%5 vm m m » » ri 2 H *&t 5) 30 i'/A WALIAN GARRA GUN INNGS 641 Miles in IS hours 33 minutes Under the official supervision of the Royal Automobile Club of Queensland and the Royal Automobile Club of Australia ON TOP of winning the recent R.A.C.A. Test for Cars over 12 horsepower, winning the Petrol Consumption Test. ON TOP of the twenty-four hours nonstop drive on the Marouba Speedway, during 1 which 1,235 5-6 miles were covered. ON TOP of the astounding Sydney to Bourke and back record, in which the speed averaged forty miles per hour. ON TOP of the journey from Sydney to Parkes, on top gear, lasjb week, comes now this clinching proof of the qualities of the Overland Six, to withstand the gruelling, journey from Brisbane to Sydney in the record time of 18 hours 33 minutes. The previous record has stood for three years—but the "OVERLAND SIX" defied the rough roads and conditions and, leaving Brisbane at 2.30 a.m. on Wednesday, February 3rd, reached Sydney Post Office at 9.3 p.m. the same day, lowering the former record time by 12 minutes. Merely another instance of the stamina, speed, and workmanship which has fast made the '' Overland Six'' the best buying proposition on the market. And another opporCan there now be any doubt as to the wonderful proposition the ' 'OVERLAND SIX? offers to those who are thinking of purchasing a car which will give unfailing service? £ ARMIDAIE TAMWORtH ewcAsTu WISEMANS fIRRY SYDNEY t r WITH CYLINDERS Fanners Co-op. Garage Cashel and Madras Streets O. ROGERS LTD. Tancred Si, Ashburton from i mmik Hmin Peris
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Press, Volume LXII, Issue 18636, 10 March 1926, Page 13
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