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Hutt News, Volume 6, Issue 16, 14 September 1938, Page 12 (Supplement)

; JPHBP; No Wonder the Sun 0 j— w ■ ' Shines and the ® irds Sing 1 Y THAN k MII miles per (/aI lon t ■ \y./L jjjjjß 45.78 miles per gallon — in a test run between Auckland and Wellington is the record of an ordinary stock model Vauxhall Ten. All records were checked * during the trip by an Automobile Association Official acting as observer. No \ 'coasting,' no dawdling, no special equipment, and no helping winds . . . 465 miles \ at an average speed of 31.1 miles per hour, despite heavy rains and head winds at times, and road works with miles of sticky mud. Astonishing? Not at all — A jjjftvr for Vauxhall Ten owners everywhere are getting similar results, and a South Island test run between Christchurch and Invercargill gave equally good results — 45.06 - P er B anon » P* 0 d** l y° u g® l better than 4M) miles per gallon in a m \ h : Figures compiled and vouched by . / . '' ' % ; Average Speed 31.1 m.p.h. ■"''f * Mr. Reg. Tappenden of Tappenden Motors Ltd., Auckland (driver) and Mr. G. W. J Ferens (Observer) photographed with the Vauxhall Ten on arrival at Wellington. J JUsoriatum, ©logo \ jKZr .a®* 0 * Z -?x=s~ ssrr" tO . \ I®F% j Msflars. Tappenden Ifetor# Ltd», I k m j/JW .=f \w> M e«s* c> ~ \ ( M jjf 1 have pleasure In giving to you the following Information \ I „vta °* Vatt* b \ ■ personally compiled from records kept by me as observer during a tect run of 1 J / rfco** *YH>T 1 1 a Vauxhall 10 h. p. Saloon, from Auckland to Wellington, held on ths 16th day 1 , ftflV - t\ 1 , of *«..». 1938. \ J I ftet© . tt tea* vtl % a u^ a " \ TF-SraTFTION 1 OP Vauxhall i 0 h.p. 4 door, four p&saeuger Saloon; Chl.Ha No. 10171; EoglM Ho. 11787-. itogi.tered No. U9-SS9; WelgM QUTlod 1 J OJJ" / .„f CO» a „oV ' „ O eA 4 . 1 (Driver, Observer'and luggage) 361 lba.j Weight (including Pstrol, ftlver # . I / |A\Vt* \ « „ rt A 8" nVC^C 1 . I\V 1 Obteror «nd Iw) MK lb.. \ J tV\» V . * . t«°x ftt . \ ' I ROOTH: Tha routo folloned ni ftoo tekHnd to *«llingtoo vl» Hamilton, \ / tail* ■* a „et^ oft fteat \ i \ / // faC L ai« cV io V 1 \ BISBIff W IESTI BISIAKS CO7EFED: 4«5 aU.» . • \ / \f . _»rtl . „«0 9 f V 1 AICOMt 0? FEIKOL USED: 10 gallon.. •li pint.. 1 J |j gtO l ' 0» 1 FEIML OOJEUUPnONi 43.76 miles pfr gUlon. I |^>t ftft ttlltSll „ net 6 , laltf®°J 1 OIL USED: i Pint. ' \ / Aj'U"*' u \\ „,iVe 3 t ~V\o\e ' i\ .jlfiS 1 ACTUAL HCIKEC THE: 14 hcurn 56 mills. \ /. ~ jtlllS" )» , t \.g Vi® , OW 1 ofll fW 1 ' 1 trau SHSDI Sl.l »UM s«r tour. I [ H# *" . U „,pA lu , «t«eO ® ' 08" 1 » \ / u cO I '® «nA w . ' 1 HEATHFH CONDITIONS! «th tti« Btcptlon of tho he.»y »ln« «noounta«d \[ » » . . w • r>A ftftl l I ki.tw.en Uokau and StMtford th. we.tlier was fin. with bo«d wini. in plaoM \ i l>7 (Ittt® • Si ,1 ■ e.p«l«lly on tb« tetlo-irelllnston run. Bo&d «jrk» rtloh »e being <mitl«4 I? * . j , • , ' aa\> » '■ v out en rout. Moe.slt.ted frequent lo.a of tine, ind itoppiJig of 111. oar for y « If . • ~ - n£f & 1 I . ~S c d * 06 *4\V- \ TSRKamiCS OP CAHi Second gear was engaged on two hills only, th« ftrat being _/ t tftP, A-^ # • 1 f 26 miles «outh of Te KUiti and the second the Riekakariki. No mechanical 1 0| F .. • * • ,lpS 1 fault or puncture vaa encountered# The road holding capabilities and oac&fort \ • * r \ of tbo oar »exe surprising. 1 £&* • * „,vS 5" «, 1 - "rrro"- \ .• • • a"° " o,ir \ "••• \ M** ' ' no*** 1 \ , UMutlm Sport. Conoltte. \ U* jm#"" , -j/jf <*" \ «t Ib» Jttton»bfl*rfi«Ml»tloo Otago Xooorparatai. I ..ItlflV A » * rtlnl) 0 1 ENGLAND'S - MOST MODERN LIGHT CAR MM 18% \ __ w MMM b ::i i vaixhalliß THE WORLD'S MOST ECONOMICAL TEX VH. I la. 108 , v : : WRIGHT, STEPHENSON & Co., Ltd. 4Jf '* PHONE 55-126 97-99 TARANAKI STREET PHONE 55-126 ' x -'• _ 5- ■■ ; - . ■• ' . T^ fy '" * s ■ . ;