HONGKONG TELEGRAPH MOTORING SU
"Yessir, We Take A Personal Interest In Every One of Them!"
Whether it's your car, Mr. Smith's or Mr. Brown's, it gets the same good care and expert attention at our new concrete Main Garage and Service Station (Wong Nei Chung Road-Upper end of Race Course) that every car should have.
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We know from experience that it pays to overhaul a machine regulary. Owners save money through our efficient garage service; and their cars are always bright-looking and full'er pep!"
THE DRAGON MOTOR CAR COMPANY, LIMITED.
Telephone Central 3950.
LYMPNE
CLIDER CONTEST
A. J. Allison. Service Manager.
87 MILES
flown on 1 gallon
of Shell!
Flight-Lieut. W. H. Longton, in his
great achievement on a Wren Mono-
plane, in the "Daily Mail" £1,000
Prize Glider Contest at Lympne, used
SHELL
SPIRIT
PERFORMANCE IS PROOF !
THE ASIATIC PETROLEUM CO., LTD.
Above is Pancho Vila, the Filipino, flyweight cham- tion of the world, who has just taken upmotoring.
IMPROVING THE BATTERY.
Better Efficiency and
Longer Life.
DODGE CARS.
The Latest Improvements.
Marked improvement in ap pearance and comfort is appareni in the new new line of Dodge Brothers motor cars, in the pro duation of which the factory has been gathering momentum since July 1. Hundreds of deslers are how supplied with display cars of}| the new type, and from every] source the factory is receiving re- ports of enthusiastic approval by the public.
While the basic characteries of the familiar Dodge Brothers cars, of recent days are still present, there, is an air of distinctiveness thai surpasses all previous efforts of this concern to build a moder- ately priced car of commendable (appearance as well as quality.
The wheelbase is a triflè longer, the body is lower and the rear) springs changed to semi-elliptical] type are under-slung, and in- creased from 45 to 55 inches in length.
All the features so popular with the public today are embodied in the design of the complete line, which includes a touring car] roadster, coupe two types of sedan, and screen side and pane! side commercial cars of Įton capacity. All steel bodies
as first introduced by Dodge Brothers in their open passenger cars several years are now used for all types.
The effect of the longer and lower body and longer wheelbase, combined with the new lines and lower seats, is very fine. Ac- cording to dealers and others) who have driven the new cars, the improvement ATL riding qualities is no less pronounced than the improvement in general design. The reduction in body height lowers the centre of gravity and thereby reduces sidesway, while rebound shocks are effectively dissipated by the improved front and rear springs. The car holds the road easily and gracefully and affortis real} riding confort.
SATURDAY
THE
MBER
1923
DUNLOP
CORD
MOTOR CYCLE
and Security
TYRE
carried
Kaximum Mileage
Stocks
at
of:-
26<
251
Minimum Cost.
26 3 & 28 × S
can be obtained from-
J. Gibbs & Co.,
C.704
Alexandra Buildings C.4552
AND FROM THE
(Sundays and Holidays)
DUNLOP
Rubber Company, (China) Limited.
Founders throughout the World of the Pneumatic Tyre Industry.
4A Des Voeux Road, Central.
LOW-PRESSURE TYRES.
Another distinct new feature is th louvers or ventilator slits in the sides of the hood panels.) This change increases the flow of air through the radiator and reduces the flow of hot air to the, floor boards, making summer Particular c an importantį driving most comfortabje. -achievement in regard to the The rearseat and all upholstery Some Interesting Facts.
electrical equipment of the car of the touring car are removable, There is much yet to be have been issued from that offshot affording a large space for load-learned about the new low-pres-j of the great firma of Vickers, the ing luggage or other articles. sure tyres which, with unanimity British Lighting and Ignition Seats in all types are deeper and that is interesting because it bas) Company. Limited. It will be lower, adding to comfort and abour"it the element of suddeness, easy to explain in simple language, leg room.
British. French, and American
but a Hejme writer has the follow-i The instrument board is great-makers are preparing to put on ing to say on the subject:
ly improved in appearance, with the market. The tyres have be As lighting sets are arranged at instruments grouped on a raised hind them, of course, some gears present, the one great basic fault panel and with longer lighting of experimental work, but the is that the more run-down your switch lever, facilitating control fact remains that there is much battery has become the more of the lights while driving. data yet to be obtained, and languid is the dynamo in its Head lamps are specially de-jit can best be obtained ая efforts to recharge it. and, com.j-igned to harmonize with the the result of test by private versely the more fully charged new body lines. A combination owners. And tes: must compre- the battery is the more vigorusly caution signal and tail lamp is bend the industrial motor vehicle. does the drame try to pump an-mounted rigidly on the license The low-pressure tyre is as the; wanted juice" into it.
