THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1932.
THE CHINA MAIL.
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MOTORISTS THIS IS YOUR PAGES
SOME BRITISH CARS FOR 1932
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1 of the overhead cam-shaft type. | tractive proposition. Other | ADVENTURES OF A MORRIS VAN Afridis in a van of this size, already but the road being flat and a good
Full forced feed lubrication is items of its specification are
fully laden, was beyond their com-jsurface, a speed of 50 m.p.h. was provided, and the four-speed semi-elliptic springs all round
prehension, and It was some time kept up for miles until Malakand gearbox has now a silent third with silentbloc bushes, under-
Messrs. F. II. Pltman & Co., Ltd., before the driver managed to was safely reached. patient sliding roof and Triplex
convince them, and was able to pro- "The van w88 an object of in- Like the been re-designed and improved, mounted petrol tank.
Quite terest everywhere, and the driver glass all round.
A four-door, six-light coach-a Morris Minor 6 cwt, van, which often on the road between Risalpur was Twelve-Six, and indeed, every and new type radiator has been model of the Singer range, the fittert.
continually answering ques- A sturdier frame gives built aaloon body is fitted on two has since completed 3,000 mile and Malakand stones were thrown, tions re performance, price, etc.” new Eighteen-Six hus a four- lower body mounting, with a cor- models, This gives ample ac- tour of the North-West Frontier,] speed gear-box with a "Hi-Lo" responding
centre of commodation for four persons alternative top.
gear. The brake mechanism has slung worm drive and a rear of Lahore, India, recently acquired ceed on his way to Thal.
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One of the most outstanding of the new cars is the Twelve- Six, which is listed as a saloon only. The engine of this car is a six-cylinder side-valve, with
gravity. dimensions of 69 x 90 m.m., and
and is of very handsome appear-visiting the districts of Rawalpindi, The new Silent Six has the Although the Junior may well ance.
Nowshers, Peshawar, Kohat, ic capacity of 1,476 c.c. The same bore us the Eighteen-Six; be anid to be à full-sized car, its
The Super Sevens,
Risalpur, Mardan, Charsadda, Mala-| Treasury rating is 12.95 h.p. (and, therefore, the same tax), engine is rated at 7.78 h.p.
Two different types of the well-kand, Durgai, Fort Salop, Cherat, ignition is by coil and distributor, but its longer stroke of 95 m.m. An altogether new car of ex-known Super Seven Triumph are Landi Kotal, Hangu, Thal, Khajuri provides a total cubic capacity tremely striking lines is the offered for 1932 open cars and cooling by thermo-syphon, of 2,180 e.c. The engine is of Junior" "Special." In the main, and saloons. The chassis of the Plain, Bannu, Razmak, and Razmak
the overhead valve type, push this has the same chassis speci- former is generally similar to Narai. A four-speed gearbox with rod operated, and a seven bear-fication as the standard model, that of the 1931 series and the "The van," writes the owners,
with central control is employed and ing crankshaft fitted
but the engine dimensions are in- bodies retain all their special vibration damper is
"behaved splendidly employed. creased 60 x 86 m.m., Trea- features has a silent third speed, or, as The
as regards both pistons are of special sury rating, 8.93 h.p. This pro- fort and appearance,
way. even though ia quite the manufacturers term it, a aluminium alloy, and the con- video a big increase in power New features of the saloong'in few places river beds had "Hi-Lo❞ alternative top: Sus necting rods of duralumin.
output. The bodywork is very chassis include semi-elliptic to be crossed On account The long semi-elliptic springs attractive indeed, being a replica springs all round with silentbloc pension is by long semi-elliptic springs encued in leather are encased in gaiters, the rear of the larger Kaye Don saloon. bushes and a rear mounted petrol of recent floods having destroyed gaiters, the rear springs being springs being underslung, and, With its powerful engine and tank with autovac feed and 2-way the bridges. The little van elim-
advanced lines, this new tap.
bed the passes marvellously, and, as underslung, shock absorbers are as in the case of the Eighteen- very
The Six-Cylinder Scorpion. you are aware, there are several supplied all round. The tank is Six, are damped by Luvax hy model will undoubtedly prove mounted at the rear of the draulic double acting shock ab, very popular.
This small six-cylinder, which very stiff gradients in the district. The last of the four-cylinder made its appearance chassis, and is fitted with a two-sorbers front and rear.
The ascent up to Razmak Narai, at last: way tap controlling a reservo The most luxurious of the Singers is the now well-known year's Olympia Show, has been with an altitude of 7,158 ft., was done with ease and at no time did supply. The specification in- Singer range is the Kaye Don 10 hp. car which was introduced improved in many respects, cludes chromium plating to all saloon.
the engine show any signs of over- This has a chassis for the first time at the Olympia whilst at the same time the
heating. The oil consumption dur- bright fittings, Triplex screen, similar to that of the Silent-Six, Show last year. It has been im- prices have been materially re
the ing
whole trip was body work of extremely proved in many respects, chief duced. upholstery, adjustable but front seats, a trip speedometer, handsome and advanced design, amongst which may be mention-
Three types are listed a 2/4 negligible, and the van averaged This is expectional- windscreen wiper, ventilators, for which Mr. Kaye Don, worked the inclusion of a silent third seater de luxe, a four-door coach-45 m.p.h. etc. Following the usual Singer ing in conjunction with the gear, and very much more power- built saloon and a de luxe model ly good, considering that the van of the stiffeat practice, the body, which gives company's engineers, has been ful engine.
All was climbing some with four-speed gearbox. ample accommodation in both responsible.
round improvements include in-hills in India practically the whole compartments, is of the six-light!
crease of the track and wheel time. genuine coachbuilt type, highly is used, and the visor peak is An entirely new 9 h.p. car, base to 3ft. 71gin. and 7ft. 8in. "Rather an amusing incident oc-
bodies rounded off neatly, finished in cullulose.
The same four-door
Super respectively, a rear mounted tank curred when some miles from Thal, Next amongst the new models sweep is carried out on the Sevens and a range of fine cars and semi-elliptic springs with just after rounding one of the sharp comes the Eighteen-Six. This radintor nose, the filler cap at very attractive prices are the silentbloc bushes and Luvax hairpin bends, up a steep gradient,
the dimensions of 69.5 x 90 being found beneath the bonnet. three outstanding features of the hydraulic shock absorbers.
driver was confronted with has m.m., and a capacity of 2,050 e.c. Turning to the smaller Sing- 1932 Triumphs.
In addition to its four-speed four Afridi tribesmen. With its four-speed gearbox, gearbox, the de luxe saloon is turally thought The Treasury rating is 17.9 h.p. ers, the famous Junior is As in the case of the Twelve-Six, tinued for 1932 with many im overhead inlet valve engine with standardised with a sliding roof, trouble, but all these fellows want- side-by-side valves are employed. provements.
increased three-bearing crankshaft, and spring bumpers, safety glass all ed was a lift to Thal. The impos The body is particularly luxuri, power has been obtained from the Treasury rating of 8.9-h.p. only, round and real hide upholstery, sibility of fitting four large-sized}; ous, and is standardised with a engine, which, as in the past, is the new Super Nine is a very at-
leather
A sloping "V"-shaped screen
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Triumph.
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