ANTIQUE AUTOMOBILES ON TOUR
of
The age
the
"horseless carriage
"
will be re-
created this Autumn in a six-day tour of New England by 100 antique automobiles.
W. Nelson Dump, vice-president Aud of the American Airlines chairman of the Veteran Motor Car Club of America, deserilima the Jaunt as an attempt to re- capture the "spirit and adventure long-distance of a period when
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metering was a daring #port."
the revival of the WILL called Glidden Tour, Bump doubts that the participants this year will be bothered by one of the most:
the early common hazarde in days arrest for speeding.
in
The
All cars participating Aweep of New England will be at leant 33 years old and while they might have been "peedsters" jo their time, their present gnco inn crawl.
Back To 1905
The first tour-33 automobiles Jeft New York City in 1905 and break- braved mud ruts, motor downs, derision and constables on their way to the White Moun-
(minus
In those days, one New Hamp- shire town arranged an efaleratel spred trap. Constables in plain. clothing oceupled positions along
route w mensured
with stop watches in hand, and signalled to one another with handkerchiefs
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Repe tied to telegraph poles? were rewly to be alr»telind arross the road should one of the cars ret up to 20 miles an hour.
mechanical Despite that hnd troubles, the magazine "Horslegs Age" decided the tour proved the automobile "almost fool-proof.... otrengthening our belief in
the
THE CHINA, MAIL, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1947.
MOTORING NEWS AND VIEWS
California
Courtesy Petrol Tax On The Roads
Here is a selection of Cour. fcay hints:-
1. Don't put 10 much em. phosts on accends that you lose your life trying to save one! There are atit! 42,731,090 others in a normal span of Tije.
2 Never hesitate about or receiving an offer of cour. teau. "After you, Claude!" "No, after you, Cecil," is not the ideal attitude for the road.
1. The driver going your way wants to get there safely. The driver going in the op- posite
similar direction has hopes. You can asslet both!
4. The Code of the Sea was designed to bring safety ta the seas. Cultivate and practic
the Rond Code for you are all captains of a kind.
5. Who is this "other fel. low" who cauers all the trou.
ble? For the most part you can see him by peering into a mirror!
8. The policeman is there for your guldaner. By helping kim you help yourself!
CHESAPEA
French Highways
permanence of the motor car." but the Manchester. (H.) Untor thought the whole thing an "en-French mitigated nuisance."
Speed Was Menace
For Roads
California's war-torn, high-
ways are to get a $64,000,000. n-year face, fung by order of the state legislature.
The late's lawmakera ap- proved a bill raising the state gasoline tax from three to four and a half cents a gallon and providing for other revenue. in- Creases deemed necessary for a modern system of highways.
For the state that has the mont vehicle registrations — and | the most traffic fatalities - In the nation, it is big news.
It means that the rocky, two- Jane pavements on many of the malo arteries with be-replaced by¦ four-lane, divided highways bullt according to most modern engineering standarda,
It means also more "freewnya” in the big metropolitan centres of Los Angeles, San Francisco. and Oakland, whose war-swollen pepulations in effect ure choking their street systems to death.
The new highway bill landed on Gov. Earl Warren's desk only after six mollis of bitterly- fought rear-guard action by the oil companies, trucking firms and others who will pay a large. share of the cost of the pro-1 Kramme.
The opposition's strength was mustly in the State Assembly,
which for five and a half months
Among the new British cars is the 24-litre-(10 h.p.) Healey, which has boon officially timed
to have a top speed of just over 104 miles an hour. Even more datounding is the fact that at 70 mp.h, it docâ 30 miles to the gallon! Built at Warwick by the Healey Car Co., it has a -4- cylinder OHV engine manufactured by Riley (Coventry) Ltd and is almost handmade. The spe- cial coachwork was the remit of longthy tests in wind tunnels. The Healey is priced at around £1,600,
The Post-War Cars
Britain's exports In 1946 of complete cars were
more than 50 per cent, greater in number TIRE TESTING
than in 1938; chassis exports were at two- thirds the 1938 rate. · Total British production
of a modern tyre.
