FREAK CAR.
SOMERSAULT TEST MADE. LONDON, July 20. “I think I had better drive in it,” said the Secretary for the Dominions (Mr Amery) after seeing a 20-60 horsepower motor car take a double somersault dowh a steep bank at the Luton (Beds) motor works during what was designed to be a severe test to demonstrate the suitability of the car for overseas conditions. The chauffeur started the engine at the foot of a densely grassed and shrubbed hill. It moved through the grass, bumped over obstacles, and jumped tho first embankment. The chauffeur left the car at the edge of the second embankment, down which mechanics tipped the vehicle. It landed on its own wheels, after the double-somersault, breaking the windscreen, wrecking the footboard and damaging the mudguards. The car was otherwise unscathed.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLVIII, Issue 205, 28 July 1928, Page 3
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