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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1930.
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HEADLIGHTS
THE
Too Much Attention to Experts
Here we are again In mid-winter plagued by dazzling headlights. It is a very serious matter. Yet nothing has been done. No provi- sion is made in the Roads Traffic Bill to mitigate the evil, which be- comes worse each year as the num- ber of motor vehicles increases. The Minister of Transport could, if he wished, settle the thing off his own bat in five minutes by ordering all lamps to be fitted at a lower level or dipped. This being so, it has always seemed to ma a wasto of time and money to refer the mat- ter to Committees and Commissions, They pay too much attention to the experts, and, as I said the other day, there is actually no dazzle pro- blem at all except the one that the technical quidnincs themselves havo created. They have been waiting for the ideal lamp to come along, and to encourage it the R.A.C. has carried out innumerable trials of inventions in a semi-official way on
behalf of the Minister of Transport. But their ideal lamp appears to be
as far off as over.
Meanwhile many avoidable acci- dents aro
the outcome of lack of understanding on the part of motorists as to whether it is right or wrong to switch of when ap- proaching other cars. Some do 80, others do not, and yet others keep switching on and off at the wrong time. As to this, I cannot quite make out the attitude of the A.A., but the R.A.C. persists in its polley of advising all and sundry not to switch off. Happily the injunction is ignored by at least 50 per cent. I notice, by the way, that switch ing-off is systematically carried out by all the bus drivors in Kent. Truth.
SOUND ADVICE ON BATTERIES
"It is not always realised that the first battery on a car does all the 'hack' work,"
So says one of the series of Proverbial Talks, in which Joseph Lucas, Ltd., the well-known Birm- ingham manufacturers of batterice, magnetos and electric lighting sets, quote some home truths and also explain how their products are
tested.
"There is more strain on the battery during the first few thou- sand miles than during the whole of the remaining life of the car. The stiff new engine requires a much greater starting effort, with conse. quent stress and greater drain on the battery. Naturally, a replace- ment battery will normally have a longer life than the first battery Again, in the case of now motorists, a replacement battery often benefits by the greater experience of the driver, who will not repeat his first mistakes in starting and use of the charging switch, which probably resulted in under-charging or ex- cessive over-charging of the first battery at various times.
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TWENTY YEARS
Motor Cycle Progress
When the Motor Cycle Show opened at Olympia on November 30, many exceptional bargains were on view; but the amazing value of the modern motor cycle 13 only realised by a comparison of the leading 1990 types, with machines which were marked in, say, 1910 and 1920.
Among the few concerns which have been making motor cycles con- tinuously during the period under consideration, one is the Triumph Company. This make is specially suitable for comparative purposes on two accounts: It is, and has always been, one of the finest British pro- ducts; and, in one form, it is the cheapest motor cycle of its power in the world.
In 1910, the standard machine had a 500 cc. engine and was priced in the Home Market at just under £50, this figure being the recognised cost of a medium-weight motor cycle. No variable gear was provided, the back wheel being directly driven by a rubber belt. The tank was small and ugly, the saddle was high, and the tyres were of 26 by 24 in. dimensions. The braking system consisted of a block working on the belt rim and an altogether inefficient cycle type front brake. Yet it was one of the most luxurious machines of the day and certainly one of the most popular.
Ten years rolled by and the 1920' Triumph was presented with many improvements. It had a larger tank, a lower trame and a three- speed countershaft gear-box. But a belt (for the final drive) was still employed and the front brake was of little
use. This machine was again one of the best-and cheapest of its type, but it cost well over £100.
For less than the price of a 1020 model one can bay three of the 1930 550 c.c. machines. Yet their spool- that of the 1910 and 1920 models. fication is far and away superior to
It has a three-speed gear-box and all chain transmission; it has a large capacity saddle tank, large section tyres, and large internal expanding
brakes. It has a low and comfort-
able saddle, sturdy spring forks giving ample movement, mechanical bright parts, and a silencing system engine lubrication, plating on all
with reduces noise to a minimum. without back preasure. These are but a few of its good points; it is, of course, safer, faster, and easier to start and to control than any of its predecessors.
The 1930 motorepcléspresents better value than has any in the past. Indeed it may be said to be better value for money than any other article which money can buy be it a motor-car, a piano, a per- ambulator, or a pound of tea!
