THURSDAY, AUGUST 25,
THE CHINA MAIL
THE MOTORISTS PAGE A
Auto Census Shows
· Millions On Road
Various Types Of Motors From World Over
U.S. LEADS WITH 26,132,116
HONG KONG SHOWS REGISTRATION OF 2,825 VEHICLES.
are approximate.
tories.
:
FIGURES GIVEN." The statistics, in more detail,
are:
North America
South
TOURIST SERVICE FOR VISITOR.
Historic Spots Seen
From Car..
"DRIVE YOURSELF.”
Those who take advantage of the reduced steamship. fares this year. and heed the call "Come to Britain," are expected to welcome" a new innovation in motor touring) which is being made available to visitors to the British Isles by the Ford Motor Company, Limited, of England..
This is a touring service, recent-
Low
Pressure Tyre- A Success
Logical Development In Industry
MORE RIDING EASE
MORE RUBBER AND LESS AIR.
Within the year, tire experts, pre-returns were built up from 15,000 Freely organized by the British com-dict, thousands of motorists will be to 20,000. Ireland, pany, by which visitors to Great riding on the new extreme low-pres-
·
under
the
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6 CYLINDER MODELS
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MUST NOT NEGLECT.
THE DRAGON MOTOR CAR
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VALLEY HONG KONG,
ICODDO
VALVELESS ENGINE FOR SPEED
New Theory Of Prof. A. M. Low.
According to world motor Britain. 1,557,130; Irish census of cars, trucks and buses State, "50,162; North
The same difficulties are being YOU ARE CORDIALLY IN taken by the American Automobile 26,100: Eathonin, 3,180; Latvia, Britain can secure at reasonable sure automobile tires. Vehicles of encountered in the extreme low VITED TO TELEPHONE Magazine, there were on January 3,943: Lithuania. 2.744; Danzig rates a Fard car, with or without all weights will be carried on tires pressure tires as were "encountered 1, 1932. 35.441,933 automobiles 2,214: Poland, being driven throughout the world. Slovakia, 92,100; Austria. 28,100 for periods ranging from a week twenty pounds and providing the cars not designed for them. In such
33,568 Czecho: chauffeur, for use in motor touring requiring air pressures from ten to when ballon tires were fitted to 30228 OR TO CALL FOR A NEI CHUNG ROAD ---HAPPY Of these, 29,523.835" were cars," Switzerland,. '86.300;
DEMONSTRATION. Hungary end to six months. Arrangements maximum of cushioning comfort. a case, steering is harder; spring 5,580,083 were trucks, and 249,646 19,333 Rumania, 37,500; Yugo- may be made for the car to were buses. These figures are not slavia, 15,000: Bulgaria, 3,687; delivered to the visitor at the quay development of the low-pressure it, might be; turning radius is in- be This will be possible through the and snubber action is not what complete for all territories, but Greece, 200,000: Azores, 704 of any British port upon arrival of casing, an application to automobiles creased; jacks will not go
Madeira, 930; "Gibraltar, 650. his steamship.
for the design of tire-used on aaro- the axles when the tire is flat; and A total 2,624,097 motorcycles Africa-
With this new service," the an-planes."
the appearance of the car is not CIKOODI were registered by January, 1932. Egypt. 29,167; Sudan. 2845;nouncement said, "it now will be The new tire. is known by several always pleasing, However, the ease The total number of automobiles Ethiopia, 690: Somaliland. 1.100: possible for tourists in Britain to trade names, including "Super-jof riding is remarkable and dif- in the world; excluding the United British East Africa, 24.321; reach a hundred and one off-the- Pneumatic," "Streamline Jumbe," ficulty in steering is being correct BRAKE TROUBLES States, was 9,309,817, this figure Rhodesia, 16,396, Fortuguese East map sarines of history which Super-Cushion," Air Ballooned by the introduction of shorter not being complete, for all terri Africa. 3,900:
Africa, otherwise would be inaccessible and "Airwheel."
