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THE CHINA MAIL.
THURSDAY, MARCH 13, . 1930.
AW THE MOTORISTS' PAGE [02]
FIRST IN HONG KONG
“1930" BRITISH MOTOR CYCLES
NORTON
MODEL NO. 18 4.90 H.P.
"Unapproachable" as the machines have proved in the past, 1930 witnesses an even finer production in NORTON. Many important Improvements are embodied in the new NORTON de signs, including enclosed valve gear mechanism and push rods, detachable cover for Rocker Box, improved arrangement of cylinder head layout, efficient llencer, and Chromium plating.
COME AND INSPECT IT AT
THE SINCERE CO., LTD.
SOLE AGENTS.
BUYERS' GUIDE
MOTOR CARS.
ARMSTRONG SIDDELEY-Hongkong Hotel Garage, Queen's
Road. C.4759.
BUICK-The Dragon Motor Car Co., Ltd., 33 Wong Nai 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 MOTOR CARS-Republic Motor Co. of China 30-32,
Des Voeux Road C. Tel. C. 1216 & 6252.
DE SOTO MOTOR CARS-Republic. Motor Co. of China, 30-32,
Des Voeux Road C. Tel. C. 1216 & 6252.
GUY MOTOR PASSENGER BUSES.Republic Motor Co. of China,
30-32, Des Voeux Road C. Tel, C. 1216 & 6252. MORRIS-Hongkeng Hotel Garage, Queen's Road. C4759, OAKLAND.-Lane, Crawford, Ltd.
OLDSMOBILE.-The Dragon Motor Car Co., Ltd., 38 Wong Nel
Chung Road, Happy Valley. G.1247.
PACKARD MOTOR CARS.--Republic Motor Co. of China, 30-32,
Des Voeux Road C. Tel. C.1216 & 6252. PLYMOUTH MOTOR CARS.-Republic Motor Co. of China, 30-32,
Des Voeux Road C. Tel. C. 1216 & 6262.
PONTIAC. Lane, Crawford, Ltd.
ROLLS-ROYCE-Hongkong Hotel Garage, Queen's Road. C.4759. STUDEBAKER-Hongkong Hotel Garage, Queen's Road. C.4759. TRIUMPH MOTOR CARS.-The Globe Automobile Co., Ltd.,
1, Canton Road, Kowloon.
VAUXHALL-Lane, Crawford, Ltd.
WILLYS-KNIGHT & WHIPPET MOTOR CARS-Gilman & Co.,
Ltd., 4a, Des Voeux Road C. Tel C. 290.
OUTBOARD MOTORS-Rudolf Wolff & Kew, 54 Queen's Road
C., Tel. 0.2178.
MOTOR TRUCKS AND TRACTORS. BROCKWAY MOTOR TRUCKS, The Asiatic American Co. Tel.
C. 244.
CHEVROLET.-Hongkong Hotel Garage, Queen's Road. C4759. FARO MOTOR TRUCKS.-Republic Motor Co. of China, 80-82,
Des Voeux Road C. Tel. C, 1216 & 6252. G.M.C.--The Dragon Motor Car Co., Ltd., 33 Wong Nel Chung Roed,
Happy Valley. C.1247,
DODGE-South China Motor Car Co., 33, Des Voeux Road. C.
Tel. C. 5644.
MORRIS.-Hongkong Hotel Garage, Queen's Road. C.4759.
REO MOTOR TRUCKS-Republic Motor Co. of China, 80-32, Des
Voeux Road C. Tel. C. 1210 & $262. BTUDEBAKER Hongkong Hotel Garage, Queen's Road. C.4769, WILLYS-KNIGHT & WHIPRET TRUCKS-Gliman & Co., Ltd.
4a, Des Voeux Road C. Tol. C. 290.
MOTOR CYCLES.
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B. S. A.The Sincere Co., Ltd., Des Voeux Road. C.1067. NEW HUDSON MOTOR CYCLES-Republic Motor Co. of China,
80-82, Des Voeux Road C. Tel.-C. 1210 & 6252. RALEIGH MOTOR CYCLES-Republie Motor Co. of China, 80-92,
Des Voeux Road C. Tel. C. 1216 & 6262.
