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HONGKONG TELEGRAPH MOTORING SUPPLEMENT.,
Firestone MOST MILES PER DOLLAR.
NON-SKID PATTERN, QUM-DIPPED TYRES AND STEAM-WELDED TUBES:
SIZES: TYPES:
MATERIAL:
TYRES:
TURES:
26 A 3
CL
Fabric
$17.90
$3.10
X 3
LL
Fabric
21.00
3.15
CL
Fabric
21.55
3.38
30 x
CL
Cord
32.65
3.75
3 x 4
Cord
44.65
4.40
32 4
Vord
48.45
4.95
33 A 4
Ford
52.00
4.95
34 +
Gord
54.35
5.15
32 x 4!
tord
59.65
6.20
Cord
62.60
6.45
34 43
Ford
64.95
6.70
33 x
L'ord
67.55
6.90
33 x 5
Cord
83.85
7.15
33 A 3
Ford
89.75
7.50
A
Cord
91.55
8.65
Issue 11th. December, 1924. supersedes all previous lists.
THE DRAGON MOTOR CAR COMPANY, LTD.
26. Nathan Bend. Kowloon
24. Des Vans Road. Hongkong
Kowloon G Central 42 3930
Slow Bean and Service Station Happy Valley...('entral
Firestone MOST MILES PER DOLLAR.
Arrol Johnston
BY FARTHE BEST VALUE IN THE MOTOR WORLD TO-DAY
COLONIAL MODEL
The All British Car
DEMONSTRATION INVITED
Price £ 550
SPECIALLY BUILT AND GEARED FOR HONGKONG
HONGKONG HOTEL GARAGE
PHONE C. 33.
Brief Specification
4 cylinder 17.9 H. P. 5-Passenger Touring Car. CapeCart Hood and Storm Curtains. Upholstered in Antique Brown Leather. Dunlop Detachable Spoke Wheels. Dunlop (British); Cord Tyres. One Spare Wheel and Tyre. C.A.V. Electric Lighting and Starting. Speedometer; Clock. Bulb, Horn. Lug- gage Grid, Petrol Tin and Holder.
The Hongkong & Shanghai Hotels Ltd.
1924 HARLEY-DAVIDSON
ALEMITE LUB-
RICATING SYSTEM
MOTOR
CUTS VI-
BRATION IN HALF
Nou
FUL-FLOTEING
SIDECAR SPRINGS
OLIVE GREEN COLOUR SCHEME
FIRST IN ACCELERATION AND FUEL CONSUMPHON TESTS FOR COMBINALDINS HELDIN REVENT TRIALS.
SHEWAN TOMES & CO.
TELEPHONE 781,
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1923.
THE OLYMPIA MOTOR SHOW.
A Review from the Standpoint of Overseas Markets.
deavour to cultivate Overseas by centrifugal pump, assisted by trade, both by bringing prices a fan if the car is
destined
wonderful testimony
to
wheel track, clearance, power and UTILITY AND LIGHT CARS. other desirable features. Thus Another example of a two- the 20 h.p. Austin has a track otroke engined car that has been + ft. 8 ins and a clearance of on the road long enough to prove Steins. The figures for the 19ts practical character, is the hp are slightly smaller but quite Trojan. built by the Leyland sufficiently close to the requisite Company. This sells as a cor- standard. I learn that during thelplete car with four seats at the Between these two limits are the month of September the Austin low price of £157.10.0, or with a London, November 9,
Company were responsible for detachable coupa top, "at £180. From the point of view of the 1440 hp four-cylinder and the more than 30 per cent of the It is essentiaily & utility car prospective development of Over-16-50 and 20-60 hp. six-cylinder whole of the car export business which should appeal amongst seas molar markets, the Olympia models. The wheel tracks of all
the men. Amongst numerous · un- Show, 1923, is the most encourag the Sunbeant cars are between done by Great Britain. This is others to farmers and busines ing event that has ever taken the limits of 4ft. Sins, and it efficacy of the firm's policy of usust features may be mentioned placa in Great Britain, either Sins. In every case circulation selling at the principal ports of the epicyclic change speed gear before or since the war. It shows it by centrifugal pump, overhead the world at prices almost identi- and the long cantilover springs clearly that the old pre-war policy valves are fitted, and forced cal with these at which the cars which make it possible to employ of catering almost entirely for lubrication is employed."
solid in place of pneumatic tyres, home demand has been definitely The 12-30 hp six-cylinder are offered in Great Britain.
