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THE CHINA MAIL,
THURSDAY, JUNE 7, 1928.
Of INTEREST
KOL
B.S.A.
POWER with SILENCE SPEED with SAFETY
In the Stock Machine Trial for standard machines selected from stock by A.C.U. officials B.S.A.'a won
4 GOLD MEDALS and TEAM PRIZE
DUNLOP
TROPHY
Premier Award in the M.C. and A.C. Dualop Trophy Trial won on B.S.A. 4.93 h.p. O.H.V. (W. Johnson), Also won on B.S.A. in 1926.
B.S.A's won the
COLMORE CUP
2 years out of 3-In 1926 and 1928
1. In the Victory Cup Trial
B.S.A's won
Frank Hallam Cup Watsonian Team Prize For and year in succession
16 GOLD MEDALS
In the Paris-Nice Trial B S.A.'s won
TEAM PRIZE
for 5th year in succession and 3 GOLD MEDALS.
In the recent A.A. Silence Test, every one of the 15 models in the B.A. range (including 2 O.H.V. specially tuned models) was tested by A.A. engineers and awarded the A.A. Silencing Efficiency Certificate.
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THE SINCERE CO., LTD.
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BUYERS'
GUIDE
MOTOR CARS.
ARMSTRONG SIDDELEY.-Hongkong Hotel Garage, Queen's
Rond. C.4769.
BUICK-The Dragon Motor Car Co., Ltd., 33 Wong Nel Chung
Road, Happy Valley. C.1247.
CADILLAC-Hongkong Hotel Garage, Queen's Road. C.4759, CHEVROLET.-Hongkong Hotel Garage, Queen's Road. C.4759. CHRYSLER-A. Lang & Co., 19, Queen's Road, C. Tel. C. 1219. MORRIS-Hongkong Hotel Garage, Queen's Road. C.4759, OAKLAND.-A. Lung & Co., 19, Queen's Rd., C. Tel. C.1219. OLDSMOBILE.-The Dragon Motor Car Co., Ltd., 33 Wong Nel
Chung Road, Happy Valley. C.1247.
PACKARD The Dragon Motor Car Co., Ltd., 3% Wong Nei Chung
Road, Happy Valley. C.1247. PONTIACA. Lung & Co., 19, Queen's Road, C. Tel. C. 1219. ROLLS-ROYCE.-Hongkong Hotel Garage, Queen's Road. C.4759. SINGER-Gilman & Co., da, Des Voeux Road Central. STUDEBAKER-Hongkong Hotel Garage, Queen's Rond. C.4759. WHIPPET-Gilman & Co., 4a, Des Voeux Rd., C. WILLYS-KNIGHT-Gilman & Co., 4a, Des Vaux Road Contral.
MOTOR TRUCKS AND TRACTORS. CHEVROLET.-Hongkong Hutel Garage, Queen's Road. C.4759. G.M.C.-The Dragon Motor Car Co., Ltd., 33 Wong Nel Chung Road,
Happy Valley. C.1247.
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GUY.-A. Lung & Co., 19, Queen's Rd., C. Tel. C. 1219, MORRIS Hongkong Hotel Garage, Queen's Rond. C.4759. STUDEBAKER.-Hongkong Hotel Garage, Queen's Road. C.4759.
MOTOR CYCLES.
B. S. A.The Sincere Co., Ltd., Des Voeux Road. C.1067. ROYAL ENFIELD.-The Dragon Motor Car Co., Ltd., 89, Wang Nei
Chung Road, Happy Valley. C.1247.
TYRES AND ACCESSORIES. ACCESSORIES.-Hong Kong Hotel Garage, Queen's Road. C.4769. ACCESSORIES.-The Duro Motor Co., Nathan Road, Kowloon. K.226. AUTO-TOTAL FIRE EXTINGUISHERS,-Keller, Kern & Co., Ltd.
16-19, Connaught Road, Central. COLUMBIA BATTERIES-The Dragon Motor Car Co., Ltd., 88,
Wang Not Chung Road. Happy Valley. C.1247. FIRESTONE TYRES.-The Dragon Motor Car Co., Ltd., 39, Wong
Nei Chung Road, Happy Valley, C.1247
·MILLER ACCESSORIES.—A. Lung & Co., 19, Queen's Rd., C.
Tel. C.1219.
MILLER TYRES-A. Lung & Co., 19, Queen's Rd., C. Tel. C.1219. PRESTOLITE BATTERIES-Hongkong. Hotel Garage, Queen's
Road. C47597
NEW LIGHT SIX.