ROYAL ENFIELD MOTOR CYCLES.--Republic Motor Co. of China,"
30-82, Des Voeux Road C. Tel. C. 1216 & 6252. TRIUMPH MOTOR CYCLES-The Globe Automobile Co., Ltd,
1, Canton Road, Kowloon.RES
TYRES AND ACCESSORIES. ACCESSORIES-Hong Kong Hotel Garage, Queon's Road. C4759. ACCESSORIES The Duro Motor Co., Nathan Road, Kowloon.:K.226. FISK TYRES-Gilman & Co., Ltd, Aa, Des Voeux Rd. G, Tel.
0.290.A.MI
MILLER ACCESSORIES A. Lung & Co., 19, Queen's Ed., C.
Tel. C.1219.
PRESTOLITE BATTERIES. Hongkong Hotel Garage, Queen's
Boad CATES.
WILLARD BATTERIES. Gilman & Co., Ltd, 4a, Des Voeux Rd.
MOTOR SHOW
Latest Mechanical Improvements
The annual Automobile Show is held
IDEAL CAR
1
New Willys Six Fast
on Getaway
Automobile manufacturers of to-day under the auspices of the National realise how increasingly important Automobile Chamber of Commerce second gear performance has become. | which comprises
nearly the whole Under modern traffic conditions, there) American Automobile Industry.
are more and more occasions which de- 250 passenger cars of latest design and a fast getaway and quick ac by 44 munufacturera among whom celeration. The car that furnishes only were two taxicab makers, were very power and not speed in aecond gear is attractively displayed on the three now rated as passe and fails to fully spacious lower floors of Grand Central meet modern requirements
Palace. The fourth floor was given In designing the new Willys Six, over to the exhibition of automobile willys-Overland engineers worked with parts and repair shop equipment in full realisation of the necessity of which 200 manufacturers participated. ereating that could flash ahead
The Show revealed the Intest in second gear and the results have mechanical improvements in the auto been declared be highly satisfactory. mobile industry and also the latest in- Repeated tests have proved that the Įnovations in style. Some manufac-Willys Six can dart ahead of cars sell- turers went ova from six to eighting for much higher prices, attaining eylinder cars though some of the pro-in speed of 45 miles an hour in second. minent six and four cylinder makers Coupled with its remarkable high continued their policy. One Sixteen gear performance, which gives the Cylinder make was also on display, driver advantage of acceleration from It was evident that almost all cars 6 to 50 miles an hour in 21 seconds, showed marked improvements in body, and a high speed of over 70 miles an stylo and decoration.
hour, this provides absolute mastery
For demonstration purposes some of any traffle emergency. manufacturers showed special cut-
BEST WAY TO ADVERTISE
Sir Charles Higham, speak. ing at the dinner of the Insti. tute of the Motor Trade at the Holburn Restaurant in mall week, said that the cheapest and most effective way of ad- vertising for the motor trade was in the Press.
"I know of no other method that is so quickly productive of results," he said. "Where 50 people bought ten years ago as a result of the appeal of the advertiser, 100 buy to-day."
He urged the imperative. need of continuing to protect the motor industry, which now had practically no unemploy- ment,
"I do not belleve that any Government will be so stupid as to hurt that Industry and so throw thousands out of em- ployment," he added. "If they do, the sooner they are thrown out of power the better."
away chassis, handsomely decorated in colcura and nickle-plated, revealing the cagine and gear construction.
Six,
Manoeuvre Rapidly
"When we designed the now Willys we recognised that the truly modern car must be able to get away quickly from 籍 dead stop and jmanoeuvre rapidly in traffle," engineers of the Willys-Overland Company point out in their report covering tests of the car in traffic. "We wanted a car that would flash ahead when the traffic lights changed from red to green and we have Auch a car.
"The Willys Six has undergone strenuous acceleration tests. It has a maximum speed of over 70 miles on hour in high gear and 45 miles an hour in second. In high, it will accelerate from 8 to 25 miles an hour in eight seconds, and from 5 to 50 milos in 21 seconds.
"These acceleration tests prove how imirably this car will perform in traffic.
Burst of Speed Wanted ""There are hundreds of times when a driver wants a burst of speed. Per haps it is to pass a truck or a bus, or to get out of a tight situation, Whatever it is, the Willys Six will res pond. It will give him the needed speed at the erupial time. For this rea- son, the car is pleasant to drive even in the heaviest trafic."
