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THE CHINA MAIL, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1950,
Champion meets a rubber giant
During Jack Dempsey'a recent tour of the Firestone factory in Akron, Ohio, U. S. A., he Inspected the ginnt tires made by the Com- pany for big wheela" of_carthimoving vehicics.
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Europe's largest forming press
Sinled to be the largest of its týpa in Europe, a giant press with: A forming capacity of 30 tone was brought into use at the works of John Thompson (Motor Press- [ings), Ltd., Ettingshall, Wolver-
hampton, recently.
The press, which itself weighs 100 tons and cost approximately £65,000 to build an install, is capable of blanking and forming work up to 30 it. In length using end-foed, or up to 25 ft. In the case of side-feed· work.
It is capable of forming chassis side members of up to 5/10. in. gauge cold, compared with n maximum cold capneity of 4 in. gauge in the case of the turpest (2,000 tons) presses in uso at the works, Maximum speed of oper- ation is six strokes per minute.
Other detalls of the British Clearing power press which was mado
Vickers-Armstrongs, by Ltd., include an éccentric main drive totally enclosed in an oil bath of 800 gallons capacity, all- welded construction and the in- rorporation of a die-cushion. lond of 500 tons and an hydraulic lock for the delayed ejection of press« | Ings.
The pross will be used mainly for coll work (for which its in creased capacity is of great valua be employed for heavy hot work in lowering costs), but it can also
that cannot cause wear or clog, oilways. If you want to derive the full benefits from using SHELL X-100, do not mix it with other oils. A clean engine cannot fail to perform better and have longer life.
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AS, YOU DRAIN, thoawng is emptied of dirty all--- carrying away with it much of the sludge. But a certain amount of spent off and déposit will remain..
AS YOU FLUSHLithiwresidue of old oll it washed away from engine surfaces enabling SHELL X-100 "Motor-Olt-ta tako over and, begin, its work. But the fact that you luve got rid of the old lubricant
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MOTORING NEWS AND VIEWS
New record
for British car export
BY T. H. WISDOM
Britain's car exports, despite } ardening overseas markets, ntinue to sol new. records. In e first three months of 1049
British motor industry ex- orted mare cars than in any other quarter in its long history. There is a good reason for this ver-growing success. Britain's Motor manufacturera, the de- signers and their customers have all played a part in producing a car which is not only suitable for the rond conditions of the home country, but also for the roads of the world.
For half a century, British en- gineering, especially in the motor
industry, haa
been famous for the quality of its products. ast few years have soon tremen- dous technical progress.
The
BRITISH SUCCESS IN MONTE CARLO RALLY
There is no more gruelling motor reliability trial than the International
Monte Carlo Rally.
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Held at a time when weather conditions can be at their worst-and this year's event was no exception! -- it attracts the cream of Inter- national trials aces, driving cars of all classes, but essentially of standard production design and finish, for the 2,000-mile course, with starting points, respectively, at Glasgow, Florence, Oslo, Stockholm, Prague, Lisbon and Monte Carlo itself.
ol,
Mercover, special controls" than five succeeded. In ranching ire introduced. at critical points, Monte Carlo without Joas
along the route at which imarks. heavy penalties owall late ar-
ivals or departures.
Super Snipe, the British 'cor among the five penalty-tree ar- rivals, claimed 2nd place in the final result, only orie point be- hind the winner.
Mr. Gatronides, whose co-dri- vers were K. S. Darendregt and
Spencer, a Regtes Group pupil- apprentice, started from Monta Carlo, to cover the 2,000 miles circuitous route through Berne. Luxemburg, Amsterdam, Parla and Lyons.
Cup awarded Nor is that all On arrival ut As the driver putting up the further rigorous best performance on an all-Bri- This year there were no tees Monte Carlo
-lciency tests were introduced tish molor car, he was awarded.. than 320 contestants, the mol for timed acceleration and the
Silver Challengo. "Burelay" British contingent of 78 rompot!- lors starting from Glasgny. Thaking, with a final and specing Cup. He also claims the Challenge 17 Van Wiekewaart Crommelin for a "triple-circuit-test" over this came way South via *oule
kilometre mountainous route. In Cutch competitor who obtains the Doncaster to Folkestane, crust-
ather words, notwithstanding th highest number of marks; tho Channel to Boulogne nud Lasxem -
trials and tribulations opening
of
"Commission Challenge Trophy hurg thence to Brusacis. Anster-
the various: approach routes Sportive KNAC for the Dutch iam. Rheims, Parls Lyony
split-second failures in the Ohal compotilar obtaining the highest Digne, Grasso. abd so to the
contests could and didnullity number of marks in the General Monte Carlo finish, All startin
all curlier achievement.
