THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1928,
THE CHINA MAIL,
11
ANTHE MOTORISTS PAGE [?//►
POWER and SPEED
with SILENCE,
SAFETY and ECONOMY. THAT'S
B. S. A. MOTOR CYCLES
THE MOST RELIABLE OF ALL MÁCHINES.
COME & SEE THE MODELS IN STOCK.
THE SINCERE CO., LTD.
SOLE. AGENTS.
SUCCESS FOLLOWS SUCCESS! MONET-GOYON CHAMPION OF FRANCE (Tourist) 1928
FRENCH CUP.
Machines up to 250 cc.
1st HOMMAIRE, on Monet-Goyon.
CHAMPIONSHIP OF FRANCE.
Won four years in succession,
1924, 1925, 1926 and 1927
on Monet-Goyon Machines.
The Latest 1929 Models are due per
S.S. "CITY OF MOBILE " and-
S.S. "CITY OF PERTH."
For Particulars:
THE FRENCH MOTOR CYCLE CO.
46, Nathan Road, Kowloon;
BUYERS' GUIDE
MOTOR CARS.
ARMSTRONG SIDDELEY-Hongkong Hotel Curage,
Road, C.4759.
Quren's
BUICK-The Dragon Motor Car Co., Ltd., 33 Wong Nei Chung
Road, Happy Valley. C.1247.
CADILLAC.-Hengkong Hotel Garage, Queen's Road. C.4753. CHEVROLET.-Hougkong Hotel Gurage, Queen's Road. C.4759. CHRYSLER.-A. Lung & Co., 19, Queen's Road, C. Tel. C, 1219. HANOMAG-Wai On Tseung, Ltd., 243 Des Voeux Road. C.
Tel. C. 711.
MORRIS-Hongkong Hotel Garage, Queen's Road. C.4759. OAKLAND.-Lane, Crawford, Ltd.
OLDSMOBILE. The Dragon Motor Car Co., Ltd., 38. Wong Nei
Chung Road, Happy Valley, C.1247.
PACKARD.--The Dragon Motor Car Co., Ltd., 33 Wong Nel Chung.
Road, Happy Valley. C.1247.
PONTIAC.-Lane, Crawford, Ltd.
ROLLS-ROYCE-Hongkong Hotel Gurage, Queen's Road.. 0.4759, SINGER-Gilman & Co., da, Des Vœux Road Central. STUDEBAKER-Hongkong Hotel Garage, Queen's Road. C.4759. VAUXHALL.-Lane, Crawford, Lt,
WHIPPET.-Gilman & Co., da, Des Voeux Rd., C. WILLYS-KNIGHT.-Gilman & Co., 4u, Des Voeux Road Central.
MOTOR TRUCKS AND TRACTORS. BROCKWAY MOTOR TRUCKS.The Asiatic American Co., Tel.
C. 244,
CHEVROLET.-Hongkong Hotel Garage; Queen's Road. C.4759. FEDERAL TRUCKS.-Kin Cheong Hong, 37, Connaught Road C.
Tel. C. 6.
G.M.C.-The Dragón Motor Cur Co., Ltd., 33 Wong No! Chùng Road,
Happy Valley, C.1247
GUY.-A. Lang & Co., 19, Queen's Rd., C. Tel. C. 1219. MORRIS.—Hongkong Helel Garage, Queen's Road. C4759. STUDEBAKER,—Hongkong Ilotel Gurage, Queen's Road, C4759. WILLYS KNIGHT TRUCKS.-Gilman & Co., Ltd., Des Voeux Rd. C. MOTOR CYCLES.
