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JUNIOR-SENIOR-SIX
· A Car for every Puse and Purpose
H.K. $1,750. GILMAN & CO., LTD.
1929 OVERLAND
WHIPPET.
PODARI
Immediata Delivery
of totally new design Incidentally, the radiator is almost twice the size of the last year's mudel, and extends the full length of the front of the BID FOR THE SMALL CAR car. The radiator band and cap a
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headlights, which are stayed with a metal rod across the radiator to prevent vibrativa.
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FEATURES. ··
Mesars, Gilman & Company have just received their first model of the 1929. Overland Whipper cars and it is on view, and ready for demon stration, as the Duro Motor Garage, Nathan Road, Kowloon, the Service Station for this car.
The car is the first of the 1929 models from America and has outpaced the catalogues and booklets describing it. The model was c spected by our representative at the Duro Garage but before describing the car, it would be well to men- tion its general appearance. It is a four eater Sedan of a totally new
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MOTOR NOTES
Controls.
Turning to the driver's seat we find that ample leg space is provid- ed, and the steering wheel comes exactly where it should be for naxinum control and comfort. In- cidentally, the steering wheel is of a new type with a thin grip and gnarled wood which greatly adds to the case of driving.
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mixture enriched, which means that the, engine gets hotter and, more petrol is consumed. Freedom from knocking," on the other hand, implies that the car will stand an advance spark, éven up hill, so that the engine keeps relatively veel and less petrol is consumen. In other words, more power is öb- tained at less cost. Clearly, the Few people, as they gure at their
tendency ta !! knock is the one ideal car, have a thought for that outstanding factor determining the necessary couplersent the fuel that practical value of a petrol. Com-" makes the wheels go round. Yet itpared with this all other considera- Known ns the 'phingr-tip
is just as important to have a per- tions are of secondary importance. control a knob is mounted infectly produced fuel as it is to have But what exactly is a "krock" or
For- the centre, the working
pink" Probably not one in a of a perfectly manufactured car.
hundred motorists could give & cor- which is extremely ingenious.tunately, with the advance in auto-
rect answer. nobile engineering has gone To start the motor the knob is pulieren more marked advance in the
The truth is that there is little the exact knowledge even now of the ed up, and a light press works the science of oil-refining and
Much behaviour of the exploded petrol electric horn. A turn to the right blending of motor fuels effigie the parking lights, to the valuable research work has been mixtares in the internal combustion dashboard "the rear lights, and a
large ail companies on the be knock" is in the nature of, a
Mr. H. R theory.
Ricardo's is extremely suitable for dimming haviour of petrol mixtures in the
The theory is, perhaps, the one general- work in town. Another turn will internal combustion engine. give a slightly stronger beam to the Empire Motor Fuels Committee. ly accepted. In more or less his front headlights for ordinary town has had similar researches. carried own words: when the mixture of ise, with the beams deflected slight-out on the behaviour of alcohol and petrol vapour and air is compress- ly downwards. A third turn pro-alcohol-ether mixtures. Some reviewed to a high pressure and to a the headlights, which is the slightly experiments may help petrol co- duces the maximura full-beam of of the results of these fascinating temperature approaching that of
3+ its self-ignition temperature, and raised beam for night country sumers to appreciate the problems is then ignited by the spark, the flame at first spreads by the nor- touring. The gear lever, the hand of the petrol producers
However little motorista may mal process of combustion, brake, and throttle controls remain the same. An electric screen wiper know about the petrol they use,
pressing before it the unburnt is mounted on the one piece wind, they will judge it, quite rightly, portion of the charge. When the screen with the switch close by and by the degree of its tendency to consequent rise, in temperature of readily accessible. A turning handle knock." The joy goes out of this unburnt partion is more rapid is placed next to the switch for open motoring when one hears that hate than the rate at which its heat can ing and closing the windscreen ful "pink"Knocking means be given off, then spontaneous
The ignition takes place, and an exple which moves outwards, pushing or Joss of power and economy.
spark has to be retarded and the sive wave is set up which strikes tightening thus being unnecessary.
