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What Do You Do When Your Car Skids?
THE CHANCES ARE IT IS THE WRONG
THING
the wrong thing, writes W. Gordon
Aston in the Brening Standard.
Generally speaking any unintent tioun skid in evidence of bad driv ing, either through brutal hand ling of the mechanism or by an error of judgment. As far as the mechanism is concerned, enfeguards ura easily instituted. The law. compels one to have reasonably good tyres. Common sense dictates that they should be inflated reason- ably. A soft tyre, by encouraging a roll, is a frequent instigator of
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1932.
SPARKS
FROM THE PLUGS
Another golden rule to observe is nover, on any account to take turns with the brakes on. The value of this has been proved a thousand. times over in racing. The proper principle is to slow down before: the turn and smoothly to accelerate round it.
MOTORING COST.
IN U.S.A.
PLEA FOR GREAT ECONOMY
EFFECT ON BUYERS
2
Never before in the history of and thrift been the national watch the American nation has economy word so much as it is to-day. It warning of the danger in 1929 that was a long time after the first the American people awakened to the fact that new conditions had to be considered, that incomes were to be reduced proportionate with the drop in business and that a road justment had to be made in every branch of business, and home life.
ROAD TESTING IN A A FACTORY
10,000 MILE”!: RUN
How a new type of transmission was tested out for 10,000 miles under the most exacting conditions is revealed by the Wolseley Com.
any, of Birmingham.
need for readjustment was the necessary. automobile industry - America's leading industry-the production volume falling from 4,407,000 cars
in 1990 to 3,038,000 car în · 1630.
As a result, the experimental de partment evolved apparatus which allowed the free-wheel and clutch to be tested out for the equivalent of 10,000 miles running under con- ditions which were far more severe. distance of London traffic. to these components than the same
BULLION TRANSPORT IN CALCUTTA
EXCHANGE BANKS USE SPECIAL VANS.
LONDON-CAIRO BY MORRIS COWLEY
4,000 MILES IN 17 DAYS
A young Egyptian Army officer who, some weeks ago, was recalled at the termination of his courses
He had
ney, communicated to the Cairo Egypt: Motor Co., Morris Distributors for
*If one is so foolish as to do other
The carriage of bullion from the wise the consequence may well be a front-wheel skid, which is a
head offices of banks to the branches particularly awkward, if not im
18 now almost entirely corried out by motor transport in Calcutta But possible, problem to solve.
All the Exchange Banks operate in England to service in Egypt, here again, the only eure is the
When, some time ago, it was de Bullion Vans, and an outstanding conceived the idea of motoring cided to experiment with a free-addition to these is the road by the back the whole distance of appro It is still true to say that most, slightly either to left or right, and courageous one of letting go of
everything, if only momentarily, motorists appear to be incapable of a skid may well be originated in
bretion, afforded to the driver and a 1928 model Morris-Cowley two- perceiving the conditions that are this way. The wise driver will Brusque acceleration on the bend
wheel, a car was built up with this Imperial Bank of India. The line. by many testers and several mem- likely to lead to a skid and are accordingly do his utmost to avoid is just as likely to promote a kid
device had driven for soma months at present in service, and the proximately 4000 miles. His car was ignorant of what to do when a using his brakes at full power. na rough braking. Siudlar condi-
bers of the staff under the most the armed guards is a noteworthy eater, bought second-hand in 1930, Owing to the monsoon weather, in which he had already covered tions can be reproduced on the
severe road conditions it is possible feature. kid occurs In these circumstances it is almost inevitable that they do It is admittedly difficult rt to straight. Supposing a driver is
to find in the British Isles. The do this when a collision, is appar. the last of a chain of cars in an
intention was to run the car until it is absolutely necessary to have more than 16,000 miles. "echelon" formation and, growing
the free-wheel device failed, but na glass windscreen but as it is only 17 days available for this
day. ently imminent only a few yards impatient, determines to take n
the tests mentioned developed nosential that the driver should be trip, which necessitated an average ahead. But, if that collision can-dash for leadership. He pulls out
missiles, a wire netting guard in The following are extracts from The first to feel the effects of this! cided' that, & more intense test was fitted in front of the windscreen his description of this arduous jour not be avoided, it is far better that accordingly, then, seeing that the
sign of failure or wear, it was de protected from brickbats and other of some 230 miles
Expanded metal guards are also one should enter it head-on than coast is not clear, he has no option but to pull in again with the
fitted to the side doors of the sideways. Meanwhile, a firm but brakes on. This is a breach of the not brutal application of the rule of not breaking on a turn, and
driver's cab, and these have flaps bunkes will give an effectively quick it is small wonder that punishment
to permit the driver to give the usual; aiguais. Armed guards are often follows it very quickly.
