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THE GREATEST STUDEBAKERS
OF ALL TIME
STUDEBAKER S.P.A.
PIERCE-ARROW
HONG KONG DELIVERED PRICES
DICTATOR EIGHT
R.AC. Horse Power Rating 30.
Baka Hored. Fors 81 at 3,200 Revolutions.
Piston Displacement 221 Cubio Inakos,, · Wheel-Bass 117 Inches,
Speed 75 MP,F,
SPARKS
FROM THE PLUGS
TRAMWAYS DEBT WIPED OUT.
SUCCESS OF TROLLEY BUSES
CHESTERFIELD CORPORATION MODERNISES TRANSPORT
In three years the Chesterfield tramwaye debt of £11,000 has been wiped out by electric trolley buses, had it is intorosting to note that
NEW SEASON'S. CARS.
15 H.P. ARMSTRONG-
SIDDELEY.
EASE AND COMFORT IN
* DRIVING,
This present motoring, season is graged with cars which are easier to. drive, whether handled by novices or experts, than those of
While not particularly fast, the 16 h.p. Armstrong Siddeley quickly. accelerates to thirty and forty milen An hour, while it has splendid brakes which pull the car up t Afty miles an hour in 100 feet u so, according to the road surfavo being dry or wot
The maximum speed of the 18 p. Armstrong Siddelay saloon is about 00 to 69 miles under favoumbla circumstances Bus it is easy to average: 30 miles an hour on it, dr even a slightly higher, speed, with out. Any hogging."
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is wanted; I suggest the short, If, however, a more speady ear chassis. now Fifteen" Armstron Siddeley sports salcon, costing about the same price. To in listed at £100 with a sunshine: roof. *
Ar Family Saloons As a family saloon, it has every two new vehicles save just been previous years, writes Thornton Virtue to recommend it easy to
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It is this feature which drive safety par excellence due to delivered to the Corporation by marks the progress made by the from a tendency to skid on web good brakes, and particularly frost Messrs. Ransomes Sime and Jof automobile industry in the 1999 roads, comfortable sets both in front and rear, and easy to enter ferien. Ltd., of Ipswich, England,ango of motor carriages offered to or leave owing to the wide doors.
the public. The busca are. 48-seater whoot
and adjustable front beats I spent the major portion of my double deckers, a
and are the most motoring during the past twelve up to
date of their clase na regardsontha in testing the pre-selective appearance, design and equipment.
gear box on t 15 hp. aiz cylinder The General Manager of the
Armstrong Siddeley, andoon. Chesterfield Corporation Dapart f
During that period I drove this ment specifled that the overall 12,087 miles, over all kinds of ronds
Armstrong-
Fifteen Siddeley height should be specially low to in all sorts of weather, so I can enable the vehicles to pass under claim to have given it`ʼn most ex- certain bridges, and the bodies have haustive test. But, I never had a therefore been constructed on the our which gave the driver great case Titan principle. There are seats in its handling, or more comfort for 24 passengers in each saloon, to its users, and this is due to its Tás trollby bases are carried by stendiness on the rond."," Ransomes' patent sub-base; which 3470 relieves the roof of heavy stresses and strain during the operation of the booms...
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Wheels Upholstery
Coupe Regular
Coupe Sport
Sedan Regular
Coupe Begal
Roadster Regular
...8 Steel Bedford 23;180
Wire Leather 43;10
FD.B Packing 'Kong th Factory Shipping Chah Waight
Prica Dalivary Price ... Wira Bedford 2-3;975 lbs. G3 980: G#230 G$1,$10
Wire Bedford 4 3,160:
1,200 .....6 Wire Bedford 6 3,230
· 1,280... 1,390
14030: .230
1,050
230
LORD
236
$1,126
530
1,300
1,125. 236
1,355
Coupe Rogall
6.Steal Bedford 4 3,255-
1,135.235.
1,870
Brougham Rogal
Sedan Begal
Steel Bedford, D. 3,270 .6.Steel Bedford '53,336
Roadster Regal
Steal Leather 43,106
Convertible Fogal
Convertible Regular... Wire Leather 0 3,275
4.105 233.