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Service:
DURO MOTOR CO., LTD.
KOWLOON. TEL, K. 238.
heavily nickel plated to match the dim light to the head lamps which carried out at the instance of the engine. Evary explanation of a pre-ignition proper-that is, from Mr. Ricardo next showed that the
Standing in front of the car ove natives the new type of mudguards, of one piece, and made of strong sheet metal capable of standing vibration and wear. The low type of body is set off with a neatly designed windscreen, and engine bonnet. To sum up the general appearance of the car, it is one of which the owner may be justly proud when he parks in company with the most expensive makes of
car:
Engine Features. There are several small but in portant new features of the 1929 Overland Whippet engine.
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The Dashboard,.
The dashboard and instrumenta supplied to the model are small and
ncat.
They include a spark button, carburettor choke, throttle controf button, and the oil pressure gauge, ammeter, and speedometer are neat-
mounted under glass with a small dashboard light to illuminate them. An ignition (electro) lock is, the
maraing instrument. A neat door lock is fitted into the handle of the door next to the driver. The re- maining three doors may be locked from the inside, and after locking the driver's door; the car is theit proof. The one-piece windows fitted to the doors are raised or lowered, by the means of a handle from the inside.
The engide remains of the four design and a great improvement cylinder type, but of increased over last year's model. The body power capacity. The bore of the engine remains the same-19.37 work and finish, are of a high standard and will appeal to anyonem.m., but the stroke is increased from desiring a handsome car. There is 11.12 m.m. to 120.03 m.m. giving an increased capacity displacement no stinting in details, and the in terior includes a type of upholstery of 2,387 cc, compared with last that found on the year's model of 2,199 c.c. Although the horsepower rating given by the American Automobile Association remains the same-15.6 h.p.-the etual horsepower is increased from 32 h.p. to 40 h.p. The valve opera tion, and cooling system remains the same, but should prove much more efficient with the new large radiator. The model is on view at the Duro Handsome Headlights. The carburettor intake and exhaust Motor Garage, and is ready for de The good appearance of the car is manifold are redesigned, with immonstration purposes. Prospective The ignition and buyers should avail themselves of enhanced by the large and handsome proved results.
generating system which have provi the opportunity and give the ear chronium-plated twilight headed so reliable and satisfactory ra their close inspection and considéra-
tion. lights," mounted beside a radiator main the same.
similar highest priced cars. The bonnet over the engine is raised to the same "level as the windscreen but the
· driver's view of the road is in no way obstructed. He has a full-
vision view as do the passengers in.
the rear senta.
The Same Price.
The car is fitted with 38 by 473/18 Fisk tyres, which are rapidly gain- that the price of the new Overland ing popularity. We are informed Whippet Four" will remain about the same as last year's model.
com-
of rate of burning was affected by the chemical composition of the petrol that is, by the relative propor tions of aromatics, naphthones, and contains; that the paraffins it smaller the proportion of parafina the better from almost every point of view; and that a certain pro- portion of aromatics, estimated at about 90 per cent. for the majority of commercial motor engines, prac tically eliminated the tendency to
knock.'
the walls of the cylinder with a No motor fuel has yet been found hammer-like blow causing the fami- of which the rate of burning was liar "pinking" or "knocking," "too low to permit of maximum effi- the which the scientists call "detona ciency being obtained in tion." It is quite different from highest-speed engine yet tested.
self-ignition of the mixture petrol vapour and air before the passage of the spark. But "knock ing,' if persisted in, will so raise the temperature of the points of the sparking plug as to cause pre How, then, is "knock ignition. ing to be avoided 1
Mr. Ricardo has proved that "knocking" is less the lower the rate of burning of the fuel. The reason for this, according to his theory, is that if the rate of spread
To judge. then, the quality of a of the fame is sufficiently slow the unburnt portion which is being motor spirit by its specific gravity compressed can get rid of its heat or even by its final boiling-point If naph- quick enough to avoid self-ignition. is entirely misleading. In all cases it seems that a lowthenes aromatic hydrocarbons are rate of burning is advantageous. I a (Continued on page 9)...
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