OVERLAND ENDURANCE RUN.

Hokitika Guardian, 16 December 1924, Page 3

OVERLAND ENDURANCE RUN.

SEVEN DAYS AND SEVEN NIGHTS NON-STOP. |. IRST OK ITS KIND HELD IN X.Z. Run under the supervision of the ('antcrlimy Automobile Association. Great, interest i- being taken in the “Overland” Endurance Bun of seven days and seven night.-, without a stop, which started at 7.311 p.m. on Dec.

12th. and is to finish at appioximatclv the same time oil the inllowiiejr Friday evening, the engine being kept running nil the time. 1 lie run, which is the first of its kind in New Zealand, is being held with the cooperation and under the official supervision of the Canterbury Automobile Association. The routes will he I rolil Christchurch, through Kniapni. AmI ci-lcv. Waikari to Ilawarden. then back "to CTiristelmr-h through Waikan. Amberlev and Baugiora. The car will then immediately leave Christchurch to liakaia. Ashburton, Methven. turning at Methven and returning through Uakaia to Christchurch, from where it will aeaiu leave immediately for Akaand return to Christchurch. I his itinernrv will he repeated continuously for seven days and seven nights. The starting and finishing pnint s The Canterbury Automobile Association’s Rooms. 151. Worcester St., and file official checking and fuel replenishing station will be ill Siiiia-e (Hereford St. corner), oppositi

Occidental Hotel. The conditions go verning the test are: , n The ear to be a standard stock model. ii (•>) The entire run to be made willinut in) slopping the engine (l>) .ousting in neutral gear. (3) Tl.e car to run at normal touring speed. respecting all bylaws. and traffic regulations. (!) Fuel and oil to be cheeked into the car by ' the C.A.A. officials and all replenishments made under their supervision. At the request of the South Island Motors Ltd. Distributors of “Overland” Cars, the Canterbury Automobile Association appointed two prominent officials who visited the Railiv:iv Yard and selected a boxed “Overland” Car from a shipment recently

landed from the steamer “Atboll.' Ibis car was mimicked under their supeivision and the bottom of the crankcase removed, pi-tons and connecting reds being drawn and marked by these officials and other parts cheeked to ensure absolutely standard equiomont being used lor the endurance run. The car was then “run-in” in the usual manner for about 500 miles, and was rendv to start on its long grind ot ' seven days and seven nights contin-

uous running on Friday evening When interviewed. A'.- M’Kibbm. Matuvor of the South Island Motors T td.. stated that the test would be of the utmost value to the public as it afforded them an opportunity of ganiji,.r information of undoubted autlieiiti-,-ifv as to what tho “Overland” was capable of doing, as every care has been taken to ensure the test being inn under conditions which the private owner will encounter without the mechanical strain entailed by seven davs and seven nights continuous running. The ear to he used is a certified standard stock model in every respect,

the only alteration to the standard equipment being an extension control to the dash of the Standard “Overland” Carburettor Jet Adjusting Needle, an alteration that can lie made to any standard Overland at a cost not exceeding twenty shillings. Observers, appointed by the C.A.A. will he passengers in the ear throughout the run and at all times four passengers inclusive of the driver and observer, will he carried so that the official record, which will he kept of all Petrol and Oil consumed during the entire week’s 11011-stop run, will be evidence of “Overland” economy under ordinary load touring conditions. An estimating competition will be held in connection with the run, prizes totalling £2O being offered for the most accurate computation of the total amount of petrol and oil consumed. Messrs Wild and Bassett are the local agents for the above ear.

SYDNEY, Dec. 10. Arrived at five—Ulimaroa. NEWCASTLE.. Dec. 10. Sailed—Kairanga and Ihumata for New Zealand.