12
25,000 MILES.
IN LESS THAN 23,000 MINUTES!
STUDEBAKER COMMANDER.
tion. Even on the straightaways
the car is tilted at an angle.
At
THE CHINA MAIL,
NEW TYPE SIX. ·
AT LOW PRICE.
MYSTERY CAR.
·
the right, up above your eyes, is a SOON TO MAKE APPEARANCE: swift-dowing ribbon of gray-ihe
top edge of the track. Below, on the left, is a rushing yellow border, the sandy infleld. Ahead through
Ruin, was drizzling steadily on the windscreen is a turn banked
IN MOMBASA.
MISS. ELSIE HALL'S IMPRESSIONS,
POINTED REMARKS.
Detroit, Mich., U.S.A. (Special).| Referring to a contemporary the morning of October 18, 1927. at an angle of forty-three degrees A new type, low priced, six cylin- report of Miss Elsie Hall's recent But rain could not dampen the en--it looke as flat as the side of a der motor car, as sensational in its ly completed motor tour of Africa, Tho white painted features as certain of most talked- the "East African Standard' has thusiasm of the group of men at battleship.
have been some pointed remarks to make. the Atlantic City Speedway, Ham-line appears to go straight up. The of light fours which
Everyone will remember, anys: monton, New Jersey. Rain made driver smiles and jokes as you announced within the past year or the grease-soaked boards of the brace yourself for the turn-but so, is likely to appear within the this journal, the delightful con- well Certs by Miss Elsie Hall and Miss steeply-banked' track as slippery as before you are fixed you are around next few weeks. This is a a sonpy buth-tub, but rain could the corner and racing toward the defined and substantiated rumour May Mukle jointly and indepen- dently at the Mombasa Club, the not drown the eagerness of the next one.
Tivoli Cinema and the Manor After a few laps you lose the drivers, impatiently waiting for
'Hotel. the starter's flag that would sendiden you are travelling at high
had ever dared to attempt.
Inside the judge's stand, facing the finish line, were officials of the American Automobile Association who would handle all records of scoring and timing. At the clusion of the long grind these and
and forth across 70.
Riding in an open car with the hood down is an entirely different story. The roar of howling wind mufles all sound of the car. Claw-
other American Automobile Asso- elation officials would completely dis-assemble
Studebakers these and compare them part for part,
in automotive circles here.
The price reductions and an- nouncements in the light four
cara,
+
The only remarks Miss Elsie
"It cost us £15 to ship the car
them away on an attempt to break speed. Windows keep out the rush cylinder field which followed each Hall had to make about this all existing stock-car records for of wind. There is little vibration, other in rapid succession early island are very much to the point. speed and endurance and set now no undue noise, even though the this year, have left the light six innd we look to the port authority | records for distances no other eir/speedometer dial rolla lazily back field so far unaffected, but'now It not only to sit up and take notice, t
seems certain that there will be but to do something. equally ан sensational develop-| ments in this latter group of motor as far as Mombasa (from Dur- ban), but it cost us an additional During the past few weeks a new £4 5. to offload the car at ing fingers of wind tug at your ear, obviously equipped with a six Mombasa !?" con-
goggles, your close-fitting helmet-cylinder power plant, but bearing At Mombasa we had an amus-| The driver grins as you hold your no-insignia which would establishing experience the car got a re- ears, while the car continues its the identity of the manufacturer, 'gular ducking in the Indian Ocean. circuitous course!
has been seen on the highways In crossing on to the mainland the Far through the long night about here, especially those where car had to be driven on to a pon- these three stock medel Stude-speed inws are lifted to careful toon-a rickety affair construct- measurement for measurement,
bakera rush around the course drivers.
¡ed from big planks. There was al- with cars taken from a dealer's
.. Where It Differs.
ready one vehicle on the pontoon, steak, to make absolutely certain faster than the speed of crack
This car differs in many respects and Miss Budgell seemed doubt- that these three Studebakers were limited trains-but without the
help of steel flanges, to keep them from any six cylinder car now on ful as to whether there was room strictly stock models.
