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Show FROM MEXICO TO cm ip ice 8V 1MLL Marks an International Highway High-way Along Contour of Pacific Pa-cific Coast Country A Perfect Run Without Any Trouble. The international highway became a reality at Vancouver, B. C, when the "International Wanderer," famous Maxwell "25" touring car which holds the world's motor non-stop record, rolled down Granville street and stopped stop-ped in front of the Vancouver hotel. The finish of the run from Tla Juana, Mexico, marked the first official offi-cial tour over the scenic international highway, a road of ehree countries. The international highway is a combination com-bination of Mexican roads, the famous El Camino Real of California, the. old logging trails up the Pacific coast through redwood forests, farm roads, roads long ago forgotten that were originally Indian trulls, a stretch of the Pacific highway and British Columbia Col-umbia highway. The combination makes one of the most scenic routes ever laid out, a road of historic wealth and romantic richness. Now that the famous little Maxwell has completed its task of mapping the international highway, reclamation and improvement work will commence com-mence immediately. Cities, towns, counties and districts all along the wonderful trail, have taken up the work of popularizing this rediscovered rediscover-ed highway and preparing it for the motor tourist. With approximately 40,000 miles stored away in the speedometer and good for 'many additional thousands, the- sturdy Maxwell will start .back to the Mexican border after threa days in the British Columbia metropolis. metrop-olis. On the return journey the car will travel the Pacific highway, with a side trip "to "Crater Lake' in' Oregon and a jaunt into the Yosemlte valley of California, where motion pictures are to be made showing the service-scarred service-scarred Maxwell in action. Jack Griffin, special representative of the "Maxwell Motor Sales corporation, corpora-tion, who drove the car all the way from Mexico, reported that one puncture punct-ure and a broiken top-bow caused by driving through, the forest of. Oregon with the top raised, were the only mishaps of the strenuous trip. The car started with old tires all around and at MarBhfield, Ore., the worn rears wcro discarded for new casings as a safety measure. Accompanying Mr. Griffin upon his arrival at Vancouver, were Charles Heffcr Llnderman, secretary of the International Highway association, and Al G. Waddell, well-known magazine writer. Mr. Llndermann Is to spend some time in British Columbia in the Interests of the assocation before returning re-turning to his home in the south. Mr. Waddell will return io his home in Southern California with Mr. Griffin, where he will write several articles for America's leading motoring magazines, mag-azines, describing the tour in the sturdy little car. The car presented a novel appearance appear-ance on the streets of Vancouver, flying fly-ing the flags of Mexico, United States and Canada, and covered with the names of the cities passed through on the trip from Mexico. The body, that was once black, now looks like a school boy's slate. The names of the cities are painted in amateurish letters let-ters on every bit of space and in many cases where there was not room on the body, names have been scrawled on the running boards. |
