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FOURS & SIXES
INCREASED POWER
LONGER WHEEL BASE"
CHROMIUM PLATED RADIATORS
LONGER SPRINGS.
GREATER BEAUTY
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DISTRIBUTORS
THE OUTLOOK
1929.
“DURO" MOTOR CO., LTD. NATHAN ROAD, KOWLOON.
GILMAN & CO., LTD.
THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 13th, 1929.
MOTOR NOTES
there are places where the wreck. age of some such vehicle is the only indication that man has ever pass- ed that way.
Motoring Across = Laks. Even from Molbourne to Adelaide there are difficulties to be encountered, including the famous Coorong, which is a belt of salt- lakes and sand-hills at certain seasons well-nigh impassable. There is no definite track, as the sand so often shifts. In a dry season the traveller is sometimes able to drive
MORE IMPROVEMENTS ENUMERATED.
However, neither Geoff nog Al- NEW WILLYS-KNIGHT SIX. bert seems to have considered.. the didculties or dangers of the journey. They just kept going with they put it" the Austin behaving beautifully." The next thing that the civilised, world sees of them is when the car parts up St. George's Terrace, Perth, and it is found that the youngsters have managed to knock 6 hours 31 minutes off the time of the previous light car record holder. The run bad occupied 134 hours 30 minutes. A Bad Stid.
In addition to the improvements embodied in the new Willys- Knight six mentioned in our issue, smoother, easier riding qualities are secured also by the adoption of Tryon sackies (after months of highly satisfactory use on" other
FOR A NOVEL HOLIDAY. on the surface of the lakes pro
It is strange that the most excit-W-O models), and Watson rubber. per, and this does admittedir offering portion of the trip actually for stabilators on all four wheels. In the matter of braking equip opportunity for "opening her occurred when the lads were with
oncurry whites of Parth. Feardon ment, all models are equipped with out. If the lakes happen to be RECORD-BREAKING FOR A even slightly damp then there is
was driving with Sinclair sitting large mechanical type four-wheel PASTIME.
trouble in store for he who strikes on the back, when the car skidded brakes, 12 inches all around, which provide a total braking area of them. There is some remarkable at a sharp bend. Sinclair was skidding to be had, and it is quite thrown out and when he recover-243.1 square inches. possible to sink out of sight. ed, found that the car had climbed, a three foot bank and ploughed its way through some tree roots before regaining the roadway. No damage of any kind was done either to the
AMERICAN VIEWS ON
„PUBLIC GOODWILL.
Commenting on the motor outlook for 1923, Alfred P. Sloan, Jr.. President of the General Corpora-
tion, says:
"The beginning of each year appears to me to be an opportune time for us to review the year just closing, and in that way obtain a better prospective of what our hopes and ambitions should be for the new year. The Annual Automo bile Show, coming as it does at this timo of the year, affords no ex- cellent opportunity to do this. from the standpoint of the automotive industry.
Public Service.
"To my mind in 1929 the indus- try bas carried still farther for- ward the principle which has con tributed so much to its marvelous achievements It has served the public botter through the develop. spent of more outstanding values than ever before. All this has been made possible through increased engineering knowledge or a better understanding of the fundamentals, capitalized by more effective manu- facturing and more intensive mer.. chandising Added attractiveness in appearance or a greater appre- ciation of the artistic side has probably been the outstanding de- velopment of the year from the. standpolat of the industry as a whole. With it, however, the -"technical or mechanical side has in no smise been overlooked: There has been a very general advance. forward, particularly in the re- lation of power to weight or in- creased performance and accelera- tion made desirable by road con- gestion and higher speeds, the latter particularly in the lower price Inodels.
Stil Better Values, "When one looks at the vahies. that are being offered at this time, it hardly seems believable, yet I will venture to predict that with the spirit of progress that has pre- vailed from the beginning and still prevails in the industry, the aid has in no sense been reached.
Looking forward-to my mind the greatest problem that confronts the industry from within, is more effective merchandising of the pro- duct. I mean by this, the building of a sounder foundation for the automotive dealer, and, with this the development of good will toward the industry through more effective Bervice. The greatest asset that any industry or business can possibly have is the good wilk of the public toward it and its products. To my mind, effective service or a satis fied customer will exort for us ä greater influenc in developing good will than millions of dollars spent in advertising. I mention this because I do not believe the industry as a whole has intensified -on this most important subject to the same degree that it has on other phases of its activities.
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Record Production Expected. "Indications point to 1929 as likely to be the highest year from the standpoint.of production that the industry has yet enjoyed. Our replacement demand will increase; wealth will be added to the 'country. which will further increase our op. portunities
The more intensive effort that is being put into oVOT“ seas business, aided by's greater. appreciation of the motor car and its use as an agent of transporta": tion, will result in still greater possibilities in that rapidly ex- panding feld
General Motors enters the now "year with confidence that our dealers and we ourselves will obtain our share of this prosperity. To merit this we recognise that we must serve the public better than ever before. We shall strive to do that with the hope and belief that at will turn out to be the most prosperous year we have yet en-
joyed
There are many problems com frosting us all that are far from finished There are many construc- tive things that can be done: that. have not even been started, and some not even thought of A Tenlitation of those facts together. with the willingness to work makes @fogrem certain.
