THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 12th, 1927.
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A Weekly fou
Motoring Notes:
Review dealing
with matters of interest to all local motorists.
The Nerves of the Driver Overhead Valves.
[BY AN OWNER-DRIVER)
THE NERVES OF THE
DRIVER.
Besidents of Hong Kong never tire of a joy-ride round the island. There is always some new aspect, something that comes at a surprise
A New Invention-Replacement with
Consequently Jones is really the right temperament for a crisis. The ma-especially the man driving a car-who hesitates is lost,
Therefore, let it be confessed, Jorts is really more capable of get ting out of a mess if he is driving
A NEW INVENTION.
If there is one "dy in the oint ment" connected with the joys of motering it is that connected, with the tyre-changing business.
The only possible excuses that can be made, in these days, for the engagement of a chauffeur are these: First and foremost, the hireling is
as the car comes round a corner and a car at forty miles an hour than available for, changing.. tyres.
the wonderful panorama of sea and is the writer-faced with the same. Secondly he keeps the car clean.
miles an hour.
The price of & conversion set, in England, is £97 105. which is quite A good figure.
The new attempt to convert a popular side valve engine to push rod operated overhead valve mechanism serves, to remind us of the advantages of overhead valves Especially are they advantageous for engines designed for their use.
WHITE GLOVES OR OVERALLS?
RACING NOTES.
[BY RAPIER]
Fanling Hunt
Two and a half couple of hounds arrived on Monday from the Eam- bledon Hunt having been sent out by Commander J. Bower, one of the original members of the local Hunt, whose wife will be remembered as a fearless rider to bounds and the winner of a steeplechase race al Kwanti
To-day the meet is at the Hunters'. Arous at 2.30 and on Saturday, the 13th, at the same place at 3 o'clock. M.I. Point to Point.
On Sunday, the 16th, the meet will be at the Hunters' Arms at 10,30 for the Mounted Infantry Any thing that makes the police.point to point race. I would again man on point duty more visible to all and members of the Mounted mention that this race is open to the driver of a car is to be ecm lafantry hope to see a goodly num mended.
ber of visitors in their midst. Those The majority of the London police.15 train reaches Fanling at 10.03 taking part are reminded that the
be notified at once if tifins are re
longest mileage and are so utterly island scenery unfolds itself before predicament in a car at thirty-five He may, it is true, be useful for have been provided with white arm and that Mr. M. M Maas should
taking the children for joy ride. lets and it was stated in the House Now comes the curious experi- | Only adult can casily learn to drive į of Commons, not very long ago, that quired at the Hunters' Arms.
satisfactory under all conditions of service.
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the eyes of the motorist.
The driver of the car cannot ob- tain all of the advantages of the ence. However bad the crisis the passenger although he has his own writer has never once felt any particular pleasure in feeling the anxiety, until it was over, if he him- pulse of the engine and varying the self was si the wheel. speed of the car to suit his own ideas.
Every over-driver should, how ever, take full advantage of an op- portunity to ride around the island and if possible also around the New Territory-as ́a-passenger.
These thoughts are inspired by a recent experience. A friendly motorist javited the writer to try the feel of his car and a trip was made out to Repulse Bay.
"It is when the crisis was over that
a modern car.
"In Hong Kong several ladies are to h. seep at the steering wheel. It is just a sign of the times that quite young Chinese girls can nego-
tinte trafic with a car whereas their mothers went about in-curtained- chairs.
Now
white gloves had also been issued,
In the provinces in England police on point duty are to be seen clothed
a long white overalia.
The idea seems to be a good one and it might be adopted in Hong
Kong.
On Sunday last a few enthusiasts walked over the course as originally planned but as it was found to be only about 3 miles it was decided to make a slight alteration in order to lengthen the distance to approxi mately 4 miles. Macnamara or A. Potts will be very
Messrs. H. Q pleased to furnish anyone with in- formation as to the general arrange-„
Kwanti Steeplechase Meeting.
In the wet weather a white rain-ments for the race. comes the announcemeatcoat would be better than the usual that the great Henry of this era regulation rainproof covering for
police on polit duty.
the peculiar feeling, which comes to us all in times of, great danger, swept through his consciousness. It is that curious sensation that is experienced when descending in a high speed lift from the fifteenth-Henry Ford-bas adopted for his storey to the basement
cars a clever invention originally evolvet by the famous Dunlop people. Incidentally it may be mea- tioned that the name Dunlop was famous years before anyone had beard of Henry Ford
On more than one occasion, after a crisis on the road, it has been necessary to simply crawl for a time. Pride alone has prevented the Let us run round the island," inclusion of a brandy flask in the said the owner of the car after he tool-box of the car. It is, perhaps, had had (free gratis) an opinion the tense excitement of the crisis that his car was running in good that has keyed the whole nervous system to such a pitch that the re- action was bound to come."
Was
"
condition.
