History, Ford A, Testdrive through the alps, September 1928

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Hello friends
I am living in Switzerland and own a Ford Phaeton 1930.
Last week I found in an old newspaper from 1928 a very interesting ad.
According to this ad (see picture attached) Ford tested its new Model A in a 6 day run through the Swiss Alps (detailed route plan at the end of my mail).
They startet in Zurich 20th Sept. 1928, 11am and the motor was the next 147 hours running and never switched off. The motor hood was sealed and this seal was checked 51 times by officials. The model A mastered this most difficult mountain tour in Europe without any repairs. It was a

I did not found any information on this testtour in the internet, but I know that Ford published a prospectus in America about this tour.

Does anyone of you have more information?

Best regards
eric


Details of the Ford Tour.
Values in brackets indicate the high of the passes.

Zürich (410 m), Luzern (439 m), Brünig (1005 m), Meiringen (598 m), Grimselpass (2176m), Gletsch (1764 m), Furkapass (2431 m), Hospenthal (1463 m), St. Gotthard Hospiz (2112 m), Airolo (1145 m), Locarno (205 m), Bellinzona (244 m), Lugano (277 m), Chiasso (235 m), Lugano (277 m), Monte Ceneri (553 m), Locarno (205 m), Brissago, schweizerische Grenze (202 m), Bellinzona (244 m), St. Bernhardin Hospiz (2063 m),Thusis (701 m), Davos Dorf (1574 m), Klosters (1210 m), Davos Dorf (1574 m), Flüelapass (2369 m), Süs (1429 m), Silvaplana (1816 m), Julierpass (2287 m), Chur (599 m), Rheineck (402 m), St. Gallen (673 m), Rorschach (402 m), Arbon (402 m), St. Gallen (673 m),Schaffhausen (400 m), Winterthur (450 m), Zürich (410 m), Basel (283 m), La Chaux-de-Fonds (1000 m), Sagnettepass (1125 m), Fleurier (748 m), Bullet-Pass (1153 m), Yverdon (438 m), Lausanne (519 m), Genf (394 m), Lausanne (519 m), Aigle (420 m), Pillon-Pass(1550 m), Bern (540 m), via Burgdorf—Solothurn (434 m), Biel (440 m), Bern (540 m),Solothurn (434 m), Aarau (386 m), Luzern (439 m), Altdorf (550 m), Klausenpass (1952 m),Glarus (480 m), Rapperswil (420 m), Zürich (410 m), via Bülach—Schaffhausen (400 m),Frauenfeld (421 m), Winterthur (450 m), Zürich (410 m).[/I]