1929-11-06 — Page 2

AIR-COOLED CARS.

FRANKLIN PROVES POWERS IN PIKE'S PEAK CLIMB,

Complete mastery of altitude and changing temperatures by tha Franklin air-cooled motor was tho sensation of the annual Pike's Peak

bill-climbing classic in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado, and of the first long-distance endurance, run ever attempted up and down the tortubus course of this famous

mountain.

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iately turned his car and piloted it Reaching the top, Baker immed

down the steep and dangerous grade for the descent. Six.times, without stop, he repeated the performance, and eagh time the Franklin develop

The course Over which Baker piloted his sedm is the same, that

An air-cooled Franklin specialed the same rugged power necessary entered in this American motor

to conquer the famous mountain classic with Cannon Ball" Baker

aide. at the wheel, climbed the 12-1/3 miles of steep mountain side in 19 minutes 124/3 seconds in an impresia used in the annual Pike's Peak aive exhibition of power, speed and race, with its 204 hairpin curves and etamina,

switchbacks in the upper ranges.

Again, in an even more remark able demonstration independent of the race, an air-cooled Franklin sedan with Cannon Ball Baker driving, made sia round trips of the treacherous course, a total dis tance of 150.28 mües, in four bouze and 5 minutes, a feat never even attempted before. The average speed was 34.03 miles an hour. Each trip required a climb of 4,050 feet or a total of 29,784 feet for the six upward trips.

Motor experts who witnessed the exhibition declared that the gruel ling grind could not be accomplish ed except with an air-cooled engine, since the test can be compared only with airplane performance..

Every type of weather and road condition was encountered in the apectacular test. The start of the route at Crystal Creek, 0,150 feet above sea level, found a tempera ture of 32 degrees above zero, while the snowclad summit, 14,100 fest above sea level, showed a tempera. turo of only 18 degrocs above zero.

From Glen Cove, the half-way point, climate conditions changed rapidly na Baker piloted his car up- ward into the rarified air, which is always most severe test of the inbuilt stamina of a car. The high- way from Glen Cove was banked with snow, while mud and slash taxed the readability of the car. Within two miles of the summit, as the temperature dropped rapidly, the highway was ice-rutted and perilous, but this failed to slacken ths outstanding performance of the air-cooled eng

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At the conclusion of the almost

impossible test, which was timed by Postal Telegraphand Western Union, the air-cooled motor was functioning perfectly and Baker, declared the car could have continued up and down the mountain indefinitely. The test, Baker stated, provided a most notable demonstration of the ability of an air-cooled engine to master condition that are seldom met in the life of a motor-car,

Even worse climatic conditions were conquered in the race classic in which Bake was piloting the Franklin Special with four-wheel events and which proved parti drive, applied specially for these cularly effective ia hill-climbing. At the starting point the temperature was 65 degrees above zero, drepping. to almost freezing at the summit, but even this had little effect on the Franklin aircooled power plant, which roared a song of steady power

the course.

Cannon Bal" Baker attained a speed as high as 85 miles an hour, and thousands of race enthusiasts parked at vantage spots along the course cheered is he negotiated the hairpin turns al terrific speed. "

19 TOO YOUNG TO DRIVE.

"To my mind, these young per- sons ought not to drive." anid Mr. Ronald Powell, the Marylebone magistrate when he fined a motor- driver, aged nineteen. 23. with

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FRANKLIN CONQUERS PIKE'S PEAK

|ing from Số xt the starting point at Crystal Creek, 9150 feet above sea level, to lower than 40 at the finish at Pike's Poak summit, 14,109 feet above sea level. The air-cooled car showed Ita ability to master any altitude or climate even when the temperature changed élmost every minute of the

way up the side of the famous Peak. Below shows Baker in his air-cooled ear sweeping around one of the 203 curves, while the other picture shows Baker a few minutes after the Pike'z Peak climb. The air-cooled Franklin was entered by the Franklin Auto- mobile Company of Syracuse, N. Y.. builders of the Franklin line of air-

Roaring up the 1211⁄2 miles of the grueling Pike's Peak course in 19 minutes, 12 and 6 seconds, Cannan Ball Baker, piloting an air-cooled Frankliu Special, again proved the power, speedandatarína of this noted car in the world's greatest hill climb- ing classic on Labor Day at Colorado | climb. ; v Springs, with the temperature range { The upper picture shows the road-cooled motor cars.

£338. costs, for driving danger. ously.

"They have no sense of responsi- bility," he added, “' and it is a mistake to employ them as chau- fieurs, especially when they show that they are not to be trusted."

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DRIVER HAUNTED BY A ROAD DEATH.

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ADVANCED MECHANICAL

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Designed to meet the require- ments of practically every form of business, the now Whippet. Six 1} ton truck, recently introduced by.. tho Willys-Overland Compnay, baš met with an unusual acceptance on SUICIDE AFTER TWO YEARS, the part of users of this type of vehicle. The presentation of this new line completes the company's 1929 Whippet commercial car pro gramme.

The tragedy of a young man who had been haunted by the death of a man in a motoring accident two years ago, in which he was conera- ed, was the subject of a Cheltenham inquest on Ernest Timothy Owen." aged twenty-one, who was found hanging from a tree on Charlton

Common.

He was a butcher's assistant, and two years ago was involved in a motor-car accident, in which he knocked down and killed an old

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Owen's father stated that his son, when driving over the spot where the accident occurred. would ex- claim, "Ah, this is the spot!" He had been erratic of late and his mind was obviously "affected.

A letter addressed to Owen's par- erts at Berwyn, Leckhampton, was found in his possession. He

wrote:

Marked interest is shown in the mechanical features of the Whippet Six Truck chassis, which includes four-speed forward transmission, piston, timing chain, heavy-seven- Finger-Tip Control," Invar-strut

bearing crankshaft, and full force- feed lubrication, which have been in- corporated in the chassis design to meet the needs of commercial enr operators who demand power, speed, lower cost per toji mile, and general reliability throughout,

Before the introduction of these new units they were subjected to every known test to bring about an entirely advanced performance for the modern commecrial car opera

tor.

The very sturdy chassis has 2 wheelbase of 131 inches. The six cylinder engine with a development of 50 horsepower is an assurance of Dear Mother and all at home, ample power and speed under all I am sorry to come to this, but I conditions to provide safe delivery can't stand it any longer. It must of merchandise with utmost dis-

patch. be nearly two years since I killed

The incorporation of a four-speed that man. It seems to me only forward transmission in the pew yesterday. But it is impossible for line of Whippet Six Trucks gives De to sleep and farget. Please for-

added pulling ability, especially in give me for what I have done. No the low gears where the truck car Bowers by request,

ries a capacity load and provides a

A verdict of Suicide while of speedier pick-up and getaway, which unsound mind" was returned. is a distinct aid in city traffic.

SIX

JAMES

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