PATO MOTORISOSAS
features usually associated only
with the higher priced cars. The motor has a bore 3% inches and
LOWEST PRICED CAR IN THIS atroke of 3% and develops 43
FIELD.
SETS NEW STANDARDS.
horsepower. The use of aluminium alloy pistons with an invar stcel strut prevents piston distortion and gives greater power, efficiency and smoothness. The use of long The Willys-Overland Company connecting rods, 9% inches, adds for Toledo, Ohio, (U.S.A.), have, to the smoothness of operation by just made announcement which greatly reducing side thrust at
high motor speeds.
Ar may prove to be as significant inj
outstanding mechanical its influence on the market for feature of the Whippet Six is the light, six cylinder cars as was employment of a 7-bearing crank- the dramatic price development shaft, marking the establishment of a new standard quality among in the light four-cylinder field low priced sixes. Mr. Willys de- earlier in the current year. They clares that the use of 7-bearing have announced a new ear, the crankshaft in every type of six- cylinder car will probably become "Whippet Six," at a price range general within the next two which makes it the lowest priced years.
six cylinder car ever offered. | The diameter of the Whippet At the announced prices, the Six crankshaft is 24 inches and Whippet Six Coach is $50 below the bearings are full bond, bronze backed babbitt. The centre bear- the nearest six-cylinder car now ing nets as the thrust bearing. The crankshaft is drilled to fur- on the market.
This new car, unlike any other nish direct oil leads to the main
and connecting rod bearings. { six within $150 of its price, is There are also direct leads to the equipped with a 7-bearing crank-camshaft bearings and to the
Other
shaft, setting a new trend among silent timing chain bearings.
The camshaft, too, is unusually large in diameter. It has four light six-cylinder cars. important mechanical features in-bearings and is driven by a silent clude full pressure oiling system, chain, which is an advanced fea- extra long connecting rods, invar-ture of construction, adding to the strut pistons, silent timing chain, quiet operation of the power
plant.
The lubrication system is full and a single piece, pressed steel,
pressure type, regulated to pre- banjo-type rear axle.
at high Mr. John N. Willys, President vent over-lubrication
speeds. The oil pump is driven of the company, states that the by a spiral gear on the camshaft. Whippet Six has been in prepara-The spark is retarded for starting tion for the past year and that it by means of a control located on has undergone the most exhaus-the instrument board. After the motor has started this control is tive tests ever made on any new pushed back and control of the model put out by Willys-Overland.jspark is automatic accomplish- "For months we have had 150 ex-led by a centrifugal governor! perimental Whippet Sixes in located in the distributor.
A single plate, dry disc clutch operation in all parts of the is used, the clutch housing and United States," said Mr. Willys, transmission case being integral. the conven- "subjecting them to every known Transmission is of
tional type, with three forward severe test in a determined effort speeds and one reverse.
to make this car mechanically | The drive shaft is a scamless perfect before we offered it to the steel tube, designed to eliminate whipping. There are two univer- buying public."
"After the Whippet Six had a joints in the drive line. The oversize rear axle is semi-floating been declared mechanically cor- in construction, with one-piece rect, we put it through a gruell- banjo-type housing of pressed ing 24-hour rua on the Indiana-steel. Timken bearings are used in the differential. The drive is polis Speedway, where it set through the springs, utilising the new record for cars under $1,000. accepted Hotchkiss principle of The Whippet Six travelled final drive transmission. 1,357 miles in 1,440 minutes, The steering gear is worm and including stops, averaging 56.52 gear type, with steering knuckles miles an hour. It has shown out-carried on Timken thrust bearings standing ability to climb steep'and vertical bronze bushings. grades in high gear. During a The steering mechanism is espe- special 50-mile run, it averaged cially designed for use with four- 63 miles an hour. In second gear, wheel brakes and balloon tyres. it averaged 35.73 miles an hour The steering post is adjustable, for 150 miles.
being easily secured in any of "Each of these tests was off-three desired positions to suit the cially observed by the Hoosier driver's comfort. Motor Club of Indianapolis, a Artillery type wheels are used, branch of the American Auto-with wood spokes and felloes. mobile Association."
OLDSMOBILE
THE DRAGON MOTOR CAR CO., LTD. cordially invites you
Experience in the motor car business has proved, time after time, that the ultimate success of an organization selling automobiles depends upon the goodness of their car.
