HONGKONG
MOTORING
Firestone
Firestone Gem-Dipped Cords and Sterm-Welded Tubes were the equip ment on each of the first tive cars to finish the 200-mile Championship Automobile Race of September 4th.. 1923, at Altoona, Pennsylvania. The winner, Eddle Hearn, drave the enilee distance in his Durant Car on Firestone Gem Dipped cords without a stop, averaging 111,5 miles per Laur, thus establishing a new world's record for 122 cubic inch The first eight miles of this race run at an average speed of 125 miles par hans.
Most Miles
Per Dollar
DISTRIBUTORS: The DRAGON MOTOR CAR Co., Ltd.
1 Ton THE GRAY TRUCK. 1 Ton
We are pleased to announce the addition to our agencies of The Gray Truck.
The Gray Truck Chassis is a sturdy, thoroughly dependable job with every part designed and built especially for truck purposes. The Gray Truck represents the very last word in up- to-date light truck construction, where speed and minmum delivery cost per mile are absolutely essential. Specifications, aside from its heavier construction for truck pur- poses, are essentially the same as those which have brought to Gray passenger cars THE WORLD'S ECONOMY RECORD.
33.8 MILES PER GALLON
on a run from New York to San Francisco. THE GRAY TRUCK CHASSIS
is fully equipped with
Generator, starter. battery, drum head lights, dimmers tail light. front fenders, and complete tool equipment.
Spécification and Prices from
Hongkong Hotel Garage.
Tel. 32
Queen's Road,
Show Rooms
Tel. 32
The Hongkong and Shanghai Hotels Ltd.
Now
1924
HARLEY-DAVIDSON
ALEMITE LUB- RICATING SYSTEM
MOTOR CUTS VI- BRATION IN HALF
FUL-FLOTEING
SIDECAR SPRINGS
OLIVE GREEN SCHEME "COLOUR
FIRST IN ACCELERATION AND FUEL CONSUMPTION TESTS FOR COMBINATIONS HELD IN RECENT TRIALS.
SHEWAN TOMES & CO."
TELEPHONE 781.
SATU
THE COMMERICAL MOTOR SHOW.
INTERESTING NEW BRITISH DEVELOPMENTS.
APPEALING TO OVERSEAS MARKETS.
shaminy has, four spoede,. vorai drive, and foot and band brakes both operating on the rear wheels.
hea
The Albion has always been a det of very simple and clean de popular vehicle Overseas as well sign and of ampler power. It i as at home and the present 30 in avery way mitable for Qvaricas: lewt model has been selling largely use and the chassis price is only
London, November 29. Some very useful light comin all markets during the last year £195, which is exeptionally low. The Commercial Motor Show, marcial vehicles are based upon or so. No fawer than 210 30-cwt having regard to the weight which, at the time of writing, is the 8 hp Rover chassis with long thious have been supplied to the carrying capacity and high. open at Olympis, is not only the wheel base. A most attractive Indian Government in the past quality of the chassis. biggest but is decidedly the most exhibit here is the commercial eighteen months, these being for The 2 ton Dennis is not interesting of the series of such travellers 4-seater, which is a use principally on the North new, but deserves mention, if only exhibitions arganised by the thoroughly comfortable tittle earest Frontier and having. I am for the reason that it represents Society of Motor Manufacturers with sample accommodation for told been ordered after exhaustive the considered results outs and Traders, The Society is to samples, so arranged as to com- texts, to replace various foreign of the world's markets under
which had proved unsatisfactory mand Dennis, with a view to a
be congratulated on having this bias utility with smart appear-machines of various nationalities taken since the war by Sir. Ray-
year embodied an extremely infance. teresting sollection of exhibits Another useful commercial under such exacting conditions, certaining just what those maksis Special tropical radiators are wanted and to filling their needs. bearing upon the problesis of town travaller's vehicle is based on fitted and the speed is strictly It has a clearance of 11 inches. planning and matters relating to little 7 hp. Austin sa equipped governed so that the vehicles can and engine of ample power, four road improvement and construe that the samples are carried be put into the hands of native speeds and the Dennis overhead mad Amp report w must, alongside the traveller who acts drivers after a short period of worin gear. however, deal rather with the as his own driver. At the rear tuition. The design conforms to
shelves are provided. The 1 h.P. Overseas requirements in respect NATIONALITY & POWER OF vehicle exhibits,
These are fully representative Austin chassis forms the basis of of ground clearance, wheel track,
VEHICLES.