B. S. A The Sincere Co., Ltd.. Des Voeux Road. C.1007." NEW HUDSON-A, Läng & Co., 19, Queen's Road C. Tel. C.
1219. RALEIGH.-A. Lung & Co., 19, Queen's Road, C. Tel. C. 1219. ROYAL ENFIELD.-A Lung & Co., 19, Queen's Road C.. Tél, C
1210,
TYRES AND ACCESSORIES. ACCESSORIES-Hong Kong Hotel Garage, Queen's Road. C.4759. ACCESSORIES.-The Duro Motor Co., Nathan Road, Kowloon, K.228. AUTO-TOTAL FIRE EXTINGUISHERS.-Keller, Korn & Co. Ltd.,:
16-19, Connaught Road, Central.
COLUMBIA BATTERIES The Dragon Metor Car Co., Ltd., 33,
Wong Nei Chung Rond, Happy Valley C.1247. FIRESTONE TYRES-The Dragon Motor Car Co. Ltd., 33, Wong
Nei Chung Road, Happy Valley, C.1247. MILLER ACCESSORIES A. Lung & Co., 19, Queen's Na, C.
3. Tel. 0:1219. S
MILLER TYRESA. Lung & Co., 19, Queen's. Rd., C. Tal.-G.1219. PRESTOLITE BATTERIES-Hongkong Hotel Garage, Queen's
Road. C.475976
MANY RECORDS
30,000 MILES IN LESS THAN
ا.
30,000 MINUTES
THOROUGH. TESTS.
DEPENDABILITY
BOON TO LONG-DISTANCE
TOURING
|
THE OAKLAND CO.
The sensational performance of The mechanical reliability of four strictly stock Studebaker present day automobile is an im- President Eight automobiles' in portant factor in the growing travelling 30,000 miles in less popularity of long distance tour- than 30,000 minutes, is a tribute |ing.
to the genius of Studebaker's en- Not many years ago, the motor- gineering staff, according to the fat seldom dared to venture far manager of the Hong Kong Hotel from town. If he did, he could Garage, local Studebaker-Erskine be reasonably sure - of spending | distributor.
the night in a farm houses
"Studebaker has broken ́80 But times have changed. The many records for endurance and motor car no longer is a mechani- speed in the past year that. It is calquestion mark. It has gained difficult to keep track of them all," in speed, comfort and above all in he said. "It started about a year reliability. A thousand mile tour and a half ago when the Studc offers no greater mechanical baker Commander travelled 5,000 hazard than an drive around the miles in 4,909 minutes. Then block. This, of course, is due to came the famous 25,000 mile run the untiring efforts of automotive by The Commander in which the engineers. Eternally seeking that average speed. was over 65 miles elusive "something better, they lan hour for the entire distance. have engineered the uncertainty
But the performance of the quar-out of the automobile, tette of President Eights in tra- velling 30,000 miles at 64 to 68
No small part of this work has miles per hour is the greatest en been done by the engineers of the gineering achievement in the his- Oakland Motor Car Company. tory of automobiles. To-day, Working in conjunction with the Studebaker holds a total of 114 General Motors engineers, they official American records
all have pioneered countless improve- made by strictly stock cars under ments which enable the tourist to the supervision of the American start out, confident in the know- Association.
ledge that he will return intact
Bat
Reasons for Halts
"No car could do what the Pre-and under his own power. sident Eight has done unless it For instance, if the reader re was properly designed, unless its calls the early days of mountain materials were thoroughly tested, touring, he will remember at least inless it was built with split-hair two reasons for frequent roadside precision and thoroughly tested halts-the boiling radiator and and inspected before it was re-the difficulty in feeding his en- leased from the factory.
gine sufficient gasoline on a long up-grade pull
"Studebaker maintains its own private research and experimen-
To-day, in his Oakland or Pon- tal laboratories. Here a large tiac Six, he negotiates these corps of skilled technicians make same grades with case.
The countless laboratory tests, every cross-flow radiator, exclusive fea year. Studebaker keeps 700 in- ture of the Oakland and Pontiac. spectors on the job and these men is so designed that loss of water: make thousands of inspections on by evaporation is practically nil. Studebaker and Erskine cars dur-Water that does vaporise in the ing their manufacture. More engine is condensed and put back than 1,600 mechanical operations to work without being allowed to are not allowed to vary more than escape from the radiator cap one one-thousandth of an inch- 415 operations are held to a tolerance of one half-thousandth of an inch."
