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WHIPPET
FOURS & SIXES
INCREASED POWER
LONGER WHEEL BASE
CHROMTUM PLATED RADIATORS
LONGER SPRINGS
GREATER BEAUTY
Aná LOWEST PRICES ia, their respective clauses
SHOWROOM "DURO" MOTOR CO., LTD. SERVICE STATION NATHAN ROAD, KOWLOON.
DISTRIBUTORS :—GILMAN & CO, LTD.
NOTES FROM GREAT BRITAIN.
[FROM A LONDON CORRESPONDENT.]
There is undoubtedly a certain; other car of similar speed and fascination in big figures, almost carrying capacity. This pioneer of
THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, SEPT EMBER 4, 1929.
MOTOR NOTES
A NEW TWIN-SCREW
MOTOR-CRUISER."
FROM FALMOUTH.
Judging from the recent trend of motor yacht installations it is evident that the use of twin engi nes is becoming increasingly po pular, and there is much to be said in favour of this practice. One of the most important craft to be turned out this year from a South Coast Yard with this type of installation is "Ocanara," which the Ponshården Shipyard have built for the Hon. Lionel Guinness for pleasure eruising, She is 40 ft. long, with a beam of 10 ft. and a draught of 3 ft., and is equipped with two 28-36-p.b. eylinder Ailsa Craig engines.
These are under two cases in an exceptionally roomy cockpit, which is lift. long. The hull is of pitch pine planking on Canadian Rock Elm timbers. There are Oak floors and worked 4ft. apart, every frames copper fastened on every Aluminiura bulkhend. The bottom is coppered to e in. above water line. A con-
light sixes is, of course. very scientifically constructed and part- cular attention has been paid in its design to the elimination of all superfluous weight.
irrespective of what they refer to, and, although it ix rather the fashion to neer at the statistician, it is easy to see that his work must alloys enter largely into its construc- have its very strong attractions. tion with the result that its accele-siderable amount to tenk has been
After each big national holiday,ration powers on top are out of the such as Easter or Whitsun, there ordinary.
are pablished figures showing the
An Overseas Model, number of membera of the Auto-
According to reporta from New mobile Association who required assistance or made enquiries of A.A.Zealand and Australia, the new Road Patrols during the holiday: Wolseley Messenger, is in every Thus, during Whitsun, 270,405 meni-way successful as a type for over- hers were assisted in some way or seas; over every kind of road or other, while 202,010 enquiries can track its performance is hailed as cerning road information were dealt wonderful, while its top genr with. Roadside breakdowns
achievements commend it strongly counted for 4,811 members,
to motorists who, generally speik- Such a record of service as thising, are disinclined to use the gear is, indeed, something to be proud lever. of, and it is not surprising to learn that new members are joining at the rate of over 2.000 a week and that the total membership passed
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used which gives a handsome ap pearance inside. For instance the covering boards. the cabin bulk heads and the sideboards in the saloon are all of this wood.
As regards the accommodation, forward comes the fo'castle and chain locker then on "the port side is the lavatory and toilet room,. while to stnrboard is the wash- basin. The saloon, which has 6 ft. head room under deck beams, is 11 ft. long with a 5 ft. skylight, the framing of which is also of teak- wood. Finally, the ship is electri- cally lit throughout.
REMARKABLE DEMONSTRA- | GREAT TRIP BY STANDARD.
TION.
BY A LEYLAND SIX.
WHEELER.
Probably the most remarkable demonstration ever made in Mel bourne, says The Australian Mo- turist, was that given by Ley- land Motors, Limited, Melbourne Branch, with the "Terrier" Mo- del TEI 3-axled tons capacity torry designed in accordance with the War Office Specification No.
30.
когдаясь,
Fisherman's Bend, Port Mel bourne, was the locality selected for the test. Fisherman's Bend is a favoured testing ground for commercial vehicles. It consists of A wide expanse of drift sand. hummocks and sand disused sand pits, and has proved the Waterloo of many trucks from which great performances were ex- pected. The Leyland Terrier " came through all tests with flying colours and impressed a keenly critical gathering of onlookers by the performance of this excellent example of British 'automotive en- gineering.
The Terrier" was handled by Lieut. Brown of the Motor Trans- port Division Commonwealth Mili tary Forces, and four tests were made during the day. The gross weights of the vehicle and lead during the tests was 7 tons. The first three tests were effected in second speed high ratio (20.4 to It is interesting to note that!). They consisted of manoeuvr Ocanara" is a sister to Major
inz across drift sand and grasy Courtauld's boat in which he
hanks, stopping on steep sharp cruised all last year in Scottish banks, restarting, turning and ploughing through deep loose sand. a splendid seca beat, notably in a smooth and silent, besides being güle off Douglas, Isle of Man. Ma- extremely powerful.
jor Courtauld's yacht also has Ailsa Craig engines installed, but the beam is ft. As "Ocannera has an extra foot of beam, she should at least prove an equally fine sea-going craft.
