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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1917
Page
28
A. D. Chapin lauds the Hudson Super Six as a pivotal advance in motor design. The model, announced a year ago, has shattered stock car speed and endurance records under AAA supervision and helped Hudson double its business to over 25,000 units in eleven months.
The Hudson Motor Car Company presents the 1916 achievements of the Hudson super-six. The car endured a 24 hour test with Ralph Mulford at the wheel, beating the previous record by 52 percent and continuing to perform in peak condition. It then set a continental round trip record, finishing in 10 days 21 hours and surpassing the best one way by 213 days. Local owners also set top speed and hill climbing marks, signaling strong promise for 1917.
Gidon Meyer led a crew to grub the Medina Dam toll road right of way as W H Bill Furlong Jr recalls three years of pushing the project. Furlong, then secretary of the Automotive Club, spurred interest which drew donations from Furlong Roberts Arnold Hildergrand and Walton for a survey that lined a route now under construction. The road may be finished by June 15 at a cost of 41800.
Miss Helen Van, the citys only woman chauffeur, drives a Studebaker service car in San Antonio. A Californian by origin she recalls a long cross country journey with a party from San Francisco to New York, notes the Studebaker as ideal for service work and reports no accidents in her year of driving.
W. O. Allen general manager of the Allen Motor Company notes that closed cars, while produced by nearly all makers, constitute only a small percentage of total car production. He adds that consumers can still find options in the market.
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