THURSDAY, MAY 28, 1931.
1931 MODELS.
Season's Improvements in Latest Willys.
Although the engines of Willys Six. Willys Eight Willys-Knight Six have been
TRIP IN GERMANY.
Dangerous Hairpin Curves.
recent
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FREE-WHEELING.
A Decided Contribution
to Progress.
the More than 620 miles a day for Automotive engineers both in and 100 consecutive days over some of Europe and America recognise free- high-the worst reads. in Germany was a wheeling as one of the greatest achievement of a Model A | single achievements in motor car ly satisfactory throughout the past
Ford standard tudor car. Designed designs since the adoption of the year, certain improvements have
only to show the ability of a Ford electric starter. Curiously enough, been made which gives an even withstand the shocks and abuse engineers have been stimulated in superior performance over the 1930 of a long journey under exception-their imagination to utilise momen- power plants,、 The compression jally difficult driving conditions, the turn to the operation of a motor car run was not intended to be a non-by such a famllar example of free- ratio has been reduced approxi- stop test and the car was halted wheeling as a boy riding his bicycle. mately one per cent, the advant- three times daily to be checked. who stops pedalling and relaxus
In the coarse of the run, the while the bicycle rolls along. age in this being apparent through
Ford circled through Berlin, The many advantages free-wheel- a pleasing softness..
Potsdam, Manich, Frankfurt, Han-ing contributes to driving are parti. The activity of the Willys Six over and Hamburg, more than 50cularly exemplified in the present engine, which is used on both the times over a route notorious complete series of Hupmobiles in
and four 110 and 113 inch models, has been throughout Europe for ile miserable eluding a six cylinder
Some of the fen improved. This is accomplished stretches, its dangerous hairpin straight eights.
¡curves, and its steep grades. Intures resulting from the adoption of through a change in the shape of spite of the obstacles and some of free-wheeling in these new Hupms. The combustion head which in the worst weather experienced in bile models include an economy of creased the space between the top that section of Germany in a decade oil of 18 per cent. at least, a saving of the piston and head due to ear-the Ford maintained its minimum of of fuel of sometimes more than 12 621 miles a day although stops were per cent, a reduction in necessary ben necumulation on those mem-
neressarily made to refuel, replenish clutch operation of from 30 to GO bers
the oil and wash the car.
per cent, and new freedom in driv
The big end of the connecting
Four pairs of driven relieving ing ease. feach other after every 4 hours of These large savings in fuel and rod in all cases has been changed, driving piloted the Ford in the runoil are effected by Hupmobile Free- the habbit being taken off the side which in more than 50 laps about wheeling because, whereas the en- Caros, so permitting the steel of the circular route compelled them to the rod to come closer to the crank. negotiate traffic and comply with rigidly enforced speed regulations With The new construction the babbit is backed up firmly over then no less than 19,950 villages and
2,000 towns. Aside from a second
full length of the bearing and its harn believed necessary in view of effectiveness thereby increased,
A new oil ring has been fitted the extremely dangerous conditions to be met in the run, the only on the Willys Six engine, giving an increase in oil economy and atill special equipment on the ear was an
forthe tends to reduce the forma-
fextra spare wheel.
tion of il carbon in the combus-lume the Float-0 device follows tion chamber and the top of the piston.
down.
Improved Carburetion.
A change hus been made on the accelerator pump of all the
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The bicyclist atilises free- wheeling.
gine formerly continued to turn up
An improvement of major im- portance is found in the Installa tion of the Float-0 sii device which assure adequate lubrication under burettors, the pump plunger is no all comitions. Normally, the oil in longer a die casting but
a thin the engine sump is sucked from the brass stamping so that seizure be-1
il pas through a screen and suc-tween the plunger and the pump in revolutions although the throttle tion bell which is permanently bore is avoided through the located as close to the bottom of limination of the affinity of the the sump as possible so that all of metals. On the Willys Six, an en- the oil may be used. Certain draw-tirely new carburettor has been de- backs in this arrangement are veloped. In the 40 or 50 mile speed bviated in the Float-0 device in range this carburettor is about. which the suction bell and screen wo miles to the gallon more are pivoted on an arm and normal-eronomical while re-designing of ly float on top of the oil in the the float mechanism guards against *ump, and as the ail decreases in leaks.
BUYERS GUIDE
MOTOR CARS.
ARJSTRONG SIDDELEY.-Hongkong Hotel Garage, Queen's
Road. Tel. 24750.
BUICK The Dragon Motor Car Co., Ltd., 33, Wong Nel Chung
Road, Happy Valley. Tel. 30228. CADILLAC.-Hongkong Hotel Garage, Queen's Road. Tel. 24759. CHEVROLET.- Hongkong Hotel Garage, Queen's Road. Tel.
21759.
FIAT MOTOR CAR-A Gocke & Co., Chim Bldg., 7th floor.
Tel. 22221.
MARQUETTE-The Dragon fotor Car Co., Ltd., 23, Wong Nei
Chang Road, Happy Valley. Tel. 30228, MORRIS-Hongkong Hotel Garage, Queen's Road. Tel. 24759. OLDSMOBILE.-The Dragon Motor Car Co., Ltd., 33, Wong Nei
Chung Road, Happy Valley, Tel. 30228.
ROLLS-ROYCE-Hongkong Hotel Garage, Queen's Road, Tel.
2.1759.
STUDEBAKER-Hongkong Hotel Garage, Queen's Road. Tel.
24759.
WILLYS-KNIGHT & WHIPPET MOTOR CARS.-Gilman & Co.,
Ltd., 4a, Des Voeux Rd. C. Tel. 28011.