plate bracket and conforms with name indicates, designed to work The BLLC invention is de the requirements of all states under low, air pressures. To this signed to reverse this fundamen-having lighting regulations. end they are built up in large tal fault, so that the heavier you:
Brake pedal pads are larger cross section, up to, say, 50 per demandon the battery the more and of a design which makes for cent. larger than any size they camely will the dynamo function greater ease and safety. The will displace. A Sin. cross- The device further funishes a band brake lever, like the shift-section tyre will, for example, safety valve for alerting the ing lever. is moved forward.take the place of the present gegerator output when the hat-giving more leg room and making 3ein. cross section, but whilst tery is fall or if for any reason Yale lock is built into the trans-sure of some 60lb. per square it easier to get in and out. A this latter type requires a pes it is removed from the car.
With your present ser expen-mission, making it possible to inch to operate well, the larger sive damage may result from run-double-lock the car when idle. kind will require about 15lb. ning the ergine with the battery The steering wheel is material pressure only. The larger volume disconnected.
ly improved in appearance and of air in the tube to be compressed A SIMPLE DEVICE.
ati electrical connections are in makes for greater cushioning And what is this wonderful side the steering column.
effect, and with pliable wall of invention: Like all great in ven- The front springs are increased fine-quality rubber the stiffening tions it is as simple as it is in length and from 14 to of these walls by high air pressure wonderful It is an electrolytic inches in width and built of more is not necessary. What happens regulator. if any memory of leaves of a thinner stock. The is that the shock-absorbing school-dage chemistry remains to rear springs, in addition to being qualities of the tyre are increased, you, you will know that elec-longer, are now semi-elliptic and for thanks to this large volume atrolysis is the electrical decom-flat.
of air and the low pressare,
position of water (H20) into its The front axle is of a design the tyre does DOL offer a constituent gases.
unusually strong, The camber, rigid an opposition to obstructions The regulation consists of as pr in-tilt of the front wheels, is or inequalities of road surface. many sheet-steel compartments increased, taking steering easier. It follows therefore, with this as there are cells in the battery A new gear ratio of the rear axle great absorption of shock by the it is to regulate (six for a 12-volt gives increased flexibility and tyres, that loss of this trouble is. battery) containing sheet-steel adds to the ability of Dodge passed on to the transmission and plates immersed in an alkaline Brothers cars as hill climbers. to other part of the vehicle., This solution.
In the Type A sedan, the was one of the benefits accruing The action is simply that if alijupholstery is the finest grade from the use of giant pneumatic the available current is require mohair velvet, and all interior tyres: there should be greater by a rundown battery it gets it:hardware is of distinctive Dodge benefit in the new productions but if the battery is already Brothers design. The business because of the low air pressure, [fully charged the current is couple and business "sedan are and this gain should be regarded shanted through the regulator,finished in attractive Spanish blue as some set-off against whatever which absorbs the surplus cur- leather.
may be the extra cost of them, rent, at the expense of a small, The fiscal year ending July I
There are at present dificulties consumption of water.
was the most successful in the in the way of that adoption in The result is greater efficiency history of Dodge Brothers. their regard to cars already in use. and longer life for the battery, having marketed approximately The large cross section means s and all the attention required by 200,000 cars. With the improve larger diameter, and the amount the regulator is the occasional rements now put into effect, olivi- of clearance given by existing placement of the water decom-ously making the car better and cars will have to be looked into. posed by its action. This more attractive in every way, Not every car now in use will is necessary with about the same though still retaining the essential take the new tyres, which, by the frequency as topping-up" redattributes to which the car owes way, demand a special though by quired by the accumulator, so its great popularity. it seems no means complicated rim fit- the two jobs can be done together. quite evident that this company tings. This point has been seen The weight of the regulator, by has not yet reached the maximum by car-makers, and those who are the way, is only a fraction of that of its potentialities, despite the adopting the low-pressure shoe- of the accumulator which it fremendous record of the yearing for their next year's models
Iust closed.
have designed their chassİN HO cordingly.
serves.
HONGKONG
MR. CAR
Phone C 4554. ·
OWNER!
Why not send us those LAMPS, FITTINGS, etc, from your car
and let us make them like new?
THE ELECTRICAL DEPARTMENT OF THE HONGKONG HOTEL EXPERTS IN PLATING
THE HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI HOTELS. LTD.
BRITISH
CARS
By special arrangement with the Austin Motor Car Company, Ltd., we are now able to supply AUSTIN twelve and twenty b.p. cars in Hongkong, all charges paid, at the English factory list prices. Immediate delivery can be given on 20 b.p. Touring Models.
Austin
Prompt shipment on all other models. Catalogues may be obtained from the
·SOLE. AGENTS:
Alex. Ross & Company,
(China) 4 Limited
Bank of China Building, Duddell Street. Telephone Central 2487.