In addition to the pleasure of driv- ing a car that will step out ahead of [the trame ne, the engineers point to the extra margin of safety provided by the reserve power and speed always available in the Willys Six,
Largo internal expanding four-wheel brakes provide deceleration equal to the rapid acceleration of the Willys Six. Monroe two-way hydraulic shock
Many care wore provided with the latest mechanical innovations such as eliminators and long, flexible springs larger brakes, more flexible steering,add to its smooth riding qualities. double carburettors, etc. was also displayed.
More Comfort
Front drive
In addition to stylish design the 1930 taxicabs show a definite trend toward comfort. In some of these caba a some- what stronger engine was built to ac- cord with the severe strain taxis under-i go in the various American cities,
Under the slogan "Care for your car" the American Motor and Equip. ment Association showed the latest progress made in automobile parts and accessories. Very interesting was the modern equipment for car washing, cylinder and valve grinding.
money.
"In
CAR MILEAGE
Not a Very Simple Question
How old is a motor car?
Every motorist knows that the en
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THE MAN WIL
BUNK
WO HEADS
Most of the thinking, talking and writing about motorcar engine lubricating oil has been hazy, obscure, muddled; and this whether done by dealers, mechanics or by the refiners of lubricating oil.
Much of what has been written about motorcar engine lubricating oil is bunk; much of what men who use lubricating oil believe about it is bunk; much of what men think about their own ability to judge lubricants, is bunk all the result of muddled thinking. Some of it
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is sheer ignorance, or the result of it. Some of it is downright falsification - from men with axes to grind.
Because every manufacturer of lubricating oil claims that his product is the best, the selection of the most efficient and economical motorcar engine lubricant is difficult.
Do not take anything we say about the NEW MOBILOIL as SO because we say so.
VACUUM OIL COMPANY
ty for Colonial work was recently demonstrated on tests which were carried out on both chassis over a Colonial test ground. The 2-tonner was laden with 2 tons 12 cwts., the 6-tonner with tons 15 cwts., which
tests com-
For SAFETY
GUY ACTIVITIES
Development in the Colonies
from the reorganised office of Guy body allowances. The
Following upon several orders are the maximum loads including on slippery streets Motors, Ltd., in Johannesburg. Mr. prised climbing severe gradients on drive on Woodward, who is à Director and unmade roada, negotiating water General Manager of this Colonial splashes and swampy ground, ac- Branch, has now requisitioned for celeration and brake teata, and, in large quantities of various types of the words of the editorial repre- Guy Chassis, Including the 30-cwt., | sentative who was conducting the 2-ton, 6-ton six-wheeler, 7-ton alx- tests, they put up an excellent per- wheeler, 32-seater four-wheeler Bus formance in every way and came Chassis, and afx-wheeler passenger out with flying cours. Chassis.
Guy Motors, Limited,
twelve.
were the
Guy Motors have recently lagued
The 2-tonner, therefore, un doubtedly suited to overseas mar- kets because of its splendid power- weight ratio, Its exceptionally good ground clearance and very attrac- tive price, and already orders have been received in various quantities, although it has been on the market only for a very short time.
The 6-ton chassis is fitted with
the well-known Guy patented six- cylinder engine which develops 105 h.p. at 2,000 r.p.m. Here again the power-weight ratio and the ground clearance are excellent
FISK
All-Cord.
The big tough blocks of Fisks non- skid
tread give sure traction over any kind of going.
It sounds delightfully simple, but it world pioneers of the six-wheeled is by no means a simple question.
double deck. Trolley Bus Chassis, Take two cars that were turned out and as such have supplied a large of the same factory, on the same day,number of Trolley Bus Chassis to The New York Show, with its and sold to retail purchasers the same some of the most important Muni- greatest number of innovations manl day. Are these two the same age? cipal and Passenger Transport fested again the spirit which unites the Not necessarily. One car may have Undertakings in Great Britain. various manufacturers in their aim to run 25 per cent. more miles than the Orders recently received for this produce the boat car for the Icast other. If you were buying either as a type are from the South Lanca- used car, you would naturally choose hire Transport Company for ten After closing on January 11, the the one that had run least distance, and from The Hull Corporation for Show moved to Chicago where it will This proves that the real age of a motor be repeated for the middle Western car is its mile age. States.
