MOTOR NOTES FROM GREAT BRITAIN
(From a London Correspondent)
TO SHOW OR NOT TO
-SHOW?
The phenomenal growth and in. creased importance of the British Industries Fair have resulted in un attack by a well known London daily paper being made upon the daily paper being made upon of Motor Manufacturers and Traders.
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, MARCH 7, 1933.
SPARKS
FROM THE PLUGS
The difficulty of obtaining spares 9 H.P. THORNYCROFT experience with the engine on the ROUND THE WORLD CAR AND CARAVAN
has always been one of the disadvantages alleged in the past against the use of British cars, and the policy adopted by the Standard concern to get over this is worth quoting. A scheme was instituted whereby upare parts to the valite of £5 per car for the first 10 cars had Talbot, which was one at the British te bo purchased by Overseas distri contingent from John o' Groats, Bentor. With the second 10, spares sides being awarded the Grand Prix to half that value were shipped, and d'fonueur, this car won the first with subsequent cars a muller allot-- prize in its class and a gold medal ment was required. The spares list Fitted was carefully itemised, so that for prosented by "L'Auto " with a 4-door semi-sports saloon relatively small outlay a compre xxly on the 95', 'type chamis it hensive stock was accumulated. was supplied by Pass and Joyce, Ltd., and it may be recalled that
DIESEL ENGINE
The First Model of a New Range
test-bed, the flexibility is satisfac tory and there is compamtivaly- little noise.
GERMAN COUPLE IN FORD CAR
-TO-CAIRO-
'ALL GOING WELL
•
An aluminium piston is fitted and this carries five compression rings. The design of the piston is normal and the top is quita flat. At the small end is a bronze bush which A stall Ford car arrived in carries the fully floating gudgeon | Singapore on Friday 'ntorning after pin located by hronze buttons at having been driven overland from Cologne since October, of last year. both ends.
Its occupants are two young mans, Frau E. Dorner and Herr Benes Fuel Injection System.
H. Blenck, who are on a leisurely A Benea fuel pump and injector motor trip round the world. Last year a Thornycroft high are fitted, the former being mount-
They have already travelled over London speed Liesel engine was showned above a casing on the port side 10,000 miles, passing through Aus- journey to Caire, reached Marseilles publicly for the first time, and for of the engine and actuated direct tris, Hungary, Jugoslavia, Bul
- MARINE MOTORS OF THE
HIGH-SPEED TYPE
next week.
News is to hand that, despite un- severe conditions, ice- usually covered and snow-bound roads, fog and piercing winds-not ideal for towing a caravan-the Hillman-Car- Cruiser expedition which loft on Jan. 24 last on its
This
A SUNBEAM APPOINTMENT An interesting appointment is Under this, if a car manufacturer Mr. Pass himself has taken part in that of Mr. Noel Martin as sales next season a complete range of from the camshaft, A spring-load-garia, Turkey, Syria and India, on Friday, Jan. 27 last, in the early a number of these rallies with con manager of the Sunbeam Motor Co. Diesel models will be available: ed plunger is placed close to the They left Penang for Singapore last moming hours having driven over-
Mr. Martin has been connected with The largest of these is a six-cylinder pump, the purpose of this being to Tuesday, and going on to Burma, night.
was according to spicuous success.
In the small closed car class. the the motor industry for a consider motor developing 73 h.p. at 1,000 prime the fuel pipe line, before Siam, China and Japan some time Singer Nine sports coupé, driven in able number of years, but he will r.p.m. and having a maximum speed start is made. the Rally by the brothers. Barnes, bebly be best remembered for his of about 1,600 r.p.in. when the out- who are both racing drivers, was great success in 1933 as onles direcput is 120 b.p. This unit will not awarded second prize, which speaks for in Great Britain of the Chrysler be shown at the Olympin Exhibition well for the standard type of body Co. in establishing a market for that when it opens on October 13, but the Thornycroft marine oil engine fitted.
range will be represented by a 50-80. h.p. four-cylinder motor, ..40-05 h.p. six-cylinder unit, and a 9 h.p. model, all of which-have been, aub- jeoted to lengthy trials:
wishes to exhibit at the anual Motor Show, he is prohibited from displaying his products at the Fair. The position is certainly a curicu, en, but the Society is acting purely in the interests of its members, in thm belief that a multiplicity of ex- hibitions is detrimental to the trade. Whatever may be the merits of the han, however, as a general rule, there is obviously much to be said for an exception in the case of the British Industries Fair, where there an opportunities of getting into direct contact with the buyers of Seventy nations.
