THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1932.
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truth
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31-Measure of length
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34-Blumber
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THE MOTORISTS' PAGE
OLD SURVIVORS OF
CAR INDUSTRY.
36 Out Of 990 In United States.
OLDSMOBILE OLDEST
#'
Of 990 automobiles which have been "sent to market" since the start of the industry in the Unit ed States, only 36, made by 21 manufacturers, have survived.
Oldsmobile is the oldest car named among the survivors. It Lwas started in 1897 and named
built the Reo, giving it his initials
as a name.
Packard is second oldest... has ing first been produced in 1899
British Motorists Daring Journey
London To Calcutta In Hillman Car
MANY DIFFICULTIES FACED
Trackless and waterless deserts..
are
men who
NEW MOTOR CYCLE UNNECESSARY LIGHT
RANGE FOR 1933.
Unorthodox Models
Displayed.
DAZZLE.
A Definite Offence In England.
Despite the fact that practically
No Olympia Motor Cycle Show is all modern cars are provided as stan- to be held this autumn... In itself (says "The Motor Cycle") that is a
dard with some method of reducing
sad fact, yet it is happily true that headlamp dazzle, it is, as a rule, left development of new types proceeds to the river to bring the device into upace, and there are to be many play. In the opinion of "The Auto- jinteresting models for 1933.
car" the sooner all drivers make a
Already it may be hinted that there will be a most unorthodox 500 point of utilising their anti-dazzle equipment the less risk will there be [c.c. twin-cylinder model from B
of a,big crop of prosecutions when it famous factory, that startlingly new becomes in England, as it is already
bow.
The journey from Baghdad to types of three-wheeler will make Lafter Ransom E. Olds, who later snipers and monsoons; treacherous Teheran was a nerve-tingling one their appearance, and that there will in many places abroad, a definite
and the gallant adventurer literal-be several new unit-construction offence to show a dazzling beam,
With a sensibly mounted switch government officials; these were
ly had his life in his hands and his designs. but a few of the many difficulties rife ready at all times, as the wan-
Moreover, the modified method of it is the simplest thing in the world faced by Captain Yates Benyon, dering bandits in this region.
taxation by capacity has focused at- to operate a dip-and-switch or dim- tention British motorist and sportsman, in known as cold-blooded
upon the small capacity ming device, yet we all know how and named after the late J. Wa
one of the most astonishing perwards.
shoots first an ask questions after classes, and some very fine light reluctant many drivers' are to reduce
weights are likely to make their the full glare of their head lampas Packard of Warren, Ohio, Peerformances in the history of motors
The worst and most prevalent- Red Tape in Teheran less, named for qualities its built and motor carsan 8,000 miles And then as if Capt. Benyon had Very definitely, manufacturers head-lamp offence indulged in to-day ers hoped to give it, was born in overland journey from London to not sufficient to worry him, came have not taken the absence of a is the maintenance of a full-power
the bandles and bushels of "red show as an excuse to rest upon their
laurels. tape" in Teheran, the capital of George N. Pierce, a Buffalo, Truly a splendid achievement, Persia. The Briton needed his en- New York. bicycle manufacturer, but while credit is due to Captain tire stock of diplomatic language started the "Pierce Great Arrow."Banyon, a tribute must be paid to and tricks to get through, and this and H. H. Franklin introduced an fheult trip a small 10 h.p. Hill-more delay.
the vehicle in which he made the he accomplished only after some air cooled dar. bearing his name in
man "Minx."
of Through Persia, Afghanistan 1902. Cadillac, too, received its costly and high-powered motor and through Baluchistan to Quetta. August Street Accidents nume in that year. although the,
cars, the performance of the Hill-Mountainuous country, waterless
Analysed. company had been formed in 1900 man "Minx" in Covering the 8,000 with no roads and through treach-
| 1900.
gineer.
Calcutta in 39 days.
In these days
ed other cars, is indeed astounding.į
Held Up By Storms.
Record Performance
1
beam when the driver is negotiating a left-hand bend or corner, on which. another vehicle is coming towards him. A moment's consideration
the beam from the car rounding thể bend left-handed will sweep directly across the eyes of an approaching driver, with the result that ha is seriously dazzled at a very danger-- ous moment. It is particularly dan- gerous because, since he is on the
THE TOLL OF THE will show that in these conditions
ROAD.
