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THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 29th, 1928.
CYC
CAD
13501-20
1. Studebaker Light & Std. Sixes, Gardner, &c. Studebaker Big & Spec. Sizes, Chrysler, &c. 3 Case, Cole, Cunningham, Oldsmobile, de, Buick Std., Chevrolet Essex, Ford, &c.
5 Buick M., Chandler, Hudson, Oakland, &c. 6. Hupmobile, Packard 8, Willys Knight, &c. ?' Dodge. Gardner, Graham Bros. Truck, kc. 12 Locomobile. Mack Truck, Rolls & White.. Cad Special Cadillac Battery
Oye Motor Cycle Battery-Harley, Indian, &c. MIC MORRIS replacement Battery,
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MOTORING NOTES
(CONTD.)..
NEW YORK FORD
SHOW.
NO RUNNING "IN.
ON THE FIRST- DAY.
ONE STUDEBAKER AD- VANTAGE.
THREE SPEEDS OR FOUR?
AN OLD. CONTROVERSY RE- VIVED BY INTEREST- ING TESTS.
One of the difficulties associated with any discussion of the pros
motorcar construction is to and cons of this or that method of really "comparative data; the long
get
THOMAS EDISON A VISITOR.
Few ancwicestats made by Offcials of the Ford Industrial motor car manufacturers within re Exposition at Madison Squarecent years have more significance Garden New York estimated, that to the motor car owner than Stude-standing controversy between three. 293,964 persons visited the show on
baker's statement that all Stude 'speed and four-speed enthusiasts is | the opening day between 10.30 a.. baker and Erskine models may be and 11 p.m. Among the visitors driven 40 miles an hour the day gase in point. There are so many was Thomas A. Edison. About they are delivered
variables when one ear is compar- 4,000 were in the hat when Mr.
In the first place. lifting the olded with another that it becomes Edison, accompanied by Mrs. ban on inmediate speed has in-
difficult to Ford, came in and the special, erensed ten-fold the pleasure of
obtain an accurate guards had a hard time protecting driving a new car. When a new estimate of the respective merits of the inventor, who will be 81 years owner gets into his Studebaker or
the two leading types of gearbox. eld next month, from the milling Erskine bo can experience at once
For these reasons The Mutur the thrill of flashing performance without fear that he is injuring the initiated some months ago a series motor. Ordinarily, the owner of a of prolonged tests, using first a new car has to plod through 300 three-speed box and then a four- tedious miles at 20 or 23 mules an hour before he can really enjoy the speed box in cas and the same car, performance he has bought.
all factors other than the hange of gearbox remaining the same throughout.
crowd.
Mr. Edison did not seem to mind. however. The crowd was friendly, frequently breaking into spontaneous cheers, and he gave every evidence of genuine interest in Mr. Ford's exhibits. He did not just pass them, but often stop- ped and made a careful examina- tion of some piece of machinery or demonstration of a process. Ho elimbed into the cabin of the big airplane that took Mrs. Lindbergh
But there is more in the Stude baker's new policy than just the pleasure of stepping on the aes celrator and feeling the car jump ahead. The fact that Studebakers and Erskines can be called on to
The results of these tests
are
given in the surrent issue of our
to Mexico City and handled the do their stuff immediately on contemporary, and show the effects centrol ticks while Mr. Ford ex-delivery is a high tribute to Stude-produced by the change in the plained the mechanism to him. He baker manufacturing.
number of ratios upon acceleration,
Seven hundred inspectors make 19,000, inspections on Studebaker ears before they are passed on to the purchaser.
RAILWAY SPEED OF 100- M.P.H.
"NEW" "ENGINE" WITHOUT VALVES.
Railway traius that will run at normal speed of 100 miles an hour with perfect safety is the prophecy of Mr. W. C. Werey, who has in vented a new type of high-speed engine that can be applied to motor-cycles. trains, steamers, motor-care, and | One of his engines, fitted to a motor-cycle nominally of Si borse power rating, was demonstrated in London. It had no valve, and the two pistons, working from the came park, aude the invention virtually two engines in one. The pistons themselves act as valves by adimit- ting and discharging the gae from the cylinder,
personally tested the unshatterable This is possible in Studebaker | glass and examined the specimens and Erskine cats as a result of speeds of the gears, rate of get- of work done in the welding good workmanship, and season- away from a standstill, average machines...
ing operations to which the motors are subjected.
speeds, etc. The conclusions reach- ed may, in general terms, be stated as being that four forward speeds provide a better general per-I formance than three, given a driver who is expert in the handling of the gear lover; furthermore, the difference in performance becomes much more marked if the car be used in a hilly district."
Altogether, he was in the hall about an hour, arriving shortly After noon and leaving some time after t o'clock. He and Mr. Ford, Mr. Edison and Mrs. Ford Mr. and Mrs. Gaston Plantiff, the East- ern manager for the Ford come pany, and John Y. Miller, Mrs. Edison's brother, came in two Lin enlo cars, which were driven down into the exhibition room on rua- ways. From the exhibition the
Sixteen hundred
and ten mechanical operations are not allowed to vary more than one one thousandth of an inch, and 415 operations are held to one-half thousandth of an inch..
