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THURSDAY, AUGUST 6, 1931.
NEW LINCOLN CAR
Greater Power And Performance.
LUXURIOUS TRANSPORTATION.
THE CHINA MAIL.
bination air cleaner, and silencer is attached to the carburetor Intako, Lubrication is by full force feed. Oll is filtered continuously by an oil cleaner.
Chassle Frame, The chassis frame is exceptional- ly rigid, an important safety factor, which also contributes to the ab- sence of body noises. Steel apoke wheels are standard equipment. The springs are exceptionally long, the hightening riding comfort. The new Lincoln automobile. of An outstanding feature of kurpassing appearance, greater new Lincoln is the new silent free-axle trend le two inches wider than power and more alert performance wheeling transmission which gives formerly, is announced by the Lincoln Motor to motoring a new modern day The lowering of the centre of Company. With the superb new sensation of air-born flight. It in- gravity makes the car safe at high Sharp turns .can be bodies, and chassis, the new car corporates the over-running clutch speeds. ashers in a new age in luxurious principle, which permits silen; gear negotiated with safety at a fast transportation. An outstanding fea- shifting back and forth between Kalt without imparting an unplea ture is the new free-wheeling second and high without disengag- Bant rolling sensation to rear seat Houdaille hydraulic Transmission.
ing the clutch, quiet operation in occupants.
shock absorbers second noiseless conting upen double-neting
cushion road shocks. A torque tube takes all the axle thrust and Free Wheeling. Free-wheeling gives to Lincoln applies to it a point well forward motoring a new exhilaration. There in the chassis, leaving the springs free to perform their normal is no sensation of drag when the engine is throttled. Driving takes function. new feeling of gliding,
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The new Lincoln has a 145-inch wheelbase chuosis which hugs the road and has amazing roadability. The extremely roomy bodies are graceful and fleet of line, The new engine is exceptionally responsive and 33 per cent, more powerful than any previous Lincoln.
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modern in every detail, the new are obtained.
The brakes are; of the two-shoo
The lines of the new Lincoln-cushioned, unhampered movement. type of large surface, quick net- bodies are superb, giving an active Furthermore, greatly reduced wearing. highly effective, and silent in aspect of motion and flowing from because the engine runs at idling operation. They are internal ex- the graceful sweep of the new speed during free-wheeling and panding on all four wheels and may pointed radiator through the long increased economy of operation be- be operated either, by the foot pedal hood and cowl, the rakish windshield cause of decreased fuel consumption or hand brake lever. The hand and the long low body Though during periods of free-wheeling brake lever can be used to supple- ment pressure on the foot pedal or lines serve to emphasise the dignity Provision is made for neutralia- to apply the brakes independent of and pose which have always charing the free wheeling clutch, enabl-it. When the hand brake lever is acterised the Lincoln.
ing the driver to ultilise the brak firmly set it may be released. easily The wheelbase is nine inches ing effect of the engine. when by applying pressure to the foot longer than in the previous Lincoln, desired, such-as in-descending sharp pedal..
Although linked together the two This added length, one-third of grades. A button at the top of the which is in the hood and cowl, the gear shift lever, when pressed, braking systems are independent. Brakes can be applied either with lower bodies, the now pointed accomplishes this.
or foot pedal even radiator and the slanting windshield
The smoothness of operation of the hand lever unite to give the car a fleeter op the new-Lincoln-is-enhanced-by-use though_any_part_in_the_linkage_of pearance.. The greater length, of a two-plate dry clutch which is either should fail to function.
In fact, with the new
graceful width and depth have been utilised unusually soft and positive in to afford a greater roominess. operation. It equipped with flowing bodies, the new free-wheel- Particular attention has been paid twelve small coiled springs that ing transmission, the more power- to the convenience of the driver. Buften engagement and cushion ful, more responsive engine, the silent highly effective braking sya- The new bodies are luxuriously backlash. upholstered and equipped. The The new engine, of the S-cylinder tem and the numerous other refine- hardware is of chaste, dignified de-"V" type, is rated at. 120 H.P. as ments, the new Lincoln has become sign. In accordance with Lincoln compared, with 90 HP in the former the outstanding exhibit at the cuatom.n wide range of colours are Lincoln. At the same time the Salon.'
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materially more alert performance.
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weight of the car has been increas Numerous refinements in coned approximately 100 lbs. giving a struction design have been incor- more favourable. ratio of horse. porated. Unhampered driving vision, power to weight and resulting in is assured by the new front, body design. Door-openings, are wide, affording easy access. The window openings are framed with beauti- fully proportioned aluminium cast- ings, making for greater. rigidity. The moulding treatment is modern, adding to the Howing grace of the bodies.
IT'S SO MODERN.
People in Port Churchill | See First Motor.
This has been obtained through refinements in design effecting bet- ter carburetion and greater
Churchill (Manitoba), June 29. efficiency in introducing the mix- ture into the firing chambers. A People in Port Churchill have new earburetor of the down draft seen their drst motor vehicle.
The arrival of a two-ton lorry, double-throat type is supplied with gasoline by a fuel pump. A com-taking supplies to missions,, attract- ed Eskimos, trappers and Indians.