The new 14 p.h. Bean is re- the former being fitted as stand- abandoned by the British indus- Talbot chassis sells at £465 Themarkable value for money and ard. try, which is now using every en-track is 4ft 5ins. The cooling is should make a thoroughly suc Another admirable little utility cessful appeal throughout the car is the Jowett, which sells down to the right level and by for use in a tropical country/markets of the world. The chas complete as.a two-seater at £168. -
Bas remarkable elimbing producing the right class of The Talbot S-18 four-cylinder sis sells at £325, 01, if fitted with
A com capacity and can negotiate gradi- ignition, at £357.10.0.
ents of 1 in 312 It has more. vehicle. Big price reductions are chassis is a good example of front wheel brakes and dual the rule rather than the exception. the small car de luxe. Both In many cases the figures are such the Sunbeam and the "Talbot Plete fiveseated car can be had forover, been very thoroughly tested
lass than £400. The engine de-!)
known as "colonial" conditions. depended upon, there would be to their credit this yest, both velops well over 30 bhp, the out under what are commonly
gear box gives four speeds and lass on every car sold. The an-irms being among those who the final drive is by spiral bevel. Another small vehicle that has ticipation of profit is based en-rightly believe in racing as pro- gear. The car has been com- been similarly tested with success tirely on the confident assump viding the severest possible test pletely equipped with the car the four-seater G. W. E, the tion that Overcoss trade will bend so helping to the production burettor and the other specialities special feature of which is its disc obtained and production costs of the perfect cat.
of Messra S. Smith and Son, transmission. giving infinitely will thus be diminished by reason A similar polies has been The cooling System is very ad-variable gear ratios. The com- of increased output
favoured in respect of the Bentley.
equate, the clearance is 93jplete car sells at 255 guineas.
The Austin "Seven." which is The requirements of Overseas The 159 three litre standard
Sins. It is difficult to imagine a:a four-cylinder water-cooled car. markets are, of course, varied. Bentley chassis is priced at £893 inches and the wheel track dít In some districts very adequate The wheel track is dft. Sins and vehicle which, in respect of price sells complete with a mechan- $165. It has clearance, particularly a special feature for 1924 is the coupled with all the desirable cal starter at efficient cooling and wheel track adoption of four wheel braces of qualities should appeal motelbeen extremely successful in approximating closely to
Bean trials and on the trace it has the the internal expanding type strongly than the 14 hp. standard of 4ft. So ins. are designed by the makers the to motorists in all countries, in- attained the remarkable speed of essential features on any vehiclear and very strenuously tested cluding those in which the road nearly 80 miles an hour. Idestined for gecerai use. This before their adoption.
The price of the 5 h.p. two- does not necessarily hold good in The Wolseley range beginsystem is primitives.
The 12h.p. Vulcan, which sells cylinder air-cooled Rover has other districts. In particular, in with the Ten which is prenin-as a four-seated touring car at now bean brought down to £145 and around the large cities andent among the high class light 345. has track of . Sins, and for the complete four-seater car. in areas in which the road system cars. The font-seater on this a clearance of 10 ins. The water The molel has become very po has been fairly well developed chasis is now listed at the very circulation is positive and the pular and the air-cooled engine no material departure from thellow price of £199, or £314 with
that if home trade alone were have important racing successes
round
has proved itself capable of long The 16 hp. Ruston with five hard work on rough and billy
body is listed roads without any overheating.
types of car hitherto used instatter and other extras. Ignition gear box gives four speeds. Great Britain is required. It is by the B. LIS, dynamo igniter. got every British manufacturer whereas, on the larger model seated touring
at £450. The engine power Reports from users in tropical that has gone out fursach points the B.L.1.C. stationary armature is ample, the wheel track is if countries are thoroughly satis- as wheel track, clearance, and so magnetos are emploved. The Sins and the clearance is 9 inch factory.
on. but those that have not/done principal change in the Wolseley The 20 h.p. Empire" model ACCESSORIES AND COMPONENTS, - have still considered uchlprogramme is in respect of the Arrol-Johnston has a four-cylind-" points as cooling, springing and Fifteen" which has been exten-erengine the dimensions of which above all, attractive price.