"Splendid "
the reply especially if you will drive and THE OTHER FELLOW.", give your passenger the pleasure How the curious part of the whole of just watching the scenery. It business is this During our drive has been seen from the driver's round the idland Jones got into a
Perhaps Henry was a great deal of his success to the pioneer work of the well-known tyre makers.."
Anyhow Henry has adopted -a.. new rim which allows a tyre to be taken off and put on without the use of any tools.
seat hundreds of times; now let us bit of a mess, pot due to his careed in all countries, but the inventors see what it looks like from the pointlessness but because of the other of view of a passenger."
driver's criminal behaviour in rounding a bend on the wrong side of the road
THE GREAT ILLUSION. One of the unexpected results of the experiment is worth noting as it may catch the eye of other drivers.
At once Jones' passenger had that awful sinking feeling in the part of his anatomy that is sometimes
It was the illusion of speed. A called "little Mary." It required few minutes after the owner of the enormous self-control to keep quiet, car took the wheel the writer of It was a tremendous relief, when this note suggested to him that he the crisis was over, to call out, to was "stepping on the gas." Week the other fellow and tell him just ly it was hinted that he might slow what he deserved to be told. down his speed a bit.
THE SOCIAL, SIDE.
A number of tables have already been booked for the first annual. dinner dance to be held on Friday, January 21st, at the Roof Garden of the Hong Kong Hotel
"Members should not wait too long or they find that the accommoda- tion which is limited cannot be extended for them and their friends. The tyre itself, having greater air space, absorbs more shock that assemble in Hong Kong for When we read of the gay crowds
other similar occasions it is surely The idea of the rim is now patent- dancing on New Year's Eve and are so convinced that the universal certain that there will be a goodly adoption if the rim will be, for the turn out for the dinner dance to be beacht of everyone concerned that held on Friday week. that will grant permission to anyone who applies for the right of manu-Association said that people always One experienced member of the
facture
leave these things until the last minute. They will not book ahead. Automobile Association will show Perhaps members of the focal
that they are efficient with regard to social engagements as well as in
No doubt the rim "will be used in
great delight to have tyres that can many cara in future. It will be a
be changed without the use of tools
REPLACEMENT WITH OVER-Connection with the running of cars. "Do it now" is a good motto lo HEAD VALVES.
any motorist. If you don't all up the petrol tank when you are re-
Detachable cylinder heads carry-
Call in at Móatrie's" to-day-do it now" and secure a table for Friday, January 21st.
THE SCOTTISH SHOW.
He was, as a fact, scared out of There commenced at once a great his life it appearances go for any- argument in the course of which the thing." driver informed his passenger that Jones just scraped the cliff-like ing overhead valves and farming winded of the need for more fuel bethe driver had not yet reach side of the road with his left hand easy replacement units for engines you may find yourself railes away ed anything like the speed that had fender (or, as we used to call it, that formerly had no overhead from a garage or petrol pump with been attained at periods during the mudguard) and grazed the other valves have been evolved for more empty tank. trial trip ran before he took over car with his right hand front and than one make of car. the steering wheel
rear fenders. It was a triumph for The first that was noticed by the Now that statement quite startled Jones. Both cars were exceeding writer was one designed for a well- the passenger, but in the end he twenty miles an hour and the other known car made in Italy. The `en- was bound to confess that the driver fellow might easily have gone over terprising manufacturer of the new of the car was right.
the hillside if there had been any type of cylinder head must Eave Speedometers may not always be real collision.
determined to let the public know accurate hat if the same speedo-j Jones just went on as if nothing by circular, for the first news came meter at one period of the run regis had happened, except to murmur through the post. ters thirty-five miles an hour and Billy Fool"did he, too, feel the at another period never shows more than thirty, then it may be safely
He scoffed at the very idea of inferred that the highest speed is such a thing, but that did not really attained during the first period of convince, although the scoffing was the run
well enough done. There is, perhaps, & problem for
Surely every driver of a car must, the psychologists, but it is a curious at some time or other, have that phenomess The problem can be appalling sensation which, to put put like this: The writer has no the case-bluntly, is a symptom of tesitation in stating that he feels fear."
reaction?
Anyhow the idea seemed so good that it stimulated a few ideas.
First of all, afe argued, there will certainly be more power developed from the same engine.
Will the transmission gear stand it After all the rest of the car is designed for the original engine and not for one that gives ten per cent. power,
Of course, there is always a good margia" in all design, but it is a point worth noting that the mechan: ism of the engine was only designed
no anxiety about "speeds exceeding It registers quite automatically. thirty-five miles” an hour (in the It is not a question of good health open road, outside of city boun- although no doubt tired out people daries) if he is driving the car, but get it more readily than the really for, say 10.4 horse power and not he is far from comfortable at may emphatically and boisterously heal speed above thirty miles an hour if thy people: anyone else is in control of the steering wheel
It is not a question of conceit
it is just a matter of instinct.