AND REMEDIES. Already it has pitman arms. 159,000; Angola, 2,500 "Belgian One can visit gray, old university created a problem similar to that These are the advantages claimed Congo, 6,542; French Africa, 9,171: towns: crag-perched castles, ab- caused by the introduction of the by fire engineers for the new type Efficient Brake System British West Africa 14,633 beys, churches, ancient fields of balloon tire, in that the new tire is of tire: Liberia, 300; Morocco, 22,844 Battle, walled cities and the more being produced in a variety of sizes.. Algeria, 47,300; Tunisia, 11,955; isolated places of historic interest It is made in six different cross-in less fatigue for the driver and Better cushioning, which results i Madagascar, 3,710 Mauritius, and beauty. Alaska. 2,747: Dominion of 3,150.
section measurements, from 6.50 to passengers. Less vibration trans- "At Deal townspeople can point 9.00 inch, and in 18, 14, 15 and 16 mitted to
15,000 REVS. A MINUTE Canada, 1,188,237; Newfoundland,"
chassis and body and, CHINA HAS 34,000.
out where the Romans 3,383; United States, 26,122,116; Asia-
came inch rim diameters. Current model consequently, longer life for
If the linings are at all greasy, ashore: at Pevensy where Norman balloon tires, for all makes of cars, car
A motor-car engine that runs so due either to the passage of lubri-fast that It does not need any valves México, 72.000; Guatemala, 2,162; Turkey, 5,900 Syria, 11,772; Williams conquest began. Salvadore; 2.202: Nicaragua, 1,000 Palestine, 3.050; Arabia, 750; Iraq. Stratford can still be found the and are confined to 17, 18 and 19 blow-outs, and less danger when enthusiasm of the owner in lubri A. M. Low. He expects it to work Atrange within five cross section sizes Lees likelihood of punctures, and cant along the axle, or the over has been designed by Professor Costa Rica. E763: Panama, 8,650 4,175; "Persia, 9,950; India, 180,191 lanes where Shakespeare trod and inch rims. Honduras, 678; Jamaica, 7,804; Ceylon. 20,273; British Balaya, in beachy. Buckinghamshire the
they do occur. (At 12-and-18 pound cating the brake-operating cam at a speed of 15,000 revolutions a Caba. 39,000; Halt, 8,000: 35,510; Siam, 7,200; Indo-China, earlier haunts of William Penn recognized as
The extreme low-pressure tire is pressures, the large volume of air shaft, clean them with petrol. minute, which is twice as fast as Dominican Republic, 8586; Porto 21.876; Hong Kong, 2,825; Philip Shipping still rides the sheltered
the a logical step in tire in new tire, when released the crease is well impregnated into the fastest racing motor cycle en- development. It is of larger sec-through a cut. or other cause, will the lluing, a blow-lamp would be Rico, 16,530; Martinique, 2,290:pines, 38,000: China, 24,000; Japan, waters of Plymouth Sound as intional diameter, lower rim diameter escape relatively slowly and give hound more useful, although it sine, and nearly ben times as fast
103,900; Dutch East Indies, 84,081 the Pilgrim fathers' day.
as a light aeroplane engine. Oceania-
and lower pressure than the familiar the driver warning that the tire is quite likely that in such a case) "Canterbury, Salisbury, York balloon. The extreme. is reached going flạt).
renewal of the lining will be neces-explosion ten years ago, when men "I got the idea from a cosimine Australia, 525,846; New Zealand, Warwick, Kenilworth, Windsor, with the elimination of the wheel, Furthermore, in these large sec-sary. 192,576; Pacific Islands Samoa. Society, Hawali,
(Fijis, Sherwood Forest, the Cotswolds, the hab with attached brake drum tion tires the flexing action is 80 A smooth or glazed lining can be working near the source of explo-
etc.). Bigshot Haath-England
with place-names made famous in the axle and the tire...
teems taking up the entire space between slight at any given point in the improved by roughening it up with sion were not hurt, but others some 53,865.
distance away were killed," Profes carcass that failure from internal a wire brush. It is sometimes GENERAL FIGURES SHOWN. history and literature. There is so
Old time motorists are familiar friction cannot occur. Also, pune- found also that under the pressure or Low, told "The Star" The numbers of automobiles, much to see and often there is with the tires that required an in- tures will be reduced because pen- of application the Haing will flat-
"Instead of a few large cylinders, fcars, trucks, and buses) and only too little time in which to see flation pressure of twenty pounds stration of a tire is easier as in- an out slightly and overlap they engine has a large number of Europe
motor-cycles in the main geogra-it."
