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THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, MAY 8, 1048,
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CONTINUING 16 YEARS OF LEADERSHIP.
The magnificent new Hillman Minx!
WIŢII SYNCHROMATIC FINGER-TIP GEAR - CHANGE
and a wealth of new features,
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A ear with a great past
'anit a great future
MINX
A. PRODUCT OF THE
ROOTES GROUP
GILMAN & COMPANY LTD.
MOTOR DEPARTMENT
132 Nathan Road
Telephones 56789.58800
THE UNAPPROACHABLE
Norton
SOLE AGENTS:
MODEL E.5.2.
YU TUNG TAI LTD.
218. QUEEN'S BUILDING, TELS. 33045, 33145
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Fall Particulars of other Norton Models on Request.
MOTORING NEWS AND
The First A Busman's Mobile Canteen
Gas Turbine
:
For Cars
Britain has perfected the world's best gas babine for rolid vehicles,
A prototype engine is being shown for the les time at the British Industries Pair, Barming- ham. The smallest Ka turbine: ever made. E is a masterpiece of
[1 engineering precision
1ན seven ches in diameter, five feet long and weighs only 250 lbs. its steel blades ser half an inch in size and the broke horse- BONTOT ip 185 Serjuivaleni mdern 33 to 40 1 p.engine.
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Mr. Johnson believes that uf- er two to three years of further (development, an eugh will De Avatiable for quantify productioni. The an aitvantages of a fur- bane-driven rond vehicle would 1 bath power to the weight rus
streat amool buss
ļautie absence of vibration, san-
ple Tubetention and longevity
According to some gas turbin research engineers, the desigri sif This Beitish power 1 is LIF
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vous in advance of that of "uny I is project of its kind,
week since Mr.
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Strauss, Minister of Supply, an-
ok seed that British scientists
The first of several mobile
Canterns
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for bulman' to bo brought into operation in various parts of London: its thirty-foot length there is dining room accommodation to for "coffee-tail" seat 16, a snack bar, and a special "hatch
service.
The New Morris Eight
Probably no small car has done | were on the verge of produc- more than the Morris Eight to ing units which would lalige thebring, marloring within the means gp from internal combustion_to | of everybody, both on the score
anes uf, economy itumie propulsion.
of first cast rung expense. It provides a family car with a brisk perform- ance, and the specification la com- plete even to minor refinementa which are found only on cars in the high-price culegories.
SPAIN ORDERS MORPHIA
Clutch: Single plate, dry. Cooling: Thema-syphon-fan. Ignition: -valt, call. Grearbox: 4-speed syncromesh
Gear rellos:—
Top and rear axle: 6.285 to 1 Third: 8.139 to 1. Second: 12.156 to 1.
First and reverse: 20,87 to 1. Axic (rear): Three-quarter noating spiral bevel.
Transmission: Open propeller
Fuel capacity: 5 gals. (35 litres).
Fuel consumption (const.): .pg. (14.4 k.p.) Carburetter: S.Ú.
The powerful side-valve en- Spate is in ved af morpiila.
in is built which
unit-shaft. The
has ine, Mustril Governinint
with a four-speed orderyd 15 tons of opium for the rtruction manufacture of 4 phi
fem synchromesh gearbox, combines Persia and two tons of poppy and acceleration with high cruis- sted, for use in the country. The ing speed. Superb road-holding is cargo is valuable worth some a particular feature, which. to- $106,) anal the most primitive gether with the exceptionally and the must up-to-date means of light and accurate steering, makes transport wil combine to bring the Morris Eight a delightful car
to drive. 11 from Persia to Spain,
THE 1948
nt
I will travel by camel across the Persian Desert, and then by It is, in short, the economical fialitax air-borne
for freight to car
the fumily man Spain, for the Spanish Guvern- moderate means. fust, safe, com- ment is to make use of the Lon-fortable, with exceptional hend don Aero and Motor Services) and leg room for four passengers, aircraft.
Teheran-Madrid and ample tuggage accommoda- air rate is about 3,000 miles.
The
CHEVROLET
Newer! Smarter! Finer!
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The new Chevrolet for 1948 brings you new smartness of design, new color harmonies new interior luxury an even greater measure of BIG-CAR QUALITY AT LOWEST COST And with all its greater value, Chevrolet's the lowest-price line in its field the only car in its price class combining such Big-Car features a Body by Fisher, Valve-in-Head Engine. Unitized Knee-Action Ride and Positive-Action Hydraulic Brakes-
and more people No wonder more people drive Chevrolets want Chevrolets than any other make, according to official nation-wide registrations and seven independent nation-wide surveys.
FAR EAST MOTORS LIMITED
Nathan Hoad
Tel Nom: 38849' & '$7250,
tion.
DATA
Type: Morris 8 h.p. Serles "", Engine: Four-cylinder S.V. Bore and stroke: 57 mm. x 90
Mm.
Capnelty: 910,5 cc (56 cu. in.) TILP, 20,8 st 4,400 r.p.m. Valve operation: Side valves. Compression ratio: 0.0 to 1.
