Show c I NONSTOP j I I TRIP TRIPi TRIPi I i I I I j BY STUDEBAKER I ICar II I j I Car Makes Cross-Country Cross Run of Miles nIiles Through Big Bib g Blizzard I With Ith the thermometer ter hovering I Ithe In Inthe inthe the subzero regions for Cot days das and little or no coal to relieve the frigid Id situation situation situation situa situa- tion and with the thc entire country countr cast east of oC the Mississippi in tho the grip of or the tho worst blizzard in half haK a century the InS 1918 automobile show opened In New NewYork NewYork York under anything but favorable a cir clr- cum tance Pr Previous sous to the opening of or the Rhonn show Rho nn and f for r somo some tune time thereafter re regular ular transportation facilities and lines of communication throughout the cast I and middle west vest were all but comI completely completely com com- I paralyzed d. d Hardly Hardt a wheel I I turned In somo soma sections of the snowbound snowbound snow mow bound area and art area and a-and and It was no uncommon occurrence fur for travelers to arrive arrhe at i their destination from twelve e to fort forty forty- eight hours late Inte n Beginning a rail journ journey un under cr I these conditions even cn for tl a trip of or only a few tew hundred miles was not nota a pleasant pIcas pleas I ant and thought thought and oven o though the traveler I seemed secured transportation after otter I man many hours of or tedious walling waiting the time of ur arrival l at l his destination was wasI I more or less problematical Knowing this but with a a. tl determination to at attend attend attend at- at I tend the New ew York YOlk show the Syracuse Studebaker dealer decided ed to show hl ills his I faith In the car he hc represents b by at attempting attempting at- at I at-I tempting the tho trip overland o Not ot only I did he lie reach fach New ew York In record time i the thc the trip was made mado without mechanical cal ical difficulty of on any What hat II Is Ismore ismore I more mor th the same samo car was WaR driven n back backI to Syracuse c leater baler in the week week and and not even cn a tire tiro was changed throughout I the racking nerve trip of ur nearly miles This cross country midwinter tour becomes all tho more Interesting when It is b known that the tho car used Is a veteran vet vet- eran eran-a eran a Series IS 18 c six cylinder mo model el that lint had hall previously previous been driven over miles Leaving S Syracuse at midnight with lunches and anti thermos bottles bottle filled with hot hol coffee and a determination to tomake tomake T J make e no stops en route except gasoline and anti oil this thiN Stu Studebaker car cur battled or e every inch of or the way through snow rain and sleet arriving ln at the New cw NewYork NewYork York branch of oC the tho Studebaker corporation corporation corpor corpor- allon at ocl o'clock ck in n the time afternoon Under the tho existing conditions the time consumed for tho the trip a n total of oC sixteen sixteen six six- teen hours houis is lEI certainly a record On the tho level streets In sumo sonic of the towns through which the car passed the sleet made it almost impossible to tu drive the car oven O with chains countr country roads rO were well-nigh well impassable ble In places and more molo than once once- It was nE necessary to get out and shovel sho aWL away th the huge drifts piled up in front and r o over the radiator of oC the ear car The return trip was made without a single stop and at no time timo during tho the trip was It necessary necessary essary to make malec a single adjustment or repair |