BODY WORK
Graham-Paige's Buy Large Timber Lands
The old proverb says, "Never
horses while crossing To protect itself against the swnp stream." It is equally unwise to whims and vagaries of fluctuating change the make of your battery markets, to help ensure its distribu- from that fitted by the car makers tor and dealer organisation through. to give the best results with the out the world of a stabilised price lighting and starting system. policy, and obtain as unvarying Should a replacement battery be-quality in the hard and soft woods come necessary, fit the game make that it uses in the manufacture of that has served you through the Its Hne of six and eight cylinder most strenuous period of your car's cars, the Graham-Paige Motor Cor Iffe. And keep the battery in the poration of Detroit recently acquir best of condition by observing theed timber lands and a saw mill at few simple attentions advised by the Perry, Florida. Here, hardwood battery makers in their Instruc- spoke materials for the woodwork in tiona."
body construction are prepared and
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shipped to Detroit on a regular production schedule.
The crating of Graham-Paige cars for export alone da requiring an ever-increasing amount of lumber, as to show rapid increase breaking re- the volume of export sales continues
cords month after month. The saw mili at Perry has a floor area of 50,000 square feet. From this mill the dressed lumber is shipped to the export shipping plant of Graham- Paige in Detroit, where it is made into crates and boxes.
The box-making department of this plant is one of the many modern features, that contribute to make it what is said to be the most up-to- date export shipping plant in the motor car Industry..
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· Sir models fistingfrom $995 to $1195 at the Taebory, Studebaker adds a companion cur for the new Dictator Eight. The Dictator Her Coupe offered a: +995 carrica the lowest price of any Cuddebaker domed car ki history. The Regal Bedan, Hustrated above, carries and trunk ruck ka stand- dedfront
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SYMBOLIC FIRES
Sources of Power and Warmth Established
Dearborn, Dec. 2. Two fires, one lighted by Thomas Alva Edison and the other by President Herbert Hoover, will burn perpetually in Greenfield Village, During the visit of the distinguish ed Inventor and the chief executive of the country at the time of the dedication of the Edison Institute of Technology, they were invited by Henry Ford to apply the spark that would give life to these two fires, each symbolical and possessing a peculiar significance.
Tal C. 2173.
COLD WEATHER
Series of Useful Hints
auto-
If one would adjust his mobile for winter service in the same way that he adjusts his house, there would be an appreciable in- crease in the already great number of cara and trucks that operate suc- cessfully twelve months in the year throughout the cold belt of the country.
The service department of Ford has compiled a set of rules that may be followed with profit by any motorist who desires comfortable use of his car through the winter months. They offer the dealer, op. That which was lighted by Mr. portunity to prepare their owners" Edison is to be the source of all the cars for the low temperatures, show power used in the village. It burns and ice. These simple suggestions under the boiler in the restored ma- are:
| chine shop, where steam is generat-
Adjustment of the shock ab- ed to operate the battery of early sorbers. Cold weather tends to Edison dynamos. From it brands | thicken the fluid used in absorbers were taken to light the boiler in the and adjustment, of the needle should grist mill, supplying steam for its be made. Road conditions in winter engine and likewise will be taken for, are quite different from those of all buildings in the village where summer, and, absorbers should be power is used.
prepared for the greater demanda that are made upon them in winter driving.
The fire lighted by President, Hoover burns in the fireplace on the ground floor of the Lincoln court- Adjustment of the generator. house. From it brands will be taken; charging rate. Cold weather brings to light fires in all the public build longer nights and lights are used ings and residences. Just as the more. The gravity of the battery. flame started by Mr. Edison sym- should also be checked, tolises Power, so that begun by Ignition should, be checked and President Hocvar typifes warmth plugs adjusted to specified spaces, of the home under the sheltering so that the starting of the motor warmth of the state. The fireplace will not exert undue strain on the in the Lincoln courthouse was used, battery.. since it was by the flickering light of a fireplace that the youthful "Abe', Lincoln studied.
Fuel should be drained out and all strainers cleaned, this including the sediment bulb and the carburetter. Lubrication practices should be
Two other Bres, one lighted, by Mr. Edison and the other by Presi-changed according to climatic con- dent Hoover, supplement those men ditions: In different parts of the tioned One burns in the boller in country, this applying particularly the rear of the research laboratory to the motpre and the other In the fireplace on the second floor of the courthouse. The mytches Used by these distinguished ** firellters have been preserved by Henry Ford-Ford News. Du
An efficient anti-freeze liquid should be put in the radiatör.
Hose connectioni, bhd spater pump. packing 'should be checked.
Brakes should be adjusted.