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Hort Kong.
KOWLOON
THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 12th, 1927.
"WHIPPETS.”
If you want a car with a perform-.. ance and appearance of which you can be justly proud with a minimum first cost and upkeep choose a "WHIPPET.”
PRICES: FROM G. $900.
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MOTORING NOTES
A Weekly Review dealing with Matters of Interest to all Local Motorists.
Motor Notes-Mr. Ford tries His New Car-The Willys Knight "70"-Can You afford a Motor Car?—
'To-morrow's show at Olympia.
NEW TYRE AND WHEEL RISI
DUNLOP
uses
MOTOR NOTES.
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I was present at a demonstration The automobile industry in 1920 at Brooklands' Track of a new type consumed 103,000,000 pounds of cop- of tyre-and rim. An official explain- per and 48,600,000 pounds of alumed the construction of the rim and The cupper used representa tyre, after which a car proceeded to 11.3 per cent of the total United prove the claims made that the tyre would not leave the rim, no matter States consumption.
how violent the skid of the car, os how bad the burst.
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During 1926, 50 automotive con- cerns spent a total of 842,000,000 on advertising in newspapers and These figures exclude cost of art mechanical work..
the experience gained in racing events in the development of
magazines. by the motorist the tyres used under ordinary service conditions
DUNLOP RUBBER CO., LIMITED.
BRANCH OFFICE:
16A, DES VODY ROAD CENTRAL
fit Dunlop and be satisfied.
The FASTEST SPEED
ever attained on land”-
was attained by
MAJOR SEGRAVE
on
DUNLOP
TYRES
05
ENJOY LUXURY MOTORING"
[1.7.0.]
AT RICKSHAW PRICES
by owning
Austin Seven
For full Particulars of this Model, emphatically the finest value you can get for your money to-day, please enquire from the Agents,
ALEX. ROSS & CO. (CHINA), LTD.
Prince's Building and ia, Chater Road. Telephones: C. 27 and C. 2437.
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OLYMPIA MOTOR SHOW.
EXPECTED TO ATTRACT
3,000,000 PEOPLE.
(DRITISH WIRELERS SERVICE)
BEOBT, October 10th.
The Motor show at Olympia
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I notice that some in other places have become enthusiastic about the tyre and rim and have looked long- ingly to see if anyone has raised what I think is a most important which opens for nine days next point to buyers. viz. In the new Kansas City dealers have organ of non-standard or standard Thursday will enable the Intest pro- ized a central wrecking company measurements! If it is not of which would' junk cars traded in on standard measurements, what is the ducts of every motor manufacturing new automobiles, but unsuited for position of a man who has his car bation of importance, including, resale. It is their way of solvingquipped with it the used car problem.
Five-deck, streets for New York, That is wirat a member of the New York traffic commission is urging to speed, up traffic. The deck streets, one above the other, would abolish intersections and separate the fast traffic from the slow. The enstern trafic expert estimates that
The Society of Motor Manufac- this year, those of Germany to be turers and Traders of Britain and the Rim and Tyre Manufacturers compared under one roof. Association of America some years Its international and comprehen-
ago came to an agreement on do finite standard rim measurements, sive character annually draws re- so that a car owner can not only!
fit any make of tyre he chooses, but presentatives from all parts of the also in the event of any tyre dis- World and this year it is expected aster" demanding replacement that 3,000,000 people
could also be assured, no matter i
what the make of his car, of hav-Olympia.
will visit
#
ing little or no trouble in obtain-It is estimated there are already
75 per cent of downtown motor caring a tyre to fit. accidents would be prevented by | If this rim is of non-standard seventy-eight million motor vehicles measurement, will not a buyer be in the world but the saturation tied to the make of tyre to it the point is a long way off and keen rim? And if he had bad luck with
a broken glass, battle, say, in Mid-competition among manufacturers Wales how would he fare? The has brought about big price reduc.. question is important-The Star.tions and innumerable improve- ments in engine and body design":
TRIUMPH.
this method.
AIRCRAFT AND· GARCRAFT.
There are signs that an increas ing amount of attention is being paid in the Dominions and also in A STUDEBAKER COMMANDER aimed particularly to meet needs of England to the commercial possibi
potential owner drivers. litics of private flying. In the heart of London for instance one can buy not only a motor car but also an aeroplane or aeroplane en gine, while in the Dominions there are quite a number of motor car agenta, many of whom flew during the war, and now foresee the time berta, Canada.
That The Studebaker Commander
Economy in petrol and oil con- has again lived up to its name sumption has been further develop-' competition with any car. either
six or eight, selling within 200 ed and, one interesting innovation Pounds Sterling of its price-was is the "single shot greasing system”! demonstrated recently when it ran
away with the hill climbing laurels whereby all moving wearing parts against a field of six or more com are lubricated by pressing a plunger petitive care at Arrowwood, Al pump.
when the aircraft side of their busi-ttle Axe" Hill which has long taining close secrecy about their The Arrowwood test was made on Several manufacturers are main- ness may be a most profitable one. been looked upon as "impossible." 1998 models until next Thursday's
In view of these developments The Studebaker Commander, start
ing in top from a standstill went opening. to the crest of the hill in 40 1/5 seconds and thereby beat the time of two competitive care-one of them a roadster-which made the hilltop in 60 1/8 seconds and 65.5 seconds, respectively.
is not surprising to find that some of the most far-seeing men in the British motor car trade are de veloping the aviation side of their business. Perhaps the most strik ing example of this is Armstrong The Commander also woo the Siddeley" Motors, Ltd., who besides second, text over Little Axe Hill. With a running start the Sedan, claiming to be the largest makers driven by A. N. Smith of the Moto of six-cylinder cars in Europe, have Service Company, Ltd., Studebaker devoted a large section of their distributors at Calgary, Alta., works to the macufacture of aerogain climbed the hill, this time in 35 seconds, out-timing the engines, the best known of which nearest gompetitive car by 3 1/3 are probably the fourteen-cylinder cars was six cylinder model; the seconds One of the competitive Jaguar and the five-cylinder Genet, other an eight. Smith loaded five which is now being used on the passengers beside himself into the lightest forms of aircraft.