Report On Research
VIEWS
The Motorised Rickshaw
The motorised rickshaw made by the well-known Manchester Arm of Dot Cycle and Matur Manufacturing Company, Limited, in being taken up by the Sino-) British Company in London,
Mr. Roche of the Company is sending details and entakagues to his representatives in China for he Is convinced that there is a huge potential market for the rickshaw, He says that The auto-rickshaw has already been used in the streets of Shanghai and that it is Inevitable that the prevent order! prohibiting the use tuf human- drawn rickshaws will stay. The rickshaw is the traditional na- tional mode of transport and with modernisation, the dignity and worth of the individual and the advancement of scienne, motorised vehicle is the only prae. tical compromise,
the
Mr. Rocho tinks that model now being exhibited an London is very fine. 1 commended a few special odupla- itous for the Chinese market,
These Include towering hoight of the bodywork to give passengers and the driver clearer view abend, altering ar- rangementa for getting In The rickshaw that those whose dress. restricts movement can get without loss of dignity. He also
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recommends increasing the man- ber of spare parts for each vehļelc as it is a highly specialized type.
Back Seats
A considerable amount of emm- plaint seems to have come my back-seat way recently about room. The complainants usually 40 insist that they cannot get into a modern cor, and that when they do mannge to get in, it is quite impossible to sit in com-)
Fuel feed: S.V. electric pump Suspension: Half-elliptic leaf
F springs.
Track (front): 44% In. (113.3
cm.).
Track (rear): 46% in. (1174 l.).
Ground clearance: 6% in. (16%
cm.).
Wheelbase: BD in. (228.06 cm.). Steering: Cam type gear. Turning circle: 35 rt. (1089 m.), Tyres: 4.50 in. x 17 in. Wheel size: 2.50 in. x 17 in.
heel Brakes: Lockheed hydraulic Battery: 6-voll, 51 A.H. Weight (unladen): 18% ewt: Overall length: 144 in. (305.70
fort.
Is design really as bad as that? I doubt it. I am what is usually considered a tallish man, and IĮ have travelled in the back seat' of many new crs. Certainly one has to be a little dexterous in or- der to make a dignifted entry and exit, but I
I have managed t far. Once in, T cannot
recall a back seat that was half as cramp- ed as sonte of the expensive close- coupled designs of pre-war days. do not expect, or want, too much room in a fast en because I know fall well that it ingans
that I am being pushed back over
em.).
the rear axle, which spells dis- Overall width: 66 in. (142,24 comfort. In a sports salna 1 [em.}."
feel that the spince afforded by Overall height: 02 in. (157.48 the Riley is just about right, and cm.).
the back-seat ride of that car hos to be experienced to be believed.
"The Scribe" in Autocar.
British Motor Trade Warned
The British Government is to adhere to its stipulation that to obtain steel, motor manufacturers must export 75 per cent. of their
Recently published is the second annual report of the Motor In-output. dustry Research Association. Re- search is in progress on filtration trialists
Speaking to Midland indus-
at Birmingham in Mr. Strauss, -Minister
of lubrication, oil, wear of journals DES Made this quite clear,
with cupper-lead bearings, failure of
tooth but of gears by surface fatigue, but gave one ray of light to the! breakings and scuting, fatigue specialised car manufacturers so strength of cast crankshafts, deep badly hit by the new order by
sheet me
me-adding, "We are going to examine drawing properties of tais, cylinder head and exhaust each case individually and realis- valve temperatures, operation of tically."
He said that most firms. In the engines on teaded fuel, piston ring flutter, design and pastiloning of motor Industry, meaning those piston rings, fuel injection in covering 90 per cent of the whole spark ignition engines, stresses in car production, would meet the vehicle structures under 1oad the new quota handsomely, but in conditions, stiffness of vehicle the remaining 10 per cent, were structures, and the application of soine Arms who will electrical methods of measure- run into difficulties.
Discussing his speech at a Press Conference, Mr. Strauss The programme of future re-said that it was impossible to lay acarch has had to be drastically down a time limit in which firms cut, not because the problems of would have to meet their targets, the industry have largely disap- It might be six months or less. peared or substantially changed, but because facilities available or likely to be available in the next
ment.
few. years
Zaw nts have rendered it neces sary. Even so, it is hoped to in-
inevitably
EXPORT COMPARISON
stalt équipment for
for noise mens! surement and to investigate noises, caused by engine, gear box, axles, tohiotile Manufacturers
According to the. American Au- Asso- and bodies. Other work hoped to undertake are investi- ciation statistical review of 1947, only, one out of every ten Ameri- gations into
wear and boundary can cars is exported, in contrast friction, rust-proofing, octane with Great Pritult's export of number requirements, fuel-quality six cors out of avery len and and performance, volumetric_al France's total-of-nine out-of-every- elency brakes, back axle gears ter and body panels.
.
During the past year, at the roquest-of-the-BM.M.2, aspectul sub-committee, devoted -a. Con='
time |siderable amount' of
and
thought to the question of å prøv-
I
REAR WIPERS
Newly marketed In: America is
ing ground for, the melor fadus- an electric wiper designed to go
try. Although certain dificulties on the rear window of modern ears and provide clear backward vision,
are involved in establishment
the
of a proving ground the technical side of the industry: T generally
in favour of such a centre, and
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