The latest Wolseley introduction is a 21/60 hp, six-cylinder model with specially long wheel-base, de- signed to carry neuter bodies of
HIGH RECORD IN SPEED AND M.P.G.
The dependability and perform. ance of British cars is well demon- atrated, says The Sun (Auckland) by a big trip completed a week or two ago by a 8-h.p. "Standard." The owner drove it from Auckland to Wellington vid Taranaki, and return pid Napier-Taupo, total distance of 068 miles, without mechanical trouble of any kind, and with an average petrol consumption of 32.9 miles per gallon.
The car was practically new, it had done only about 100 miles round the Auckland Suburbs. The sole preparation for the journey was the draining and refifting of the crank case.
The first day's run was Auckland
WILLYS
KNIGHT
CARS & TRUCKS.
SHOWROOM "DURO" MOTOR CO, LTD. SERVICE STATION NATHAN ROAD, KOWLOON.
DISTRIBUTORS :-GILMAN & CO, LTD,
STUDEBAKER SUCCESSES.
THE COMMANDER'S POWER.
An indication of the success, and will then go on up, accelerating
to Hawera, a distance of 280 miles, } American cars are meeting in estab. the whole way, in a manner that.
in 11 hours.
The next day the car was run on lishing new standards of perform suggests a big express train on the
level, to Wellington, a distance of 100
ance and comfort in overscas "The second great point of the miles in 7 hours.
car is that at cruising speed there During the trip from Auckland a markets is found in the report of a quart of oil
was added, and at test run in a new Studebaker Com- is really no sign of the enigne. No-
pelling the car. the sump refilled with 6 quarts of "C.W. „Castrol.” The chassie WAS greased and the carburettor ad- justed.
Wellington the oil was drained and mander Eight, written by an English thing mechanical seema, to be pro-
The first day's trip of the returni journey was from Wellington to covered in 7 hours.. Napier distance of 91 miles,
motoring authority for The Autocas of London.
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"The car exactly equalled the time taken by a fast sports car over *The Commander," writes this particular journey 80 miles long without coming within 20 miles per an extraordinarily authority. interesting car. It is a really com- hour of the sport car's maximum fortable conveyance in which to speed. As to its own high speed, The next day was the hardest travel without fatigue. It has what the upper end of the Commander's well outside anything the going of the trip, as it included the 80 many cars of this type do not range rough hill country between Napier possess,-namely the power to make average driver wants. and Taupo. The first 99 miles took the journey swiftly, and the power
Napier to Auckland is 289 miles.
The brakes are good, the clutch
4 hours. and the remainder of to interest the enthusiastic driver very near ideal, and the springs absorb road shocks admirably. The last stretch, from as well as the average motorist." hours, Hamikon to Auckland, was done Commenting on The Commander's Steering is so light as to be definite- Front in the dark in 2 hours, From power and smoothness in high gear,y worth having in traffic.
he writes, probably it is as near
seat adjustment works well. There The petrol consumption from a single speed car as it is possible is plenty of room, for the front Auckland to Wellington worked out to attain. In top gear all the or-
cushion is 3 feet, 2 inches wide and at 271 m.p.g.. but after the adjust.dinary hills of a day's run are most the rear cushion 3 feet, 11 inches At 35.3 m.p.g. The average is tion, too, of having to rush hills to therefore 32.9 m. p.g.
display the car's top-gear perfor The average running time, for the❘mance. This Studebaker can be 969-mile trip was 30.78 m.p.h., truly taken gently up a 1 in 10 gradient a remarkable performance,
(ten per cent.) with its full load,
the 400,000 mark carly in June. The the landaulette or limousine type. waters and which proved hereck | dimbing banks, the. gradient of ment the return trip worked out ; easily surmounted. It is not a ques wide with arm rests at each side."!
The power unit "" remarkably
A.A. is, of ecurse, the larges or ganisation of motorists in the world. Talking of big figures, most motoriste would be inclined to say that afte 100,000 miles a car is "finished" and fit for little more
In was on July 4, 1920, that than the scrap henp. However, it George Shillibeer started a 'bux is worth recording that there is now service between the "Yorkshire
London's Bus Centenary.
a privately-owned Humber car in Stingo" Marylebone, and the Bank Coventry which has completed no jof England and London has recent less than 300,000 miles. Further, ly been amused over the centenary after a quarter of a century's run- celebrations. A replion of Shilli- ning this veteran can still do ita beer's 'bus, a "knifeboard" and a 40 miles per hour: a tribute to the excellence of ita manufacture.
