Show CAR CAH SURVIVES GRUELING TRIP after triumphing over taver fever bandits adverse conditions and having blazed their own trail over thousands of miles ot of mountain jungle jungla and des brt rt country coti two courageous argen tines driving a chevrolet touring car arrived in new york recently the first to pilot phot nn an automobile from buenos alres aires to the united states adam Ste essel 3 1 and life his brother andrew 23 left buenos airs in their chevrolet april 19 1928 their arrival in this country a few weeks ago climaxed d a two year battle covering miles against odds that had caused the failure 0 of every expedition that had previously attempted the journey enthusiastic welcomes greeted the daring south american pair in new york washington and detroit at the formal ending of their hazardous trip at the battery in new york within view of the statue of liberty they were wera warmly greeted by the argentine counsil general alejandro dol del and ills staff proceeding to the national capital they were greeted by vice president curtis and leading figures in official washington including dr L B S rowe howe director general of the pan amerlean american union and dr encisco charge d affairs at the argentine embassy of ficiala of the american automobile association and the national automobile chamber of commerce also extended their congratulations at detroit they were welcomed by W S knudsen president of 0 the chevrolet motor company who presented them with a now new chevrolet commencing on the brilliant adventure mr air kudsen pointed out that the Ste essel brothers bro therB had bad made an important contribution to the world wide enjoy enjoyment nent ot of the automobile and had accomplished a very material advance ill III bringing the three amerl Ameri americal cas caa into closer union the sensational achievement of these boys adds a thrilling chapter to the romance of the automobile and indicates that the long heralded pan pall american highway linking the three americas Amerl cas has passed the dream stage and within the lifetime of many will be an accomplished reality he said bald in showing the car to mr knudsen the sels were proud of the tact fact that despite the terrific punishment of miles of adventurous driving the chevrolet was still in good condition though its appearance gave too the mute testimony of at the ordeal through which it passed though naturally pleased with the success of their venture both doyag ours eurs declared they would not attempt atlie expedition again under any circumstances cum stances they speak spanish and german but are unable to express in english through an interpreter they described their trip in detail asked what was necessary to accomplish such a journey they were reluctant to agree that it could be dono done again under similar circumstances but compromised with the requirements ot of A good automobile plenty ot of money and an unconquerable spirit twenty five thousand feet of motion picture film taken during the long jaunt served to bear out the thrilling account they gave of 0 the journey more than gallons of gasoline and forty three tires were used during the tha run no check was kept liepa on oil consumption the trip took them agh fourteen countries and made it necessary tor for them to conquer every type ot of weather condition in automobile driving though their and ten brg brothers and sisters the idea ng as too hazardous and too unlikely to succeed the boys boya set out all from boonos alres aires three weeks after determining on the venture having previously owned ive five Che violets at various times the selection i ot of a car was easy they picked the open touring model as the best adapted to their needs the holes at the intake ot of the carburetor were enlarged to make possible more efficient ettl clent operation in very high altitudes extra tanks of oe gasoline oil and water were taken on A shovel an ax and plenty of 0 towrope tow rope wore were put aboard then following a dinner given by the automobile club of buenos alres aires which sponsored the tour they set out on the adventure that was to add new laurels to the achievement 0 of th the automobile surmounting seemingly ud unconquerable conquer obstacles that beset theiu almost at every turn in south and central Ain american erlean they fought their way over rocky mountain passes across arid deserts and through jungle in many cases never before traversed by a wheeled vehicle except for or an eighty mile stretch b bo tween carthagena Carth egena colombia and co lon ion panama they covered the entire distance by automobile the short boat trip was made necessary because ot the impenetrable country between these two places it Is said that this territory has never been traversed by man or beast in ill view of 0 the tact fact that they were moved to undertake the ilia trip tr lp partially as a result suit of oc a desire to gala information that would be helpful in tho the tu fu turo lure development of the pan america highway and part partially lally na as a result of an adventurous desire to see aeo the world they made no effort to set a time record although chevrolet dealers all the way from buenos alres aires to now new york cooperated in providing whatever service was necess arry the tha trip was neither inspired nor sponsored by the chevrolet motor company the sels started out on their own initiative with a fairly liberal supply of of funds given them by their father they were able to defray additional expenses by taking motion pictures and showing them in varlo various us cities where by agreement t with ith t the h managements of theatres theartres the atres they divided divi admission receipts with tile tho house tho the following log ot of the ilia trip shows tho the progress made by the expedition and the countries through which they passed departed from buenos alres aires argentine april 19 1928 lett left argentine may 9 1928 left bolivia may 20 1928 lett left peru peril september 27 1928 lett left ecuador november 19 1928 lett left colombia march 13 1929 for Von zuela ill in colombia lett left Von zuela tor for colombia second time june 0 6 1929 lett left colombia by steamer june 27 1929 arrived at colon tile the same day lett left panama july 17 1929 tor for costa coata rica lett left costa rica november 2 1929 tor for nicaragua were ill with fever more than two months lett left nicaragua F february 7 1930 lett left Ilon honduras duras february 27 1930 lett left salvador march 11 1930 lett left Gu tamala march 16 1930 lett left mexico april 8 1930 1030 arrived at detroit april 17 1930 1030 arrived in now new york april 25 26 1930 |