ordinarily be found in cars that
;had been driven but two or three
' years. And, it must be remembered,
this 30,000-mile test on the Chicago
Speedway, where the cars were run
day' in and day out at an average
speed of forty-five miles an hour, is
equal to anywhere from five to eight
years' service in the owner's hands.
"Plowing through drifts of snow
two-mile oval that forms the Chi
cago Speedway, and enduring weather
that kept the mercury hovering
ground 17 and 20 below zero for
..days, the drivers of these test , cars
: gamely stuck to their task of running
j.-up a mileage pf 30,000 miles. The
I great blizzard that struck Chicago
early in January, crippling every
transportation facility and burying
the city beneath a heavy blanket of
AUTO TRUCK EXPERT COMES
TO OMAHA
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Krv
C. F. MORPHfcW.
The Card Ad!ams Motor company
has recently "sefcured the services oi
C; F. Morphew, formerly with the
Denby factory, as manager of its
truck interests. Mrl Morphew has
been in the truck business for a num
ber of years and as factory repre
sentative of the Dejiby Motor Truck
company was responsible for many of
the sales between the Great Lakes and
the Gulf of Mexico.
snow, stopped our cars temporarily
but not pr long. After two days
of hustling, drivers and mechanics
dugHheir cars out of the -drifts and
resumed the grind, keeping to a daily
schedule of approximately 500 miles.
Over Poor. Roads. , (
"Before putting the new Stude
baker cars on the Chicago Speed
wiy and -.long before preparing Mo
turn out the new models in quantity
production, the experimental car
were driven and pounded oyer, the
worst mountain roads of Pennsyl
vania, New York, the New England
States, Northern Michigan , and
Canada. These road tests consumed
almost 10,000 miles of grinding,
gruelling work. We tried to break
them but we couldn t do it. Every
symDtom and move was noted bv
members of our engineering . staff
and every- necessity change to give
them added strength and rigidity, or
greater stiffness of springs, was thus
determined under the most extreme
conditions. '
"I believe and the performance of
our cars bears me out in my assertion,
that any automobile which will stand
the rigors of such a winter as we
have just passed; through and run
right along for-nmety-days, averag
ing 500 miles - each day, and do it
for 30,000 miles, must be made of the
right sort of stuff for average owner
ship." ,
To Straighten Front Axle.
A method of straightening a front
axle that has been bent in a vertical
plane is to take two lengths of 4x4
Inch joist, long enough to reach from
the upper side of the axle, just outside
of each spring plate, to a cross timber
of the ceilihg or roof of the garage.
Then if the jack is placed beneath the
axle at the bend, enough pressure
may be applied by means of it to force
the axle back into shape. . ....
NEW COLE "EIGHT"
EESEMBLES AIR'
CEAFT IN DESIGN
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"The name Aero-Eight whien has
been applied to the new Cole models
for the first time at the shows this
year, was not a happenstance." as
serts L. H. Brown, Cole distributor.
"There is a very good reason for
it. Thert is a scientific basis back
Of it,
"In modeling the lines of the new
Cole Aero-Eight the designers of the
car made a careful study of the work
being done On the new and advanced
aircraft which government engineers
are now producing for service in
France.
"Fundamentally they found that by
employing harp corners instead of
the usual round surfaces wind resis
tance was reduced to a minimum.
"Further they found that particular
attention was paid to providing the
airplanes with large a radiators in
order to increase their cooling effi
ciency to a maximum.
"There's many a hard pull in the air
against the wind in making quick
ascents and in running against the
currents. The aviator who has a
motor that is not properly cooled is
in a Bad way. v
"The same applies to the car that
sets out to pull through the tteep
sand or up a long, steep hill.
"The aviator does not (it high in
the fusilage of his plane. He sits
down low back 'of the cowl, not
over it. There is a psychological
reason for that. He does not feel as
if he were constantly about to fall
out of the plane. He has greater confi
dence; he is more comfortable. He
has a sense of consciousness of the
is an
there
If
power at his command. The motor
looms up big and powerful aheld of
him.
"The louvers at the side of the
hood are not bowed out on the
speedier plants. They are indented.
This affords a more direct passage
fof,the air and creates more active
suction to dispose ojtbe superfluous
exhaust gaSes accumulating about
the motor.
"All of these features were em
bodied in the design of the Cole
Aero-Eight models. , .
"As & result not only did the Cole
designers create In them one of the
most popular types of cars, that has
been shown this year front an artistic
standpoint, but their achievement
had great scientific value."
MAXWELL TRUCK
ENABLES FIRM -TO
LAND ORDER
"Discovering that shipping by
motor truck is not only cheaper but
considerably avricker than via ' rail
way freight, the produce merchants,
Racklind & Farber of Chicago and
Indianapolis, have inaugurated' A
regular motor freight line between
the two cities, asserts Walter
Johnson of the Mid-City' Motor and
Supply company.
"Racklind & Farber have biz store
rooms in Chicago and Indianapolis.
iheir freight shipment? in rtne past
have been large ones.
"Speed in shipping produce Is a
necessity. Slow moving freight trains
have often caused the commission
merchants a heavy financial loss. '
"Several weeks ago the firm was
unable to secure a through car for a
load ftf goods a Chicago hotel was
requiring. A truck owned by the
firm was loaded with 2,000 pounds of
perishable freight in. Indianapolis.
The .run to Chicago, 186 miles, was
made in 13 hours.
"The truck arrived at the hotel,
without the double loading and un
loading required when shipment is by
rail. The roads were covered with
snow and ice for the entire length of
the trip. The truck, which was a
Maxwell, made the journey without
a bit of mechanical trouble.
"The Maxwell truck performed so
well and is so extremely economical
that we are going to iriake the inter' i
city freight deliveries three times f
week," stated Racklind after a receni
arrival in Chicago.
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the fbleJem
Consider Cole'a contribution to the science of auto
mobile designing.
Note tke features which the Aero-Eight has intro
duced this year;
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The Aerotype hody is a Cole achievement. It
changes completely the standards of automobile
design v 1
Character radiates from every line and angle of
it character that is individually and unmistak
ably Cole. f
And in its ' appoint ment the Aero-Eight so far
surpasses the traditional that comparisons
with any other, car you hold in high
esteem will of necessity cast
the balance in favor of
the Cole.
De Brown Auto Sales Co.
Whole.al. Distributor, for Iowa and
Northern Nebraska.
Some Good Territory Open for Live Dealer.
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