BUYERS GUIDE
MOTOR CARS.
ARMSTRONG SIDDELEY.-Hongkong Hotel Garage. Queen's
Road. Tel. 24759.
BUICK The Dragon Motor Car Co., Ltd., 33, Wong Nei Chung
Road, Happy Valley. Tel. 30228:
CADILLAC.-Hongkong Hotel Garage, Queen's Road. Tel. 24769. CHEVROLET. Hongkong Hotel Garage, Queen's Road. Tel.
2.1769,
FIAT MOTOR CAR-A Gocke & Co., China Bldg., 7th floor.
Tel. 22221.
MARQUETTE.-The Dragon Motor Cor Co., Ltd., 33, Wong Nel
Chung Road,"appy Valley. Tol. 30228. MORRIS-Hongkong Hotel Garage, Queen's Road. Tel. 24759, OLDSMOBILE-The Dragon Motor Car Co., Ltd., 33, Wong Nel
Chung Road, Happy Valley. Tel. 80228. ROLLS-ROYCE.-Hongkong Hotel Garage, Queen's Road. Tel:
24759, STUDEBAKER.-Hongkong Hotel Garage, Queen's Road. Tel.
24750, WILLYS-KNIGHT & WHIPPET MOTOR CARS-Gilman & Co.,
Ltd., da, Des Voeux Rd. C. Tel. 28011.
OUTBOARD MOTORS.—Rudolf Wolff & Kew, 54 Queen's Road
C. Tel. 22178,
MOTOR TRUCKS AND TRACTORS. CHEVROLET-Hongkong Hotel Garage, Queen's Road.
24769.
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Tel.
G.M.C―The Dragon Motor Car Co., Ltd., 33, Wong Nei Chung
Chung Road, Happy Valley. Tel. 30228.
MORRIS-Hongkong Hotel Garage, Queen's Road Tel. 24759. STUDEBAKER-Hongkong Hotel Garage, Queen's Road..
DODGE, South China Motor Car Co., 83, Des Voeux Road. C.
Tel. 25044.
Tel.
24759, WILLYS-KNIGHT & WHIPPET TRUCKS-Gilman & Co., Ltd.,
An, Des Voeux Road C. Tol. 28011,
MOTOR CYCLES.
B.S.A-The Sincere Co., Ltd., Des Voeux Road, Tel. 27767... NORTON The Sincere Co, Ltd Des Voeux Road C. Tel
27767.
MOTOR OILS.
GARGOYLE. MOBILOIL-Vacuum Oil Company, 'King's Bldg,. SHELL-Asfatic Patroleum Co., (S.C.), Ltd.," Asiatic Bldg,
TYRES AND ACCESSORIES. ACCESSORIES Hongkong Hotel, Garage, Bueen's Road. Tel.
24750;"
ACCESSORIE-The Duro Motor Co Nathan Road, Kowloon.
Tel. 56256.
FISK TYRES. Gilman & Co., Ltd.. da, Des Voeux Rd. C. Tel.: 65280112 M B
INDIA TYRES W. R. Loxley Co., York Bldgs. Tel. 22285, MICHELIN TYRES, A. Goeke, & Co., China Bldg, 7th floor.
1 Tel. 22221-
PRESTOLITE BATTERIES-Hongkong Hotel Garage, Queen's; SAGT Road, #To]; 24769,ANAOSA
WILLARD BATTERIES Gliman & Co. Ltda, Des Voeux Ra
C. Tel: 28011
It was some time before the Eskimos could be convinced that It was safe to ride in the lorry.
PROOF POSITIVE.
Buick
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"I never thought it possible for a car to travel so fast, and yet pull up só quickly and gently."
"Well, Sir, Buick had a 25-year reputation to maintain when it built this eight-in-a-line and had to keep faith with those tens of thousands of people who buy Buicks year after year because of their confidence in Buick's performance.”
THE new Buick is characteristically Buick in all those qualities which have contributed so materially to Buick leadership for a quarter of a century.`-
Buick has won public confidence on the sheer merit of its products year after year. Thousands of motor car buyers buy Buicks without even asking for a demonstration,
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The new Buick, in all-series, reflects even more than the supreme value for the money any previous Buick has that only an organisation like Buick and, General Motors could possibly give.
Why not let us demonstrate the new Buick to you to-day ?.
114" Wheelbase Buick Models, H.K.$6,955 to H.K.$7,525 118" Wheelbase Buick Models H.K.$8,275 to H.K. 8,775 124" Wheelbase Buick Models. H.K.$9,820 to H.K.$ 9,980 132" Wheelbase Buick Modela H.K.$9,820 to H.K.$12,295
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THE DRAGON MOTOR CAR CO., LTD..
Telephone 30228.
33, WONG NEI CHUNG ROAD, HAPPY VALLEY.
U.S.. SECRET CAR.
Four-Cylinder Model at Low Price.