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While the above report is ad-
sively improved. This now has
are apparimately 90 x 130 mm, aittedly incomplete, it is to ba Despite enlargement of Olyma whrel track of 4ft. Slains.
and components pia, the Society of Motor Manu thermostat is incorporated in the The track is 4ft 8ins, and the feared that any reference to
clearance 94 inches. The list accessories facturers and Traders have found cooling system and the grease price of the complete touring carimust be even more so, as it is impossible to review even brießy that the whole building, including gun system of lubrication is
is £498.
the galleries, has not sufficed to applied to the chassis. The range Though rather smaller in some the tontents of the many han- fill all the demand for space is completed by the six-cylinder dimensions, the 12-20 hp. Turner dreds of stands in the galleries." which is in itself indicative of the Wolseley Twenty.
renewed vitality of the industry. Two models of A.C. chassis are may perhaps, be included in this noteworths exhibit is that of Room was found for the exhibit offered: namely, the 12 hp. four roup. The chassis price, with Messrs. S. Smith & Sons, whe tyres, is £300. this including are manufactures and factors of of upwards of five hundred firmscylinder and the 16 hp. Smith's lighting and starting very large number of special- ities exported in great quantities. and, under these circumstances cylinder types. The four-cylinder
equipment.
It is stated that over 85% of the it is obviously impossible in a.C. has the distinction of being
SOME NEW MODELS.
brief report to notice all that are the first ear of less than 1,500 c.c. It is only possible to mention leading British car manufactur- worthy of mention. In the to cover 100 miles within the a few of the new models now ex-ers standardise the Smith equip following notes the writer has hour. It is typical of a class hibited for the first time. Much ment and that the Smith car
done his best, but must apologise which is rapidly growing in
-hortcomings.
DE LUXE CARS.
Into this
duction of a
in advance for many inevitable popularity. This is a high grade interest attaches to the first pro-burettor will be fitted to over 50% six-cylinder car hy of British cars of 1924 model. car which, though light. is a the Rover Company. This is The firm has fully organised ser. practical vehicle of ample power rated at 21 h.. and has four ice stations in all the principal and appeals mainly by reason of
speeds, four wheel brakes and countries of the world, so that In this class the Napier is now low operating costs.
everywhere can obtain worm drive. The track is ft, users I think, the only vehicle the category come such cars as the sins. The chassis price, with inmediate attention in the event manufacturers of which are stick Westear, the Riley, the Hillman,
of any trouble. tyres, is £750. ing strictly to the production of the
Meteorite, and the six.
In the electrical section, per- The eight-cylinder Guy was. single model of bigh power and icylinder Singer.
not on view, but the new Guy is, hap the most interesting develop which the aim has been to secure The 12 hp Westcar recently rated at 13-36 b.p. This has a ment is the B.LLC. current con- the nearest approach to perfec underwent 講
10,000 mile test four-cylinder engine
with the troller. This is a very simple tion, more or less regardless of under R.A.C. observation. ILA
that is device which, without introduc- unusual valve design cost. The 40-50 h.p. Yapier has fuel consumption over this di familiar to those who know the ing any mechanical complic wheel track of 4ft. Sins, and alance was rather better than Guy commercial vehicles. The ations. has the effect of regulat clearance of just on 9 inches. The thirty-seven miles to the gallon track is 4ft. 4ias., the grounding the current which passes cantilever prings are supple na oil, consumption was over cleararice 9 inches and the from the dynamo to the battery mented by a bighly efficient anti-800 mites to the gallon. The chassis price £395 with four in such a way that, when the rolling device. The cooling car bas a clearance of upwards of wheel brakes and complete battery is discharged, the full system embodies a powerful cen 10 inches and may be confidently
current is supplied, biu, as the equipment. trifugal pump and a large efficient recommended for Overseas work
A new make of car is the 10-15 battery fills up, the current de- radiator.
