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Floyd Clymer
Amerlco's l•r<Jest Publisher of Books Pert•ining to
Automobiles, Motorcycles •nd R•cing •
1268 So. Alvarado St. • Los Angeles .6, Calif.
like clocks, without a loose bearing or a lame sold for almost twice their price, but a telegram
cylinder. We had used less than half the. num- from New York took one of them, and a Detroit
ber of tires our competitors had used-thanks customer who had long been halting between
to Ford lightness and flexibility. two opinions-a Four or a Six-eagerly snapped
And what a marvelous day's work-what a up the other.
series of records of speed, endurance and regu- And what of the "Young Fords"-these saucy
larity! runabouts that dared enter such a contest on
The Ford Six had made 1135 miles in 24 hours, even terms with the 40's, 50's and 60's of other
beating the world's record by 312 miles, and av- makes? They are "so light, so flimsy" said
eraging for the entire run 47 7/24 miles per hour. those who thought they knew, "surely they do
Fifty-five miles had been crowded into one not hope to make a showing." That was dur-
hour-the fifth. ing the first few hours. Ten,-twelve,-fourteen,
In the 11th Kulick drove 54 miles. -eighteen, twenty, hours later they shared hon-
Kulick drove 20 miles in 20 minutes and 31 ors with their big brother Sixes and the talk
seconds, and two miles were "clocked" at 58 was all of Fords. They ran like sewing machines.
seconds each .! They held the pole and, ·mile after mile, hour
Not an explosion missed, not a spark plug after hour, the even rythmic exhaust of the lit-
changed, magneto never examined, not a part tle fellows continued and the miles piled up on
broken, steering gear never wavered and-not a the score card. One driver forgot his oil, stayed
Ford man injured. Our record for never having on the track until his tank was empty and burned
lost a man in a race was sustained-and so the out a connecting rod bearing-that was the worst
speed and endurance records we had won were accident of the day. It was No. 10 car and its
net profit. score shows the miles lost, but we point with
For some time it has been the Ford custom to pride to this, least of all Ford performances.
advertise that Ford cars entered in any stock Light? Yes-never changed a tire during the
car event will be sold at regular list price as 24 hours. Flimsy-interpret it "tough as a hick-
proof of our good "faith-if it is a hill climb the ory withe" and you have the proper term. 26
first applicant takes. the winning Ford at the were sold in Detroit next day and 150 more
top of the hill; and if it is a race, he may drive by telegraph-did the "Young Fords" make
it from the track if he so desires. g·ood?
These cars when they finished could have been