She was told on the track. Dawn finally comes, the market, and according to driv. for the "Chev," ut brings no rest for the speed-ers who have followed it over the there was ample room, and was ing cars. More days, more weeks road, reveals a striking perform instructed to drive the car on. As must roll swiftly beneath theac
Miss Budgell was about to do so,
toon slipped and the vessel swung round, the car, as a result, com- pletely missing the objective and} sliding into the water.
At 2.49 p.m. The official starter snaps down his red flag and the three Commanders spurt away In a
ance ability in speed, power
and
group. As the fag dips down the sturdy cars before they reach their amoothness. It is a low car, with one of the ropes sccuring the pon-|
electric timing device begins re- lentlessly to click off the seconds, never to pause until the cars have Anished their wearying task. wire stretched across the truck at
A
25,000-mile goal.
Sixteen-Day Wonder.
compact yet ample body dimen alons and with striking power of
American Automobile Associa-acceleration. tion officials and Studebaker men The wheelbase is estimated to With the assistance of some the finish line is pressed down by marvel at such endurance. Driv-be about 110 inches, full balloon natives we got the car out of the the front wheels of each flying car, ers, despite long reliefs, begin to tyres are used as equipment and Indian Ocean-the car, by the Thus the timing device automati-wear under the strain of continu- such ensual inspection as has been way, was more than half sub- high-speed driving. How possible while the cars has been merged and we immediately cally prints the time each tap is us
much more of a strain on the three stopped at 6lling stations or on the proceeded to dry it as best wel completed in hundredth parts of a Benud! This timing device is sara which get no relief!
Men atreet, has shown it to be fully were able. And, strange to relate, it started up at once. The checked by a chronometer which, speak of number "6" or "g" or "5" equipped in every way.
enthusiasm due a While the new six is still an un-"Chev.," I think, is a wonderful in turn, has been checked by the with all the United States Bureau of Standards champion. The mechanism of a known factor so far as its struc-car
How much longer are we going to be accurate to within one-tenthedium-priced stock motor car tural features are concerned, its
standing up so perfectly under ability to run for long stretches at to discourage visitors and trade of a second in twenty-four hours.
such gruelling punishment!
high speed indicates that the with our exorbitant charges and The three Commanders
15,099 Miler.
service? power plant must be equipped with, infamous
Up port speeding silently around the huge
miles models
From 15,000
onward, a highly efficient lubrication sys- authority (or Chamber of Horrors oval-being stock
nottem and that it must develop a of the Second Degree). Up, mufflers cannot be disconnected. these three Commanders. do
Chamber of Commerce (or Cham- Hours and days and weeks these break records they make new high power rating.
ber.of Horrors of the First De. three cars will forge steadily ones! But still tirelessly as ever
head, proving that a Studebaker they roll on-10,000 miles beyond who have been commenting on the gree). Up, and at 'em! Go to it! will out-perform any other car re the greatest distance ever attempt possibility of such a new light six, A further remark we feel is gardless of power or price.
Wind, Rain and Fog.
Are
the
So through day and night for
the
fag rolls in from marshes. Fog so wet that
Interested motor car authorities,
"Fussy Officials." ed by any automobile in continu-agree that it would naturally havel bus driving.
to be marketed with careful concials at Mombasa tried to put us not quite justified: "Fussy offi- As the end draws near tight-gideration of price and that the two long weeks. The rain pauses stretched nerves jangle with ex-price would in all probability be off the journey when we left the boat, by pointing out the in- for a while, but at night a dense citement. Only a few more laps low. There is at present a gap be- numerable dangers we would en- salt sea to go! Interested outsiders have tween the prices of light 4-cylinder counter. They wanted us to take wind-driven from Philadelphia, thirty cars and the lowest priced of the a native Askari with us, but we Fereen wipers must be used con- miles away, and fifty other nearby light sizes which might logically refused. We had a small axe in tinuously. Fog that makes the cities where newspaper advertise- be filled with a new six cylinder, the car, and that was sufficient. greasy track slippery as an icy ments invited the public to wit-product. boulevard. Several nights in Nov-ness this test Factory officials ember the weather-grayed track and newspaper men are present. was transformed into a fairy-like in the judge's stand, feverish ac- spectacle by glistening white frost. Livity. "Three more laps!" some-
at Car
cial starter whips his red flag at the beginning until he flashes the welcome checkered flag at the
the Studebakers which averaged
more than 65 miles per hour were forced to travel more than 70 much
three Commanders as
before in such short time.
averaged 65.31 miles per hour for France.
sary stops for oil, fuel and change 15 days, 22 hours and 48 minutes
of drivers.
