NOTES OF THE WEEK.
EASIER. SIDE SCREEN
FITTING.
Rigid aide soros of the peg-in- type sometimes aro difcult to fit
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1930.
MOTOR NOTES.
awing to the pegs failing to register MORE MOTOR SHOW
REFLECTIONS.
MOTORING ON RIVER,
LAKE AND SEA.
exactly with the socket holes. Easy fitting can, however, be assured by countersinking the socket holes, thus forming a guide for the peg It may be neccesary when making this alteration to use à countersink. drill of a more gradual taper than standard, This is easily arranged
The 1931 Motor Show has, at the By grinding an ordinary twist drillsimo of writing, just closed its ef uitable diameter to
doore and it is satisfactory to add #long "point"
that it has undoubtedly bon # There are people who
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MORGAN ENGINE
LUBRICATION.
BLOCOSS.
deed, there are sound argumonta
Special attention, too, has been paid to the finish of the pistons, which are solf adjusting as to clear
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The Problem of Ventilation. The cheaport Straight-Eight oar nt the Show was the Hilman 4-door cound welling at £35s; in its 1031 version the engine prosesse better
acceleration and smoothness while
for the King and Queon, the SEEN AND HEARD.
chassis to bo Daimler Double-sixes in each case. A magnificent exam.. ple of their coachwork was the enclosed limousine de ville body on Rolls Royce Phantom II, this had
scht. The colour scheme was most
AT THE MOTOR SHOW.
The usual types of Show visitors a fixed leather at the rear with awere again in ovidenco this year, folding extension over the driving and were as easily recognized as ever. The father of a family look-
biggest body, the newly-married couple buying their Brat machine, the rector looking for something suitable for his parish visits and
attractive, body pands being painting for the cheapest car with the ed blue and bonust, scuttle and Various modifications have been carried out in Rolls-Royce chassis
us, entirely new system of lubricawings black. tion has been incorporated. . Tho new Vortic Hillman, is; too, a won
50 m.p.h. on silent third, it costa
Exactly how high is Mr. High, Test," the impressive figure on Pratt's stand1 Answer: 0 It. 9 ib.
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Bo it lat said, a countryman after examining the Scorpion, ....." Is what?" queried his friend.
"A triumph," was the teso reply.
A.J.S. stand, he was heard to re- As Smith Minor passed by the
mark, Wish there was an anti- detonative head at our school !"
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The recent rumour of a £100 Aus-
MOUSY MOTOR
TRANSPORT.
THE PRINCE'S SPEECH AT VILLAGE COLLEGE.
A reference to people who like.. to crab motor traffic in this coun- try was made by the Prince of
ales, whoa bo opened Greas Britain's frat village college at
Enwston near Cambridge, rocently.
The college is the Arst of 11 such buildings where boys and girls will, recive training adapted to an agricultural career,
**An Il Wind ——," "This villge centre," said the Frince, will provide a school for lúe older children of no fewer than / nips villages. This is only mado
doubt the wisdom of holding thisderful example of modern valu; during the pat 12 months; on the which will be easy to start, the tin Seven, was, of course, contra possible by the development of great exhibition annually and, in having a 2-litre 8-cylinder engine 40/60 h.p., the carburettor is now young man undecided between an dicted in the daily paper in which modern motor transport, and I On some o.h.v. J.A.P. engines both for and against, but this with a top speed of 70 m.p.b. and heated by the exhaust instead of Austin and an. 3.G, Midget and it appeared within 24 hours. All think to those people who like to fitted to Morgans the crankcase year's event was hold under, spme
by hot water and the road wheels looking wistfully at an Alfa-Romeo, the same, it is a lively topic of breather.consists of a tubo with a what abnormal conditions. In viates a coachbuilt saloon, with Triplex are slightly smaller in diameter, and the "experts" who do not conversation at the Show. tion system fail to work it should sion aff over the world, it would such refinements as adjustable rakethoreby reducing the overall height want to buy anything, but keep up wiregauze top. Should the lubrica of the unprecedented trade dopres Glass, 425. This even includes first be ascertained that the gauze hardly have been surprising if the to the steering column and hinged of the car and improving ita ged a running commentary of usually
number of visitors had shown a very considerable falling off, 'com paroil with other years. Actually,
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rear quarter lights which ensure rontilation without draught,
This question has been carefully
by Thruop & Maberly, for in the
cral appearance. This latter al teration has also been made to the 20/25 hp. model, the chassis frame of which has been lengthened by 3
incorreat technical takk, hoping to' impress everyone else on the stand.
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It has been computed by statié-
Jure, the oil will be prevented from however, this was not the onse; the studied in the closed bodies built, giving more accommodation for ticions that if all the cars at Olym-:
is not clogged with dirt or congeal- ed, oil, because unless it is quite free a pressure is set up in the crankcase, thus causing the oil pump to lose officiency. Further passing through the sight feed. When the pump is in proper work ing order oil will be siphoned through the sight feed when the engine is stopped. If it should fail to do so, it is advisable to clean the crankcase breathor gauze before proceeding to dismantle the oil pics or the pump.
