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THE CHINA MAIS, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1949.7
TECALEMIT
LUBRICATION AND GARAGE
EQUIPMENT
• GREASE GUNS
NIPPLES
• FITTINGS
HIGH PRESSURE GREASING
• OIL DISPENSERS
• AIR COMPRESSORS
AUTOMATIC LUBRICATION
TYRE INFLATORS
CAR WASHING SETS
• OIL METERS
Consult:-
TECALEMIT Tel: 27690
LEBEL (CHINA) LIMITED
Union Building, Pedder St.
SOLE AGENTS
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12 Fedder SL
Tel. 2001.
MOTORING NEWS AND VIEWS
You Should Know This!
How To Save Fuel And
Increase Mileage
Accelerate moderately. Do not slam the accelerator down violent- ly, but apply only the necessary amount that will give sufficient power to make you feel the ear pulling forward. If you become too tough with the accelerator you are just wasting, putzakiarbimine is excessively pumped and over- fills the carburettor
Always shift gear before reaching high-speed. In most cases the high speed gear should be reached at about 20 mph
·Slow down at all road curves vr bends.
Tyres should be correctly in- flated. If they are under-inflated the car is harder te push, but i correctly inflated it is easier to push.
Check spark-glugs. Old, wden, and dirty spark plugs cause wastage of petrol. Have replace- ment of the old ones every 10,000 miles, if necessary.
Ignition System. Coils and dis- tributors if not serviced regularly wil cause hard starting in the morning, especially in cold wea- ther, which means wastage of perrol
Cut your engine of while wait- ing for a ferry, er at a railroad crossing or any place where you are required to wait for some time.
:
Cooling System should be fush-
ed out every six months. If not
it will cause the engine to over-
engane
DJAUNUSIS
ICE THAT SATISFIES
The Olympic Motor Company has just installed the first metar car distributer tester In Hong Kong. The apparatus is shown here being examined by Mr. N., L Dillow, General Manager of Olympic Motors (Francis Wu Photo).
A NEW LOOK ROVER
The Standard of the World
1949
Caiddbac
ENGINEERING LEADERSHIP.
AMERICA'S NEWEST " -
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FINEST
MOTOR CAR ENGINE
Effortless Driving with G.M. Hydra-Matic Drive.
CALL FOR A DEMONSTRATION:~
MAKES APPEARANCE FAR EAST MOTORS LIMITED.
British Cars
Hold Own
British cars are still holding
own in the highly Com)-
heath An overheated wastes petrol. Be very careful their
An entirely new Rover car made its first public
appearance at the London motor show.
In outward design it is unlike any Rover Car pre- viously built and whilst it follows, to a large extent, the accepted modern lines, the change-over has not been dictated by fashion but is the cumulative effect of the engineer- ing improvements of many years brought to- gether in one model and combining the best of old and new, with Rover quality the pervad- ing charateristc. that sales
to restrict circulation in the cool-petitive U.S. market, according ing system
to Air Marshal Sir William Walsh, Washington representative of the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders,
Choks: Use it when necessary and as seldom as possible. Long use of choke will take up a lot of petrol, causing unnecessary wastage.
He denied reports
of British cars are falling off in the United States and
and produced sales figures which
twice a year by approved service showed the real state of affairs. 9 models after many years of useful tray if required. Provision
Engine to be tuned-up at least
stations. This will include check-
ing
The remarkable Rover 6-cylin-fall-down front is provided at one Canada der 75' engine introduced in the side, the front forming a very continuous development and re-is also made for the easy Atting "A total of 3,881 British cars search work is retained but with of a Radio. The seat is easily ad- not-justable to suit the requirements
and adjusting carburettor, was sold in the United States up still further improveminder of tall or short drivers.
Car Care And Its Appearances
It is nice to own a new car and it is also nice to have it clean, neat and well polished.
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Armchair Seats
draught carbu
çarburettor
for two horizontal of the wheel arches enables full
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| 26, Nathan Road.
KOWLOON. Tels. 56849 & ST250
An American opinion of the '760′ RENAULT FRANKLY, in my opinion, the Renault will beat the ears off its competitors in performance, riding comfort and roadability. It has independent springing in all four wheels and rides like a 3000- pound car-without the dipsy-doodle characteristics at American cars when their wheels are individually sprung. This little paper- weight hugs the road as well as our largest American cars.