Having shaken off the leg-rope for a little while, two students of the Melbourne University-Geof. Sinclair and Albert Peardoa-de- cided to test for themselves the ability of a Baby Austin to "chew & lumip off the Melbourne-Perth record.
They made no special prepara- tions and carried very little kit, but left Melbourne in the early hours of a summer morning head- ing for the West.
The journey from Melbourne to Perth is an adventurous one at any time, and has provided excitement for the drivers of innumerable cars who have set out to do something with one or other of the existing records. More than one car and its drivers have come to grief, and
Camals and Cables. The Adelaide to Perth section of the journey is a very lonely one a stretch of about 840 miles between Penong in South Australia, across the Nullabar Plain and the Vic- toria Desert to Norseman in West- ern Australia It offers many op portunities of getting bushed and very little possibility of being found for at least a week. There is a telegraph line strung on steel poles between East and West and one Or two
desert repeating stations. The operators usually keep their eyes open for any ad- venturous motorist who may pass their way and send the news along, but should a car be missing it would be a day or two before it could be tracked, and another day or two before camels could be got Camels are out for the search. usually the only transpart facili ties available at the telegraph stations.
DO 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,
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men or the car..
WILLYS
KNIGHT
CARS & TRUCKS.
SHOWROOM “DURO” MOTOR CO., LTD. SERVICE STATION NATHAN ROAD, KOWLOON,
DISTRIBUTORS -GILMAN & CO, LTD.
wire wheels, each model being pro- vided with five, the extra wheel be ing mounted in a well on the right forward fender and rigidly held in place by a bracket extending fron the body.
one finds the coincidental electro-
lock and switch.
The windshield on closed cars is operated by a mono-control worm and wheel, and a wider angular opening assures ample interior cool. The distinctive feature of "Finger marked improvement, the lamps on
The lighting system also shows i ing even in severely, hot weather.
The interiors of all body types. Tip Control" is found or the new
new models being equipped with afford ample space, for drivers and
lens with Willys Knight Six, as an all cars
adjustable passangers, while wide openings of the Toledo manufacturer. This Glo-Lite
In fast night driving the and remote control for. door and consists of a single button in the focus. centre of the steering wheel which the bean is thrown for a consider windows make for convenience.
in place of a dimmer the rays are improvement over the former prac-. the motor, manipulating the lights and sounding the horm. To start merely deflected to a shorter dis tice,, the cantral pillars being entire- the motor requires an upward pallance, assuring the driver of ample ly of steel with wide fanges attach-
light without danger of blinding|ed to roof and body sills, on the button, while the lights are adjusted by turning this same but the on-coming driver. These lights, ton from one notch to another, and of course are controlled from the Finger-Tip Control" button on the horn is wounded by a slight
the steering wheel. downward pressure on the button.
In spite of all the possibilities i controls all functions of starting able distance down the road, while Body construction shows a materiai
of adventure which their record breaking journey seemed to offer, the only comment which they had to make was the winding direc tion militated against attaining the high speed we would have liked. This more probably refers to the fact that on the desert stretch between Penong and Norse man they followed the trans-Con- tinental telegraph wire, and would be winding in and out between the poles on the trail of the camel teams used by the men who ride the wire."
A New Radiator. Heavy one-piece full-crown fenders and a new radiator, higher and wider than its predecessor, accen- tuate the striking new body lines of the 70-B. The design achieves added character through the use of
Four huttons are carried on the instrument board to operate the madual heat control, the spark throttle and choke. Conveniently grouped in the instrument panel are the speedometer, ammeter, oil gauge, gasoline gauge and heat in dicator. To the right of that panel
OWNERS
The improvements we have noted here, together with refinement in many other less important parts of the line, make these cara de lightful to look at, comfortable to ride in, and more convenient to. drive than any predecessor we have known,
Mosers Gilman & Co., the local agents, anticipate the arrival of the first batch of new cars in about a months' time.
talk like SALESMEN for
STUDEBAKER'S
ERSKINE SIX
THE BEST REASON
for your choosing Stude- baker's Erskine Six is the genuine satisfaction this car delivers. And that satisfaction is proved very definitely by the enthusiastic praise of the Erskine Six by owners everywhere.
The Erskine Six Royal Sedan Floest, fastest car in its peles class official American record of 1,000 miles in 984 antonnes. Luggage rack — shock absorbers.
As our guest, come today for a trial run in this new Erskine modela Royal
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PRICES RANGE FROM H.K. 82,320 TO H.K. 86,140.
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