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Show WILLYS KNIGHT CAR MAKES RECORD RUN Completing within ten days' time what Is generally a season's run ror the average motorist, a Willys-Knight touring cur has Just concluded a 5200-mile 5200-mile non-stop, endurance-economy run of that distance without a repair of any character an dwlthout even a puncture. This test, made In the rugged mountainous moun-tainous country of northern New Hampshire by the Boston branch of the Willys-Overland company as n demonstration of endurance and economy, econ-omy, is attested to by representatives of tho various Hoston newspapers and other persons who were passcngors at various stages during the trip. No less than fifty different passengers passen-gers rode in the car during the test, and ns many as twenty different drivers driv-ers Were at the wheel. While the passengers slept during the night stops, the motor pun d steadily on In front of the hotel where they were stopping, one of the 'drivers and an official observer staying with the car to attest this fact. Gaeolinfe consumption for the trip averaged twenty-one miles and a fraction frac-tion to the gallon. 500 miles to the quart of oil. Ordinary' cotton braid, such as every woman's sewing kit contains, make's an admirable silencer with sheet m t-al. t-al. Heavy cotton taps Is better where there Is heavy wear. as. for instance, under the hood In the case of squeaking squeak-ing fenders, a length of cotton braid, bunched under the- fastening burs, which are then drawn up tight on lock nuts, will be found useful ns a silencer. |