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MOTORING NEWS AND VIEW'S
Mercedes-Benz Sturdy and dependable
German truck is here again
It is indeed good news that Mercedes-Benz, German mak. ers of sturdy trucks and diesel engines, are back in the mor- ket again with products that have lost none of their excel- lence.
Their new.3%-ton truck, road- tested by the "China Mall" re- cently,
it powerfully bulli vehicle that solves the principal problem of motorised inüllug--te move heavy loads over great dis- ' tances ut a mhimum cost.
Powered by a water-cooled six- cylinder Diesel engine which: manages in cover more than 15 nules on a gallon, the low chassis weight, and a louding platform of 12 fort four inches in length render the Mercedes-Benz adapt- oble to transport require- ments.
The flexibility of the newly de- signed engine is comparable to that of the high-speed petrol en- jine in a passenger eur. The small cylinder units permit high speeds with low stresses and result In unusual flexibility and perform- anee. The output and the case of starting have been increased without sacrificing my of the operational quietness.
The track's fast speed, surtain-
able even with a full boat, Insures
fast
MERCEDES BENZ -
DIESEL内燃椴
The Mercedez-Benz '32 toa truck. ("China Mal" Photo
Protecting the
Morris
from
ner
rust
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and economical transport. Until the advent of the new rustproofing technique,
The lively engine, Ità light weight, The easy steering and small turn- int circle all insure surprising Hanoeuvrability even when fully Jaded, vasy driving in adverse traffic conditions and outstandlag neceleration.
It may be interesting to note here that the Tientsin bus com- pany has ordered 40 Mercedes- Benz vehicles, while several
the procedure for finishing car bodies through- out the world has been to clean down the body thoroughly to remove all grease and to
· finally rinse with clean water by hand or
- automatic spray, followed by a drying process, aftor which the primer and finish coats of paint have been applied by spray gun.
Mercedes-Benz buses purchased It has long been apparent that the old method,
before the war are still running in Cunton.
The local agents for Mercedes- Benz are E. Oit and Company.
AV CHEVROLET / 1950
Smerter Styling
Lexures Improved Performer
Distributors:—
FAR
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EAST MOTORS LIMITED
Tels. 56849 & 57250
MERCEDES-BENZ
W
CARS, MARINE ENGINES,
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STATIONARY: ENGINES.
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· ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT
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good though it was, did not provide anything like complete protection, because many im- portant parts of the body were not reached, and Morris engineers have for a considerable time been concerned with exhaustive investi- gations and test work, in an endeavour to find some method of completely protecting the whole of the Morris car body against cor- rosion and paint flaking.
The problem has been solved by the invention of a plant known
as "ROTODIP" which is a trade-
mark of the Carrier Engineering
Successful German car show
Attendances were so large at the Berlin Show of cars, commercial vehicles, motor cycles and accessories, that the organisera extended the show for three days.
British cars were a pronouncedi success and the Morris Minor at DM 3,000 (about 2420) was the lowest-priced "real" car at the show. Stand examples were sold in a few minutes.
Chlef Interest in the Funkturm exhibition hall, in which the show was held, were the German models. A new one, proved to be the Staunau, a light car which will'none the less carry five pas- kengers. There are two modein, ench with two-cylinder two. stroke engines, one of 100. c.c. and the other of 750 c.c. Also now was the Lloyd LP300.
This is (4) Drain off surplus paint, front-wheel driven by two-
(for which purpose the cylinder two-stroke engine of speed of rotation la in-300 c.c.; air cooling is employed. creased temporarily.)
leaving the plant.
Show
Co. Limited, coupled with the (5) Final stoving, prior to The Veritas factory is to pro development of special cleaning
duce the French Dyna Panhard, and keying solutions called_bon-After this, the bodies go straight and the Brat model will be a derite by the Pyrene Co. Limited, on to finish painting, and then to four-door saloon. Thi "model" and paint technique by ICI. the final assembly line,
Was seen at the London that plant con- In appel
By the adoption of this techni- last year. some 20 Tent que, Morris body engineers are Porsche showed a four-senter square and 300 feet long, which confident that they are affording saloon and a cabriolet; these were the Morris bodles enter the the Morris car bodies the finest onion the more expensive GerTM plain steel, greasy state, and leave possible protection against cor-man cora, having a home price some 14 hours later, having rosion and paint flaking,
sists of a
la
been cleaned, rustproofed and
primer-painted inside and out,
entirely automatically.