A very thorough analysis made of inanufacturers of all national" quite commodious 10 cwt. delivery
another large numbers of Albionsį ities and it is pleasing to be able:vans, while the AustinTwenty and so on, and at one time or
by the paper.“ Motor Transport shows that, of the various models to report that they reflect groat can be ecployed to carry up to 16have been supplied to the Crown
Colonies.
of commercial,“ vehicle- on the credit on the British industry, Cwt of general goods. which, since the last Show was A modification of the 25-30 h.p
There are, of course, ather British market, upwarda òf 60 held two years ago, bas made Talbot takes a comfortale fifteen enormous strides despite dis- seated charabane body with a well-known makes in the 20 ext. per cent, are of British origin. couraging trade conditions, petrol consumption of about 16 class as, for example, the Vulcan France and the United States Prices have been much reduced miles to the gallon. The result-and the Gas, but, at the present come next with about 12 to 13 without quality being sacrificed ing vehicle is one that is extreme-Exhibition these makers have per cent. each. These figures are British manufacturers still piny well suited for country work. preferred to emphasise their 40 interesting because the market deserve in- few models.
is a free one, foreign vehicles coming in without payment of their faith on the principle of pro- Features which
THE TWO TONNERS. ducing machines which will be cidental mention are the four-
jduty and therefore having every reliable, durable and cheap to speed gear box the ground clear-
The various spheres of utility of chance of ousting the British pro- operate. For this reason theyance of 10 inches and the wheel
a good 2-tonner at moderate price duct if they could show super- have not made fow price their track of 4ft. gins. only objective, for the good rea- Finally, in this group, an im-are well exemplified by the iority.... son that the real cost of operating portant member is the Trojan Vulcan exhibit, consisting of four. The same paper has dealt with similar equal Safe and completeness. commercial or public service. Parcelvan" built by the Leyland complete vehicles on
Here we have. a chassis, which have ebeines rated with the subject of the relation sehicles is less a matter of the Compan59. first cost of the vehicles then-chassis designed to run on solid at 24 hp, four-speed gear boxes, of engine dineasipas to weight It appears selves than of the subsequent tyres and selling, complete with overhead worm drive and a track carrying capacity.
Of the complete that, despits the much increased - costs of running and repairs. ivan body, for £157,10 0. Features of ft. Sins.
a twenty-six pas efficiency of engines, the power Prices have, however, been got which are unusual but have now vehicles, one down to extraordinarily low been amply tested are the four-senter omnibus of the one units employed on vehicles of levels, comparable to those ruling cylinder two-stroke water-cooledi mau-operated" 15pe. The second given capacity are no smaller before the war. Where prices engine, the epicyclic gears and is a useful three-way tipping than they were ten years ago. aaap- are mentioned in the following the highly efficient cantilever wagon with hydraulic tipping This seems to indicate
gear, performing its function inipreciate of the fact that the remarks, they are those charged suspension.
about 25 seconds. The third is a Overseas markets have demand- at the manufacturer's works and FOR LOADS OF 30 TO 30 CWT 2-ton timber lorry in which theed more power with the concur must therefore be regarded rather
Esed Car Pricer.
as affording a basis of compari-: Working upwards in respect of roof of the car slopes downwards rent advantage of less gear sons than as indicating the actual carrying capacity, we now come towards the rear and provision changing and better capacity for prices likely to be asked by agedts to a particularly interesting type. is made for carrying long timbers working under exceptionally bad" in Overseas markets.
namely, the commercial chassis on the slant. The fourth is a conditions.
charabanc Asi "built to cater useful ads of 20 twenty-seater VEHICLES FOR LIGHT
to 30 ew. In this category there indicative of price. it may be AND HEAVY LOADS.
are some important newcomers, mentioned that the price, of the When the war terminated the It has been common knowledge tipping wagon complete is £605. British industry was organised to for some time that a 20-25 cat All the range of Guy vehicles. Readers may be interested in produce 3-4 ton vehicles in very Dennis hus been undergoing pro-including the 2-tonger, bare the following record, of prices tests. This chassis 4ft. Sins. track and a minimum realised at the recent sales.com- large numbers, but was not im-longed
exhibited and isclearance of 9 inches, which is, ducted by Messr, Auto Auctions, mediately in a position to turis
the of course, increased by the use Ltd.. of Horseferry-road. West- out in quantity either much being manufactured
100 Ci
а week. the of large tyres. The springs are minster; 192311.9-h.p. Calett all- lighter or much heavier models. rate Consequently, during the last maker's intention being to work long und underslung and all the weather. £425: 1922 10-15-h.p two years, the main developments up to 250 a week in the near spring leaves are lubricated by Fiat. £330: 1922 11.9-bp. Swift have been at the two ends of the fature. The chassis is a very gravity feed from the axle. The two seater, £230; 1923 24-h.p. It chassis is lubricated by oilStudebaker tourer, £210: 1923 scale rather than in the middle. clean and simple production.