It is, of course, easy to advise people to drive a car carefully.
for 11.4 horse power which the engine will develop with the new type of cylinder head,
AN ENGLISH EFFORT. We all do drive carefully, or we „None of the motor-car journals think we do. It is always the other seem to have mentioned the above There is a man whom we will call fellow who causes all the trouble. point. It is of interest because Jones who (as Jones has often been is, however, wine to watch the there have appeared recently three told) is a better driver than the needle of the speedometer, especi- different designs of detachable present writer. Jones is not cursed ally on the roads of the island. If cylinder heads carrying overhead with nerves. Jones is the sort of the needle goes past twenty miles valves and suitable for a very popu fellow who would look on, without an hour member that the other lar make of English car. a shudder, at the spectacle of a man fellow will be travelling at quite having his head cut of
THE TEMPERAMENTAL
DRIVER.
that speed
The fores of an impact of two cars whoes relative motion exceeds In a crisis on the road Jones forty miles an hour is very consider. would never hesitate or stop to able. think. He would just instantly Of course, the reader of these make up his mind that there could actes, if he drives his own car, re be only one thing to do and he members such details. The idea is would do it without thinking about that local chauffeurs (not owner anything else,
drivers) should be reminded.
The writer would hesitate to use this fitting. He would welcome it on a 1827 model, always provided that the rest of the mechanism was designed for the additional power.
Curiously enough, there is a great temptation to fit these new type of cylinder heads to a car in Hong Kong, because the little extra power makes all the difference on a climb up Stubbs Road
In the Far East there are many who hail from North of the Tweed and they are all rightly proud of their native land.
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It says much for the enterprise of Sectland that twenty-five annual motor shows have been held by the Scottish Automobile Association.
Scotland has its unparalleled scenery and is attractive to anyone who enjoys motoring
There are times when some of the views to be seen from a car in Hong Kong bring back to memory happy days in Scotland.
The Scottish show held in Decem her was another great success.
CONSTANTINESCO- AGAIN.
The next meeting has been pro- tisionally fixed for Saturday, Feb- rury 19th, and the programme öf events will be published very short
MACAO'S FIRST RACE MEETING;
NEW COURSE TO OPEN IN FEBRUARY,"
The Macao International Recrea tica Club will open on February 8th, which is, the fifth day of the Chinese New Year, and the in- augural Race Meeting will also be held on that day. A good number Shanghai, and are now on the way of ponies; have been ordered from
acao for the races
day will attract many are enthu It is anticipated that the opening Kiasts from Hong Kong.
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HOME FOOTBALL.
ENGLISH | CUP FOURTH ROUND DRAW.
(THROUGH REUTER'S JOENCY.].
оп
fourth round of the English Cup.
LONDON, Januiry 10th. The following is the draw for the the matches to bo played January 29th:-
Southampton . Birmingham...... Bournemouth, or Liverpool
Southport.
Leeds v. Bolton: -West Ham v. Brentford.
Wednesday . South Shields. Derby . Millwall, Clapton O. or Port Vale
Arsenal.
Reading or Manchester U. v. Bristol Rovers or Portsmouth. Fulham v. Burney. Corinthians. v. Newcastle. Barnsley. Swansea. Hull Everton..
Chelsea Accrington. Darlington Cardiff. Wolverhampton v Notts Forest. Preston N.E., Middlesborough.
converter mechanism gives maxi- mum starting torque, the beavy starting resistance automatically calling forth from the gear that sponding to ite lowest gear. This ratio, theoretically infinite, corre- usually high maximum torque is reduced as the car increases in speed, but for a given throttle open- ing the most suitable torque is exerted, though at increasing drive shaft speed, with consequentin- crease in car speed.
"This sensitive adjustment of tor que, to load and car speed is in herent in the mechanism, and takes plate quite automatically, depend come and the speed of the engine. ing apon the resistance to be over-
That is to say, for a given throttle. opening the power output of the engine is converted precisely to the requirements of the moment, and the engine speed varies according ly. In climbing a bill of increasing The newspaper mail that arrived, gradient, for example, the rise in load will manifest itself in a-de- from "Home" this week brought creasing car speed right up to the the first technical and detalied de- point of wheel slip if the hill be scription of the remarkable 5 hp steep enough, while the engine.
speed will correspondingly increase... Chassis named "Constantinesco." If the vehicle be brought to a stand- No doubt other motoring journals still by means of the brakes, with will now devots some considerable the throttle still open, the engine races away while still building an space to this revolutionary design., ever increasing torque against the The Automobile Engineer for braker. With a mechanism mani- December 1998 has some interest festing these characteristics, it will be readily realised that a clutch is ing sentences on the subject. unnecessary. The layout, therefore,
Here are a few of them
of the present design consists of an First, then, the Constantinesco engine with converter, and a shaft
to the rear axle.” came chassis is one in which the prizes It is dificult to explain the de mover is combined with a patented tails of the mechanism without mechanism that converts the virtu- diagramas and possibly almost im ally constant torque of the ordinary pessible for any non-technical per petrol engine to a varying, torque son to understand it without as required by the varying condi tions of car load and of road. On model. However we may hope to starting the vehicle from rent the car more about it soon and even hope to see a chassis In Hong (Continued on next Column). Kong