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Show M u ML -w, - . . ... 1$ Jar $ TEST81 SEVERE Willys-Knight and Overland Over-land Cars With Motor Transport Corps. Army Trip Will Make History His-tory for Whole Transportation Trans-portation World. The first transcontinental motor transport corps convoy now approaching approach-ing 5-alt Lake iu the premier military test of tho Lincoln highway, which started .luly 7 from Washington, IX C, is expected to terminate early in September Sep-tember in San Francisco, according to word just received here by Sales Manager Mana-ger Edmonds of the Browning Automobile Automo-bile company, distributors in this ter-ritorv ter-ritorv for the Overland and Willys-Knight Willys-Knight cars, from the big Willys-Over-land factory in Toledo. The lest is a momentous trial of the motor vehicle as an agency in peace times, as well as in war. The tour marks government recognition of the importance of good highways and dependable motor vehicles. ve-hicles. Willys-Knight Pilot. "Among tho passenger cars which are being used on the run are a Willys-Knigli: Willys-Knigli: seven-passenger car, used as a pilot, and three cars of a new type, all furnished by tho Willys-Overland company,' com-pany,' said Mr. Kdnumds. "One of the' three light Overland cars is being used by IV. Johnson, a member of the i.tneoin Highway association, who is tiie official lecturer on the trip. Another An-other of the new models of the Overland Over-land carries Captain Minims and other orfleers commissioned to supervise the taking of all official photographs and moving pictures. The third light Overland Over-land car is assigned to newspaper representatives. rep-resentatives. It is common comment among the passengers in the four Overland Over-land ears that tho cars take the roughest rough-est roads with great case." Tlr? three Overland ears are of the same model, tho new type of light weight construction, which it is understood, under-stood, tho Willys-Overland company will bring out soon. Those who have seen the new cars declare that the new invention will mark one of the epochs in motor car building. Making Motor History. The cross-country trip of this first motor transport convoy will, in its way, be as historic an event as the first transatlantic .flight. The Lincoln Highway High-way association leas (or many months been working with the war department and the officers of the Motor Transport corps in logging the various routes from interior manufacturing centers to tho Atlantic coast, and later in providing provid-ing the necessary data for the first transcontinental trip. The run which started from the capitol at Washington July 7 is being made by forty-two army trucks, staff, observation, and reconnaissance recon-naissance passenger cars, motorcycles, ambulances, tank trucks, mobile field kitchens, mobile repair shops, sicnal corps searchlight trucks, and a personnel per-sonnel of 09 army officers and men. Qualities for Test. The adaptability of the rrw Overland Over-land car to transcontinental trips was first called to attention by t lie performance per-formance last year of a fleet pf these cars on a test trip from coast to coast. The lightness of the car and the comfort com-fort enjoyed bv iis passengers on this test, recommends it s especially de:r-nble de:r-nble for the long tour over the Lincoln highway in which it is participating. In a test which will consume several weeks and will necessitate driving every day, great cure was naturally exercised ex-ercised in tho selection of cars to carry observers and pnasenffora to tho euii that tho proa test decree of comfort 1 consistent with ear endurance and flox-ibility flox-ibility be secured. Tho choice of the nesv Overland model ns the enrrter of officials and newspaper men is n tribute trib-ute to the comfort quality which the Willys-Overland company claims for Its new type. |