AN AUTOMATIC SALESMAN
Some idea of the strenuous attack
which is being made on the European markets may be gathered from the British fact that there were makes of car on view at the recent Amsterdam Show,
cn.M.
A NEW METAL FOR
CYLINDERS
The use of a new metal for the cylinders of cars is announced by the Triumph Co., of Coventry. For 3 years the firm's research depart- The Singer people, who incidenment has been experimenting with tally sold one of their cara to Mr. Telkamp, the well known Dutch Yet another Monte Carlo Rally is bulb grower, within a few minutes ver, and the extraordinary severity of the opening of the Show, had an if the weather conditions encounter-ingenious "automatic salesman"
THE MOST STRENUOUS
TRIAL
getedule, and all was then ready for shipping the combination to Tunis The crankshaft, which runs in two
They will embark at Japan and for the still more difficult section metal white
bearings, carries balance weights on extended crank rail to San Francisco from whero of the journey the 2,000 miles be- webs, and it is supported in the they will continue their motor tween Tunis, the port of disembarke top half of the crankcase.
journey across 3,000 miles of the ation, and Cairo, traversing en American continent to Chicago. route very trying strotches of the... Their intention is to visit the World Libyan desert, Fair at this last place, and they hope to reach it before the opening
Driven from an ecentric on the forward end of the camshaft is plunger-type water-circulating pump. A snifter valve is provided in order to prevent water hammer. Starting is by hand at the forward Decompressor end of the engine. gear is fitted on the exhaust valve enabling the engine to be swung a use the few
until revolutiona
sufficient name which has distinguished one momentum is obtained, when the
It
The smallest engine of the series, rated at 8 h... is in some respects the most interesting of the. now designs. Actually this motor is a Diesel Handy Billy, to
alloys for cylinders, with view to pohibiting the excessive wear which has become recognised as almost in- evitable in the modern high speed of the most popular Thornycroft unit is turned on to full comprès- engine
When three cars fitted with models for many years past.
is necessary to add, however, that sion by means of a handy lever. engines constructed from the new the petrol and paraffin engines bear Starting should he always certain materials had completed 30,000 milesing this title, will be continued, the in view of the fact that the som cach of continuous day and night
BID FOR GERMAN TRADE
CAR EXHIBITS AT BERLIN
SHOW.
That one of the most imposing stands at the Berlin International
fore, the exceptionally severe de Taking into consideration, there-
maads made upon the car in ques- tion-a pull of caravan, crew of five persons, and much luggage, spares and supplies in addition, that it should have covered, the ground with much case and safety speaks well for the stability of the outfit generally, and particularly for the car's remarkable pulling powain.
resulted in drift at least 6 t. deep, niongside the question, the answer tests, the engines were dismantled, Diesel engine being supplementary. pression ratio is about 17 to 1, bus! Motor Exhibition, being held from chassis, two Austin Tens, a Twelve-
is reflected in the comparatively on their stand. On a sereen were small number of competitors who displayed a number of questions in Succeeded in reaching their goal. Dutch relating to the cars, and Indeed, blinding nowstorms, which whmm a visitor pressed a button entirely prevented those who had appeared on the screen. Obviously, Glumina starting mints in Rumania the principle is applicable to any find Greece from getting through uber of languages, and this in. all. As always, however, this, genions sales promoter is likely to
be widely adopted. the most strenuous trial of the year, has taught leasing and so made participation in it very much
worth while."
THE PROBLEM OF SPARES
The development of the Overseas trade of the Standard Co. is such In the Concours de Confort a that at the present time it has particularly fine achievement was actually more main distributors put up by Mr. W. T. Townend gabroad than it has at home.