NEW CUSTOM.
with Henry Ford as chief en miles stretch, half of which was arous defiles. Add to this snipers The investigation which the Na-outside of the bend, his own lamps. In 1930, the Ford Motor Company over ground that would have wreck-potting away every now and then. ¡tional "Safety First" Association, inre not illuminating the road tur
England undertaking into the prin-face so much as the hedge, fence, or started production, and in Indian- apolis the Marmon family started
From Quetta, which he reached cipal causes of fatal street accidents buildings well off the road on his the Marmon. Auburn, too, named Although Captain Benyon failed on August 11, Captain Benyor records 107 such accidents during left-hand side. for Auburn, Indiana, where it was to achieve that he set out to ac-sent the following cablegram to the week ended Sunday, August 21 this year. These resulted in the and is built, first came out in 1980. complish, and to beat the "B.IS.N. England:
"At last-6,803 miles in 38 days death of 116 persons, of whom Three Permanents
Co: mail steamer 5.4. Manora on her | Three numes stil!
averaging 207 miles per day forty-six were motorista, seventeen famous in scheduled time from London to
Blight malaria will remain cyclists, and forty-seven pedestrians. automobile history, were added to Calcutta, he deserves-great- crediti
Quetta two days feeling tired! the list of "permanents" in 1904 for his feat. Only the fact that he
The accidents occurred as fol- Bullfighting by leather-clad and Buick, Studebaker, Reo. The late had the bad luck to be held up by
this established record for any lows: Monday, August 15, 18; Tues- crash-helmeted toreadors on the pll- car of any make." David Buick designed the cara severe dust-storm near Baghdad
day, August 16, 21; Wednesday, offseats of motor cycles is thrill- named after him. The family of and to encounter severe monsoon And then the final hop; 2,000 August 17, 16; Thursday, August ing Madrid audiences.
Calcutta. 18, 14; Friday, August 19, 201 Clem and Henry Studebaker were conditions in the final atretch be- miles, from Quettato responsible for the car bearing tween Quetta and Calcutta, robbed, Here he struck monsoon conditions Saturday, August 20, 20; and
and was further delayed, but eight Sunday, August 21, only 8; a total that name. Olds had quite Olds him of the race. mobile and started Reo.
The "Minx" car used by Capt. days after the arrival of the s.s, of 107. In 1907 the Dakland, Lamed Benyon was a Standard 10 h.p. Manera, Captain Benyon arrived after the country in which it was touring model, a picture of which at his destination. manufactured at Pontiac, was born, is shown elsewhere in this section. and in 1908, Hupmobile, designed The only difference between by the late Robert C. "Happ first Capt. Benyon's car and the regular appeared....
model being the fitting of largër Hudson, named for a Detroit tyres (5%1⁄2-inch) and a slightly; merchant prince, who, was one of lower back axle ratio to compensate
FOREIGN CARS IN BRITAIN.
Falling Imports Due To British H.P. Tax,
its original stockholders, came in for this. And, except for the to being in 1909 Essex, named Channel crossing, the "Minx" had after the English Earl of Queen to do the whole journey overland. Elizabeth's time, following in 1917. The journey was Captain Ben-
There was a time when the for- Chevrolet Produced in 1912. yon's idea and he challenged the In 1911 the Cunningham, named crack mail steamer to a race, which eigner supplied most of the needs of after its builder, was introduced. was accepted. Fortune was certain-the British motorist.
started.
This, in the
on
A noticeable feature of the week's statistics is that the number of pedestrians killed is higher than in any preceding week except one, "and actually more than the number of ¡motorists, Previous averages to date have been: Motorists, 47 per cent.; cyclista, 18 per cent.; peden-
trains, 35 per cent.
BUS FUMES ARE HEALTHY.
Advantage Of Oil- Driven - Vehicles,
In 1912 Chevrolet and Stutz were ly not his ally and friend during the very early days, was inevitable, for An
difficult trip, as he experienced con-encouragement of motoring in Great John N. Willys introduced the siderable delays in the early stages accorded on the Continent and in Britain lagged far behind that Willys-Knight in 1915 Knight at the various frontiers. designed the type of motor.
Sand-storms,
TIME
OUT
just a few. moments for
Firestone
STANDARDIZED
BATTERY SERVICE
1. Tost battery with hydrome
ter.
3. Add approved water if need"
edi
Clean top and terminal.
posta.