BROCKWAY MOTOR TRUCKS
4 and 6 CYLINDER
FOR TRUCK PURPOSES:-14 tons to 7 TONS.
FOR BUS PURPOSES:-16 PASSENGERS TO 40 PASSENGERS.
FIRST SHIPMENT due 4th November
Per s.8. "PRESIDENT ADAMS."
BROCKWAY
Sole Agent for Hong Kong & So. China.
THE ASIATIC AMERICAN CO.
48, Stanley Street,
Tel. C. 244.
Show Room: 11, Queen's Road East. Tel. C. 575.
MY IDEAL CAR.
---ABSOLUTE DEPENDABILITY
ESSENTIAL
Major Reasons” Another feature is the fact that' both cars are equipped with a Studebaker engineers also positive feed fuel pump. Geared make extensive use of the Cor-to the engine, this pump ignores poration's 800-acre Proving the decreasing atmospheric pres- Ground, where every improve-sure encountered at the higher ment is given a thorough test altitudes and provides exactly under actual road conditions be- he right amount of gasoline, "And would it not be interesting to
fore it is finally approved.
RECOGNISED
FIVE NEW WORLD. RECORDS.
FOR STUDEBAKER
and
VIEWS EXCHANGED
"Isn't there something wrong with every car?" asks a reader.
The G.M.R. cylinder head, standard on both Oakland and write of the car that you want, in Pontiac, gives further assurance view of the imminence of the of uninterrupted touring pleasure. Olympia Show-stating, of course, On the road, one frequently must an attainable ideal?"
It would, of course, be Interest- buy any brand of gasoline that may be available. But gas is; but I do not believe that many people have anything like my ideas gas to the G.M.R. head. It has no to the most desirable sort of preferred brand. And it drinks motor-car, writes, the "Evening in moderation.
Newa" Motoring Correspondent in Official recognition of five new
These are some of the major mail week. world speed and endurance re-reasons why the Oakland
What we all want is abundance of cords made by an American stock Pontiac Sixes are popular among car has just been granted by the tourists. The excess power and power, lightness of control, absolute extreme.. simplicity International Association of Re-case of handling permit sustain-dependability in all reasonable, cir- cognised Automobile Clubs ined travel of 300 to 400 miles per of adjustment, cleaning and lub- Paris, according to the Contest day without fatigue, and the rication, abundance and comfort Board of the American Auto-cars' mechanical stamina, com- of body-space, maximum economy mobile Association, Washington, bined with their long springs of upkeep, and as much elegance of |D.C., U.S.A.~*~
Lovejoy shock absorbers and appearance and liberality of equip The new world records were luxuriously cushioned interiors, ment as can be combined with the all made by a strictly stock Stude make touring a comfortable de- other desirabilities-all for ne buker President Eight Roadster, light-Instead of a hardy adven-the-stabilities one of the four Studebaker Pre-ture..
ed 30,000 miles on the Atlantic
sident Eight models which cover-
City Speedway near New York
July 21-August 9 at sustained average, speeds ranging from 64
ONE-HAND DRIVING
Commenting on the death of a
cumstances,
fo
ANNOUNCEMENT
We beg to announce, that
we, the undersigned, have
been appointed Sole Agents
for Hong Kong & South
China for the PACKARD
MOTOR CAR CO., Detroit,
U.S. America.
LUNG & CO 19, Queen's Road C.
Hong Kong, 1st. Nov., 1928.
