Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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i IT. ' - M w ' f i; >■ Tu ^^-.- ru h •vi'lT, >'v. %■' m : . t- - . • v ' ’ • ' " ;.y ’ . “ V'"" .* ^ v •._ —from Lieutenant Wade'* LWw to Alvan Macauley; President rackard Motor Car Co. IS < i* * ■ A - -• .1- 1 ^ V ,,,- <i* ,TO ""“•A ■■>>. / "t ilW .... - >.*« V **nK. "'li! N, 1 '.'i/r, h ~r. rLOS ANGELES i SAN DIEGO OWMAiTj 1NIDAD k DOI I'uimi I Bin II '■?||<I I 1 * -rr~' * '-iJ 1 '* - '/ —P*— ! -tr-'V-~—^ jc j **•* I would never have attempted such a trin J- tt/pIriLT b th the . P * ckard Ei 8 h ‘. ^ I know Siat ' lubn^atnr H ^ ^ eqUippcd with *= chassis lubricator and the motor oil rectifier. , * * T1 l ese d ' vices owWed us to drive the entire , 5 miles without once changing oil or leaving the driver s seat to lubricate the chassis. To them ^anrt the wonderful Packard Eight motor which ne“’r £ tered m the 165 hours and 50 minutes conrinuoS rmng, I attribute the success of the run. Thl* i^ ha i V f f Uffered no effccts ^om strain. . J c f tnbute to the ea«e with which the car a was handled and its riding qualities * * * * W car came through with a perfect score. We had no mechanical difficulties of any kind. I believe we could have turned right around and driven back to Los Angeles Without stopping either car or motor. s I, y ■ / ALBUgU£RQUE ZOLAS —USVICAS I KANSAS aiY INDIANAPOLIS READING HUTCHINSON JEFFERSON _ f CITY 57 LOUIS TERRA HAUTE COLUMBUS >T0N * * Drives Across Continent Without Car or Motor Once Stopping i ieutenant leigh wadE, one of the famous round-the-world fliers of the United States Army Air Service, driving his own standard, new series Packard Eight under AAA. sanction, recently completed the first really continuous transcontinental drive ever made. Wade left Los Angeles at 12:00 noon Thursday and arrived in Ndw York at 12:50 p.m. one week later. He was accompanied and relieved at the wheel by Linton Wells, the news paper correspondent who stowed away in Wade’s plane from India to Persia. L * ^ * X „ « • ‘ - *- • • % ... 4, , • . Official AAA observers were in the car every foot of the way from coast to coast and have certified that in the 165 hoursvand 50 minutes elapsed time these two tireless men drove 3,965 miles without once allowing either the motor or the car. to come to a stop. T HIS uniquefeat was undertaken by the ^ glaring pilot of the “Boston” as a “va cation pastime" while on leave from the army. Wade and Wells wanted to attempt again ^ something which had never before been done. Cross-country speed runs were an old story. But a non-stop wheel and motor run—driv ing a car from ocean to ocean within legal speed limits, without a second’s hah for aqy purpose whatever—here was something new indeed! ^ • • ,v. Vy - — .. ...v-L* , ' ' ; * Chooses Packard Eight '* -- - * * Two of Wqde’s companions on the historic world flight, Lieutenants Smith and Arnold, v own Packard Eights. Their advice agreed with his judgment and he bought a Packard Eight in which to attempt his record run. His choice was a sound one. The Packard Eight never once m seven days and nights ceased its forward motioa Gas, oil, food and water were taken on from moving vehicles. The mileage covered was eight times as great as any ordinary car should be driven without change of motor oil It was equal to half the average man’s yearly mileage without a stop. '' * T *' ' •: t During this nearly 4,000 rnile drive but 20 quarts of oil were consumed—an average of 800 miles to the gallon. Yet thanks to the oil rectifier an analysis of the crank case oil For the third time within a year the re markable reliability of Packard motors has been forcibly called to public atten tion: First, the successful 8,100 mile flight of the Navy dirigible Shenan doah. Second, the record-breaking 2816 hour * continuous flight of the Navy^ sea-plane PN-9. And now, lieutenant Wade’s transcontinental s non-stop run in the Packard Eight* upon arrival in New York showed 98% pure lubricant Gas consumption averaged 13 miles to the gallon. ThC chassis was thoroughly lubricated every hundred miles—without stopping the car — by the mere pull of a plunger on the dash. - ■ ■■ . ‘ f , . • _ ■ -w • Value of Improvements Confirmed ' Lieutenant Wade’s spectacular trip merely served to impress what the owners of 15,000 new series Packard cars have learned in the past seven months. For these owners have found in their cars the most important new improvements since the electric self-starter —the chaisis lubricator and the motor oil rectifier. v To the average owner these improvements mean longer life of parts, lower costs for oil, quietness of operation and service uninter rupted by frequent giving up of the car for chassis lubrication. MB 4 i-