A visual
The average motorist, may not of cars and chassis during 1946 rose from 6,319 be aware of the amount of re- in January to 26,827 in December with only scarch and design experience slight interruptions to the upward trend. The which lies behind the production total number produced for export in the final demonstration of much of this quarter of the year was 35,000 of which 12,000] was given recently at the labora were in the 8 HP, or below class and 17,000 tories at the Evington Valley were between 8 H.P. and 12 H.P. During this mills of the John Bull Rubber quarter production of larger cars for export Co., Ltd., of Leicester.
One of the main functions of rose each month. One exporter is shipping to the research department of a 80 different countries. Allocations to the martyre manufacturer is the control kets of the world are made in accord with theland
compound development refused to vote for a gas tax
general policy of favouring regular customers | laboratories, where samples of increase of more than on cont
as far as is practicable.
rubber are mixed with chemicals even after the Senate had scaled There are 34 British motor-output and to control voltage and vulcanized on a small acale down its demand from three car manufacturers and asscro-autorniatically.
before the agreed mixture is cents to one and a half.
blers in operation and the field Independent suspension for used on a larger scale within. Engineers attached LO the
When the final roll call came in Ministry of Public
highly competitive. Five all four wheels Is, İlkely to be the factory. This is apart from Works have Just completed around about a week before concerns produce 8 H.P. cars, come standard to ensure smooth the job of such laboratories to plans for A 223-kilometre { adjournment the opposition 12 produce in the extremely running and long life of com- develop improved tyre designs, motorway from Paris to Lille. crumbled and Warren had his popular 10 H.P. field, eightponenty, One manufacturer la to check the daily output from "The lives and property of Average speeds up to 10 m.ph highway bill.
to test the manufacture 12 H.P. cars and producing a luxury model with the factory, and perfectly helpless prople have are anticipated as safe in view
nine 14 H.P. cara.
an automatic clutch and an various rubber and rubber bond- been menaced for no other ren-of the visibility of the concrete En- Amusement surface in good weather.
The Automobile Association Fon than to provide
The main manufacturers have epicyclic gear,box of improved to metal products for plaaü passed the
paltern; the fortunate city, creep, cracking, tear re for total strangers," it said try and exit from the motor membership has zorinlly.
way will not be allowed except 600,000 mark, more than 284.000 a range of cars to offer which ed "Automobiles are a good thing: at intervals of 7 miles, while members having been added in may share characteristics with motorist will have control with- alstance, abrasion, ageing and so forth. To effect this, some There are nearly other models produced, yet are out effort. some drivers can be trusted but clover-ient Junctions will be 18 months.
provided at all main road 100,000 women members, and individually designed to meet The British motor manufac- most ingenious special appara- many more women are eligible the exacting and varied re- turer, whether engaged in the tus has been devised for use in
of quirements
uners. The large-scale production of stan- the new laboratories at Lelces-
on precision ter. specialist manufacturers, with dardised vehicles
The John Bull company clear- smaller production, often ploncer engineering methods or on the new developments and have an craftsman shop side of the in-ly bas first-class equipment for output of high quality goods,dustry, is face by the necessity such purposes, and some forty which are of necesalty Father of watching kosta. Sidlled people are employed in research. more costly than are cars pre-labour is required both in the Apart from the control labora- testing duced on the precision assembly shops and in the offices, for tory and the physical
special displays lines, yet are a outstanding efficient production depends on laboratory,
a dc. value for monty.
given including management, including personnel were Behind the
great motor designer selection and welfare, which are monstration and builder are the specialist of vital importance to organian-strength that can be achieved producers of components for tions employing many thousands by a rubber-to-metal bond. This latter product is handled. by a which Britain deservedly of employees.
18 famous, such as electrical equip- The British motor
concern, Metalastik, industry separate ment, tyres, carburettors and has studied methods of increas- Lid. In car manufacture there are many applications of the
most rangot.. Take the ge till of ir run frons l'oncurd Manchester, 18 miles in 40 min
eressings.
for A.A. service through their. husbands' or fathers' member-
utes. Have thy are right to do ringes" is scheduled to start enship, Huch a thing? We like autTuesday from Hartford, Conn mobiles, And hope they have con with stops at Brattleboro, Vuil
D at Concord, Plymouth and Intervale. Mount Washington. which first nuniebanks intent on N.; Poland Springs. Me; was climbed in 1809 by, alStanley dan keane roads Portantoulle Nwampscott, W climbed in 1800 by
The pre
A but to turn
to
gla,
"Taking
is
distinct outrage
Mass., and Newport, RI.
sent woord is slightly over The 1947 tour of "horseless car. A sido trip will be made to minutes.-United Press,
WE CANNOT ALL AFFORD
THIS---
BUT
WE CAN AFFORD A
Francis-Barnett
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AND ENJOY
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of the
gauges, as well as pressed steel ing efficiency in production by latter process, such as for en-
acro
mechanisation and by motion
gn today years
Lessons
-skilled inbour,
Materials
Another demonstration of particular Interest was of the
oll-
and can be
bodies and safety glass.
