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Show V-8 Economy ; Run Made Startling records of economy, stamina and endurance were made by a new stock V-8 Sedan in July, when Eddie' Pull'en,' ' famous racing driver, drove 10,227 miles in 10 days through intense heat and up mountain moun-tain grades in and near the Imperial Valley, California, said despite atmospheric at-mospheric temperatures which climbed as high as 118 degrees, almost al-most 5,000 miles of upgrade pulling, and almost continual running, the ,V-8 turned in the following splendid performance. It averaged 18.39 miles per gallon of gasoline. 1.7 quarts of Pennzoil Motor Oil were added between be-tween crankcase drains at 1,000 mile intervals. The radiator was sealed, !no water was added during the first 8,666 miles and only 5 quarts were consumed for the entire grind. Not a single repair of any kind was made in this long period of steady driving. This stock Ford was up against conditions which the average car owner would never encounter In years and years of driving. The Ford wheeled over Its course for 10 days and nights under intense heat, which reached as high as 118 degrees and never went below 85 degrees. It covered 1,000 miles a day, and in 10 days travelled a distance equivalent 'to one year's driving by the average ; car owner. The course stretched from El Centro, California, to Ja-'cumba Ja-'cumba Hot Springs This necessitated necessi-tated a climb from 60 feet beloW sea level to 3000 feet above. In this 43 mile stretch the Ford ran straight through 30 miles of the hotest kind of desert, and then encountered 13 miles of steep mountain grades, crammed with sharp turns. It was an excellent course to test the inherent in-herent qualities of a car; Throughout the run the correct i weight of tough-film Pennzoil Motor. Oil was used. This contributed in a large measure to the cool operation of the V-8 motor, it is -believed. Careful records were kept by Imperial Im-perial Valley newspaper representatives, representa-tives, and the run was staged in El Centro by Edgar Brothers Company, 'exclusive Ford dealers in the Im-jperial Im-jperial Valley. |