Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1924-03-09 | Page 14 | Studebaker Makes Record

STUDEBAKER 1 I MAKES RECORD I South African Tests I i Worth of Light Light- I Six I I March timers 8 8 Olt r of o the lie Boer Boot tr trek lt wagon walOn I trails thronged around a n mad mad- daubed a when hen hen It drewI drew I up at nt the tho curb on Oil a main thor- thor I In iii Johannesburg recent recent- recent recent-I I iy I I The machine a Ii Studebaker had Jut just written I al nix touring car ar I a new nen pe In the colorful of oC the Union of South Africa It had set four Cour our records In ItI I the the tho old settler routes complete 1 I II circling the tho union in 1 M Ihn I hours hours-A hours a perilous trip that 1 took woe k for tor the I carts I STOCK ot sOt only did th the nr a II a now new round trip r record I around tho the union but It also aino h throe three other records record between points point along alona- the course t-I t these theo was as the tho new run run- running running run ning time of 8 33 83 hou hours and 67 61 mm- mm min minutes ute utes between oen this city and end Cape CapeTown Town Ton n This Thu was as va a distance of o mile A tanda d 8 stock model ass S out of Johannesburg Johannisburg by Hy i H HO O I Paynes Fred I L I 0 Bright and ond W U II du Pre PreeL The Tho e dro drose e over mountainous roads thick 1 with mud to Cape T Town Tu n fording streams then thon through Port Elizabeth East London hok- hok I stad ok-stad iliad Durban and return The Tho car made modo a 2 mlle mIle circle Il time tIne from the start hero bro and return was 99 89 hours 4 40 G minutes minute consumption a 21 5 6 mile miles per gallon Numerous ash washouts out duo to y hea heay y rains forced the Iho car lo to tra travel 01 along long ong stretches ot of hillY slippery roadway the Studebaker and Its drivers to BO 80 ere ero test M I GATES q OPI ED TIle The maze mazo o of roads running around of diamond dig dig- diggings dig gings diK-gings gings near ilear brought I confusion to tho the record breakers record The running time suffered Buffered serious time lost II 11 openIng and closing cattle gates Metropolitan motorists may moy bo be surprised pd to know that actually gates barred barr Ll the tho S path Returning to Johann Johannesburg the tho nix ol W 8 examined bv by Ae set oral hundred motor car owners nero The I engine was as still sUII running The rho bod body ails os uninjured uninjured I It w was aw JI thickly coated coaled with mull mud I from Irons axles ales to top Then a n careful of oC the tho chassis cd I le that the tho car hast had gone through the gruelling st without the tho I slightest breakdown n