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New Royal Oars.
garden-sent" 'bus took part and were actually placed in service for three days. It seemed strange to sce these old horse vehicles, among Londen's traffe and even the old time banter was not entirely ab- sent.
Prince Arthur of Connaught, by the way, who has for a long-time been a user of Humbers has just placed an order for his third car
London's Erst aclf-propelled of this make, a 20/65 h.p. Limou vehicle was put into service in 1902, aine. This will be alandard through Thornycroft steam-driven double out, except for such details as a deck 'bus. Soon a feet of these. Hag holder and a cross-bar between were operated by the Road Car the lamps to carry various badges.
Co. which was afterwards absorbed Another Royal motorist acquiring by the London General Omnibus car a Prince George of Co.. What a contrast to the 70-sent Russia, who has now taken delivery el saloon type six-wheeled buses
new
crofts.
AGAINST ALL COMERS.
AUSTIN WINS RELIABILITY TRIAL.
which ranged from 110sible in 3.95, and crossing impossible looking stretches of parily sub- merged clay. The latter proved to be a very spectacular performance ne deep holes, hidden by the muddy water, caused the "Ter- rier to wallow, surge and roll like a tramp steamer in a heavy choppy sea water and mud flew in all directions as Licut. Brown piloted the vehicle through the made mud. Several trips were hack and forth, stops and starts being made until the interest of the crowd of spectators was work. Cabled information is to handed up to a high pitch. that Aubrey Melrose, driving, a standard 7 h.p. Austin car, won outright the 24 hour, 500 mile Re- liability Trial in Western Aus- tralia. This Reliability Trial is an annual event, organised by the Royal Automobile Clab of Western Australia, and is over extremely rough country. The Austin was in competition with all comers, and secured 699 points out of a possi- ble 700. A Chrysler ran into a se
of a Triumph Super Seven fabric now being produced, by Thorny-cond place with 687 points.
upe. The range of models of the Triumph has been increased by the addition of a fabric saloon de luxe, In this, the body sides are carried right down to the running boards in accordance with the mast modern practice. There is comfortable ac- commodation for four, safety glass is fitted throughout and chromium plating is standard
Women's Influence,
Mr. Aubrey Melrose is a Western. in commercial vehicles has come a
With the tremendous development Australian, but is well known in England in view of the fact that parked change in electric lighting be competed with considerable suc- brush or constant current system equipment. Whereas the three cess in English trials during 1997. He is, perhaps, best known in the was found to give fair satisfaction, motor-cycling world and is still it became more and more apparent doing good work on dirt and grass that its success largely depended on
tracks in Australia. His entry in the human element. It was so fatal-
to the larger competitive field was ly easy to overcharge the battery or. by way of a little relaxation, and he considers that all the credit for There is ample proof that in the convertely, to discharge it to such
his victory in the R.A.C. Reliabil purchase of motor cars, ns, in other extent that it was impossible ity Trial should be given to the things, women's inuener is tre- to maintain the lights at constant mendous. This is largely borne out brillance. Happily these troubles by the colour schemes adopted are now past, for the compensated throughout the motor world general-voltage system introduced by C, A. ly during the last two seasons. Un-Vandervell & Co., works on an en- tirely different principal and that assuming blues and reds live to n considerable extent given place to it is successful is proved by the fact pale green, primrose and other that it has been adopted by the delicate shades dear to the femininejority of the trading British con- beart, whilst two-colour schemes arercial vehicle chassis manufactur- very popular.
them.
ers.
Bix-Wheelers Overseas.
wonderful little car which earned him the laurels.
introduced A.J.S." Pilot" commer- cial vehicle chassis, it is interesting to learn that A. J. Stevens & Co.'s body works at Wolverhampton have recently been reorganised and are
The fourth test was particularly severe, the first speed in auxiliary gent being engaged, giving a final reduction of 72 to 1. The ground. chosen for the final test was a long hollow between the built up for mation for the concrete road. "As a result of this being under water for eight or nine weeks it had be come soft and unstable "as por ridge, a depth of about 2 ft. of muddy water with deep holes be ing plentiful in this 1,000 yards length. Lient Brown drove the
Terrier along the edge with the right-hand side wheels.well in mud and water, then turning, boldly charged right through, the water at times being over the run- ning boards. Successive passages backwards and forwards were suc cessfully negotiated, each time the lorry sinking down into the mud and water as the creeper tracks had chain-dredged out wide chan- nels in the soft muddy cozy bot- tom.
Throughout the performance the excellent cooling afforded by the well-designed system was particu larly efficient.