On this score, we believe ourselves fortunate in represent- The huge resources of General ing the "Oldsmobile Six." Motors have been successfully co-ordinated to produce a car bailt so well and priced so honestly, that it represents the greatest Oldsmobile value ever offered.
It is a car that will stand on its own intrinsic merits, and will win thousands of new admirers and friends. Regardless of your automobile requirements or interests, you are cordially invited to inspect a truly worthy General Motors' product, on view at our salesroom.
£7,000 BET.
THE DRAGON MOTOR CAR CO., LTD.
Telephone Central 1246 Telephone Central 3500
33 Wong Nei Chung Road 33 Des Vœux Road Central,
IT IS A GENERAL MOTORS CAR.
AMERICA CHALLENGES
EUROPE.
BRITAIN. DECIDES.
Great Britain, the United The tyres are 28 x 4.75 inches, States, Italy and France are ali concerned in an exciting motor The wheelbase of this new car fall balloon type. is 110 inches, and full balloon High quality is shown in all car race for £7,000 which has just tyres are standard equipment on material specifications, the use of been run on the Indianapolis all models,
Timken bearings, molybdenum track of America.
The contest was the result of a Equipment includes automobile steel, in the drive shaft, chrome windshield wiper on enclosed vanadium steel in all springs and statement made by Mr. MosCOVICE, models, rear view mirror, dome invar-strut pistons, being indica-a United States motor manufac light in the sedan and coach, com- tive of the careful attention given turer, that an American car could beat any European car which M. bination stop light and tail light, this phase of the work. fuel tank at rear with vacuum With the prices on the Whippet Weymann, of Paris, liked to feed, motor driven horn, front Six lower than for any other six, bring across.
M. Weymann therefore select- snubbers, 80-mile speedometer, and with the. Whippet Four pre-
an Italian car, equipped it! and the usual instrument board!senting one model at
a lower ed Jindicators.
price than that offered on any with. British tyres, and left There are 861⁄4 inches of other car
of its type, Willys-France for the United States springs on either side of the car, Overland steps into price leader-where a thrilling 24-hour race the springs being semi-elliptic in ship in the two mass volume was run. ¡type, with seven leaves. Tryon groups of cars, with distinctive As it happened, the tyres were spring shackles are used, these models characterised by quality the decisive factor. The Ameri can car started off at a great pace, shackles being self lubricating and beauty. and self-adjusting..
Production of the Whippet Six but its chances were soon hope- Braking equipment utilises the has been in progress for several less, for, during the 293 laps it mechanical type of four-wheel weeks and dealers now have de- completed, 20 tyres were used, brakes, with 220 square inches of monstrating models, while fur- while the Italian car, which com- braking surface. The service ther shipments for prompt de pleted 548 laps, only had to brake operates on all four wheels, livery to customers are well under change its Dunlops once. Indeed, while the hand brake operates on way. Production plans for the so much time was wasted by the Whippet Six call for the largest American in taking off worn Bodies for the new Whippet Six output ever reached by Willys-tyres and putting on new that at will be built in a new unit of the Overland in the six-cylinder field, the foish it was actually 600 Willys-Overland factory, which which, was made necessary by ad- miles behind its European rival. will permit marked saving in body vance dealer orders and estim- costs. The new car is low in de-ates.
the rear wheels.
"FIRESTONE-SUCCESS.
sign, with the hood long and nar- Sales of the Whippet Four have row, emphasising the length of far exceeded any previous volume the car. Enclosed bodies are fit in the history of the company, ted with cadet type sun visor. and production in this group is The following cable has just Remote door controls are used, in now at the rate of 1,100 per day. been received by the Dragon accordance with the modern note Mr. Willys states that general Motor Car Company, Ltd., local in body design, and the dash con- sales figures for the first three agents for the Firestone Tyre and struction is extended under the months of this year clearly in-Rubber Company of Akron, Ohio:
"Indianapolis Race, 500 Miles hood to furnish extra leg roomdicate a strong trend toward the
for the occupants of the front lower priced fours and sixes. 30th, Maywon-by-Lou seat.
Coupled with the heavy demand Meyer in Miller. Special In the design of the power plant for the Whippet Four, the new average speed 99 decimal 48 and construction of the chassis, Whippet Six therefore becomes-miles per hour-stop-winner Mr. Willys says that they have an important part of the Willys-and-first 12-to-finish endeavoured to incorporate all the Overland programme.
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