For their journey through
tlie
plant, the bodies are mounted on revolving spit with the bonnet,
boot wings and Ild in position but spaced 1⁄4" from the body to allow free circulation during processing, and is the carried "broadside through the length of the plant on conveyor chains in such a way that the body revolves on its own axle while passing through the machine.
Phase 1-Rustproofing.
World traffic analysis
equivalent to £825 and· £900 respectively, The engine is a four-cylinder, horizontally op- posed air-cooled unit of 1,080 v.C., and is a special edition the Volkswagen.
Two other cars in, the very light category were shown by the Champion company, who state that they are about to produce four models, These are powered by single-cylinder and two-cylin- der two-stroke engines,
More expensivo'
Some rather surprising facts and dgures are revealed in the third annual issue of "Worl City Traffic," compiled by the For the purpose of easy under-and published by the Danish German Ilire in the more ex- Copenhagen police department The Borgward Hansa 1600 is a standing, the machine can be con- Committee for Road Safety. sidered in two separate phases as
pensive category, costing the follows
The book, covering 1940, with equivalent of about £1,00% back-reference to 1940-7 figures, Auto-Union showed the two now analyses the number of vehicles DKW models, a.saloon and cab- per head of population, number, rlolot. The power unit has the of accidents, number of fatalities traditional DKW, features, being and reasons for accidents in the a twin-cylinder two-stroke, but world's major cities.
the chassis is completely TO- Trame accident fatalities per designed. The Ford land was 100,000 inhabitants, city by clly, a miniature in itself, most of the seem to be highest in the British products of this international Empire, heading the list being company, being on view. Merce Johannesburg, Melbourne and des models attracted their cus«. Sydney, with Glasgow, Liverpool, tomary respect from Geraan on- and Bombay prominent for the lookers, particular interest being number of child deaths,
evinced in the 170 diesel-engined The total of deaths was greatest saloon. in London, with 003 killed
In this first phase there are six Jurge
through which the car tanks body is progressed on the revol- ving spit, the axis of rotation being just above the top edge of the tanks so that while the part of the body travelling through the lower half of the orbit is im mersed, that in the top half Ly being subjected to spray. The
treatment in these six tanks in us follows:-
(2)
1.
on
(1) Cleaning by means
of during 1948 on the road, compar non-appearance of the
Disappointment was felt at the emulsion or elkall typeed with 570 in New York, though publicised Cisitalin sports saloon, much cleaner...
in, proportion to population and but the new Flat 1400 was Primary rinse cold water aftor cleaning from the worst.
with clean number of vehicles, London is far view. This is to be assombled (3) Secondary rinse with
In Austria at the Steyr works. Reasons for accidents are re- Among the accessories war an clean hot waler after yealing. Los Angeles had 22 ingenious-number plate from deaths and 000 Injuries during which, a diagonal strip could be the year due to drunken driving detached, thus leaving con. In the four other cities examined spicuous mark as a
detail, drunkenness was a very against theft, ditute minor factor;
(4)
:.
cleaning
ication. of bonderizing (6) Hot water: rinse,
in
protection
(0) Final rinse with
All in all,; tho' show, if felt to chromte solution."
Accidents attributed to pedes have given a Bilip to the economy The bodies are pow completely.telan negligence vary from about of Western Germany, and tho cleared and protected. and pass a tenth of the total in Los An- German publie obviously took directly оп to Phase II of the pro-reles and a third in Rotterdam, great pleasure in being able cedure, having been automatical-to nearly a half In Bombay audy the latest products of the
ly transferred to a second set of "Hazardous overtaking is listed world's car manufacturing coun traction chains within the as a major cause of accidents, machine! but
on the revolving yang mounted
This second
half of the treatment consists of
of the following operations
Painting
Phave,pagang of the
(1)
NEW FORDS FOR 1951
tries,
tu
The exhibition hall, which is In the British sector, overlooks -the city banking of the celebrated Avus frack, nid this provided on extra inspiration for the show.
Last year the show: had to be
Le body by bashing through New modalaimade by Ford's of held in the open alt and the ru
Cagenham, will be on view at the storation of this are new axhibi- (2) Cooling * down to a painting motor show in London in October. tion: hall lacendence for the de- "Production of the Profict and Anci terminatori)})}} of yBerliners, to re- 3) "Primer Painung by revol- alla will not be discontinued and bund far compue cupite the Stank | parta:(bir alli pasienti model swill quaranik amongsthelp. conquerors
continue to be minare
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