Sedan, and pulled the hill in top
In addition to this steel aireraft gear, crossing the bridge at the are made in quantity, and so auc-crest of the hill at a speed of 22 cessfully have engine and machine miles per hour.
been combined, that the products of The contest was judged and timed this concern are standardised in by a Chief Smart of the Calgary the RAF.
Fire Department who rode with each contestant.
Probably later on other manufac turers will follow suit but it is to the pioneers who risked their money in the first place and saw the possibilities of aviation that the eredit must be given.
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SERVO BRAKING ON LIGHT CARS.
A HIGH PRESSURE
HOLIDAY,
The present generation flatters itself that it lives at far higher pressure than its forefathers did and probably our children will re- gard us in the same light from their air cruiser's comfortably Messrs. Rootes, Ltd., of Devon cushioned cabins. But to-day even hire House, Piccadilly, London, holidays are quite strenuous W1, who are responsible for the affairs, for time is short and the distribution of Clyno Cars in all average tourist wants to see Overseas countries, have recently much as possible.
been carrying out a most informa As an example of a high-pressure tive series of experiments with one motor holiday, which indicates of these vehicles-the 11 h.p. Saloon about the limit of what one -fitted
with Dewandre Vacuum do in a fortnight through some of operated Servo brakes. The actual the most mountainous and beauti brakes employed are of the stand- ful scenery in Europe, one may ard Clyno pattern, the novelty quote the following. Starting being remplished by the Chartres and thence to Geneva, their means of operation, from Havic, a party drove to Dewandre patented device in which over the famous Route des Alps to a cylinder and piston are actuated the Mediterranean, Monte Carlo by the suction in the inlet pipe of and Mentone. the engine. The result of these
Then they climbed visiting tests may be described as little over into Italy and, short of amazing, the table here crossed the Splugen Pars into Turis, Milan and Lake Como, with giving the speed of the car Switzerland, circled round and its pulling up distance:--
newly-opened Canton of Grison, Speed, Pulling up distance. and skirting the lake of Lucerne,
visited Zurich and Basle, stayed night in Paris, and so reached home again vid Havre.
10 m.p.h.
15 m. p.h:
20 mp.he.
25 m.p..
30 m. p.h.
5 ft. 7:It.
13 ft. ...
24 ft
37 It.
74 ft.
**
the
In the course of this trip, the car, an old Fourteen h.p. Arm 40 m.p.b.
strong Siddeley, which carried a The tests were, made on a dry load of four people and luggage, level concrete road surface, and in climbed 21 mountain passes vary. no case was there any sign of a ing in height from 3,000 to nearly skid or sidenlip, nor of the wheels 9,000 ft., and covered nearly 2,500| being locked until the car had been miler at a total cost per head, of j brought to an absolute standstill. well under £20.
Hore KONG.
KOWLOON.
THE WILLYS-KNIGHT "70." | long journeys to the Toledo plant to take personal delivery of their POPULAR WITH U. S. ARXY
OFFICERS.
Many U. S. army officers, parti- cularly these in the air service and engineering divisions,, are showing a distinct preference for night engined cars, according to officials of the Willys-Overland Company, The popular car with these officers is the "70" Willys-Knight Six; say the sales officials.
Scores of these Army officers, many of whom rank high in the service of the American army, make
CATS,
The fres that such a large num- ber of army officers, many of them highly trained technicians and ex- perts in gasoline engines, show a preference for the 70 Willys- Knight is accepted as a tribute to the engineering features cobrad of these cars which are powered by the knight sleeve valve engine.
Willys-Overland sales officials feel assured by the present indica- tions, of a continuation of the world-wide demand for this nopa- lar model,
Humber
Built for Satisfaction
TH
Overseas
THE product of one of the oldest Car Manufacturers. In the United Kingdom, the Humber 9/20 H.P. Model represents all the fine traditions of British craftsman- ship. Its pleasing appearance, robust construction and dependable performance, are such as entitle. its claims to be unexcelled for value among British Cars available in the East.
4/30 ELP. 2/3 Bestur
with Dickey Sust 9/30 ELP. '4-Beater
Tourer
9/20 HP. 4-Heater
Saloon
14/40 IL, 2-3 Seater
with Dickey Best-
ELP.S-Ester
14/40
Tourer 14/60 EP. 5-Boater
Kalen
14/40 HP. † Campe with Dickey Seat
9130 HP. 4-Star Torr
Other Models of 20/$5 HP. Dunlop Tyres and From Wheel Brakes Standard.
MOTOR CYCLES. The HP. Q.H.
"Sports" Motor Cycle la particularly suitable for riders overseas. The engine possesses wide margin of power, sad the entire construction is of the strength necessary for ese on indifferent roads. The low addie position gives exceptional stability and confidence to the rider.
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· Hong Kong Agents: MESSRS. LANE, CRAWFORD, LTD. Hong Kong.
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