Indianapolis Times, Volume 39, Number 187, Indianapolis, Marion County, 14 December 1927 — Page 5

DEC* 14, 1927.

1525 North Meridian St.

INDIANAPOLIS^ Do you k n f/7i your (3) Buys equipment and parts

Indianapolis Day Opeil House On Thursday the public is cordially invited to attend the Open House at the Stutz factory to see our cars that will not be displayed to the public elsewhere until the New York Automobile Show. A Fashion Show will be presented on the hour, every hour from 10 a. m. to 10 p. m., display-, ing on a revolving stage, seven of the new splendid Stutz’s, accompanied by living models.. Immediately following each show eighteen guides will be ready to conduct citizens of Indianapolis through the mammoth Stutz plant and explain its efficient methods of production. -This pre-showing is in appreciation to the citizens of Indiana and Indianapolis for the keen interest they have always taken in the progress of Stutz. The Splendid Stutz also will be displayed at our salesroom at 1525 North Meridian Street.

STUTZ of INDIANA

THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

(1) The Stutz Factory occupies an entire city block close k to the downtown district, Capitol Ave. to Senate Ave. and from Tenth St. to Eleventh St.? (2) Covers 400,000 square feet of floor space filled with the most modern machinery and employs more. than 1,000 Indianapolis men and women? (3) Buys equipment and parts from 30 Indianapolis firms, in fact everything that can be is purchased in Indian- ' apolis?

STUTZ sends the name INbIANAPOLIS over the highways of the world faster than any other stock car ever built. Established the following records:

(1) Sept. 5, 1927, three Stutz cars finished first, second and third in the Labor Day official stock car race at Atlantic City, shattering all previous records, for 5, 10, 25, 50, 100 and 150 miles. The average time of the winning Stutz was 96.30 mil per hour, against a field of fourteen Ugh priced American cars. (2) The same day, Stutz won a double victory in the Pike’s Peak/hill climb. The Stutz special speedster won the free-for-all, reaching the top more than a mile ahead of its nearest competitor. In car event, a Stutz five-passenger Weymann sedan, the only closed car in the race, performed the remarkable feat of beating out a field of roadster competitors. It won by a margin of 48.7 seconds. (3) Winding up the stock car racing for the year, three Stutz stock cars duplicated the remarkable victory at Atlantic City by finishing first, second and third in the seventy-five-mile stock car race at Charlotte, N. C. The winning car averaged 94.244 miles per hour, the other two Stutzes being within 100 yards of it at the finish. (4) April 21. A standard five-passenger Safety Stutz sedan won the Steven’s Challenge Trophy, offered for the closed car making the highest average time for twenty-four hours of continuous driving, under A. A. A.

GEORGE M. SPINDLER President

’(4) Was organized and established in Indianapolis in 1911 and has been a commanding factor in Industrial Indianapolis since that date? (5) Has an annual payroll of more than $1,500,000 in Indianapolis alone and sends $15,000,000 a year through Indianapolis banks and will send $30,000,000 through in . 1928? (6) Was instrumental in bringing the Weymann Body Company to Indianapolis, another firm employing hundreds of men?

supervision on the Indianapolis Speedway. The distance covered was 1,642.58 miles, through rain, sleet and snow, at an average speed of 68.44 miles per hour. The car was twice disassembled and checked by a committee from the Society of Automotive Engineers, once , before and once after the contest, to certify that it was a strictly stock car. This is without doubt the severest test ever given a stock car. Sixteen out of twenty-two possible records fell to Stutz in this one official test. / (5) Stutz won the fifteen-mile stock car race on the famous Brooklands track, in England. Although the race was from a standing start, the average time was miles per hour. The fastest lap was made at 97 miles per hour and the fastest half mile at the astounding speed of 103 miles per hour. The car was driven by R. Watney of the Stutz distributing firm in London. (6) May 21, 1927. A Stutz sedan won the Yosemite economy run, competing with closed cars of many classes and makes. This run is 360 miles in length, from Los Angeles, across mountain and desert to Yosemite Park. The Stutz average was 16.74 miles per gallon of gasoline. No oil was added and only one pint of water. Scoring based on formula considering distance, car weight, and gas, oil and water consumption.

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GEORGE M. SPINDLER President, Stutz of Indiana

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