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Show TEST LOT Gi IN LENGTHY RUN Stock Overland to Start From ! New York Tomorrow on Coast to Coast Test H A coast-to-coast dash, unusual in R , history of automobile runs In this Bj country, will bo started at midnight on July 18th when a stock Overland car will leave New York for San F'ran- BBBBfl The run will be made by a relay of drivers men who have never before BBBBI snt (he wheel .f this The M drivers will he furnished by Willys BBBBJ Overland distributors. Each driver will pilot theiur through the territory H distributor. H The purpose of the relay race Is to H establish the eCODOmj and the stamina H of the now light Overland car. In par- BBBBfl tlcular. and the genera desirability of H the light car not only for the tangle ) H traffic the city but for Cross-COun- BBBBBJ BBBBfl With that end in view, the fl been removed as far as possible from H the staged cross-country test run. H There will he no expert drivers H lake the through the entire run H from New York to San Frani isco ex- H tr-ctltiK mileage from gasoline that H only an expert knows how to get. BBBBB The mileage obtained from the fuel be that which the average, or- Binary driver can obtain. BBBBI The 3300 milt run start at nilfl- fl night of July lth regardless of weath- H cr or other conditions. H This drive is expected to estubllah beyond iuetlon the claims light cut manufacturers of the dawn of the H in motor car construction. B Every pos'ibi" condition of wreath of roads. mud H Mils, mountain passes, should he en- H countered on this seven day drive. H will he a test to detcrm'ne the stamina H of any car regardless of size. BBBBfl Pally reports of the-projrrcss of th' H car and Its record of economy anJ H RMinilna will be flushed to the factor) ind to distributors and dealers througr H out |