soles of the shoe. This comes
small ones," he said "The com- --Icoland-1,434; Norway, 51,116; phical divisions-of-the world-are-
to the cross-section inch. For inflation is increased.
pression is low, for instead of an stance, the 84 by 4 tire that called The larger road contact area of into contact with the drum, and inlet valve, there is a wire gauze, Sweden, 152000; Finland, 36,030;; Africa-automobiles, 370,880; Denmark, 120,838; U.S.S.R., 63,926: cars, 287,523; trucks, 72,682; buses,
of eighty pounds, the extreme low pressure tire re may be the cause of a continual Germany. 688,186; Holland, 3,446; motorcycles, 66,83,0.
the pressure insisted upon by the sults in a substantial increase in faint rubbing or squeaking sound through which the flame cannot For The 136,000; Belgium, "160,580; France,
tire makers if the purchaser was to the effectiveness of brakes.
overlapping edge can be penetrate The exhaust port is America (excluding U.S.A.):-
[opened and closed by the piston as 1,595,000; Spain, 177,900; Portugal, automobiles;
obtain the 8,500 miles of service the same reason, traction is im- rasped down quite easily. 2,013,977; cars,
in a twostroke engine.”.... proved..
Whilst on the subject of brakes -31,800; Italy, 285,042;
guaranteed in the tire. Great 1,592,414; trucka. 345,338; buses,
[17,219; motorcycles, 19,660. Asia: automobiles,
Barbados, 1,671; Trinidad, 6,858. South America—
Columbia, 13,750; Equador, 2,528; Peru, 10,850; Bolivia, 2,456; Chili, 42,547; Argentina, 345,856; Uruguay, 42,200; Paraguay, 2.003; Brazil, 163,200 Guiana, 2,200; Venezuela, 15,000.
FRANCE LEADS.
THE NEW
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Product of
General Motors
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For Economical
Motoring
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566,253;
cars, 389,711; trucks, 159,750;|
267.
OIL SAVES WEAR OF MOTOR.
for a pressure
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Under-inflation was" costly thea The "snow-shoe" effect of the it is worth mentioning one or two
More Tire, Less Air.
of the possibility of overloading these parts.
NEW RANGE OF Oceania:-automobiles, 772,287;
The modern high-speed engine, It was not a far step to the cord SINGER CARS. cara, 602,786; trucks, 187,787 turning over on an average of 3,200 fire, with larger cross-section, great- buses,, 1,254; motorcycles, 114,256, revolutions a minute, houses within er riding comfort and with fifty-Kaye Don" Model For
United States: automobiles, itself a force so great that it is five to sixty pounds pressure for 26,132,116; cara, 22,682,173; trucks, 3,873,825; buses, 75,118: motor beyond the understanding of most the 44 inch casing. The cushioning effect of the cord was cycles, 110,915.
Totals:-automobiles, 35,441,988;
In the engine the crankshaft 25 per cent, greater than of the old
2,624,097.
drivers.
1932-33 Season.
ter claimed for his engine are:
The advantages which the inven
The smooth running of a luxury car, at the cost of a baby car,
Extreme aflence.
Flexibility which makes gears
unnecessary.
My sengine laaglogical develope
Prolonged Speeding
Hard On. Car. because it created a sawing action larger contact area resists side skid troubles which are sometimes ex. in the cross-woven threads with to a remarkable degree. Corners perienced and the remedies which
buses, 16,862; "motorcycles," 69,169.
