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Show GARFORD MODELS STAND HARD GRIND Methuselah's chief claim to fame, according to scripture, was his long life. He reached' an age' much greater great-er than any of his contemporaries and greater by hundreds of years than people of the present day. To make his product the Methuselah of the motor car world Is the ambition of everv automobile manufacturer, for longevity, which naturally demonstrates demon-strates highest quality of material and workmanship, has been found an excellent recommendation for the line. "We believe we have accomplished our aim in building the motor car a la Methuselah." snid Sales Manager J. D. Porter of the Garford company. "We base this belief on the number of Gnrfords of the vintages of 1907, 1906, 1305 and even previous years which aro still doing their work. We maintain that Garfords never die. Tor instance, two motor livery concerns In Chicago are operating nearly 100 of our cars in that hardest of all service, the taxicab business. Somo of the cars are very old, but arc performing today like youngBters. It has been shown that they will stand almost any abuse. "In N'ew York there are 300 or 400 Garford cars, some of which have run more than 100.000 miles. And they are still working." |