When it comes to steering...
the Renault
is miles ahead of anything we build, including "The little French car has the quick
breaker-points, ol condenser, to the end of May this year," be ably a new aluminium spark-plugs, ignition wires, fuel said, "an increase of 510 overhead with -built-in induction pump and valve clearance.
the 3,371 sold during the same manifold giving further consider- period in 1948, while the demand able improvement in fuel economy, The rear seat extends the full in Canuda far exceeds the supply and in place of the dual down-width of the car and the absence of our cars available."
Final figures will be somewhat carburettors are now fitted. advantage to be taken of the wide because reports of sales in May better than this, he
Front explained,
suspension is
in body to give ample seating space indepen- are to come in from five States rubber mounted radius arms in has the effect
dent. It is of improved Rover for three passengers. A deeply design
eupholstered folding armrest employing a system
located centrally and when in use Rather than competing with. U.S. conjunction with large diameter
of converting the If your car is out in the sun. cars, he added,- British
models coll light make sure that the door are filling the need of Americans shock dampers, Atorsion anti-
springs and double-acting table-armchair seats
ing seat into two extremely comfor- glass is lowered at least one inch who require economical cars, roll bar adds to the stability and
The from the top. The ventilator
doors both front and rear Sir William denied rumours checks any tendency to sidesway. are wide and are provided with should be opened to allow the that British motor manufacturers No lubrication is required. cold air to circulate in the in- are
stop which holds them in the terior of the car.
considering withdrawing Whilst engineers and technically open position allowing for easy This will stop from the U.S. market. On the inclined motorists will fad ample access, at the same time an in- any expansion liable to crack the contrary, he sati, leading British food for Interest in the chassis iterios
light is automatically door wind-screen or any other at firms are expanding their sales is the completely changed ap-
switched on. tachments.
A
new design of and service facilities in the Unit-pearance of the bodywork which push button door handle is fitted ed States.
will attract most interest: The and in this detail, as throughout "I haven't heard of any manu- re
In the acceleration department this car with its 19 hp was previous designs of Rover coach- the Car, will be noticed the care facturer who contemplates drop work which for many years and attention that has been exer- really sensational Drop it down to seven or eight miles an hour
proved ping out of the U.S. market," said deservedly popular, was retained Rover quality and to avoid any
highly satisfactory and cised to maintain the characteric high, crack open the throttle and it will pick up immediately without any sign of the usual torque agony. No other car in this Sir William, "The British motorntil a real pub in making a thing in the nature of class can compare with the Renault in getaway and pickup. On industry is producing more cars distinct and revolutionary change the smooth line of the body. The average head of steam
some steep hills I started off in high at the bottom with just an than ever before in its history, became apparent and necessary petrol filler is housed in a small continued to with exports to all parts of the by reason of the development in compartment formed in the rear
As the grace stiffened, I put my foot to the foor. Without hesitation, the little car gained speed and world at a new record.
chassis and engine
design.
gain until I was over the top,
mind you wa "At present, world' demand for The new body is generally low of the body and is invisible, the on an icy surface where I expected our cars exceeds the productive er and wider, it combines, extra door of the compartment
The overall length of the car is 11 feet, 31⁄2 inches. The is secur- capacity of the industry. It may passenger comfort leg,
elbowed by a locking device operated extreme outside width is 4 feet, 8 inches. The weight of the car well be that our motor industry and head room with the lower from inside the luggage boot.
is 1200 pounds empty. The engine is a four-cylinder, overhead will prove a major factor in centre of gravity which is so im- The new, Rover "75" Offers valve job, developing 19 hp at 4000 rpm's. Piston displacement closing the dollar "gap" and end-portant for roadholding at the
advances over its premission, three speeds forward and
inches Cylinder sleeves are removable. many
Trans- ing the need for such emergency speeds of which this new Car is
the same as the con- measures as United States Dollar capable:
heed hydraulic. Suspension, coil springing and hydraulic shocks
(From The Hong Kong)
Motorista Guide
To Be Continued
THE SAFEST LONGEST- WEARING
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On Sale At:-
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Commercial Motor Supply Co. Morrison Hill Road Tel::20005.
