Show FORD CAR NO COMPLETES TRIP transcontinental tour of 0 nearly miles covered with but one minor adjustment ford car number completed its transcontinental journey july at one when it arrived lat at the western terminal of the lincoln highway according to a telegram from frank kulick former racing driver who piloted the car ross the continent this marked the completion of one of the most memorable demonstrations st in automotive history the ten millionth foard was started westward es across the nations greatest highway on june not to prove performance but to commemorate me an achievement and throughout the journey demonstrations bands and parades marked the progress for nearly every milo mile of the entire journey greetings were extended by officials of every state through which the car passed and all along the route sentiment was freely expressed that to henry ford belongs the greatest of credit for having brought the benefits of the lauto automobile mobile within the reach of the largest number of people in all walks of life the entire distance of a little less than miles was covered with but one minor adjustment and with absolutely no mechanical difficulty of any nature although many hun dredd of miles of toad road particularly through the western state and across the rocky mountains are of dirt and gravel formation it is noteworthy that this the lowest priced car built averaged approximately alp miles a day for the entire six sis weeks and was wag on schedule to the minute in every town visited the transcontinental trip of the ten car has formally ended but interest reni remains so keen that the car is now being routed up the pacific coast to portland and seattle from which point it will be shipped by boat back to san francisco and then driven overland over land to los angeles and probably back across the country to detroit over a southern route |