The efforts of the motor-car study and competition will engine mounting and for rubber manufacturera and assemblers, courage progressive economies in bushes; incidentally, it la neces- and of the component manufac- that precious and costly com- Bary for the metal first to be turers, were largely concentrat ponent of production in Britain Plated. ed yuring the war armament production, learnt in those years, of design i Materials are rising in price effect of oil and hent on various
rubbers, and in this techniques, of flow production and at one time in 1948 the in John Bull have a useful
respect methods and of inspection and dustry appeared likely to suffer resisting lacquer which can be testing are being applled by from Inflationary forces; but manufacturers who produced the determination of the leaders applied externally
given a distinguishing colour other of the industry to spread over for such parts as pedal covers engines and machinery of war.
heads over a larger production, or gear lover knobs. Knowledge was built up of the and so to check the rise in unit behaviour under stress of al costs should be successful in widely varied range of materials preventing any further con- and in consequence the post-war siderable increase in car prices motor-car JA na extremely which are roughly double the The plastics industry is ex- eficient, reliable and smooth-i pre-war figures. Some of the panding its scope more and running mechanism. New alloys larger motor-car manufacturing| more, The newest achfove- enable weights to be reduced concerns are interested in com- ment is a bus, constructed in and new tyre building techniques mercial vehlele and tractor plastic materials, manufactur- have raised the safety factor, manufacture, while others hava ed by Leyland Motors Ltd. The The new models have a clean considerable intercata in alreraft component parts are not held appearance, with good visibility engine building or in marine together by screws or rivets, for driver and passengers, and engines.
but glued to each other by
Plastic Bus
with-
are testimonials the skill of The small percentage profit-] means of plastic glue. British Industrial designers, margin on the individual car, of] The bus, used for tests with who have ensured that both a model which may be produced the usual type of chassis, appearance and fitness for use by the tens of thousands with reached the limit of its hauling considerations from the car the aid of costly 10016, en and shock-resistance capacity,
self down to its door handles courages British Initiative and, but the plastic chassis - have received due attention. forces steady progress upon the stood the severest testa. Plas- One of the new cars has an industry, but tends to dia- tic glue is so resistant that it Improved horizontally opposed courage such commedelal ex- can be used for joining metal petrol engine of a high poiver periments as the ultra-small tubes. weight ratio with a conséquent car, the mass production of
increase in smoothness without which may be feasible after high to more efficient engine the use of a heavy fly-wheel. capital expenditude, or ла aj design, The new car models The appearance of another is Diesel-driven car, which La vill ho up to the best British standards of engineering style, but is novel. Easy access British ingenuity was a win- and of general design, Pro-war is provided to the engine, with ning factor in World War II experience of large-scale pro- the minimum of effort and the and the present difficulties will duction of reliable cars, incor layout of the dash board is be overcome shortly and the porating new features only when outstandingly good. In other rise in output, resumed. Demand of proved utility and dependable, makce, molature-proof plastic at home and in the export mar will be allied to war acquired covers are being fitted to spark-kets is clamant, to production knowledge of materials and of ing plugs as a result of wartime increases would have to be internal combustion engine do- experience,t!
tremendous, if these
to Blyn. Plastic Bodles. be met at an early date, Stoel The strongly competiliyo Manufacturers are experiment-and faol are both in short British motor industry has plans Ing with plastic bodies, and supply, so spectacular increasea to play a full part in Britain's rear-engined cars but whether in output cannot be expected at export drive and will provide these are to be factory-produced present,
not in any exaggerated modern technically possible,
Research
were
in the near-engined Cars but whether these are to be. factory-} Muck Ume is being spent on produced in the near future is considerable programmes uncertain!
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