THURSDAY, MAY 16, 1929.
THE CHINA MAIL,
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RUDOLF WOLFF & KEW, LIMITED,
1st four.
54, Queen's Road Central,
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Tel. C. 2173.
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80-32 Des Voeux Rd. C.
Electric Accessories, etc., etc.
Sole Agent in South Chinn' for: BROCKWAY MOTOR TRUCKS
BUS CHASSIS
INTRODUCED BY WILLYS.
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KNIGHT
NEPAL KEEN
CARS OVER AERIAL CABLES!
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ALL ROUND CAR
PLYMOUTH PROVES
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Mr. W. E. Rankin, of Sandy Hook, Mississippi, is believed to be the heaviest mail carrier in the busi- ness. He weighs 438 pounds, and he made an exhaustive search to find the car best suited to his work. he is forced to travel over rough He was doubly particular because roads often made worse by mud.
Willys-Knight products are to be If there were a championship extended to include a bus chassis award for the world's most
will be sold through the John N. Willys Export Corporation.thusiastic motorist it would
This coach chassis has been de-doubtedly go to some member of the signed to meet the exacting needs Royal Family of Nepal. Nepal is a of overseas service and to offer the little kingdom on the nothern border most economcial means of trans portation with the greatest safety of India, almost under the shadow and riding comfort.
of Mount Everest, and there are few. This new unit is powered by the places in the world harder to reach famous Willys-Knight double sleeve-by automobile. valve, 3%. x 44-inch engine de- veloping 70 h.p. at 2,600 r.p.m. and A representative of the Royal providing a road speed of 45 miles Family recently took delivery in per hour.
The crankshaft is car-Calcutta of a Studebaker President ried in seven bearings. Petrol is Eight Limousine, a Studebaker
a 45-gallon Director Berline, and two Erskine of the cat.
fed by vasuum from tank to a Tillotson carburettor. The tank is cradle "mounted at the
Mr. Rankin demanded roominess, speed, easy-riding action, economi- cal performance and law-price, all of which he found in the Plymouth Two-Door Sedan. Owing to the driver's extreme weight and size, the front seat was moved back a few inches and three extra leaves were added to the spring on the left side
Sixes. But the Royal Family re-In-iowa, on a recent winter day,"
Coupe
rear of the frame and is furnished sides in Khatmandu, capital of standard Plymouth with a special flexible filler pipe Nepal. The new cars had to be established a remarkable record on a with casting for mounting on out-shipped by rail from Calcutta to a route totalling 26.3 miles. Eighty side of body. A petrol gauge is city 33 miles from the capital. stops were necessary to make de- mounted on the dash, The ax From there they were driven
liveries to 84.mall boxes. The car haust pipe is mounted on the out within 18 miles of Khatmandu. For sumption of exactly one gallon!
achieved all this with a full con- side of the frame.
to
The electrical equipment includes the final 18 mitus of the trip, how- a 12-volt Leece-Neville generator, ever, the cars had to be transported and the Electric Auto-Lite electrical by aerial cables over valleys and equipment is employed for starting, moutains where there is no sign lighting and ignition. The cooling system includes a cellular type radiator, and a centrifugal pump.
The Clutch
of a road. Travellera are
carried
In a Big Way
Texas doos things in a big way. Not only it the largest State in the Union but it has produced the
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tallest man in the world. He is Jack Earl who hails from El Paso That is, until he discovered the Ply-, size of this automobile, another over this 18-mile stretch in coolie and stands highest in his class at mouth during the recent automobile proof that Chrysler Motors shairs.
eight feet six inches.
ahow in Chicago.
gineers, by their own system of He was amazed at the ease with scientific proportioning, have pro which he could sit comfortably induced a car in the lowest price field that provides ample room for its
The single dry-plate type clutch After having surmounted all these with two 11-inch asbestos fabric difficulties to get their ears, the rings is mounted in unit with the Royal Family can operate them on engine and transmission. The trans just 22 miles of road-which is the miasion furnishes four speeds with botal extent of the little kingdom's a ratio of 4.8 to 1 in low and direct highway system. in high. Power is carried to the. rear through a three-piece tabular | somm propeller shaft equipped with four metal universal joints. The rear axle is of the double reduction, full floating type providing a atandard final reduction of G to 1. Various other axle ratios are obtainable.
The frame is of pressed steel, [8%-inch, depta. 34-inch flange and arb atock kick-ups for front and rear axles, It is re- inforced by an X brace in the centre and seven channel and one tubular cross-member as well us frame liners. Semi-elliptic springs with auxiliaries which function i under load, support the frame. They measure 46 x 24 inches in front and 60 x 3 inches, rear.
Four-wheel brakes, operated in conjunction with Vacuum booster brake mechanism and a hand brake acting on the rear wheels make up the braking system. Steering is through cam and lever gear.
Budd Michelin dise wheels equipped with 34 x 7.50-inch balloon single and dual rears are standard. Dimensions
Wheelbase 190 inch (4.75 m.)
Overall length 276 inches.
Back of dash to centre of rear axle
151 inches.
Back of dash to end of frame 208
inches.
Weight--5.700 pounds.
Maximum capacity (body and load)
6,150 pounds.
Frame height from ground at front
door loaded, 22 inches.
FIVE YEARS' BAN
DRASTIC PENALTY FOR DRUNKEN MOTORIST
A motorist was fined £85, ordered to pay 12 guineas costs and dis- qualified from holding a licence for five years at Lambeth recently,
He was charged with being drunk, while driving a motor car; driving in a manner dangerous to the public; driving without a licence; failing to stop after an accident.
It was alleged that after colliding with a motor-lorry at Brixton Smith drove away without stopping, and then narrowly escaped a collision with a motor-cyclist.
A constable formed the opinion that Smith was intoxicated, and that view was shared by Inspector Storey, who took the charge at the police station.
Mr. Sanders (prosecuting) said. he had come to the conclusion that the sharge of drunkenness could not be sustained, and he accordingly withdrew it.
Mr. Earl's altitude is a handicap in a world that has been designed for human beings whose average the driver's seat of the Plymouth. height is three feet less than his own.
The spectators who saw him do passengers-even if one of them With motor cars, the tall it, were even more amazed. But happens to be the tallest man in the Texan has encountered difficulties, it was visual evidence of the full world!
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