It is here that the Graham-Paige | A Great Encouragement
four speed gears prove their value, for an interesting publication dealing The Guy B-ton and 7-ton six- when one of the four speed Graham with trolley omnibus progress gen-wheeler goods chassis which, liter- every respect the Now York Palge cars has run 10,000 miles, its en- orally and Guy trolley buses in ally, will go anywhere, have been in Automobile Show has been a great engine revolutions are equal to those of a particular, which they will be only service in a large number of the couragement to the motor industry," three speed car that has done 7,500 too pleased to send to anyone really Colonies for some years. That the sald, in conclusion, Mr. Alfred Reeves.miles. In other words, milo for mile interested. General Manager of the National Auto-the engine revolutions of a four speed-
six-wheel principle is right is mobile Chamber of Commerce of the ear are 25 per cent. less than those Commercial Motor Transport Ex-Oll Company-to quote only one An outstanding exhibit in the proved by the fact that The Assam United States.
of a threu apced car, "It has started active buying. Com-
hibition at Olympia was the 26-name--who have been using this jing at a time when many industrialists¦gine, clutch, transmission, universal seater Saloon Coach exhibited on the type of chassis for some time, have were in doubt as to current conditions, joints, and all moving parts deterior Guy Stand. The basis of this coach now favoured them with large it has proved an energising force, ate through use. Therefore, there will is the well-known FC.82 "Conquest" orders for both of these types. starting America's largest industry on be less wear on a four-speed car than Chassis, which, with its powerful the upward trend,
Show attendance has gone the same mileage.
on a three speed car, both having donc six-cylinder engine, forms an ideal ahead of what anyone in the business
job for long distance work. The would have predicted before the doors 10,000 miles at sixty miles an hour has up-the upholstery was
An engine that has driven a car at body was exceptionally well fitted opened. Not only has the event been depreciated more than if it had done plush, and at the back of each seat successful, but it has boen measurably the same distance at 36 miles an hour, there was fitted a handrail, and s ahend of last year.
because friction, vibration, heating, and table which, when not in use, could various stresses increase with the en-be pushed back fate the rear portioning in Hollywood is a pair of Renault, "In addition to the large attendance gino's speed.
Among the naturalised extras.play. by the consuming publle, there has been allow a motor car to travel with fewer covered with best quality line over Hence, any improvement that will of the back rest. The floor was widespread interest in the trade. More
French automobiles, maintained by two than 2,800 dealers have registered from engine revolutions per mile will prolong which were laid blue rugs of very formia licences.
Paramount studies and bearing Call- all sections of the United States, the life of a car in direct ratio to the high quality. The interior fittinga There has also been a considerable do-
engine revolution economy,
These four-cylinder cars, made in were absolutely complete in every 1912 and 1916, respectively, were num legation from Canads and 104 repro Paige was first to introduzeo has actual-į generally expressed was that thiensed during the War to transport the] The four speed car that Graham-sense of the word, and the opinion bered in the fleet of taxis which were sentatives from 85 countries.
"The interest of the public in the newly affected just such an improvement Coach was more luxurious than most soldiers quickly from Paris
4A, Des Voeur Rd. C. cara is indicated by the fact that more of 67, different makes of sizes and
The averago engine revolution per mile of the highest class touring cars. than 350 nowspaper correspondents eights with three speeds is 3221 r.p.m. been supplemented by three new
battlefelds to thwart the oncoming Guy Motors 1980 programme has force of the enemy bearing on toward Rose" and "Innocents of Paris." They ¡country.
the French capital.
are now being used in "Young Eagles," "In view of the fact that more than thus showing an economy of 621 r.p.m.
Since their migration to Hollywood, to carry Charles "Buddy" Rogers, 4,000,000 persons are employed in the and three speed eat may be the same, deck buttonrer are Menjou
Thus the actual mileage of a four tomter, and a four-wheeled double such leading film stars as Clark Bow, Paris home of "Buddy's" film sweet. automotive industry and trade, this but the engine wear on the four speed vigorous start of the now year in excar is 25 per cent.: less than on the particularly interesting to Colonial among the recent pictures in which | to, the days when these cars formed Pola Negri, Emil Jannings, Adolphe heart, Jean Arthur. "Young Eagles," The 2-tonner and
and Maurice Chevaller. an aerial dráma of the War, goes back buyers, and their absolute suitabili-they have been cast are "Abio's Irish part of Parisian traffic, t
The
Delegation From Canada
in blue
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Important Roles in Films
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Obtainablo at all Garages upon request.
Sole Distributors:-
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Tel. C. 290
have attended from all parts of the The average of 4 -speed cars is 2, chaasia, namely a 2-tonner and a they can boast of having appeared with Paul Lukas and Stuart Erwin to the
pected to have a stagthening effect three speed car. on all industry in general