Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 98, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 May 1918 — Page 3 Advertisements Column 1 [ADVERTISEMENT]

-—7 J . —7 ■■' ‘ ~ ~ '-v \ • ~ ~ Do You Know the Terms of that 22,00 Q Mile Test? * • # . w . V _ . , You know, of coilrse, that the Maxwell Motor Car i s the long distance champioit of the world. You have read that a “stock” Maxwell 5-passenger car ran for 44 days and nights without stopping the motor. m And that, in the 44 days roh-stop test? the Maxwell covered 22,022 miles, at | an average speed of 25 milo3 por hour. \ But have you, up to now, realised the full significance of that performance? Do you know that no other motor car in the world has ever equalled or even ■ approached that performance? 1 In a word, did you take this, test seriously when you heard of it? Vgay 1 — Or did you set it down as a “selling stunt” to give the publicity man something to talk about? ' ____ It's worth your while to read and to study the conditions under which that test was made. MM IV - - You know that the American Automobile Association (familiarly known as the IVlftXWo|| “A.A.A.”) is the official arbiter of every automobile test and contest, But perhaps you didn’t know that when a maker places his product under A. A. A. MM ■ supervision he must do absolutely as told and abide by the decisions of the Board. lYlOlOlf That’s Why there are so few A. A.A. Official Recordsl This 22,000-ihile Maxwell non-stop test was official from start to finish. 1 W Jll*e Therein lies its value to you. ■ It proves absolutely the quality of the car—of the very Maxwell you buy. For verily this was a “stock” Maxwell. Listen: — First: the inspectors disassembled the motor to see that no special pistons, valves, 5- c*r $ 139 bearing-metal or other parts had been used. Roadster" .'' . *25 Every other unit was as critically inspected. Then the car was re-assembled 5-F„. Cm with Alt under their own supervision. Weather Top.. M 5 we jj a( j much at stake and the test was made m winter (November 23 to 5- Sedan . . 1275 January 5) we asked permission to take certain little precautions against acci- -- Town Car 1275 dental stoppage. . ... Sounds reasonable, doesn’t it? «kk wu u< r.*m cw But they refused permission to do any such thing. For example:—They would not permit a rubber cover over the magneto—it wasn’t “stock.” They refused to let us tape the ignition wire terminals —they are not taped on , the Maxwells we sell —so of course it wasn’t ,“stock.” Neither would they let us use a spiral coiled pipe in place of the usual straight : one from tank to carburetor to guard against a breakage from the constant, unremitting vibration’ —it isn’t “stock.” _ , . Nor to use a special high priced foreign make of spark plug—the run was made Official on the same spark plugs with which all Maxwells are equipped. Figures of the Test So rigid were the rules, we were unable to carry a spare tire on the rear —it DaUy at. MUe»Pw wasn’t “stock.” A telegram to headquarters in New York finally brought a not. a* siST ai.a special permit to carry a spare tire, " ” ms* aaii? “It isn’t stock!” “It isn’t stock!” ~ m ioSls 23.0® That was the laconic reply of those A.A J\, inspector* to every last suggestion that "so 48o:| also called for anythin but the precise conditioned the standard, stocJt model Maxell E T' 2 live 21,77 that any customer can buy from any one of 3000 dealers anywhere. “ - 3 306.6 20.71 J “ ® We are glad now —mighty glad—that the rules were so strict and so rigidly w 7 lll°o axil enforced. « 0 «7ai alias Any other car that ever attempts to equal that record must do it under official >■ “I? \ll:\ axaj supervision—and comply with the same terms. “11 *uin Bffl 2383 And it will have to go some. «is isxi tug For Maxwell set the standard when it performed this wonderful feat. “io 525.9 2X33 II Maxwell compficd with those rules —and made gpodL “2? 40*8 24. M | Every drop of gasoline and oil and water was measured out and poured in by “23 IS?:? | the inspectors themselves. They would not even let our man pour it in! -11 wl 11m ' | Every four hours the car had to report at the official station for checking. “as I??.! lxi? And it had to be there on the minute. “!i 11$ * 21.08 And every minute there was an inspector beside the driver on the front seat—j R . in s ° s \t aJo* two more men so re ar * One got out only to let another in—day and - ? Issio ilia night for 44 days and nights! Rain 562.5 ixio There was one technical stop. . Bi«paed time ... 44 * It is interesting to know the circumstances. Total mileage . 21,022.3 £££ per hour 25-rfic. Dead of night—a driving storm —a cloudburst —suddenly another car appeared ESSSmS&SV Mcrile. in the road ahead. BD^ < £& r,m "”* e . ia.2omo*. In his effort to avoid a collision the Maxwell driver stalled his motor. Create* average mile. __ Jaft ‘.' .’ 9%il . At least the observers thought it stopped and so reported. i***' ■ th ‘ t . ” The car did not stop, however, so its momentum again started the motor (if it bad indeed stalled) when the dutch was let jin. The contest board exonerated our driver on grounds that his action was necesfsary to save life. 4 That shows you how rigid were the rules —how conscientiously applied by the You who have owned *find driven motor cars—you who know hpw small a tiling may clog a carburetor or a feed pipe; “short” a spark or stall a motor* -will I realize what a wonderfully well made car this must be to go through that test under those conditions—44 days—22,o22 miles without stopping. The exact amount of gasoline, of oil, of water used; the tire mileage, tire troubles, tire changes; the distance and the routes are matters of official record, attested under oath and guaranteed by the A. A. A. (By the way, the average was nearly 10,000 miles per tire.) Any Maxwell owner—or anyone interested may see those records. And —here’s the most wonderful part—though no attempt was or could beaaade * for economy; the Maxwell averaged 22 miles per gallon of gasoline. Some other car may, some time, equal some one of those performances. But to equal them all in the same test — that car must bo a Maxwell* - f ' -:s. ! ‘ •