The accident airplane and two other airplanes departed on the first leg of a long cross-country flight which was uneventful. Fuel was not purchased at the first stop by any of the three airplanes. The flight of three departed, and the other two airplanes landed at the planned airport for a fuel stop. The accident airplane experienced fuel exhaustion north of the destination airport and the pilot intentionally stalled the airplane into a clearing. The airplane landed left wing low which caused the left main and nose landing gears to collapse. The right fuel tank did not contain any fuel. The left fuel tank contained about 2 quarts of fuel. The gascolator contained about 1 ounce of fuel. The carburetor bowl did not contain any fuel. The pilot did perform fuel consumption calculations for the flight but did not lean the fuel/air ratio during cruise flight. According to the pilot's operating handbook, the fuel flow during cruise flight is determined with the recommended lean mixture setting. An EGT indicator was installed and according to the pilot's operating handbook, is used as an aid for mixture leaning during cruise flight at 75 percent power or less.