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MOTORING HINTS
NOISES FROM BODYWORK
Patience Needed.
In view of the multitude of framing joinjs and the unmerase points of contact between panels, doors, and doorposts, ete, that ce-
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the ear. A point that sometimes are prone to loosen by their heads escapra notice is that certain types sinking farther into the wooden of dovetails and stops aro adjust," runners" or foundation timbers able; the failure of owners to make of the body. Usually there are use of this feature is accountable four or six of these, bolts, with for recurrent annoyance due to creaks and rattles,
A frequently unsuspected source of noise is the sliding roof; it may
their nuts inside the channel of the chassis. As a rule there will be two, one each side, under the front floorboards in line with the
CARS OF 1933
NEW RILEY MODELS
Riley cars have earned a good reputation for speed combined with hard work, and the range for the new season, has been further en- larged. There are 12 types of body-
NEAR AND FAR{
Thumbs Down,
| New or Second-hand?
There are as many argumcats in favour of buying a good second: hand car na there aro in favour of Danger signals given by one buying a brand-new model. Steele motorist to another were described | Griffiths, of Westminster, have to a British court recently: A issued a leaflet in which the follow motorist told a constable that he ing appears:~ had been receiving thumbs down from motorists all the way from Cardiff. You don't think I would have gone wrong in any way after
you?" he added.
in the bouly of a ray, it is hard drum when open and "chatter" scuttle, and two, or four, behind work and 11 chassis variations, being given all those "warning... do
ly surprising that noises of various kinds and of varying degrees of intensity are prone to develop Often some of these noises will "curo themselves," but more often they persist and multiply unless patient effort is directed towards their elimination.
The patience of Jub is indied cailed for sometimes in tracing and
stopping body creaks, rattles, and
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puenks. The process of elimina.
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when closed. The cause in both the front sent.
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Age and Driving,
In the case of while for every model there is ensue is generally due to insecure new car it is as well to apply a chai
choice, might colour schemes. For locking devices, which can, however, i
spanner to all these nuts after a number of years the Rily com nally he made firm quite easly
A correspondent to the Automar three months or so, and subsequent-pany have specialized in making by new screws or packing under one!
writea:-I am in my seventy-third part or the other.
ly every twelve months,
chassis and body look one unit, and
year, and even now do not ennsider exceptionally low chassis, sloping that 200 miles or more for a day's radiators. and stream-lining make drive is exceptional. Two days be the new models well in the fashion. fore my sixty-ninth birthday I left There is the 9-hip, with its 4-cylin-home at 7.12 a.m. and drove to der engine of 1,080 c.o. capacity, Lanark, in Scotland (354 miles), ar- four speeds, and wheel-base and riving before 9 p.m., and having track of Bft. Ilio. and 4ft. The next stopped for lunch, ten, etc., & con- on the journey. in order is the 6-cylinder Twelve, siderable time also with an overhead yalve engine, From there, I went up to 'John of 57mm. and 93.2mm. hore and o'Groats, and returned to reach stroke. Here the wheel-base is oft. home after having driven 1,400 files in 7 days. I drove the car myself throughout.
Byusaks, from the front or rear Door hinges rarely receive atten-
Consequently, either the springs and their shackle pins will tion. pins rust in the plates and the often seem to arise from the body hinge-screws hoern in the door! pillars or the pins and plates wear!
work; on the other hand; a loose and permit rattic. A few drops of seat board at the rear may sound like something badly amiss with the i rear axle.
"penetrating" oil occasionally, or
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engine oil dituted with paraflin, will prevent such defects The window-winding mechanis from developing.
within the door panels may cause quite a "mysterious" noise after it has developed wear, sounding very much like an aeroplane engine
Elusive Noise,
tion is a good one to apply, so far possible. Thun Passerigez should be asked to hold apra cach
Gin. The 14h.p. is rather larger in door in turn, just a few inches, so
A most elusive noise-between a just overhead. Usually it occurs
the bore, being co.3mm., and this that it can be noted whether or squeak and a creak-will sometimes only and always within a certain makes the capacity 1,833 c.c. There not the noise then eontinues. If he traced to the rubber strip or range of speed-viz., that at which is a long wheel base Fourteen, with it stops when any our door is ajar, strips forming the waterproof joint the engine-as most engines do-a measurement of 10ft, din and a etenrly the noise emanates from between the driving screen and the gives rise to "periodie" vibration, track of 4ft 8in. An entirely new 'that door or some point with which, framework surrounding it. A The latter may also cause drum-chassis is the 12-h.p., which is very ming of the petrol tank, scuttle, and similar to the 6-cylinder Fourteen. bonnet. As this form of vibration but with its bore and stroke of cannot be eliminated-unless it is imm. and 0.20mm. the new chassis due to worn hearings the parts comes into the 14-litre class. Prices that are affected by it must be pre-range from £8 to £100. The 9-h.p. vented from setting up "sympathe-special series models cost £17 more tie vibration" and the noises. aris-than the standard types, while too is the extra charge with the 6-cylin ing therefrom.
der cars. The special series chassis, in the case of the Nines, have a two- carburettor engine, and on the Sixeg three carburettors are fitted.
