In July 1932, racing driver [[Eddie Pullen]] and his team demonstrated the endurance of the newly developed Ford V-8 engine, by driving a Ford V-8 {{convert|33 thousand miles,301|mi|km}} in 33 days, in the Mojave desert. The average speed was {{convert|42|mph|km/h}} over ancourse of {{convert|82|mi|km}} course covering various terrain. Fuel consumption was{{convert|19.64|miles/gal|km/liter}}<ref>{{cite news |title=FORD V-8 SHOWS ENDURANCE IN GRUELING TEST |work=Healdsburg Tribune, Enterprise and Scimitar |date=July 28, 1932 |volume=LV |number=5 |url=https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=HTES19320728.2.48&e=-------en--20--1--txt-txIN--------1 |accessdate=February 5, 2022}}</ref>