OUTBOARD MOTORS-Rudolf Wolff & Kew, 84 Queen's Road
C. Tel. 22173.
MOTOR TRUCKS AND TRACTORS. CHEVROLET-Hongkong Hotel Garage. Queen's Road.
24759.
Tel.
G.M.C.--The Dragon Motor Car Co., Ltd., 33, Wong Nel «Chung
Chung Road, Happy Valley, Tel. 30228. DODGE-South China Motor Car Co., 33. Das Voeux Road. C.
Tel. 25644.
24769,
MORRIS Hongkong Hotel Garage, Queen's Road. Tel. 24759. STUDEBAKER-Hongkong Hotel Garage, Queen's Road. Tel.
WILLYS-KNIGHT & WHIPPET TRUCKS.-Gilman & Co., Ltd.,
40, Des Voeux Road C. Tel. 28011.
MOTOR CYCLES.
B.S.A. The Sincere. Co., Ltd., Des Voeux Road. Tel. 27767. NORTON.--Tho. Sincere Co., Lid., Dea. Voeux Road C. Tel
27767.
MOTOR OILS.
GARGOYLE MOBILQIL~Vacuum Oil Company, King's Bldg. SHELL-Asiatic Petroleum Co., (S.C.). Lid, "Asiatic Bldg.
TYRES AND ACCESSORIES. ACCESSORTES.-Hongkong. Hotel, Garage, Bueen's Road Tel.
24759, ACCESSORIE-The Duro Motor Co., Nathan Road, Kowloon.
Tel. 66253.
FISK TYRES.-Gilman & Co., Ltd. 4a, Des Voeux Rd. C. Tel.
28011.
INDIA TYRES-W. R. Loxley Co., York Eldgo. Tel, 22285. MICHELIN TYRES.-A. Goeke & Co., Chind „Bldg., 7th floor.
Tel. 22221,295,
PRESTOLITE BATTERIES.—Hongkong Hothi Garage, Queen's
Road. Tel. 24759.
WILLARD BATTERIES-Gilman & Co., Ltd, 4a, Des Voeux Rd.
KC Tel, 283011.
was closed, it how only idles while the enr continues to roll along under its own momentum at 10, 25, 30 miles an hour or more.
Engine vibration is completely iest who free-wheeling. Engine back-lash, so common in other types of transmission, when the throttle
is suddenly closed or opened, is
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Telephone 30228.
3. WONG NEI CHUNG ROAD, HAPPY VALLEY,
The BUICK 8
clitninated. This feature naturally 6 to 8 miles an hour. In operation saves in wear and tear on tyres and this clutch is simikr in principle to the entire driving assembly and the well-known bkycle coaster fea- particularly in the wracking effect ture and the stem winding watch. on the car body. Still another ad As a bicycle saves in effort so vantageous feature of the new free Hupmobile's free-wheeling effects wheeling for every Hupmobile model economica in operating cost and including the Century Six, Century | driving effort that will obsolete the Eight in all series, C. H and U older type of transmission. models is un easier, quieter and In traffic when a car suddenly more flexible second gear perform. | darts out into the street, with free- wheeling the driver simply lifts the foot from the accelerator. The car continues to move forward but the engine idles while the geare remain. in mesh. With free-wheeling the car is more quickly stopped when travelling rapidly because only car momentum has to be overcome. By simply depressing the accelerator
ance.
As adopted by Hupmobile, free- wheeling is ainiplicity Itself..
There is nothing new to learn and even less to remember than with the old fashioned type of car. in free-wheeling the clutch may be used to shift into all speeds; it must be used, as in ordinary driv
The above illustration graphically shows the reason for saving in fuel with free-wheeling.
out touching the clutch and the fast get-away of second gear is at his full command when free-wheeling.
ing, when shifting Into reverse and the engine speed increases to car low speed and from low into second, speed for fast pick up in high. In speed. However, under certain traffic jams the driver simply pushes operating conditions, it is easily the shifting lever into second with- possible to shift from second to high or buck from high to second speed in free-wheeling without using the clutch. In such cases, the forward speed of the car must be sufficient to permit the engine to idle below car speed. When free-wheeling ls not used, the clutch must be used to shift into all gears. In its case of operation and its simplicity and freedom from mental strain, the Hupp Motor Car Corporation be hevo free-wheeling will find great favour with all drivers.
When ready to shift into high speed the lever is merely pulled back into third position without touching the clutch.
Tests have shown that from 80 to 60 per cent. less clutch action is necessary with free-wheeling. This, of course, means considerably leas physical effort and mental strain.
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The great saving possible bath in fuel and oil and in subsequent re- Much of the driving ease found in pair bills together with their free-wheeling comes from its unlessened strain in driving is bound usually quiet operation. Everybody to rapidly increase free-wheeling in knowa of the quiet high speed popular favour.. operation in motor cars of to-day. With the introduction of Hupmo bile's new free-wheeling transmis sion it is now possible to include a spiral type of gear in second speed. There is little that can be rald This new second gear provides third about the Dodge car that' is not speed quiat in second gear operatlan į already known, but a fact that on all new Hupmobiles. It intro-should not be forgotten is that duces a new sense of silent opera- year after year the car continues tion which is particularly desirable to improve, and better value is feature when frequent gear shifting thus offered to the public. The is necessary.
sturdiness and reliability of the Hupmobile's 'free-wheeling con Dodge is known in every part of sists of an over-running or one-way the world, and in recent years the clutch. This clutch permite the firm has concentrated in turaing gears to romain engaged in either out a car with modern lines and second or high speed while the car comfort.
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is rolling forward under its own The car itself has an extremely momentum and the engine is idling low centre of gravity and positive at a speed of an equivalent of frem hydraulic weatherproof brakes that
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Tel. 25644.
33, Des Voeux Road Central.
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