No. 1, Des Voeux Road,
Tel: 30606
Paulin & Company. 78, Hennessy Read. Tel: 25539.
Po On Motor Car Co
080A, Nathan Road.
Tel: 58434,
WILLIAM HUNT & CO. Fed, Inc. U.S.A.
123. Hongkong Bank Building.
Tels: 31104-27122-32560.
aid "
NEWS FROM THE CONTINENT
The hard-working Italians at the Turin works of the vast Fiati company are. now turning out more than 360 cars per day, but what is of particular interest is. that 250 of this total are of the "well-known. "569" model..
Der
*New Features
continental steering qualities that make for safe driving qualities we discarded for our present tire monstrosities, the low-pressure ted wonders.
an ugly
excresence that would break into
decessors. It is
Safer And Faster
SAFER: because it is lower and holds the road better,
-Gone is the familiar Rover radiator, Gone also are the ex.
FASTER because of increased terior, head, side and spot lights engine power and the shape of These are now all built-in and the body offers less resistance to blended into a most attractive wind, and because of its improved frontal design.
The outside suspension and low centre of the-body wings are moulded gravity. it corners better and into the body side panels and
faster. the running board no longer cause of the wider seats and their MORE COMFORTABLE be-
exists. The bonnet
af
be-
front-end giving access to the en- Insulating passengers from roat Opens from the location well between the axles
gine and is lockable from under shocks and allowing a more even This little car, now being fitted the dashboard. The shape of the distribution of weight. with a new overhead-valve en-bonnet is repeated at the rear MORE ECONOMICAL: gine of increased power, has a the Car giving a perfectly syme cause the new aluminium cylin popularity of world-wide dimen- metrical line from front to back der head with new design of in sions, as is proven by the number A lift-up lid gives access to a duction manifold makes for con- of pet names it has been provided commodious luggage compart siderable saving in fuel whilst the with-Topolino and Mouse are ment which also houses the spare smooth contour of the body and but two, Despite the much pub wheel,
the absence of fat surfaces offers licised poverty of Italy, only 20
Sitting in the body one is im- less resistance and consequently cent of the "500" models are mediatly impressed with the uses less fuel. being exported, but the directors wide field of vision made possible The main dimension of the new are confident that they will by setting the screen pillars well-
Rover able to sell all they want of the back and the use of a
curved "500" models for some years screen come without booming exces The front seat of bench type-
is wide, seating three if required. sively involved in export mar- or two if the central folding prin kets. Further news from the rest is used. The gear change Continent hints that the state-lever is now located on the steer- owned Renault concern in France ing column, under the steering are considering modifications to wheel, and the hand brake lever the engines of their increasingly is on the right. popular. rear-engined car.
to
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direk Wheelbase 111.
Overall length 1784" Front Track 52". Rear $11⁄4". Overall width. 65%. Height Laden 833⁄4”-
GRIPPING PLUG SPANNER
Spring steel fingers incorporat-
A most attractive dashboard At the moment the car is contains all the usual dials and a powered by an engine of 758 c. light which gives warning when ed in a new plug spanner grip particularly useful -detail is a which, of course, has meant their exclusion from the internationally petrol is running low, Here also accepted 750 cc. class, and it is are the controls for the much im the body of the plug and hold it
firmly when it is-withdraw reduced to around 749 cc thus #ystem. A capacious locker with handling hot plugs or those which | expected that the engine will be proved heating and ventilation
The tool should be useful when
making it possible to compete in sporting events
Continental hill climbs and shor of
are inaccessible, avoiding the risk” then or damaging a it the spanner
It will be interesting to see ter races, SOME Shelghbor one
how many Renault owners will
A merger is also talked of be- slips,
rush into open competition with tween Hotinkiss and Gregoire in The makers are E. F. Ranger the little Fints in the ever-regard to the manufacture of the (Ferring), Ltd, Gloucester Road, poptičar 750 less in the smaller new 2-litre Gregoire model. Littlehampton, Süsser,
is 46.3 cubic
Wheel..
.
was
ventional American car. Brakes, erant, are four-wheel Lock-
on all four wheels.
(Reprinted from the March 1949 issue of MECHANIX ILLUSTRATED.)
THE NEW REAR-ENGINED
RENAULT 760
FOUR SEATS
- FOUR DOORS FOUR CYLINDERS
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