Show NEW FORD va MAKES ENDURANCE MARK IN IMPERIAL VALLEY el centro calif july 28 the stock va ford foid run was brought to a very successful conclusion here at 8 a in this morning we had driven miles in ili exactly 10 days through the toughest kind ot of desert and mountain roads ard and here are tile the results forthe entire grind we averaged avei aged 1839 18 39 unties per gallon ot of texaco flie fire lifee gasoline hy by the way a big portion ot of our nil mileage leade was made a daup up grade mhd motor oil was drained at 1000 fulle nille intervals and 17 quarts ot f Penn zoll motor oil was added be between t refills despite intense antens heat fast driving speeds and at almost continuous running no water was added to the sealed radiator ra tor for the first miles only 61 quarts were added during tile the entire run and the water supply was right up tip around the top when we finally shut oft off the motor this morning tile the va performed spend splendidly idly it went through without a single ye repair the operating cost coat per mile was now look what the va was up tip against we had a natural in a course to test the stamina endurance and economy of a car the ford operated on the el centro macumba jacumba road first gehad thirty miles of upgrade highway through u gh the hottest portion of the desert deser t then we hit 13 miles which wound up the mountain springs grade like a snake hairpins Hair pins switch backs the works when we droye drove to jacu macumba jacumba niba we wa climbed from 60 feet below sea level to feet above when passengers were carried we shortened the trip to the tha halfway point and talk about heat late night we felt like buttling putt ling on our coats when the temperature fe tell 11 to the low of 85 degrees but during the day the mercury kept moistening the mark on the eighth day we had the tempera milre tin e recorded here la in 16 years yeara what do you think about this record tor for low water consumption and when we say record we include camels too they only average around 7 days without extra water and we traveled 8 A big factor contributing to the coolness of the motor wag waa tough film filin 0 oil 11 in light weights which eliminated friction and reduced piston drag we ata started r ted with SAE SAB 20 and n nd later late r i went v e I 1 it to SAE 30 the records ot of this run were carefully kept recorded und and sworn to by imperial valley newspaper representatives this sparkling record of ford V 8 et aetamina amina economy and endurance was staged by edgar bros company ford dealers in the imperial valley frankly the porda fords performance has the valley talking believe me it takes a might good car ar to stand up down there heres c hop hoping ing you can use this record of outstanding performance to your real advantage yours tor for too miles a day EDDIE PULLEN |