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High Executive Officers and British Imperial Oil Co.; Vacuum Transportation Engineers of the Oil Co., Atlantic Union Oil Co., Commonwealth Qil Refineries, Royal Australian Air Force, Com monwealth Military Forces, Vie- torian Government Ruilways, Commonwealth Railways, Develop ment & Migration Commission, Country Roads Board, Melbourne Tramways Board, Dunlop Tyre Co, Postmaster-General's Depart- ment, together with principals of leading engineering firms, cartage contractors, manufacturers, and other users of fleets of motor trans port vehicles were present during the tests, and expressed their satisfaction at the manner in the Leyland Terrier " handled the load of 31 tons under the most exacting conditions.
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New Modela, Among new commercial vehicle models from British factories the Leyland" Hippo" is noteworthy in that it has been designed to carry 19-ton loads. It has a 6-cylinder There are, however, signs that
engine developing 72 h.p. at 1,000 the pendulum is swinging back the Motor Transport recently con- r.p.m., and its large diameter other way again. A few months tained an account of a remarkable brakes operate on all six wheels. ago, for instance, the Singer people journey undertaken in Northern The cab, which accommodates a introduced an all-back **Junior' Ching to test the capabilities of a driver and two mates, is placed over saloon, with maroon wire wheels and Morris-Commercial 6-wheeler. The the engine, thus permitting a load trimming, and this has proved to route lay through the Nan-Kau Passing area of 2ft by 7ft. gin. be one of the best sellers in the fun to the Great Wall of China. In connection with the recently range. It is good to learn that, The Pass has been described as a despite the acquisition of the huge nightmare of rocks and boulders new Singer works at Birmingham and is believed not to have been two years ago, it has now been claimed previously by any vehicle found necessary to build further under its own power. The worst shops in the grounds, surrounding gradient is little steeper than 1 in now laid out for the production of
which 6. but it is in its appalling surface 'bus and commercial body work on Individuality In Cars.
that th real test of the Pass lica. a large scale, a direction in which A well-known motor journalist ro
The Morris-Commercial, however, they are already extremely busy. tently said that, in the courge of with its 11 passengers and sandbags The Weight of Paintwork. trying out as many as half a dozen making a load of over ton,'ran different, makes of car. a week, faultlessly and surmounted the 10 A great many people will prob- such differences as there are mile climb without bother.
ably be surprised to learn thất on examples of the same elnas are those Photographs taken during the au ordinary motor delivery van the of detail only and that the gcneral Round Australia MacRobertson Ex-paint alone weigha, as much as 25 characteristics are much the same.pedition Inst year help to give some to 30 lbs. and sometimes even more. He added how refreshing it was to idea of the obstacles encountered Where vehicles are taxed accord- be offered a car for test that had and successfully surmounted and, ing to weight this is a serious The violent knock which followe points of individuality from atom also serves to stress the poten matter and, indeed, the last coat big-end failure comes after the dam to stern.
tialities of the rigid-frame six- may involve the owner of the age has been done; this inefficient He referred specifically to the wheeler for use in the outback." vehicle in heavy additional expands state of affairs is to be remedied, 17/80 h.p. Arrol-Aster, which linn The two Karrier vehicles which took ture. The importance of this matter apparently by a German inventor many refinements normally found part in this 11,000 mile journey were was very strikingly demonstrated a whose patent specification was pub- on much more expensive cars, and of the "Wog" type, with a 30/48 short while ago at the Luton works lished the other day, says The then only on some. All the chassis h.p. engine and 8-speed gearbox. of Comers Cars, Ltd, where a tilt Motor He provides electrical- bearings, for instance, are lubricat- Designed to carry net loads of van body of exceptionally large resistance thermometers ed by pressure upon one pedal, the tons across country, these Kar-dimensions was to be seen mounted crankpin and connecte brakes are adjustable from the drivriers, which in this case each weigh on a 30-cwt. chassis. By, careful wiring and slip-rings to an alarm ing sélt, and so on.
ed 7-tong laden, had to make their paring the total weight was kept bell on the dash. The idea is that The A.C. Aceden is a car which Jown tracks through wild undevelop down so that the annual tax was the bell should ring if a bearing Positively bristics with individuality, ed country for the greater part of £25, whereas if the weight had been reaches a dangerously high tem Its makers claim definitely that it the journey.
greater by even a few pounds it perature, so warning the driver to costs less to run per mile than any (Continued on next Column.) would have amounted to over £32.. cease" trending on the gas !".
ALARM BELL .FOR BIG.
ENDS!
in, each them by
Studebaker reports that Comman- der sales have increased 64 per cent. over last year. This company now leads in the manufacture and sale of eight cylinder cara.
GOODS YEAR
RELIABILITY
Everywhere on city streets or on country roads Goodyear Tyres are known for their dependability
and
long trouble- free wear.
DISTRIBUTORS:
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Prince's Building, 2nd Floor.
Telephone: C..27.
HONG KONG
Kowloon Service Station Telephone: K. 1488.