rear, and the back of the van von The matter of distribution of The following year, the decline
carried in a compartment at the sists of doors also made of expand pull up without loss of control.¦
Of course, it is difficult in any weight is one that too frequently was still more marked, the total
ed metal. This is the first Bullion Vaz in Calcutta which has had the the small lowest. since 1991. Production esti- sudden emergency to hear anything escapes the consideration it deser-reaching only 2,252,000 units, the
vos, particularly in
The engine gear-box and pro-guards so protected. A somewhat in mind, but the driver, should try saloon Sociability hints that fates for 1032 show an even lower figure which seems to indicate a
East Indian Railway. Mo remember that a rolling wheel there are but two occupants both tendency on the part of car owners peller shaft were coupled up to a similar Bullion Van is run by the Budapest the roads were fair and to continue to use their old cars. dynamometer which gave the exact has a great deal more adhesion should sit in front than one which is being driven or gets one is front and one behind The production, therefore, of a effect of the load of the rear otherwise the back wheels will tend car that would meet the reduced wheels, and on the over-run, the A system crashes have been braked. Any skid on a really bad to be too lightly loaded. Under incomes of the American people momentum of the car.
of cans, electrically driven, was at. cnused directly by the belief that surface is easily checked in its these conditions they may lock seems to be the logical solution.
tached to the throttle and clutch. front-wheel braking constitutes, a earlier stages by releasing the when forcibly braked and si pro-
Economists who have studied the The engine was started up and the position maintain that to reach'
cam gear opened the throttle until preventive of skidding. It does brake and disengaging the clutch. mabte "tailwag."”'
The former can then be reapplied
the vast market of "Economy" 3,500 r.p.m. (equal to as m.p.h.) nothing of the sort. It merely re-
buyers, the chief consideration will was reached. Then the cam closed more in duces the liability. No matter how directly the car is onco
be the initial cost, which, together the throttle with a snap and at the with the cost for operation and same time the clutch was with well the brakes may be working, hand. vigilance and "care on the part of
maintenance will have to be un-drawn. As the throttle was again usually low. That these factors opened, so the clutch, was engaged, the driver are still demanded.
alone will not reopen the market and the whole operation repeated to its fullest unless the new car
The stationery car" as record- also conforms to every modern con- every 28 seconds.
(Continued on next columns
a side-slip.
Braking Wisdom.
Scores of
Safety sug
Another fallacy that requires to be exploded is that a low-built car is skid-proon No car is that as The average driver adopts the yet. The low-built car can fairly reverse procedure. When the skid be guaranteed not to turn
over, Many brake systems, even when coeurs he keeps his foot hard down but if it be improperly handled it in good order, have a tenderey, if on the brakes, and the vehicle will side-slip just as alarmingly as violently applied, to turn the car thus left to its own devices.
any other,
MORRIS in 1933
The MORRIS TEN
is now available for demonstration. It is the ROOMIEST TEN in the COLONY-study the dimensions. It is the most ECONOMICAL- local independent test showed 36 MILES PER GALLON.
a
*
It is the SAFEST-watch for the
Flashing Signals
MORRIS
Capacity:
1292
Track
48"
Wheelbase:
SALES
96
Hydraulic
Brakes.
ASK FOR
Overall width: 62 Overall length 147
SERVICE
Sunshine Roof
Four speed Gear box.
DEMONSTRATION
Dodwell & Co., Ltd.
ception of comfort, quality, style andrformance, is a foregone
conch
Until now American car buyers gave little thought to economy of operation and maintenance, but to- day the factor of economy is up. permost in their minds.. Previous- ly, fuel consumption was of very little consequence; if the appear- ance of the car appealed to the buyer and he was reasonably sure that its performance was all that could be expected, he was satisfied: Fuel consumption will, however, have an iuoreasing, significance, and in addition to seeking a ca of modern design-and-performance, he will want to know what dis tance it will do on a gallon of fuel, and will choose the car that will give him full value for the money he spends.
MOVING THROUGH THE SPRAY
NEW PLANT FOR FINISHING AUSTIN BODIES
Austin, bodywork is now being. finished in new..continuous paint ing planta recently installed at Longbridge they represent the last word is production efficiency.
In each a conveyor chain, 500 yards long and suspended from a girder framework, carries 160 bo
feet per dies a time at feet per minate through all the stages of painting, including a series of spraying booths, drying ovens, and rubbing-down stations.
Bodies placed or this conve
form at one
amorge at:
pleted.
ned
pipe to teen-spraying-booths from
main-paint-star
Austin,production engineers have.
this plant after
time
tions
'of the numerous opera“. und the
opena
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"The roads through Trance and
were good, and I made excellent Germany and as far as Vienna progress, the engine running smoothly and pulling very well on the mountains. From Vienna to
presented very little difficulties.
Appalling
Roads.
From Budapest to Constantino- ed by the dynamometar, was run in this way for 10,000 miles at a plò, a distancs of about 1240 miles,. maximum of 66 m.p.h, and an aver, the, roads were appalling, and I age of 46 m.p.h. The test occu found it better to drive across the pied over 917 hours a day, and Belds rather than remain on what night running, and during this time those countries described as roads. the throttle, clutch, and free wheel To describe the roads in Yugosla were operated nearly twenty-eight via sad Bulgaria is almost impos thousand times. When dismantled,sible, They are simply tracks with and one. wear whatever, and as the test running acrom them, the parts under test showed no ditches and irrigation channels could safely be taken sa equivalent mass of pot-holes continually in severity to the running life of a found myself in a hole with mud car udner normal conditions, it was over the running-boards, and the I decided to incorporate them in the way the car dragged itself out on
Continued on Engs. production models,
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