'At regular intervals B Stude-
baker pit boss sings out, "Get ready to gas" and there
or a total of 22,968 minutes.
BIG RACE.
TEST.
enormous
POWER
THURSDAY, MAY 17, 1928.
for Hills or Heavy Going
JDVANCED engineering has increased the power
A
of this Studebaker Director and at the game time 'Increased its economy of fuel.
This spirited Sport Tourer is capable of high sustained speed. In official tests; the new Director sedan raced 1483 miles in 24 hours an average of 61.795 miles per hour. It has proved itself a blood brother of the world's champion Studebaker Commander.
This Studebaker Director also offers you distinctive beauty of line and, colour, relaxed 'comfort from deep cushions and extra urmple springing.
It offers you years of dependable service and value that only Studebaker can glve. Come here today. Compare with your own eyes. See how much more Studebaker gives for your money!
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to The Commander.
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GENERAL HINTS.
A NOTE ON CLUTCH FAULTS.
Because a car
SIMPLE AND EFFORTLESS APPLICATION.
carried cast-iron
No, we carried no arms at all. All we had was the axe. This we carried for the primary purpose of cutting away trees or bush
path." A beautiful sight in the head-one calls out the window. The NOW 24 ENTRIES FOR ROAD that might have barred our Obviously, Miss Elsie Hall is
clutch it should not be necessary ELECTRIC BRAKES. lamps of three speeding cars-un-starter elimbs the guard rail and walks up to the top edge of the still
not aware of how primitive this
to apply either petrol or oil to less you had to guide a
Six more motor-cars, making 24 country still is-in spite of her
make it easy in action, in fact it seventy miles an hour around a rain-slippery track.
All eyes are strained or the to date, have now been provision-motor tour. Further, she does
is desirable to keep oll away from track banked at a forty-three de
ally entered for the great British not appreciate the
the friction surfaces. If, due to they spurt road race, the first since 1922, amount of work and worry her gree angle!
around toward the finish. Her which is to take place near Bel- little trip cost the various com-
over-oiling of the release bearing, Total Elapsed Time.
or to some leakage from the en-
A very interesting type of front- After an hour or so, watching come the two roadsters. At 1.37 fast on August 18.
'missioners and their assistants It occasionally happens that a gine, the clutch faces get lubricat-wheel brake is manufactured in those beelle-like cars hum around P.m., November 3, the checked flag The Royal Automobile Club is on her route! All these people clutch becomes very fierce, and in ed, they should be flushed out with France. It acts
is cracked down as they speed by reviving for this even the famous had to be on the qui vive all the consequence very unpleasant to petrol.
on the electro- the giant bowl becomes monoton-almost nose and nose.
The usual indication of magnetle principle. As a result there A few ex- Tourist Trophy, and "The Daily time Miss Elsie Hall's party was use. This may be due to the clutch oil getting on the surfaces is that are no brake rods or cables to citing. From the instant the oftra laps at seventy-five-mile speed Mail" is presenting £1,500 in prize anywhere within sometimes a mechanism, becoming ous, but pit stops are always, ex-
stif and the clutch tends to slip when under rattle, braking is absolutely pro- to show that these Studebakers are money.