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it makes contact.
Door latches, door stops, and dovetails are very prone to suggest 4 canary on the car; a smear of oil at the various points is the obvious cure. A smear, be it noted, not a swamp that will soil passeng ers' clothes in entering and laying
CHEAPER
BETTER
smear of soft, soap-not cil-will stop this noise, for a long while, if not permanently.
Noises ranging from squeaks to positively alarming thudson rough roads will be heard if one or mare of the bolts that hold the body to the chassis should be loose. They
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FOREIGN CARS MUST NOW COST MORE BUT THERE ARE NO PRICE CHANGES
IN THE
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In our Ice House Street showrooms we have a wide range of models including^ Morris Major tourers, Minor saloons, Cowley two-seaters. saloons and coupes, Isis saloons and special coupes-all selling at usual prices.
Essentially
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BUY YOUR MORRIS now!
British throughout-and not merely assembled in "England-Morris models are
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The Now Kestrel,
Throughout the range of care every type of bodywork is available either on the standard or on the special series chassis. As to the conchwork, perhaps the most inter- esting newcoiner is the Kestrel, which has a striking appearance, The build is low, but head room has not been unduly sacrificed, and a suggestion of speed is conveyed by the special stream-lining at the back of the car, which is brought down in a single sweep. over the spare wheel to the dumb-irona. "Another interesting saloon is the Falcon. Here are hinged traps over the doors in the roof, and these lift automatically when the doors are. open. thus enabling passengers to get in or but without having to stoop. On the long wheelbase 0- cylinder elnasis there are two six- light saloons of conventional but dignified appearance. Thoy are known as the Edinburgh and Edin- hurgh de Luxe, the latter having a gloss partition between the front and rear seats, making it a chauf feur-driven car. Two types of open bodywork are supplied-namely, a sports, 4-seater, the Linx, and a sports 2-seater, the Gamecock.
There are also two coupes, the Lincock, having a fixed head, and the Ascot, which is a three-quarter drophead with a dickey scat. The deservedly popular Monaco body is being continued with improvements o the -h.p. chassis, while a some what similar style, known as thic Mentone, ia available on the new Twelve. The Alpine and the Stel- vio saloons are fitted respectively on the standard and long wheelbase 14h.pbiosals Sunshine roufs-are itted throughout, even on the Fal- con, with its trapdoors. The cus tomary equipment now includes a single panel opening windscreen with an electric wiper with tandem blades, and the ordinary finish is: stainless steel, the lamps being black enamelled with chromium plated
rias.
Lanb month I drove a car and caravan a fair part of a tour of 1,300 miles to Fort William and. back. As I say, one is just as old
Bs one feels.
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We emptied the car of her pas-
sengers, examined and oiled all her brakes, then went back to the turn so as to be ready to give a push bobind should she stick on the as- cent-The Autocar
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The render may rest assured
Athens stalwarts to feel a bit faint. The event should finish in Mel- hourne, it seems, on October 28. Engines, fmmes, and front axles will be sealed, there will be tho usunt controls, with a loss of points for late arrival, the usual average speed, and a scoring system giving 100. marks for the first thousand
that she is wise in buying a good miles, then one-hundredth of a
'used' car if he (or she) comes within the following categories:-
(a) Those who desire to have a car of more dignity and higher quality than they could afford if they purchased a new car. (b) Those requiring reliable trans port at the most inexpensive rates.
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mark for every mile above that dis- taner. Nothing is said at the mo- meat as to the method of sorting out the competitors if a number arrive at the finish with the samo total of ranrks. This, of course, is the bone of contention with every ~, rally, and a problem that has not yet heen solved properly. Triumphs, by the way, have had a good (0) Those who wish to buy a
Miccoss "down under," na Graham second or third car for other Thoker has won the Australian members of the family to learn Championship Cup with a Super on, or to use regularly (thus Seven, the cup being awarded for freeing the family 'main' car | the greatest number of points in the for business or other pur-year's trials and spood contests -- poses).
The Autocar.
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(d) Those who are new to motor- ing and do not wish to risk learning or practising on, a brand-new ear.
(e) Those requiring a car for a short period with a minimum depreciation (e.g., those on leave ju
It seems that there are not many other kinds of people to buy new
ears.
An Australian Rally,
Away in Australia there is hope of a rally this year, and, of course,- with a country like that they ought to be able to lay out routes which would cause the Monte Carlo Rally
New All-British Derailleur Bicycle
Gear.
One of the most interesting developments in modern bicycle construction is the now "TriVelox" derailleur gear which has been placed on the market by the Triumph Engineering Co., Ltd., of Coventry. It embodies several cu. tirely new features and has the die tinet advantage of maintaining perfect chain alignment in all three
gears,
All the three gears are direct so that there are no frictional losses, 'Cualinued on Page 3.1
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