RELIABILITY TRIAL RESULT.

Press, Volume LXVIII, Issue 14308, 20 March 1912, Page 9

RELIABILITY TRIAL RESULT.

I Cadillac cars again showed their consistency in the recent trial, winning ■ tour gold medals and gaining 2nd and 3rdl prizes, Mr H. Piper, with his 1910 ' L ?7, llac :' onl y decided to enter the trial at the last moment, and only arrive*! trom Akaroa tho evening previous to tho.trial, and started on the trial without any preparation. Result, . 6 «» nd pnzo gold medal, and 264 runi ?" n § mi } m t0 gallon. Mr F. HubDard, after running his car over 12,000 ■- a \ m ? Cl } third P rize gold I medal, petrol consumption 2-1 running ■ miles to the gaUon. .Captain McLean tho veteran, driving the same car -.s -, "l the two previous trials, and which ™ri Un °T s ?i m mileß » B aine d 1000 S- and <„ , s ol<iln^al ' *? etrol M 4" Sn° n If* f un *» n 6 T ™les to the gallon. Mr A. W. Lano's Cadillac v EL wm - the . 0 car tha t won tho • trade prize and gold medal on last ..Tears trials to Dunedin and return; -*, n lt, car a ] so won gold medal and 1000 tj marks, petrol consumption 22 running

miles per gallon. Mr Lane covered the entire distance to Hanmer via East Osford and return via a distance of 303 miles in 6 hours lo minutes. Mr J. N. Boag, with his 1912 self-starting Cadillac, which he had only recently taken delivery of, made an engine non-stop run. only losing five marks for stooping his car when changing gear. Petrol consumption 21 runnins miles. All the above cars wero with fully touring equipment— hoods, wind-shields, and lamps, and not stripped down for the contestDexter, and Crozier, Ltd. 6