FORD ECONOMY

NZ Truth, Issue 1201, 6 December 1928, Page 18

FORD ECONOMY

Aparjt from its wonderful perforniarice' m mafcjng a 100 fiours' run 'without the engine^once'stopping,,ithe new. Ford did another strjKinb ihing by r^cprcjing 3 petrpj mifeage of 25};12;tp the gallon. TPPIE passengers never numbered • 'f e\ydr.' than four, and frequently tb.ere we're five or ssix ' aboard.; The hood was up the whole time, and' a full Tc^t q| topis and spare ity're carried. '"'At tl)s' cpnclusipn of the' hundred hours' run : th'e caf was talten to a sUff hill,' -where it made two 1 perfect lp't^ g'e&v ascents, 'the speed. never dropping bgIOAV 15 -Wp.h. '- ' .When' the engine was dismantled the bearings . were fpund to be-in perfect pi-dpr. '•; They had actually improved, Which is a Rrpof that thp Ford oiling I sy'ste : m4—fp'rce-:CMm7S,plashr— is gbpd.' ■