HONG KONG HOTEL GARAGE party went to the Hotel Plaza for inspections at every turn ere that
(THE HONG KONG & SHANGHAI HOTELS, LTD.). 25, Queen's Road Central.
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Tel. Central 4759.
YOU
CAN YOU REALISE
that the owner of
Austin
Seven
is paying less for transport than the hirer of rickshaws and chairs?
45 miles to one gallon of petrol 1,500 miles to one gallon of oil Anything up to 13,000 miles to a set of tyres.
BUY AN AUSTIN AND YOU BUY COMFORT AND SAVE MONEY.
ALEX. ROSS & CO. (CHINA), LTD.
Prince's Building and 1a, Chater Road.
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The attendance at the Ford Show as it is called has broken all records for exhibitions as Madison Square Garden, By official count, the attendance" on one day, when the show was open only from 2.30 p.m. to midnight, was 91,400,
DASH FOR LINER-
MR. W. R. MORRIS ON CATER PILLAR-WHEEL FIRE. ENGINE.
During the recent heavy snow in England scarlet six-wheeled fire engine made a memorable journey across country so that Mr. W. R.. Morris, the motor manufacturer, should reach Southampton in time ta bonri the Cunard liner Aquitania on his way to Australia and New Zealand.
Mr. Mortis, on the morning of Sis departure, finding himself snowbound at his home at Hunter- combe,, near Henley-on-Thames, telephoned to his Works at Cowley, near Oxford, for the six-wheeled fire-engine of his own manufac
ture,
With caterpillar tracks fitted on the four back wheels, the fire- enging, driven by Mr. A. E. Keen, the racing motorist, started off at
a.m. It carried nine firemen some.. in uniform, and two mechanics. Several times the crew had to dig the re-engine out of the snow. A 2.20 p.m. it reached Mr. Morris's house, having cover- fed the 101 miles in 51 hours, the only vehicle to make the journey
or two whole days.
Mrs. Morris also rode on the engine, which carried 23 passengers and passed over fields and ditches during the journey to Henley-on- Thames, where its arrival caused a senration.
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Proving Ground and laboratory tests set up there standards, and they are rigidly upheld. But high engineering standards are not the whole story-the material must be of the very highest grado before it is even accepted for Studebaker manufacture. Studebaker pays a bonus to get extra high quality in
Consequently, it may be deduced that if some device which facili tates gear-changing, such as the free-wheel clutch, should become generally used the four-forward- speed gearbox would gradually. Finally the cars are given a
supersede the three-speed type. thorough test and preliminary Ancther deduction is that for the breaking in on dynamometers he benefit of the expert driver, and This last test, with the preceding for those using cars continually in fore being released for delivery.
inspectious nad skilled workman-hilly districts, manufacturers
certain steels.
....
ship, make certain that every car might well offer a choice of gear.
eaving the factory can be driven
4 miles an hour immediately with boxes, charging slightly more for out injury to the motor or chassis. the four-speed type if necessary.
NOTICE!
Ninety Miles An Hour. It was stated that this motd cycle had done ninety miles an ho 46 lrooklands dy half throttle A though of nominally 2 horas-powe it was claimed that something 20 horea-power could be generated The maximum pieton speed, it wa claimed, is 2-4-5 mile a paíñute.
wall) maa, and has been workin Mr. Werry is à St. Austell (Card on this engine for twenty-eigh years. His idea has already bee developed in Australia, he said, and the Werry engines are used with steam in the Australian navy. H added:---
*Fifty per cent of fuel, whethej petrol, oil, or coal, is saved. The to of the engine is longer than that of other types, and the up keep less.
The High Commissioner for Aus tralia. Was among those highly interested in the demonstration.
THE POPULARITY
OF
DUNLOP
is due to the fact that the tyres have done and are doing all that is claimed for them. On the track or on the road they give complete satisfaction and will continue to do so. You can rely on what we say about Dunlop in our public announcements and prove it for yourself, if they are on the car you buy.
DUNLOP RUBBER COMPANY, LIMITED, FORT DUNLOP, BIRMINGHAM.
LOCAL BRANCH:
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NOTICE!
Having sold out my interest as a Ford Dealer, I now wait to offer my customers a new TRIED OUT CAR. That may take me a few months, but when I start I will back my new project to the limit.
While I wait I would like to use this space weekly to try and find out if any Business men in the Colony, will join with me to push through quick a road from Hong Kong to Canton.
STRICTLY
A
BUSINESS
PROPOSITION WITH NO PROFIT.
"I am certain that I can get the Canton Government interested and I WILL
PUT UP MONEY MYSELF.
I will give my time free and I am a road builder with a record in the U.S.A. The idea is to charge toll for the Read or let it out in Sections.
Until the money invested is returned, Proft on the Scheme will be only to those who invest and so by them business is increased. This road will not harm the present Railway" bat will necessarily increase its business.
As to my sincerity in this matter I have no objection to anyone making inquiries of my Bolicitor. I believe the Scheme would be of great beneilt to Hong Kong; and anyway I," myself, am willing to spend good money on it.
Those in necord or any who object to my scheme Kindly correspond with me at P.0. Box 384, H.K.
ANDREW HARPER
P.O, Box 384.
MOTOR CAR DEALER...
MY SLOGAN IS:
STRAIGHT, TRUE & SQUARE DEALING & GOODSERVICE.
P.O. Box 384.