Moderate Propeller Speed,
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the larger engines named, but al-ed for emergency purposes. The and practically no wear could be Shortly we hope to deal fully with starting cartridge will be provid detected by instruments capable of though this article is confined to brake mean effective pressure measuring to lans than a tenth part the single-uslinder 9 h.p. unit, there just over 34 lb. per square inch. The weight of the complete unit is new material, which is a chrome are several points of similarity.
cwt. of one thousandth of an inch. The alloy, has now been adopted for genoral production. Its employment reduces the oil consumption to a minimum and prohibits the develop. The cylinder has a bore of 4 ins. ment of mechanical noise. In addi-and the stroke is 6 ins tion, distortion is negligible, so that normal work the cugino will run at about 1,200 p.m., which, in conjunction with a combined reduc- ing and reversing gear, gives u corresponding propeller speed of 760 r.p.. ahead and 730 r.p.m. astern.
valve grinding is seldom necesSATZ.
Jeyland
Messrs. Reiss, Massey & Co., Ltd., have pleasure in announcing that they have been appointed sole Sales & Service agents for the products of Leyland_Motors, Ltd., Lancashire, England.
A representative from Leyland Motors, Ltd. recently arrived in the Colony, together with machines and a large stock of spare parts. Present Leyland owners in the colony can also be supplied with spares from stock..
Lorries 2 to 12 ton capacity.
Buses 20 to 60 seats.
The heavier machines supplied with either petrol or oil engines,
Fire engines, trolley buses, dual purpose Refuse vehicles, street cleansers, etc. Particulars & prices on application.
REISS, MASSEY & CO., LTD.
Queen's Road, Central. Tel. 28009,
M
For
A centrifugal governor is. provid- ed to regulate the revolutions of the engine. The specification of the power plant is in excess of both Lloyd's and B.O.T. requirements.
The cylinder is cast en bloc with the top half of the crankcase, which is extended on both sides to form continuous bearer foot for the full length of the power unit, including, the reducing-reversing gear casing, Overhead valves are fitted and these are actuated by rockers and push rods from a camshaft within the crankense. The cylinder head is detachable and it carries the valves, injector and water-cooled combustion chamber. A domed aluminium cover fits over the head.
Reduclog-Reversing Gear,
The flywheel is at the forward end of the crankshaft, whilst an extension of the latter carries a pinion and a sprocket for the re Yersing and reducing gear. The ahead transmission is by means of a double roller chain to the lower shaft shrough,an.internal expanding clutch. The reverse transmission is by helical gear wheels, this drive being taken through a second- clutch.
Both clutches are operated by means of a single lover. A gear- wheel-type lubricating oil pump is externally mounted at the aft end of the engine, and this is driven direct from the crankshaft, Oil is. drawn through a foot valve and etrainer from the sump, and it is dolivered to a cored and machined passage in the crankcase running the full length of the engine. This passage is drilled to feed both main" hearings, from which the lubricant passes through a drilled crank web. to the big-end bearing.
The oil is pressure fed through drilled phasages to the camshaft bearings The pump is fitted with an adjustable, relief valve and pressure gauge, together with an Auto-Klean strainer. The sump is designed to carry a large supply of oil and thus obviato the need for an oil cooler. We witnessed in oil- tomperaturo test after a non-stop full-load run of two hours, when the oil temperature was found not to exceed 150 degrees F.
A needle-valve injector is mount od vertically in the cylinder head. and sprays into a spherical, combus tion chamber, which communicates with the cylinder by a single hole. The design of this chamber has been the result of considerable ex- perimental work. Judging from our
"Messrs. John I. Thornycroft & Co., Ltd., are locally represented at the Pioneer Building, Nathan Road, Kowloon, and are prepared to offer special terms in the sale of this type of engine.".
11-23, is to be that of a Four standard saloon, a Sixteen de British motor trade to open up new luxe saloon, and an Austin Twenty, export markets.
Many of those cars are designed The stand in question, No. 103, and built specially to meet Con- will be that of the Austin concern, tinental requirements, the Sevens who are displaying sight of their and Ten-Four having left-hand most popular models, as well as steering and controls. three polished chassis.
This will be the sixth’international
The exhibits will include three, exhibition since Olympin at which Austin Sevens, as well as a Seven Austin cars have occupied a pro
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