no grease being 11.9-h.p. Bean two-seater, £205:
In particular, the old reproach weighs only 23 cwt. and has an throughout, tha British manufacturers ne-engine which develops 30 h.p. at used, and all the minor points 1923 11.9-h.p. Morris Cowley two- glected would-be clients who 1,560 r.p.r. The gear box gives are automatically oiled, the work seater, £192; 1923 10-15-hp. Cal- wanted vehicles for loads of three speeds and the final drive of lubrication being thus de- thorp two-seater, £180: 1923 about one ton has been reis by worm gear. The price is creaved to a minimum. Inter-8.9-h.p. Belsize-Bradshaw two- moved. Several manufacturers remarkably low, being only £295. esting points about the engine seater, £175; 1923 10-hp. Singer are now marketing thoroughly complete with electric lighting are the diagonally-placed valves tourer. £168 1922 15.9-5.p. Cubist An extra with their oil-lubricated valve tourer. £147; and 1922 11.9-h.p. good models for 20-25 cwt. loads, outfit and solid tyres. capable of running on pneumatic £17 is charged if pneumatic tyres gear, and the detachable cylinder Bean tourer, £162.
ron Solid tyres, possessing ample are fitted.
ance.
power. marketed at low prices The 20-25 est. Karrier is a and embodying all the main substantially built chassis of features which go to meer a world-mple power. A noteworthy| wide demand in respect, for ex-feature is the four-speed gear box ample, of such matters as cooling and it should be remarked that springing, wheel track, ground the clearance is ample for clearance and ease of mainten- Overseas use and the wheel track, fore and aft, is 4ft. Sins., the - The As regards vehicles for heavy turning curcle being 45 ft.
complete with loads, the Exhibition showed a chassis sells general consensus of opinion to pneumatic tyres and electric the effect that the flexible type of lighting outfit at the attractive six-wheeler will presently be in price of £345. large demand in all markets. Ofather heavier construction This is This system enables loads of 8, 10 is the 25-30 et LV.L or 12 tons to be hauled without a new make produced-by Light the damage to the roads that Vehicles Limited, of Wolver might result from putting a very hampton. It is designed for a heavy load 03 a single axle. gross load of 37 cwt. and sells at Both petrol and steam vehicle $395. The clearance is 914! manufacturers appear to be inches and the wheel track ft.) equally interested in producing:gins. The springs are long improved types of six-wheeler. and flexible, cooling is by pump, a radiator of extra LIGHT VANS AND
for being supplied [depth
chassis TRAVELLERS' CARS.
ufe. The tropical Reverting to light work, there results from scientifically bring- has come into existence a classling together components stand- of small box vans for loads round ardised by the best specialista. It about 5 ewt. These are based on has now been in public use long inexpensive touring car chassis, enough for conclusive evidence of hut many of them are true comits qualities to have been secure i. mercial vehicles inasmuch as all The Burdford-25-30 vehicle has! the advisable changes of design a clearance of over 10 inches an li
Cool- have been incorporated. Inja wheel track of 4ft. 8ins. price, they are competitive og is by pump and the "Colonial" with forei m propositions. Thoughtmodel is fitted with an extra in first cost, the foreigner may large radiator and with towing still have rome advantage, the hocks. Large numbers of Bur British models are calculated to ford vehicles are in the service of operate with extreme economy in the Great Western Railwa respect of fuel, tyres, and so on many of them running constantly and are therefore likely to be and successfully over bad and fount in the long run the cheapest mountainous roads in Wales ant pr positions.
the West of Eaglend. On the
ssis supplied to the G.WR:1
this cater
STARTING, LIGHTING,
IGNITIONTM
*famous for
Columbia
Storage Batteries
We sell batteries.
We recharge batteries. We lean out batteries. We renew battery jars.
We renew battery plates. We renew battery bridges, We renew battery terminals. We renew battery separatore.
the service
they render
We renew battery.containers. We open up batteries for inspection. We loan you a battery while repairing yours.
We furnish a most complete motor car battery service. We have a large stock of spare parts for Columbia
Batteries.
We give free battery inspection service at our Hong Nei Chang Road (Happy Valley) Service Station. This includes:-
(1) Filling with distilled wate
(2) Hydrometer and volt meter reading. (3) Cleaning and gragging the (4) Cleaning and wiping of t
with ammonia or sofa solution
good vided ar the pet
40
exsmnie
und or a brewer's