Tighten and
America to the users of "horseless Now that pll-driven buses. and carriages." Even as recently, as lorries are flooding the streets it "Dodge Brothers, who for years had built motors for Ford, entered Sand-storm proved one of his 1929 more than 23,000 privatê cara is interesting to note that exhaust the field in 1914. Charles W. Nash, worse evil and at one period and chassis were imported into Bri- fumes from these vehicles, so far. after starting out, he was buffeted tain, while the home production, in- from being poisonous as is the former General Motors executive,
was but a little case with petrol vehicles, are de brought out the car bearing his so much by the elements that after cluding taxicabs;
In 1925 we im finitely healthy. A table publish- many weary hours at the wheel, more than 71,000. name in 1917. -
"Motor Transport" giving Fred "Duesenberg built the he found himself back at the same ported some 46,000 motor vehicles ed in first car bearing his name in 1920, place through which he had pass against a home production of 132,- comparative results of tests of ex- haust gas, the samples being taken and the Du-Pont also appeared thated prior to the storm. The fron-000
tier guards appeared to take great As some Indication of the from buses in actual service in Man- delight in holding him up at every astonishing value for money of the chester, reveals that that deadly opportunity presented, while the British private car, one may com- poisonous gas, Carbon Monoxide, is
5. Inspect and check cables. monsoon which Capt. Benyon en pare these figures with those of present in petrol fumes to the ex-
Last year our home produc- tent of 3 per cent, while in the ex- 6. Tighten hold down clampa. countered shortly after he left 1981. Delhi did not have any sympathetic tion was 158,997 and the number of haust from the oil buses it is non- 7. Check generator Cha consideration for this lone driver's private cars and chassis imported existent. On the other hand, there difficult task.
As regards money is 14.4 per cent. of oxygen, a giver, was 2,118. Capt. Beriyan started out on July going out of Great Britain to pay rather than a taker, of life, in the 9, and arrived at Calcutta 8 days for cars imported, this amounted in oil exhaust, and only 2 per cent. in after the arrival of thé 8.2. Manöra, 1925 to £8,077,443, whereas last the petrol "bus exhaust, whose regular schedule time calls year the
drop- figures had
year.
Lincoln Out in 1921.
The late Henry Leland, pioneer automobile man, founded Lincoln The Durant also was brought out in 1921 by William C. Durant, former president of Gen-
In 1921.
eral Motors.
3.
It was in 1924 that Walter P. Chrysler started the Chrysler cars. Pontiac began in 1926.
General Motors announced Lu Salle in 1927.
year.
can
TO SOUTH POLE BY MOTOR-CYCLE.
for 31 days. Captain Benyon was ped to £467,785. Seldom, If
been ever,
there have. In 1928 the De Soto was found-83 days making his hard journey,
Many Delays
anything like this change in other ed Plymouth came out in the same
After the expected (and some un-industries without the imposition of
"Oslo. Cord appeared in 1929. Graham-expected) delays at various practically prohibitive customs Paige started in 1930.
In the opinion of "The Maj. Trygve Gran, the Norwegian. frontiers in Europe, sup-duties. plemented in the Balkan section Autocar the explanation in the aviator, has completed his plans Rockne Latest Addition Austin, bantam product hatched by appalling roads, the real case of the motor industry lies not for his attempt. next year to reach in 1930, is named after the English trouble started when the British nearly so much in the import duty the South Pole by motor-cycle. Maj. manufacturer, Sir Herbert Austin sportsman reached Asia Minor of 83 1-8 per cent, as in the much Gran was a member of Capt. Scott's horse power tax, South Polo expedition, and also ser Rockne, named for the late where foreign, motorists are unwel-moused famed Notre Dame football coach, comed to say the least. The roads which has favoured the type of carved in the British Air Forces during, was started in 1981. Continental-were, in a terrible state and Capt. generally produced in De Vaux began production this Benyon at times wondered, what tories. year
ILLUMINATINGI
kept the car together, the going to
Damascus. From then on
dad, a 550
and trackisss wastetof rocks
Nearly 600 leefrie lamp bulbs was will be used to illuminate the new Briti Mersey Tunnel.The Autocar ly on the "lert
British
ident, tha
fac- the warmt
British machines have been se. eated for the expedition. The first them is now being put through stle - tests by Ma). Grán over
nals.
Begin today ev use this servica
Firestone