MOUNTING WINDSCREEN
WIPERS,
door pillars are concealed ventila tors which are brought into action
attendance was almost identical with last year's and during the last few days very big totals were recorded at Olympia, indicating by turning a small handle. The that the Exhibition drew visitor ou its own merits.
very bandsome cabriolet de ville shown on this frm's stand on a Humber Pullman chassis incor
porated this úsoful device.
Generally speaking, the actual busincs done appears to have ox-
The Pullman model is very simi- ecoded expectations and there waslar to the Humber Snipe, except mainly a high percentage of buy that it possesses a longer wheelbase, When fitting & windscreen wiper the crowds a distinct from mere 2.8, it is said that 70 is obtained ers or potential purchasers among Although the rated horse power is
n windscreen having no metal bead-eightecers.
at 2,800 rpm. The placing of the valves is noteworthy, inlet boing overhand and exhaust at the side,
of the electrical or vacuum type to
ing, it is necessary, in the ordinary way, to drill the glass, and this
Now "Creations,"
the bodywork..
Motoring on River and Sex. The inclusion of a motor boat section in this year's exhibition mat with great success, the display covering an exceedingly wide range. There wore on view boats ranging from the smallest dinghies to high speed luxury sex-going cruisers. The engine cxhibits, too, included purposes and even a few fuel-oil outboard and inboard sets for all
engines of Diesel or modified type, In this section the Trojan manina unit, shown to the public
pin were pinced end to end they would look like any main road lead- lug to the Show.
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The bun for beatific ignorance surely goes to the man in leather coat, gauntlet gloves and so on who was heard to remark: "I think this Show is a fine idea, and I won- der that they haven't had one before!" The italics, needless to say, are ours!
A sad-faced man, wan, haggard, drooped miserably along a crowded aisle, pushed and jostled by the throng, his eyes bent on vacancy. any heads turned to watch him as he moved slowly to an exit, paused, and was gone. Who was he? He was the man who, on the Trojan of those qucer statid, amid one silences which often occur in crowd-
overhead or side valves.
or, perhaps, just a trifle thinnersacrifice of ather important fea- beon introduced on the 20 h.p. that this engine will drive a boated places, asked if the engine had
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A Show thought for Euclid the
is a job which cannot readily be British coachwork scored a very undertaken by an ownerdriver. A great succoS8, not only in the a system which has been found to for the first time attracted con- satisfactory alternative method is 1o cut three strips of cbonite, the magnificent forcations" of the possess advantages over both ever-siderable attention. This has been outer strips about 5 ine, long by 2 specialized body builders, but also. bead valves and side-by-side valves, designed to give maximum effi- ins wide, whilst the inner strip in the standard productions of the Central gear change has now been ciency at minimum cost for any about the same length but only manufacturers. Grace of line and standardised and left hand steer craft from 20 to 35 ft. in length in. wide. Incidentally, the narrow
and with a beam of 4-12) It. In raiddle strip shiuld be of a thick barmonious colour schemes, how-ing can be had if desired.. ness equal to that of the screen glass over, have not been achieved at the A number of improvemente have deed, exhaustive tests have shown The strips are bolted together in-a manner which enables the centre turos, for even on the smallest cars Sunbeam; the engine is an entirely about 25 per cent inster than other one to rest on the top of the glass there is increased accommodation new design with a 7-bearing rank units of its cinas. and it will be found that the
shaft and develops abundant power The 4-cylinder Patroke motor of Assembly holds in place quite rigid- and lower contre of gravity.
with great smoothness. A 4-speed 16 hp. is simplicity 'itecli possess. Triumph Six is bigger than the ly. A centre hole must be drilled
gearbox with "twia top gears ising, as it does, only seven separ- Triumph Seven. for the spindle of the screen wiper
now hated, the close ratios of 3rd ately moving parts; it is extream. and it may be possible according
and 4th sucede resulting in only economical, baving a patrol con- to the design of the wiper-to use
siderably improved read perfor-sumption of gall. per hour, there the actual wiper securing bolts as
mance. In addition to these im- the clamping bolts for the cbonito
provements, prices have been re- am no valves to got carboned and strips.
the full power is developed at the The unit is placed horizontally low speed of only 700-800 rpm. with the cylinder heads pointing athwantahips with the result that the maximum deck space is avail able
STOPPING DOOR RATTLE.
Riley coachwork has always been very attractive and the latest types, built on the Weymann principle, show still further progress. The newest production of this Coventry firm is the Alpine Six, which may best be described as a combination of the characteristics of the Nino and the 6-cylinder model. With à track of 4 ft. and wheelbase of 90 in. it is very flexible and capable of high speeds and excop tional top-gear hill climbing per formance.
It gained its distinctive title na result of tests, in the Alps and the very successful mannor in
duced.
The Sunbeam Co. has done a great deal to develop the modern compé and an example of the latest 4-light type with sliding roof and finished in cream and green attracted a lot of attention. This had close fitting winge, deep val. ance and step platos instead of running boards the coupé in its most up-to-date form, in fact.
