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in the early
days of the industry, of the two-cycle engine itself; and a little
later on, the elimination of all valves.
If this
statement in turn seems a trifle strong, we again believe that any
doubts which you may have on the subject will be removed if you
follow us for a few paragraphs further in the development of our
argument.
To start
with, our system of ignition does away with all timer troubles.
If you have ever operated a car a dozen such troubles will immediately
suggest themselves to your mind, and a dozen instances will recall
themselves in which you have been the victim of such troubles.
With our
system, for instance, there can be no burning and fouling of contacts
- an evil which is universally prevalent in all existing systems
of ignition.With the new Elmore system you absolutely do away with
all the troubles of vibrator, spark-coils, and that nightmare of
all automobilists, the constant renewing or recharging of batteries.
The Elmore
system of ignition gives one hot spark of the full intensity of
the magneto, with none of the latter's liability of getting out
of order.
To put it
in as plain English as possible, there is absolutely nothing about
the Elmore system of ignition to get out of order; and the owner
can have the positive assurance, based on long and exhaustive trials,
that ignition trouble of any sort is practically impossible.
So thorough
and so wonderful is the efficiency of this system that it has been
repeatedly shown that Elmore cars can be operated on cells which
have been discarded as useless - draining the cells as low as one
ampere. The high efficiency of this system, the low consumption
of current, and the absolute draining of all the dry cells, naturally
results in an extraordinary mileage showing - a showing so remarkable
that we almost hesitate to cite you any facts or figures in that
connection.
Merely as
a hint of the marvelous results which have been secured with this
system, we will say, however, that it is safe to assume that the
Elmore four-cylinder car, on six ordinary six-inch dry cells,
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will travel
1,500 miles. As a matter of fact, we have actually run cars on six
such dry cells over 2,000 miles.
We realize
in quoting you these figures that the results are so stupendous
that it is hard for the user of the old and soon-to-be obsolete
system to realize that we are not exaggerating a particle.
If you are
inclined to be skeptical, we will only remind you that we would
scarcely dare to hold out the probability of such results unless
we had fully satisfied ourselves by exhaustive tests that we were
safe in doing so.
One of the
most delightful features of this new system is that the owner of
the car can absolutely dismiss from his mind the possibility of
all troubles arising from the timer, vibrator-coils and inefficient
batteries.
Every man
who has ever gone on an extended tour knows that before he started
several worrisome thoughts were uppermost in his mind. First of
all, he wondered whether his timer were making a proper contact;
then he wondered whether his vibrator-coils were in proper adjustment;
and lastly he worried most of all as to whether his batteries were
fully charged.
And granting
that he found upon investigation that all of these details were
"right," he was still disturbed with the thought of the
short time they would stay "right."
We say to
you positively that all of these disquieting thoughts are done away
with by the new Elmore system.
If again
this seems all too good to be true, let us remind you that a portion
of the public were equally skeptical when we told them years ago
about the extraordinary advantages of the two-cycle engine. Let
us remind you also that in that development we were years ahead
of the market - and let us repeat that this ignition improvement
of ours is second in importance only to the two-cycle engine itself
and the elimination of valves.
The improvements
in the 1908 model do not stop with this wonderful ignition system.
Refining influences manifest themselves in every part of the car
- every refinement suggested by years of hard work devoted to the
perfection of one model.