Imatter of a hundred miles of working in jerks, or it may be load, and also when the car is coldgressive, and adjustment automatic still in A-No-1 condition. even The new entries are teams of dense bush. Not only had they owing to the friction surfaces get the plates tend to spin and make until the lining is worn out. though they have gone farther three cars each by Bentley to see that the party was not ting out of order. In the former the engagement of the gear. hard. The electro magnets consist of a finish, each second is recorded. So/than man or machine ever travelled Motors, Ltd., and Lagonda, Ltd. 'molested by natives, but also that case the remedy is obvious; the A slipping clutch, whether due number of colls disposed in a brake Drivers have not yet been nominaundry hungry, swift and very clutch-releasing mechanism must to surplus oll or mal-adjustment, drum carried on the stub axles. In The two stock model Studebaker ated. It was a Bentley car that terrible lions, and merely playful, be carefully cleaned and oiled. should be attended to immediately, the place of the ordinary drums on Commander rondsters, fully equip last year won for Britain the jobstinate Or unreasonable If, however, the parts are kept well or at least, as soon as the car la the hubs are of the time to make up for neces/Ped as you see them on the street, great road race at Le Mans, elephants and rhinos did not pick greased and oiled from the start, garaged.
is still annular discs, which are normally up their scent.
this trouble is not likely to occur. drivable when the clutch slip is held away from the magnets by In view of the terrible tragedy Friction surface trouble is more only slight, It should not be light springs. The brake pedal that happened in comparatively likely to occur with leather-lined neglected. The little slip that is works a theostat in such a way that A Studebaker Commander sedan each year in testing and proving civilised Johannesburg recently, come clutches than with plats present causes a rapid generation the amount of current reaching the
25,000 averaged 61.98 miles per hour for, its products. Because in
we fail to see where the Mombasa clutches lined with ferodo or some of heat on the friction surfaces, electrocolis varies with the extent is the the 25,000-mile grind! It finished miles of high-speed driving, Stude- officials were "fussy" in fact, it other bonded asbestos fabric. In resulting in their early demise to which the pedal la depressed by sudden rushing action of A fire on November 4 at 10.09 a.m., which baker engineers can see before was very sporting of them to give the former case it is a good thing The fabric lining wears out very the driver." alarm. Mechanics who have been made the total elapsed time 16 their eyes in a few days the away so much. We would like to to wash the clutch out with petrol quickly under these conditions, and Braking is naturally absolutely huddling around a smoking all days, 19 hours and 20 minutes--or cumulative effect of years of nor- say that the fact that Miss Elsie rather than kerosene, and to us the steel plates, become warped and effortless for there is no reason why stove and listening to a squawking 24,200 minutes. Supreme proof of mal driving. Through the magni- Hall and her two lady friends very thin oil, such as three-in-one, make the clutch unmanageable. the brake pedal should be any radio spring to life.
Studebaker dependability and en-lying glass of this brutal test came back alive at all, reflects as a dressing. Further, if theEither condition makes for an ex-harder to depress than the accelera- The word "Gas" is scrawled on durance.
Studebaker materials and manu- very great credit on the adminis-owner of a leather-Ined clutched pensive repair, and should be
tor. Simplicity also is a great a blackboard large as a table top
facturing methods were put under tration of this colony. Miss Elsie car finds that the clutch action avoided by a little attention at the feature of this brake, as the parts and held up so the driver can read
a searching X-ray.
Hall and her friends may be past tenda to become fierce he should right time. Proof....Not Claims. masters in the art of wielding make a point of keeping the clutch
Hood Tops. No more need you invest your the axe, the piano and the 'cello, pedal down whenever the car is In another minute the car has com- did it! Each travelled that dan motoring money on mere claims of but we fail to see where the left standing for more than a little A simple and effective, as well to say, the efficiency of the brakes Studebaker refers actual journey reflects any credit while. When the car is parked in as a cheap way to keep black hood, is just as high when the car is pleted the mile and a half lap and gerous mile and one-half lap 15,667.
performance. swings in sight 'round the steeply times. Not one Commander, but you to the official records of the on them at all. In fact, our can- the garage at the end of the day's tops in excellent condition, is to stationary as when it is running, banked curve, scoots down onto three, had proved their metal and American Automobile Association did opinion of the whole escapade run, place a piece of wood between give them a coat of boot polish, while it is claimed that the current the less ateeply-banked apron and mettle by travelling 25,000 miles in for proof of endurance and speed. 18. it was thoroughly foolhardy the front seat and the clutch, so By this method the hood is kept consumption is actually less than
No more need you invest your and utterly to be discouraged.