London, July 4. Under atresa of the long- continued depression and the conse quent demand for the least expen- sive form of motor-car; a return to The Morris Distributors for popularity of the four-cylinder Kenya Colony-Overseas Motor engine is foreshadowed. Transport Co. (East Africa), Ltd. The third or fourth largest have lately been busy proving American manufacturer, whose pro- that the Morris Minor, in addition ducts are well known on this side of to being, by virtue of its easy the Atlantic, is about' to launch on manoeuvrability, an ideal town car, the markets of both countries a new Ofrecent possesses all the robust-qualities four-cylinder model. necessary for "safari" work. years he has built nothing but six
An o..v. "Minor's" run to and eight-cylinder cars. Nakuru and back from Nairobi The four-cylinder engine is much (approximately 200 miles) is thus cheaper to manufacture, and the described by the East African new car will be low in price. It is Standard: "The car had two pas- claimed that by a new system of sengers and a fair amount of lug-mounting the engine, vibration, the gage at the back, and did the chief drawback of the "four," is journey in 4 hours' running time eliminated. Great accrecy hes each way. For many miles, parti-been maintained about the new car cularly on the Escarpment and in and its design and production. the Kedong Valley, the surface is At least one new British four- very bad, but the car took the cylinder car is on the stocks, but bumps extraordinarily well, and it will not be introduced until the comfort, in driving was sur shortly before the Motor Show. prisingly good. There was never During the last six eight at any time any sign of boiling, monthe "small fours" have con- not even when climbing the Es-stituted a good 50 per cent. of the carpment on the return journey, total sales of new cars in Britain. and the long pull up, out of Our very heavy taxes, licence Naivasha to the top of the Lon- duties, and fuel tax, which are gonot ridge was done in top gear together the heaviest in the world at 30 miles per hour with the combine to favour the low-powered throttle only half open. The car that is light on petrol. In the petrol consumption for the journey United States first cost is the chief averaged 46 miles per gallon, consideration, and 'a revival of the Another journey by a "Minor" "four" at the expense of the multi- (o.h.v.) touring model, reported by cylinder car is unexpected. the same paper, was equally suc-
cessful: "Loaded with two passen gers and baggage total weight about 500 lb-this car went up to
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MORE SNIPES" FOR INDIA.
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the Rinankop via the Naivasha es- In addition to the Humber Pull- carpment during the recent wet man cars which were shipped to weather. The roads were very India to the order of the Earl of the new Viceroy, soft, but chains were not used, and Willingdon, the car got to the summit without Lieut. Col. Iamay, D.3.0, his Mil- difficulty. On the top the roadstary Secretary, has also acquired a "Snipe" Saloon, Col. were really bad in places, but mud Humber provided no terrors, and the Morris Ismay's second car of this make. showed few signs of sticking, goz Furthermore, Mr. E. O. Mieville, ing through places where a heavier C.M.G., the Viceroy's Private Secre car might easily have got bogged. tary, has a Humber "Snipe" 'finish- The height of the Kinaned in beige and black. This car is kop plateau at this point is about fitted with a drop screen behind the 8,500 feet, and considering that at driver, rendering it easily cone this altitude an engine loses from vertible; for either official or 15 to 20 per cent of its power, it personal use. would be difficult to find a better tribute to the efficiency of the Morris power unit. The car was not strained in any way, in spita of the heavy bumps, and the neces sity of running for several miles
in low gear. SHAR
POLISH TAXI-OWNERS.
Notices of Dismissal Issued To 25,000 Drivers.
Notices of dismissal have been One cannot over-emphasise the value of such demonstration trips issued to 25,000 taxi-drivers in In assisting to dispel the many Poland by the employers, who have quite groundless arguments against threatened to withdraw their the suitability of British cars to vehicles from the streets, as a the mot testing overseas cant protest against the Government's tiona
refusal to revise the Road Tax..
The Eights with Buick's Prestige
NOW HERE
DODGE TRUCKS
DEPENDABLE
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DO MORE WORK AND
MAKE MORE PROFITS
With this rugged, high quality, full-floating reor ando, shafte franamit power soluły --- nad may bé quickly replaced without removal of wheels ar we of jack.
These sofa, mure, scally-applied 4-wheel brakes are laternal exponding and therefore, weatherproof self-equalizing and 'exerting uniforms broking
oil wheels... positive. Razy to adjust,
CAPABLE
A TRUCK
FOR EVERY. HAULING NEED
STANDARD TRUCKS.'.
There are four standard models, 2 four- cylinder and 2 six-cylinder, with wheel- bases from 109 Inches to 136 Inches. Payload capacities range from 1,200 to 3,850 lbs.
HEAVY DUTY STRAIGHT FRAME There are seven Heavy Duty Straight Frome models, all six-cylinder, and with vheelbases from 140 inches to 195 inches. Payload capacities range from 2,950 to 11,175 lbs.
HEAVY DUTY, DOUBLE DROP" FRAME There are four Heavy Duty Double Drop Frame
models, all six-cylinder and with wheelbases from 150 inches to 195 inches. Fayload capacities range from 3,500 to 11,175 lbs.
SOUTH CHINA MOTOR CAR CO
Tel. 25644.
33, Des Voeux Road Central.
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