1,300! 1.156 236 1,390 1,230 235 1,465 Steel Leather 6 330 1,230 240 OFFIONAL EQUIPMENT-NO CHARGE
6 Wire Wheels instead of 6 Steel Spoke Wheels, Mohair Upholstery, instead of Bedford, Regular Modela choice of 2 Ecloars, Regal Models shoice of 4-Coloure
OPTIONAL EQUIPMENT-EXTRA CHARGEU Spare Tire and Tabe 18 x 5.50-4 Ply. 314. Lasther Upholstery" 30, 5 Sten Spoke Wheels instead of 6 Wire Wheels $35, Social Colour 360, Reinforced Springs $4. Propeller Shaft Brake $6., Prices of other Approved Accessorion, on Applications
COMMANDER EIGHT
My Rid‚0. Horse-Power Rating 50.. Brake Horas-Power 101 at 8,209 Revolutions.
Pisten Displacement 250 Cubio Enches. Wheel Base 186 Inoka.. Speed 80 M.P.H.
1,350 260. 1,810. 1,445 200 1,700
Coups Regular
... Wire Bedford: 4 3,405 Sedan Regular ... Wire Bedford 8 1,535 Coupa Regal -
...Steel: Bedford 43,610. Roadster Regal ...Steel Leather 43,475 Brougham Regal ...0 Steel Pedford: 1 3,500. Sedan Bogal .....8Stool Bedford 3,840: Convertible Regular.. Wire Leather p 3,250 Convertible Regat...8Stool Leather 6. 3,870
1,400
200 1,720 1,550 265.
1916 1,550 Rét
1,815. 1,050 265 1,810 1,580 285 1,825 1,885. 270 1,035
OPTIONAL · EQUIPMENT~~NO CHARGE
6 Wirs Wheels instand of 6 Stool Spoke Wheels, Mobsiz Upholstery instead of Bedford Magalar Molel choice of a Colours, Kagal Models Cholas of 4 Colours.
OPTIONAL EQUIPMENT-BXTRA CHARGE Spare Tire & Tube 18 x 6.00-4 Ply. $18, Festher Upholstery 126, 5 Steel Bpole Wheel instead of 5 Wire Wheels $40, Special Colour 185, Reinforced Springs $, Propeller Shatt
· Brake - 38%, Prices of other Approved Accessories ca "application.
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PRESIDENT EIGHT
R.A.C. Horse-Power Rating 30 2.
Brake Horse-Power 720 at 8,200 Revolutions.
Piston "Displacement 897 Cubio Inches Wheel Base 135 Inches, Speed 36. M.P.H
Sedan Regular .... Wire Bedford 5 4,250 Convertible Regular... Wire Leather & 4,200.
... Wire Bedford 4,355 ... Steel Leather 4 4,180 ...0 Steel Bedford. 4 4,825, ... Steel Bedford: "6: 4,970/ ...8 Steel Bedford 6 4,355
Sedan Regalor Rondator State Coupe Stato Brougham State Sedan Stats ----Convertible State
Nedan State, Limousine Stats
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· 1,760 280 2,030 1,680 £85 2,185 1,890. 285
2,170 1,850 285
2,140 -1,798 286 9,050 1,855 265 2,140 1,890 280 2:173 Steel Leather. 4,495 1,085 200 2,275 ...8 Stoel Bedford 74466 1,095 290 2,286 6 Steel Pedford 7, 4,508 2,095 295. 2,390 OPTIONAL BQUIPMENT-NO CHARGE Wire. Whoals instand af 6 Steal Spoke Wheels, Mohair Upholstery inatoad of Bedford. Regular Models choice of 1. Colours, State Modelsohoice of 4 Coloúri
OPTIONAL EQUIPMENT-EXTEL CHARGE Spare Tire & Tube 18 x 6.5 6 fly: $35. Leather Upholstery 330, 5. 3 dl Spoke Wheel instead of 5 Wire Wheels $45. Special Colour $75, Reinforced Springs Propeller Shaft Brake $8 Price of other Approved Accesories on Application:
and Price subject to change without noti
THE HONG KONG HOTEL GARAGE
Foot of Stubbs Road, Happy Valley.
27779 and 28124
The Chassis.
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The chassis is designed on the double motor system, the motor driving the rear wheels through propeller shaft and worm pedushion gear, the propeller shaft being of the Ransomes Garrett patent foat ing tubular type.
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With its easy-to-change gear-box the driver can quickly nonah 60
are as good and, on a dry rond... miles an hour in about 50-80condst from a standing start. Its braked. pull the car up in about 30 yards.