The "Da Luze" Dinas.
Car doors are apt to rattle after the vehicle has been in use for some time, the trouble arising from a
The Thomycroft exhibits were very ingeriously arranged on what variety of causes such as shrinkage
was the largest site in the action. of the body timbers or springing
The impression of a ship's deck, of the body on the chassis. To refit the doors in a proper manner which it surmounted them.
complete, with mila and stanchions, of course, a job for a coachbuilder,"
was clovealy conveyed and part of but a very inexpensive alternative The question of nonclature
the structure; was of historic: in- is to fit packing pieces around the anong care is intriguing. At first Among the big care the 30 p.torost as included a'portion of edge of the door. As a rule the sight, reason for naming a medol Armstrong Siddeley is notable in the bridge salved from the late amount of clearance to be taken up the Ace of Bpondes, for example, that it incorporates the self-chang-Captain Fryatt's ship, the "Brus is not very great, and it will be is not obvious, but a view of the ing gearbox with solcotive control scia," found that ordinary rubber tap engine of the new 15.7 h.p. 6-cylin-and, also, can be fitted with a fluid washers are very convenient for the der Lea-Francis at once makes it purpose as the rubber is compara-clear, for from the front it exact. Lively hard and yet ponsemed of ly resembles that device inverted. sufficient "give" to enable the door This car has a guaranteed speed of to be held tightly in the elosod 75 m.pl. and in order to attain position. Each washer is secured vibration-free high speed running, Great interest is always shown known Coasth Motor Boats, which means of a countersunk screw, the crankshaft is of particularly in Hoopor coachwork as it is to did such good work in the War which should be driven home until generous proportions; further, it be seen on so many Royal ears and which am now employed by the head is safely below the surface is counter-weighted and balanced only recently an order was given. ne less than 10 foreign · Naval of the washer.
both statically and dynamically. for five limousines and broughams Powers.
Tha most outstanding exbibit flywheel at an extra cost of £50. was the 48 it. Thornycroft Express This latter can also be fitted to the cruiser which has a speed of 40. Special 20 hp. model. At Olympia.p.h. This vessel's ecaworthiness the 20 h.p. was show as a 7-arator is a red by the fact that her enclosed limousine by Hooper.hull followg the form of the well
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"A little confusing," murmured a visitor. Triumph Sixes, Austin Sevens, Hillman Eights, Standard Nines, Rover Tens and Daimler. Double-Sixes. Phow!"
That's what I did last night on wet by-pass," said a visitor in the galleries, pointing to the Cam Gears stand, where a life-size steer ing wheel is to be seen rapidly twirling from full lock to full lock. Horrid sight1 +
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take you, Mary
"Where would you like me to
"To lunch, I think, John."
crab the enormous increase of motor traffic in this country at the pre- sent, time we might quoto: It is an ill wind that blows nobody any good.' (Hear, hear.)
This contro is more than a school. It includes an adult wing, and with the hall and the library · will give opportunities for adult. education in its broadest sense."
The building, which has cost £16,000, includes a hall seating about 400; workshops and labora-
tories and a domestic science block..
How many languages have been "Dear me," said the short-sight-spoken at Olympia sinen the Show. interesting car exhibited on that of French and German quite often. ed old Indy, there must be a very opened1 Visitors overheard scraps Dutch and Italian several times, Spanish was heard, Indiat visitors were toen, and on one never-to-be- forgotten occasion a slice of pure American' rose above the general· d'amour.
stabd over there."
Oh, no," explained her com- panion, "that is the bar,"
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"What is that I asked the in- quirer of the salesman.
That, sir, is the supercharger." "Oh, I see. That is what makes the car cost so much;??
And in a way, of course, he was right.
Having learned with regret that the manufacturers of his ear had, for the coming year, adopted the fashionable ribbon radiator with centre bar, he walked on to the "It's a wonder Trojan's aren't stand ready to remonstrato, "Real- delivered by post:"~
ly, you know," he said. Now that "Why P
you've got this type of radiator, I shan't be able to tell these cars from the Blank models!"
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"Well, they put their engines into trunks, they give away bags. the cars are stimped with efficiency,
-41 Sorry, sir," said the suaY? and the transmission system is e-salesman, these are the Blank veloned in a certain amount of models: the make you want is over. mystery."
there !!! (Vontinued on
next Column.)
Oh, these new radiators!
FIAT
DESIGNED
ARDUOUS OF ALL TESTS
TO SATISFY THE MOST
A well-known motoring writer said. recently that FIAT started with know ledge that other designers have stili to acquise! It is true. The testing ground where FIAT engineers have perfected their cars has always been amongst the most notorious of bill-climbs, amid Alpine roads, which have necessitated supreme perfection in engine, clutch, gears, brakes, cooling and suspension.
To you the inference is obvious. A car which can do what FIAT does under most adverse conditions is guaranteed to give you not only effortless, trouble-free and luxurious motoring-but reliability. and long life that is without compare and is essentially the car for negotiating the hills of Hong Kong.
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