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{ Ralph De Palma i The Mt. Wilson Climb The peak of Mt. Wilgon, near Los Angeles, California, is 5886 feet above sea level. The elevation at the Toll Gate at the mountain's base -is 1250, making _a net climb of 4636 feet from the Toll Gate to the famous Government Mt. Wilson aN A observatory at the top. AN at pa The distance by road is 9% miles, and there are 144 sharp N dll! A curves and dangerous turns. The approximate average grade is 10%. Maximum grade is 16%. Best previous stock car record--27 minutes, 51.66 seconds. Best previous non-stock car record--26 minutes, 56 seconds. Chrysler Six strictly stock car record--25 minutes, 48.85 seconds. Prize--Los Angeles Express Trophy. Observers and timers--4 Los Angeles newspaper men. Driver--Ralph De Palma. Date--Wednesday, July 16, 1924. Road conditions--Bad, due to dry season and heavy travel. NS == w= ¢ \ SS AN : 05 :# NW W, ~ wh Tey SA P/N FEV CAL "ZA NONE 2 J Wr Zz RELIN gE N <5 Sy ol) R Eh >-N ~c » - ~ I Zl Non W NEN NS AO = hi & HIN \ ye AY TR N= ¥A\\ 7 1 O The Chrysler Six, strictly stock car, record NEP. on the famous Mt. Wilson climb is an amazing feat of power and speed on a steep and dangerous road. Yet all who saw Ralph De Palma beat all former Mt. Wilson records by 2 minutes, 2.81 seconds in a stock Chrysler Tour- ing car say the phenomenal Chrysler abilities were not taxed. Think of it! In 253% minutes a stock Chrysler Six climbed approximately 6 times the height of New York's famous Woolworth Tower, over 9% miles of narrow, twisting road--and did it with ease! Three features made the Chrysler achieve- ment easy. One was the tremendous : surge of power that literally swept the Chrysler up those heart-breaking grades. A second was the gripping hold of the four-wheel hydraulic brakes when the EC Ce 12 f= EL. 1250 FT. Po re C2 te wg - as. / A > MT. WILSON zz So START TOLL HOUSE 1015-17 Davis Street Branch of Main Store at Michigan Ave. and 25th St. Mt Wilson cw Record b "Sg >Beats Record ----- =z "Za, ysler Six Reo phy Moss LL 'Two Minutes Chrysler took the curves. The third was the perfectly balanced des sign, the low center of gravity resulting from the supremacy of Chrysler engi- neering. No swaying, sliding or skidding on the turns; just in and out and gone like a flash. The tires seemed to cling to the road like a flanged wheel to a steel rail, De Palma says it wasn't hard to break the Mt. Wilson record--with a Chrysler. Sixty-eight horse-power in a compact-- low swung--easily handled car. Riding ease and stability to match such power. Brakes to curb it to safety. Cooling to stand the test of nearly ten miles of full-throttle pulling. Ask us to show you the marvelous things the Chrysler Six will do. A Chrysler Six demonstration will change all of yous former ideas of supreme performance, Evanston Motor Sales Telephone University 2277