Results; and the Challenge Trophy solats, however, converged un
thelms for the final stages,
Trominence in all phases of the "W. S.," for the Dutch compotl Competitors were required
Fally Burless indeed, and inter obtaining the highest number
of marks in the General Results · average 31 m.ph. over the en-
this connection M. Gatsonides.
a Humber on any itinerary. fre distance, to effect
Duteliman. driving which ncant nearly 70 hours continuous friving including all stops fo food, fil, plenishments
It is true to say that Britain's desisers before World. War 1 had settled into a grove. But all ie motor manufacturers, big and tile, were on war work from the utbreak of hostilities in 1939 and a result a great deal of dove- opment work, which in the or- linary course of, events might have taken 20 years, took place and the lessons were well learned.unning repairs.
To give only two instances, the new Jaguar, one of the world's outstanding cars, was conceived in those long nights while the managing director, chief engineer and others from the experimental department shared the duties of The watching for fire bomba.
now engine was sketched out on the backs of odd cavolopes while bombs were being rained Coventry.
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Five Car Manufacturers
While the bulk of Britain's cars for export come from the big five motor manulouturers Morris, Standard, Vauxhall, Ford and Austin-steady progress has been made in another direction the more expensive high quality, high performance machines,
Before the war British cars were reasonably successful in races and other events for the normal touring car. But since
the war they have swept the board -the other ear-building nationa lag far behind. Let us list some
of these successes.
In 1947 the almost unknown.
the International Alpine Trist un realey, a lone entry was put in
event remarkable for its severity, which is really more of a raco -over mʊuzikal passes than a tour- ing event. The Healey was 100 per cent successful.
The same type of car, with a streamlined saloon body, exact- ly as sold to the general publie in Britain, and running on pump petrol, set a standard, car touring record of 110 miles per hour on the new motor road near Ostend in Belgium.
The year 1948 provided· more successes. Allard. Sunbeam-Tal- bot, HRG and Healey won the chief prizes in the. Alpine Trial, and Healey amazed Italy by win ning the touring car classes in thứ Targa Florio, a race round Sicily which Is the oldest and most
famous race on the International calendar, and followed up this BUCCESS by repeating it in the Mille Miglia, an extraordinary event which is run over the open roads, more than 1,000 miles long, round Italy.
At the end of the year Healey; again with a standard saloonj certified by the Royal Automobile Club as being a genuine produc tion machine, circled the speed track at Montihery, near Paris, for an hour, covering: 103 miles per hour in that time, the first ocen= sion in history that a standard car bad passed, the three figure mark. Seventy Milax An, Hour
In the 24-hour Race at Spa, Belgium, held lä torrential rálo, a British Aston-Martin, with an all British crew, won the race -out- right. A saloon Healos, after averaging close on 70 miles per hour was beaten for first place in its class by a French car, an out- and out racing model, by a more 20 seconds.
This year has hean an oven bét-` ter: one for British cars. In the great winter trial, the Monta Carlo Rally, the event which goes. on for three days, and threo nights, in which the competitors drive from the various capitals of Europe to Monte Carlo British cars won the light car: clássin convincing fashion; as well as tak ing many other prízés,
· The tiniest car. in the 'avent". "the new? eight- härseïpowar. Morris Minory sprang something. "bombshall by: finjshing; second, for the Ladies' Cup, ita ati! feminina Lorewi-bustinG: ATE: except: one of the bigger enginn Led:United-Staten:oaraurti shind
place was another British'sar) a. Meistol, bulit by the alroratz
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Following a fair-weather start generally, conditions quickly de- teriorated until, from Lyons one
of Competi varda. "reat toll ora" was reported at all control nuints, Rain set in, temperatures tropped threateningly, came then telving snow, followed. by truly ico G cotitions-log bilzzards in the mountains.
Car crashes
later became, even Reports more serious-car crashes, and snow bound victims, enfor- ced retirements. Between times,
tire however, there were
fow checkings in of the more fortunate competitor HE they determinedly pressed on in the very teeth of the storm.
Crossing the French Alps in darkness is arduous enough M conditions. Consider normal having to do so under darkened skles oppresive in full Winter fury, over deep anow
and y road surfaces, and a kemer con- ception of the ordeal can be obe. tained. This section took ex- treme toll indeed of those taking
** Healty, repeated its victory; in the Mille Miglia. The touring car class was won with an open Tivo- wenter movial at record spoed.":750 147): hours' driya falahed wilki thes tallan Alfa-Romee driven, ba one off the kikUAN ROME two minutes bebindas A.Bristol) w
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Mr. John. Dale, a well known racing motorcyclist In New Zealand, recently created a new record by covering 451.1 miles between Auckland and Wellington on a Stan
Matchless motor cyste and, using dard Brilah: 3500.c only 2 gallons. 1.7 pints of petrol for the trip. This show.. ad an average consumption of 206.243 miles per gallon. Mr. Dale averaged between 0-22, mlies per hour for the with his 205. run. This picture shows Me John Dale milco per gallon British Matchless 350 cc. motor eyela at the start of the run.
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