There is the trouble, however, that an idea! motor car, appealing Insistently to a large section of the buying public, would be one mass of compromises; of reconciliatlone of factors exceedingly difficult to to 68 miles per hour. Y motorlat whose car skidded and
reconcile.. International recognition was overturned while he, as it was sup-
Six-Cylindered? accorded the records made by the posed, was lighting cigarette, a Nine people out of ten, setting fastest of the four cars at five Coroner remarked that this was a about the description of their ideal periods during the run. The dangerous practice, because nobody car, would plump for at least a new marks are as follows: 10,000 could drive properly with one hand. six-cylindered engine. I should I think the danger rather lies in not, as it happens, although largely miles, average speed 68.82 m.p.h.;
reasons because 15,000 miles, average speed 68.59 the distraction of the driver's atten- for negativo m.p.h; 20,000 miles, average tion from the course he is steering there are so many perfectly beauti-
Kingdom would say, "Of course, wo Olympia," because both British speed 68,55 m.p.h.; 25,000 miles. One sometimes has to take one hand ful fours nowadays.
and other manufacturers are very average speed 68.47 m.p.h.; 30,000, from the wheel, to dip headlights or I should insist on a four-speed must have four-wheel braken."
Then look at budywork. Every well on their toes. Neither miles, average speed 68,37 m.p.h.switch them on or off, for example, gear box (by which I mean · one
Racing Cars and you may often see people driv furnishing four forward gear-com-body, I know almost, would plump British firme nor British agents According to A. H. Means, Ing with one hand where the going binations), but thousands, hundreds for a saloon, or sodan, or coach. I for foreign firms, have had at all an secretary of the American Auto-is easy, though I do not myself often of thousands, of motorists are per- should not. I like best a concxtravagantly prosperous time since. mobile Association, the Interna- indulge in the practice. Moreover, fectly satisfied with three, or pre- vertiblo body, and I like an open the last Show, not THE tional Association does not differ- there are capable one-armed drivers, tend to be. I should insist on semi body which will close up far better Everybody exhibiting at Olympic entiate between special built rac- It is another matter when the elliptic springs, fore and aft, but than: 1 like a closed body, which will le striving to sell every single ing cars and stock cars in record driver's eyes leave the road when he here again there are a myriad can be opened (If that is intel car he can ecil Let there be no trials. Thus the new world ro- is doing 80 miles an hour or more. motorists of to-day who are quite ligible.) My present car is an mistake about that. Everybody cords made by the Studebaker He may find himself making for the content to ride over quarter-elliptic open two-three-seater can showing will be very much on the President exceed all previous rac- ditch when he looks up again, and springs both, fore and aft
extend its coupe "head" and fix its alert, so that if there is such a ing cir performances and are then sudden, almost involuntary twist Brake Trouble
side curtains, making it substantial thing as an ideal car, offered at a I should not. Insist upon frostly an enclosed car inside two price which the Idealist considers best for any class of car for all of the wheel may starts bad, akld
on a wet road-Morning Post wheel brakes. All my brakes at minutes? In its enclosed form If is fair and reasonable, it is not going time.
During the course of their run
present expand in drums on the substantially weather-proof. But to be hidden the four Studebakers shuttered
rear hubs, I have just replaced its use In that form would seem to Where shall one look for it? my original brake-liners after have given me more chills than Well, British manufacturers should
all previous records for fally NEW PACKARDS equipped stock cars from 3,000 to Messre. A Lung & Co., who 25,000 miles for luck The over I contracted while I used know the requirements of British ton twelfth open cara with ordinary touring users better even then do their 80,000 miles. The official record have been appointed sole agents original set were
hoods and more or less rudimentary nearest neighbours, and I believe stances for 3,000 4,000 and for Hong Kong and South China of an inch, but
they and flapping side curtains
that 5,000 miles were accorded recog for the Packard Motor Car Com- quite everly, all nition as American records by the pany, Detroit
are ex-havo saufegd, to
International authority. At these pecting to take delivery, at an 25,000 distances the President Eight early date of Packard seven wheel averaged 68.71, 68.72 and 08.31 passenger tourer and a Packard tha miles per hour respectively.Sedan Straight Eight
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