that it will hold the pedal, down surprisingly pliable, always looks the average pair of headlamps or Studebaker had demonstrated its motoring money on mera claims of We have not a word to say and release the lining. This al as new, and seems to lose all ten-similar electrical device, c Stiff after four hours of steady speed and endurance by positive long service. Studebaker refers against the concerts. They were lowe the lining to swell and be dency towards cracking. If pos- It should be pointed out, of driving in the chilling wind, the proof. Truly a world champion you to nearly a thousand owners to say against the Administra much sweeter in use. Thin oll started before the original sheen failure lu the supply of current delightful We have not a word
come softer, and a consequencesible, the treatment should · be course, that should there be any the driver stands up and climbs car!
who have driven their Studebakers tion. It is. efficient. But the Block Cars. out. The car is surrounded by a
should be used twice a week. has departed from the fabric, as in to the brakes these will be non- port! After this, the members of feverishly working crew. One After the conclusion of this Champion Performance. the port authority. They have
In the case of plate clutches win this condition. It takes a lot less operative, but it will readily be seen man checks the water in the radia triple 25,000-mile test the cara Because of its thrilling power two courses open-get on or get ning in all, make it a practice to polish and altogether, makes a bet that this type of front-wheel brake tor. Another wipes the fog from were immediately turned over to performance, people who are
flush out the clutch and refill with ter all-round job. Proceed as foly can easily be adapted to cars hav- the windscreen. A third checks the American Automoblie Associa acquainted with Studebaker en-|
the proper amount of the right lows: With a good, stiff brush Ing rear brakes only as the rheostat the oil level. Several others are tion. A. A. A. officials dis-sem-gineering, design, and precision
grado oil every three thousand clean all dust from the fabric and can be operated by the existing putting petrol into the tank. The bled these three cars. Their own manufacture may feel The Com-
miles. Old clutch all tends to get then apply the polish. Rub over brake pedal. The cast-iron ring is gummy and sharpens the clutch ac- again with the brush, and finish off easily removable, when it is worn. relief driver steps in. The pit mechanics and engfaeers checked mander, muat ba an expensive Car
tion until at times it is impossible with a soft rag.......... In effect, the too thin to be reliable. chief stands beside the windscreen each part, each measurement, to operate. The Commanderace
to get Into gear without clashing polish seems to keep the elements and watches for the O.K. signal against other Studebaker cars tually costs lesa to run than scores
This applica both to the metal and from the original, body, of the "All clear!" the car rolle shend, as against advertised specifica- Here is proof:
bother up the latter, types the supply of oner have been known to last for well into the hole, so that it pro- turns onto the track and speeds tions. All of this was done to tests in sixty-one American cities steep gradients, Prodává is perhaps even more importat several years without losing either jects on both sides, Freas a fairly away. The chief looks at his stop make certain these three cars were from Jacksonville to Seattle, from It never gets overheated. than in the former case, as, hert a their baheen. for:
water-proof hot fat fron over the top of the watch, "Thirty-sight seconds. Not exact duplicates of The Command- Boston to San Francisco, The It has never got me into a coll shortage of good oil will result in quailties, Small holes either Bo bad."
ars sold by dealers.
Commander averaged 17 miles sion, or an acci of any kind the burning of the cork insats, and black or khaki hoods may be Aeroplane Speed.
Why This Test?.
per US gallon of fuel These since I got it. Whirling around a banked track Why all this effort? Because tests were observed by local motor]: Th
They Did It! it. A blast of the horn acknow- No wonder the crowd shouted ledger it as the car swishes past. and cheered.
pulls up to the pits.
"Quick Service,"
The Commanders
less than 25,000 minutes.
100,000 to 500,000 miles.
not out!
I have a car..
It never breaks down. It never akids.
It never gets puncture
from each of his men. He calls taken from dealers stocks as well of cars nixty-one-It never gives me
to goodness.
could
the cork sat types. However, in fabrics Hoods treated in this man-
the owner will be put to annoy and permanently fixed by ance and expense of relining ing them with tyre dough,
merely consist of a steel drum equipped with the magnets, a cast- iron ring and rheostat. Needless
thren or four{m}
lerneath, {the patch ised, and