The average
be turned on wet pavements can be employed in such cases, automobile driver which the carcass of the tire was can Europe-automobiles, 5,588,820; of to-day speeds along with little constructed and quickly brought a at higher speeds than was previous-If there be any tendency for grab cara, 3,963,228; trucks, 1,460,711; thought of the work the engine and blowout, a road mishap accompa-ly thought possible without side-bing, for example, it might be due to one of the following cau buses, 185,747; motorcycles, 2,248,- other moving parts are doing, and nied by bombilke release of the air.wise alipping.
xes. Loose wheel bearings; dirty
No carbon deposits. spoke linings or loose spring clips My engine has the flexible run. A similar effect is noticeable ning qualities of a steam engine, when the drums are out of truth, combined with the convenience of their rivets and tend to pucker up Fetrol engines have for you likewise if the linings are loose on
the petrol engine," he declared.
under application. The remedy been reaching higher speeds, but
the faster they get the more com in each case is fairly obvious, a
Chattering of the brakes can plicated is the valva mechanism MANY NEW FEATURES.
also be caused by loose wheel bear necessary to keep up with the speed cars 29,529,835; trucks, 5,580,083 bearings are subjected to quitstype of tire and the mileage return
ings, loose spring – supporting. buses. 249,846 motorcycles, bit of this force. These bearings was increased from 3,500 to 8,000
The advancement in the modern connect the rods to the shaft and Rim diameters had also been reduc ear is pre-eminent in the Singer the ends of the lining are cut ment of the idea of higher speeds,
bolts and badly fitted linings. If have to transmit the whole power ed during the period of transition 1932-33 range details of which of the engine in addition to retat from the fabric to the cord type, have just been announced. All the square it is a good plan to cham- but carried to such an extreme that log at a terrific speed. The bear- the extreme during the former stage models embody striking points of ber them off for about an inch the valve problem becomes simpler ings are safeguarded by a thin film being thirty-four inches and the technical advancement and they from each end so that they assume instead of of oil, and any lack of lubrication popular size used with cord tires claim to have established taper formation is sure to send the temperature of being twenty-three inches,g standard never before attained,”“ these bearings past the danger point The balloon tire made its appear- Among the developments which If a car is driven at a high rate of ance in 1922 and marked the next are common to all types, are the clination for the car
side when the speed for any length of time, con major step in tire development. Vibro-Damper, a new and exclusive
in spite of In is prolonged speed rather than Abuse of inflation recommendations method of mounting the power an excessive rate of it, that puts an was responsible, in large measure, unit, and new steering with self.a testing
probability due to Rugby, August 4. overload on an engine. Modern cars for the introduction of the balloon centring action. British cars driven by British are bullt for speed, and the good tire. Tire engineers decided to in Other features are the Perm- or play in the
which should be drivers have won an extraordinary point about this fact is that at 50 crease again the cross-sectional mesh silent gears, vibrationless series of successes during the in- or 60 miles an hour they generally diameter of the tire and, in order ansmission, Lockheed hydraulis finally condenini ternational Alpine six days motor have a lot of power in hand for not to change the road clearance of kes, double-acting hydraulic All springs embod trial. In the clanges for 2,000 emergencies.
Find the vehicle, they reduced the rim
bers, new radiator de- earhould volt electrical equip. Casionally, to smarter and roomier are not ru
tion of a the listing oll
BRITISH ENTRIES
For Minimu. ZAM Cost
WIN AWARDS.
Alpine Automobile Trials,
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THE NEW
For Maximum Mileage
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c.c. cars a team of Talbots won No car, however, will stand a diameter proportionately the Coupe des Alps and a team of constant "railroading" of 70 and 80 The same vehicle that formerly Invictas won the Glacier Cup with an hour for hours at a time. carried
the Armstrong Siddeley team next. This constant speeding causes a be equ Frazer, Nash and Wolseley cars In temperature in the bearing or six inch
occupied the first three places for
cars of 1,000 cierto 1,500;
2)
Rileys won the Coupe den. Alpu for the 500 to 1,100 ce type
Lagondas, Singers and.
the oil itself, which even
four-inch
·DOW".
and
smoother application. i po Should there be a pro
ensure
** mare difficult"
PARE THE SPINNING CAR BA
Can a slow-travelling car do four spins and then skid? If so, how? many circuits would it do if movei ing fast?” Balford's the chief on ai journey, to an outbreak had an ex- perience thus described by a worian newsagent: “The car came... on ahead of the re-engines
t rake slowed slightly and then started to oë- skid," he car turned round four they times before travelling across the - road and, striking the trám, stand- rat ard" The quotation is
brak-
Manchester paper.