Both the short and the long gear boxes and a freedom om chassis have four-speed pre-selector away or roll when corneting, due to well-balanced springs-a virtue
These qualities make the 15 much appreciated by the paarongers: hp. Armstrong Siddeley saloon, on either type of chassis, an attractive carriage as regards its road perfor body can drive it. manes, and the ease with which any
The charm of the pre-selector gear box is the confidence which it given to the driver. No matter how
teop the bill which the car may As the chassis has a central lubri be coasting down or free-wheel cation system only requiring on oc- ing in neutral gear, the driver cnsional thrust by the foot on the knows that he can instantly use his oil pump near the driver, this car gear-box and engine as an addi-needs the minimum of work to keep tional and powerful safely brake it in the best ranning order because he has already pre-selected the gour-hrst, second, third, or top which he knows will immedi atoly come into action by simply pushing down the clutch pedal, with the left foot.
4.
Olosa Control.
Never once in the twelve thou- sand odd miles did the gear fail to pick up the load and bring the car under close control.
A most efficient braking system is provided, and incorporated in it is the Ransomes-Garrett patent cam gear, the spacial feature of which is that when the air brake is in operation both sets of shoes the revera gear when travelling Once, as a test, I pre-selected In euch rear wheel are effective, but on "top" at thirty miles an hour, when the hand or "parking brake pushed down the pedal, and beyond is applied only one set of shoes in topping the forward motion of the car rather too suddenly for com- dach wheel is in operation. This fort, no damage was done to the combination has considerable ad-gear-box or. other part of the
mechanism. vantages over the orthodox ar- rangement in that the brakes mistakes a driver can make when There appears to be only two operato. at a very much lower bem-handling any car fitted with tho perature, due to the larger surface Armstrong Siddeley pre-selector in action, and the lining on each finger on the quadrant between two gears. One is by putting the pair of shoes in each rear wheel of the notebed and proper positions," wears down, uniformly so that they and then trying to change gear with can therefore he removed at the nothing happening. But it is a mis- take few drivers would repeat, at same time; the period between the correct place for each "gear Brake adjustment is very much change is so plainly lettered on the Junger because of the greater ares quadrant on the steering wheel, of friction surface in nction at one time and the construction has many ndvantages from the operative point. of view. It reduces the weight of brake gear which would be required to give equal results and therefore helps towards the solution of the weight question.
down the pedal far enough to The second error is not pushing change ratio. Then the podal may spring back out of gear, which is actually done. All the driver need rather surprising. But no harm is do is to exercise a trife more power to thrust is back to its proper lever with the foot after moving "the selecter finger into the "neutral" or out of the gear position. ---Therefore as neither of these errors brings more than a few mo The motor consists of one foldments of wonder when they first system, but there are two entirely nor hurts the mechanism in soy take place, and neither damages separate winding systems. The Tay, one can justly state that this mator complies in every respect fool-proof.
pro-selector gear-box is absolutely with British Standard Specification, and is rated at 50 BH.P. the separate windlinga being rated st 20.B.H.P.
The Motors.
Springing his received very cake ful attention and everything possible
Quick" "Acceleration.
As in other gear-boxes on the into action by a series of brake aplayalio-principle, the geare come bands holding pintons..
hha been done for the greater pom-experience of the present "Arm- Critics of the gear who had no fort and convenience of the passen
gera.
strong Siddeley gear box prophesied that I should find lumps of the box when I changed the lubricant brake floating in the oil of the gear- after 1,000 miles. When I examined the oil from the gear box after the first-1,000-mile the lubricant-wan-
These features, counded with the extremely pleasing appearance of the buses, should certainly attract the public, and it seems fairly safe clean and free from the brake mate to prophesy that the accounts of rial the Chesterfield Corporation Trans
Also, at the end of twelve thou Fort Department will be even more good as new, and no sign or trace Find failes, the gemsbox was 41 satisfactory in the future than they of the brake material in the oil have been during the last threeceived notions of, failure in this re This epatounded all such precon-
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MICHELIN
THE NON-SKIDDING TYRE,
22221
Distributors:
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Chine Building, 4th Floor. DEPOT FIAT GARAGE Tel 24821... 350, Hennessy Road.
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If you need
car
with
comfort and equipment of a big car,
but no more expensive than a baby
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THE NEW
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The Morris Family Eight which combines the ran ning costs" and "up-keep ecotomy of small car with the comfort, roomb ness and lines of a big one.
THEN THIS
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