GRUELLING TEST
“BABY TRIUMPH” CONTINUOUS RUNNING * A remarkable endurance test is at present being undertaken by a Triumph Super-Seven, a “baby” car which appears to be capable of astonishing work. The car is being driven continuously between New Plymouth and Auckland, a round trip of 500 miles, without the engine once stopping. At 7 a.m. this morning the car had done 7,000 miles. The test began on Friday, March 21, at 1 p.m. and by midnight on Saturday, April 5, the car should have completed 10,000 miles, thus easily bre%king all records for this class of test. The official Australasian record has already been captured, and it is believed that the world’s light-car record is only about 5,500 miles of continuous running.
The whole task of supervision is being undertaken by the Auckland Automobile Association, whose representatives seal the bonnet at each end of the journey. To date the petrol consumption is working out at 44 m.p.g., and the speed is kept just about 30 m.p.h. The only mishap is the cutting of the speedo cable by a flying stone. Three* drivers are piloting the car on this gruelling test. They are A. Leader, N. Bremner and P. B. White, each of whom takes a round trip in turn, the circuit taking 18 hours.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 936, 1 April 1930, Page 6
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