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Show RAifllL-HQ HAS TAKEN "ill" Will Fill Demand for Those Who Want a Twelve cylinder Car Manager E Tourssen of the Ran dall Dodd Auto company of this c tv announces that he has secured the agencv for the lat onal automobile The Randall Dodd Auto company has the agencv for tho Oldsmob le and Bu ck cars in this territory but Mr Tours sen says that he has taken the Na t onal agency to fulfill a demand among certa n classes of motorists for a twelve cylinder car which he feels is sure to be felt. In choosing the National Mr Tours sen says that he has gone over the f t uat on carefully and exam ned all makes of cars for wnich the agene es are ob ta nable for th s territory and after careful cons deration is convinced that the ISat onal is the best of the lot and is a ear that w 11 maintain the reputa t on of his house The Isat onal people in add tion to mak ng a twelve oyl nder car. also pro duce what they have nan ed the H gh way Six a beaut ful car represent ng the big National twelve in every way excepting that it has onlv s x cylinders and is manufactured to meet the demand of people who are prone to be true to the old tribe and six un til the twelve has seen a season or two of service In reference to the performance of the twelve cyl nder National Mr Tours sen quotes a letter from the sales man ager of the National Motor "Vehicle company that vividly portrays just what the National will do The letter follows That a twelve-cylinder car has several d stinctive advantages was evidenced by a mounta n test just completed by the National factory Two of the new Nat onal High way twelve cylinder cars were sent over a 1200-mile route of the most stubborn hills and mounta ns in the country The itinerary in eluded Mammoth cave. Nashville Chattanooga, Cumberland Gap Knoxvil e, Lexington and Cincin nati William Guy Wall vice presi deat and chief engineer of the Na t onal company was in charge of the expedition He was acooni panied by Johnny Aitken the veteran vet-eran race driver and head of the National expenmental department Each car carried but two live passengers but sand ballast to equal we ght of four additional pas e ex gers was included In the six days that were re quired to make the trip the Na- , tional twelve cvlinder cars proved as efficient in the rugged Tennes see mountains as they cad in speed and endurance tests on the smooth Indianapolis speedway These two twelves now hold the distinction of being the only automob les that ever crossed 'Wildcat' mountain, in eastern Tennessee They mada tnatutfala grades that had heretofore iwen. considered absolutely fingossjbler In plaoes it was neeesarjto ent trees and dig out the slide pf the trails in order to widen the assage way to permit an antonjWbile t pass Only horseback ndjts have been able to get by yw dif fieult places We forded streams. end Wall that could not possibly have been crossed bv a four or six cyl inder car This is because on the National twelve the cylinders are arranged in sets of six placed V shape The carburetor and mag neto are inside of these and there fore high and dry at all times On tbe ordinary type of ears the car bnretoT and magneto would have been covered by water had thev attempted streams that we crossed In this respect the twelve cylinder ear has a decided ad antage as it removes all worries about the car buretor or magneto getting wet On the straight awav the Na tional testers ma ntained a speed from forty t ve to s xty miles per hour At first the experts were inclined to believe that on the straight aways was where the twelve cylinder car made its best showing This because at high sped there was absolutely no v ibra Hon to the motor Finally how ever it was decided that the twehe cylinder ear makes the best showing on steep mountain grades In such places tbe contln ions torque of tbe twelve evlinder car ga e a wondarfnl flow of power with so many propulsions to each re ol t on of tic flv-wheel, tbe power was one stea ly continuous pull which would permit the ar to cl mb grades that looked impossible impos-sible Another advantage of the twelve was fo nd to be that it was practically impossible to stall' the motor During a hard pull when it seemed that the mo tor had actuallv stopped there wo lid be a least one of the cylln ders that gave another explosion and thus kert the power going |