wherever a road track of 4 feet ish.p. Windsor. This a high class creases so that over-charging is The Lanchesters are now, like
production for which I believe impossible. the Rolls-Royce. offering a second
The Eleven Riley is a car of Mr. F.W. Berwick is largely At the time of writing the mulet of comparatively moderate established and high reputation. responsible. It is marketed by Show is in progress, but the power. This is a six-cylinder car The chassis price is £300. The Messrs. James Bartle & Co. of S.M.M. & T. are already assured rated at 21 hp. It has a whed four-cylinder engine has large in-Notting Hill, London, and sells of a great success. Despite the track of 4ft. bios. and a clear clined valves and the work of as a four-seater at £75.
enlargement of Olympia, the ance of Sains. The suspension chassis lubricating is reduced to Another new make the building is crowded every day. is by lexible cantilever springs a minimum by the use of self- Albatross which is a very nice Good sound business is being on the well-known Lanchester fabricating bushes. The Riley looking light car rated at 10 h.p. done, and the whole position is principle. Cooling is by ceataloon at $495 is a very attrac. The chassis, with tyres, is listed much improved ZA compared fugal pump. a thermostat being tive town car of. beautiful finish at £175.
with recent years. embodied to regulate the tempera and of ample size for
most Mention should also be made: The British Cycle and Motor ture. The price, ex works, of the people's require inents.
of two new Loyd-Lord models, Cycls Manufacturers' Union re new chassis is at present quoted The 11 hp. Hillman is another the 11 b.p. and the 18-60 hp. port record attendance at their The new model is a very pretty job. The all-weather Both of these have two-stroke recent Exhibition, over 120,000 very beautiful and highly efficient 2-3 seater is priced complete at valveless engines so designed people having paid for admission, product and is attracting ver £350 and the four-seater touring that a super-charging effect is as against 104,000 in the "boom favourable attention.
car at £358,
obtained. The 11 h.p. hiodel, show of 1919. There was & wel- One of the difficultiesin attempt There are two models of which is priced at £185.10.0, as come increase in the number of ing to divide cars into categories Meteorite. the 12 h.p. four- complete
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two-seater with bayers from Overseas. It is, is that there are
many cylinder and the 14 hp. six dicker. has A two-cylinder practically certain that it will be which are on the border line cylinder, the prices being £290 engine which, of course, fires as possible, in due course, to report whatever classification be adopland £350 respectively.
at £950.
C%
jadequate.
the Car Show.
DEDGE SPRING SUSPENSIONS.
ed. If, for instance, we place. The six cylinder Singeris rated four-cylinder. The larger model equally satisfactorily as regards
has a four-cylinder engine. such cars as the Sunbeam. Talbot at 15 h.p. and sells complete with Bentley. and certain Wolseley Weyman saloon body at the and Daimler models in the de ture very moderate ficure of £500. category, a false impression may Another very striking example of begiven as regards price. If they value on this stand was the 10 are paced elsewhere, injustice; p. four-cylinder Singer with may be done them as regards Weyman saloon body and fuill quality. Again, there is the A.C.)
equipment at £275. which. though a comparatively
FAMILY CARS. light car of moderate size, is an example of very fine design and A groun of hicles of very workmanship, though the home special interest from the stand price of the two-seater chassis is point of Overseas markets is that Do more than £457; the 12-30 hp. which for want of a better title, six-cylinder Talbot chassis may be called the family care. £465 or the two-litre H.E., priced Examples in this class are the as a complete three seated car at Austin, Beau. Vulcan, Ruston £595.
Hornsby, Arrol-Johnston nd The Sunbeam range starts with Turner. From our point of view. the 12-30 four-cylin ser chassis at the characteristic of the class is £450 and ends with the 24-70 hp that it conforms closely to world- six-cylinder, chassis, at £1,000 wide re quirments. In že spect
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This shows the new rear end of the 1924 model Dodge, with new spring suspensions which are 55 inches long
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