Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 53, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 March 1920 — Page 3

1 \ ~ ■ V FRANKLIN r TOURING CAR 7 he Fine Car That Is Light in Weight /~\N THE SCALES, the full-size, factors of safety. The stamina of the । I 1 five-passenger, six-cylinder Franklin Car is the result of eighteen I I I Franklin Touring Car weighs years’ selection of materials for their I y pounds. lightness and strength, and of ceaseless refinement of Franklin design. On the road this lightness, plus e I Franklin flexible construction, has Also, resilient construction must reenabled Franklin Touring Cars to place rigid bracing, to equal. Franklin establish new time records in touring easy riding, road-holding ability, and from place to place, and new distance strainless handling under all condi- । records for continuous 24-hour driv- tions. Franklin lightness, strength, | ing in all parts of the country. and flexibility make a combination J > impossible to reproduce in a day. , - I Franklin lightness and resilience put I gruelling performance entirely up to Franklin dependability and freedom Franklin stamina and not mostly up from trouble and delays are equally | to driver’s endurance. The Franklin difficult to duplicate. Only one way 1 holds the road at all speeds, rides has so far been found which makes a comfortably all the time and drives car usable the year round, with min- । without strain or danger/ These imum routine care—Franklin direct • Franklin results will never be attained air cooling (no water to boil or freeze). I by lopping off a little weight here and ~ ~ tnere. No better measure of the quality of the I / Frank in’s entire performance could /, Quality must always supplant quantity be of ered than the results which 1 of materials to duplicate the Franklin’s Franklin owners average in daily use— । | 20 miles to the gallon of gasohne 12,500 miles to the set of tires , I Some Recent Franklin Road Records t slowa , yearly depreciation New York to Botton and return (458.8 miles) in 12 hours, 5 minutes— .1.......... J 1 t > Indianapolis to Syracuse and beyond (832.6 miles) in 22(4 hours— Cincinnati to Cleveland and return (553 miles) in 15 hours, 45 minutes — I Boston to Syracuse and return (693 miles) in 24 hours, 20 minutes with a ? ’ 1 r ' woman driving— „ , F ’ New York to Montreal (398 miles) in 9 hours, 59 minutes— f “ f Waterloo, lowa, non-stop, dirt road record (865.4 miles) in 24 hours _ i | | ! I I ' ‘ St' ' \ — * /1 ti — i 1| —-• -j 7MJUI K r I - 1 «=> / g —■ It J — / \ ¥77 ® := ~— 1 ' \\nf// vS —1 =: . T// A n. \i 07/ WlB - - I iii \\ \ Wt mMHhSqBBMw / / XSBSr //f vi \ //Ssff /// ' t" .- . ; • • , v - ’ . " •- . ’ - ’ . ‘ >,-■. - • / z - < - - ‘ MM THOMPSON & KIRK /, A' ; 1 -- ~ '-■ ' '■' ' . ' . ' . . • _-z - -■ - ——- -r—-r- : —— - e- . T—T“ — ; '- —— “ v -7 ! r; : -■■■-Vu -- v --— ' — / * ______ < r i- . . —. .

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