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King Country Chronicle, Volume XXX, Issue 4833, 14 April 1936, Page 3

in FORD Ws in 18 months m &M m wzmm mm «>> m ma m. mm ■msi ;*&.<*■ m m. ><..*..........,.'.. »//,- m m m ■mi. ■sm :-:.;W: s Ism? >mm mmmActual Facts tell the Story of FORD VS Economy e long life f AVera *« 19.3 9 i Stops anw '•' an^ t ar t Sper m -; two N °ofl/sever added b ■-^isaaar"" &***£. in spite of terrific ln Repairs are ver Cars will be in good condition at 100,000 miles v Checker Cab Company, Hamilton. 29th February,l93«, The Manager, Armstrong Motors Limited, Ford Dealers, Hamilton. ' Half a Million Miles In Ford VB's In 18 Months: You will be pleased to know that our fleet of 12 Ford V 8 Sedans has covered over half a million miles In the past 18 months.- 510,000 miles and we have never seen the Inside of a V 8 Differential, gear box- or clutch, nor have eight of these cars had the heads off at any time". Two or them have done over 70,000 and one has been rebored. We expect the fleet to ' cover hair a million miles annually. The VB's have.provf ; economical In petrol, oil. tyres and repairs* here are the particulars. ' Petrol ConsumptlonTVrhe average of all cars works out at 19.39 miles per gallon. We reckon this a wonderful performance more - - —— especially as the cars average two stops and starts fop every mile they run. i 011 is regularly changed every 1,000 miles and no oil ' Is ever added between changes. These give upwards of 30,000 miles and we have cases of ) tyres reaching 40,000 miles without punctures and without ever being removed from the rims or wheels changed' round. We put this long mileage down to the Ford ' springing system with Its low unsprung weight. Apart from ordinary maintenance, greasing, adjustments, punctures, etc., repair expenses have been very light In spite of the terrific hammering these cars get in the cab business. We are now satisfied that inr"° cars will be in good condition and giving good service a**TOO,OOO mileSjvand we do not Intend to replace them with new VB's untllfthe 100,000 mllejflgure Is passed by each car. You are quite at liberty to use our experience If you so desire as theseare Tacts only which we can substantiate from carefully kept records. Yours sincerely, RIETOR. TE KUITI RtoTORS LTD fV«wt23l

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The sad-looking man leaned over the banisters and caught the visitor just in time to prevent her fallingdown a hole in the staircase. "I wonder," said the visitor indignantly, "the landlord doesn't do something to repair this wretched build- " Well," said the tenant, "he was going to do something about it until he went on a tour of Naples and saw the ruins of Pompeii. Now he thinks this isn't too bad."