MOTORING
SUPPLEMENT
LOCAL MOTOR NOTES & NEWS
hus boon
"OF
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. SATURDAY, the 30th. August, 1921
(Deing the Oficial Orgun of the flongkong Automobīle Association).
DESIGNERS UNDECIDED. SMALL AND EFFICIENT
WHAT ENGINE IS BEST?
The automobile industry was nover in a more confused state
ENGINES.
Manufacturots aro
outting down weight and result- In lighter earA.
BATTERY ATTENTION.
TAKE CARE:"TO" PREVENT OVERHEATING.
of the driver for proper care, according to Willard Battery officials,
Storage
Engineers are looking forward to the time when automobiles will
The littla 'black aloctrloal fuloo· afford much more room for pas-
The Butombile of to-day is as box biddan away.under the floor BETTER FUEL AND MORE sengers on the same size frames nearly fool proof, mechanically, boards has no meters of gauges
POWER
they have bow.
as the manufacturers are able to conveniently located to warn They viston this advancement make it. Nearly every me- careless drivers that it noods More intensive production of In this column' laat wook any public hire vehicle which of mind than it is this year.
Will we have fours or sixes or anti-knock fuel may bring about by progress in the construction of chanical part has some sort of attention, and It does nood thinks unfit for sorvico,
aights ? Straight oights or construction of a more powerful, engined and their tendency to indicator to tell when it is getting attention, and that frequstly." comment was made regarding the it
This... is
truo specially of lato it
the proper treatment. tardiness with which road mond- and
At present the actual tondoney
The radiator has a motomieter in summer: Lack of water ing is generally carried out in exercising that power in cortain typos Two-wheel brakes or more highly efficient automobilo ward smaller sizes.
Am-¡n "the" hot months will But one wonders four? Friction or hydraulic engine..
already seems to be toward straight sights to warn of overheating. the Colony, and it is only fair instancos. that it should be recorded that whether the standard of the De. Lighter ongicos or heavior? This,
that or the other?
considering the production of longer engines requiring moro motors and oil gauges are located and disastrously, for the best built the top half of Stubbs' Road--partment is high enough, seeing Whatever it is, it's supposed to such engines, with the increase room on the chassis and therefore on the instrument board to warm battery. It leaves a portion of that is, from Bowen Road to that numbers of more or less be good, the best evor, nono to in popularity and use of the anti- more space for the entire car of insufficient generator service platos exposed. The rest of the Magazino Cap-has now boon ramshackle vehicles are still on.
knook fuel called ethyl gas. It Bus the time will come, say some or poor lubrication. platos, submerged in the battery- Automatio spark advances pro- solution, will receive an excessiva put into oxcellent condition. public service. One does not ox-qual it, and so on.
Still, automotive engineere oro is this fuel they say, that, in of the more visionary engineers, The lighting of this road has also pect the Traffic Department to been completed and when the Insist on all the nicetles and puzzling their brains over some eliminating the carbon knock in when the engine will be as small tect the bendix of the starting charge from the generator and of the oldest and most important high combustion engines, makes as a motorcycle engine, and it motor frota a kick back of the overheat. This causes buckling making up of the lower half has luxuries of a new and highly problems, facing the industry. possible the production of engines will be directly over the rear engine, but there is no sure way of the plates which will make boon accomplished, the motor priced car, but when mud-guards,
drive and more room in front.
in overhosted.
break their jars, ruin their fasula- road to the Peak will be one of doors and hoods rattle with They have agreed on one ides, to of even higher combustion than transmission, affording direct for the driver to toll if his battery them shod their active material,
Buch automobiles have already the finest in the Colony.
overy road bump or trail in thu make automotive riding oasior exist at present,
This important part of the car tion and generally wreck tha Present compression of engines wind the question of service for the average layman.
Yot one of the three outstand-rates about 60 to 70 pounds to the been produced. Examples of cars. ability goes beyond the efficiency
Europo recently. Although this!" Although there is д Kign of the engine or the strength of ing questions under discussion at square inch. With the anti-knock with rear drive were tried out in iedependent on the thoughtfulness whole works. "Road Closed" at the Wong Not the body. There should be a the recent meeting of the Socisty fuel, engines of 155 pounds com-prinsiple is still in its embryonic : Choong Gap end of the now road limit of respectability beyond of Automotive Engineers was pression might be made.
The reason for such an increase stage, it promises well for adop to Repulse Bay, quite a num which cars are deemed unfit for just this mater of riding comfort,
With the engine small and already public hire, and if a reasonable Here wore automobiles of ap in compression lies in the theory tion within a fow yours. mado the complete journey.standard of rospectability wore parently the last word in design, that higher compression produces Some very fino
been seat, the auto on a 120-inoh are insisted upon a good many of the yet their engineers were still greater output from the engine, compact, underneath the to be obtained from this road dilapidated cars now to be seen studying the mattor of" levelling Higher compression has and it is noteworthy for the man-on our roads would be ordered bumps," eliminating vibrations limited by the tendency of such wheelbase may be able to devoto nor in which it shortens the off to the general betterment of and improving on the spring engines to knock when climbing all, that space for passenger use,
Just design of their cars.
hills or accolorating, if the spark instead of only about 70 inchos
it affords to day. journey to Repulso Bay, just motoring in this Colony.
" WORK ON MOTOR.
isn't retarded.
At the same time, those small ovor fifteen minutes being time what standard ought to be set.is
The other questions under The theory is that the more enough to get from the City to doubtless a matter
on which the pleasure resort. The road is opinion varios, but we respectful discussion at the S.A. E. meating highly compressed the gas is in the engines may afford much greater particularly well graded, as aroy suggest that the presont con
concorned crankcase oil cylinder the easier it is to explode power and spood than the larger the majority of Hongkong's hill standard of the Traffic Depart-dilution and supplying cleaner from overheated carbon deposits motors of to-day. Developmost for combustion. All before the regular explosion takes of the auto engine points that
way even to-day. roads, and the engineers can be ment is a little too much in mixture
three more or less concarned place. congratulated upon having added favour of garage proprietors.
with improvement on the engino Ethyl gas, as well as othar! another fine highway to the
itself.
forms and anti-knock fuel, is Colony's travol facilities.
Local motor cyclists will bo The power plant of the average designed to oure just this by pre-
bar of cart hava
views
Al-
though the use of the road by cars
rear
REMOVAL OF OYLINDERS.
cylinder, Before removing a is necessary so as to make it interested to learn of the pro-automobile is still far from por-vonting carbonization as much as foundations firm and solid, it ts posed detals of the forthcoming fect. It bothors the motorist little possible. With less carbon in
in connection to-day. And with the united the cylinder there is less chance draw off the water, remove the to be hoped that lorries and motor reliability trial buses will not be permitted to use with the Harley Davidson Cup.efforts of auto engineers for in- for the compressed gas to be rubber connection between the the road just yet. More than one As has already bean announced, provonont on this part of the car, oxploded in part by hot carbon, radiator and cylinder-head, detach
Davidson of the Colony's roads, when nowiy the Harley
Motor it promises to give the future before the entire flow is exploded the cable from the plugs and re-
by the spark.
move the cable supports or other opened, has been ruined by hoary Cycle Co. has prosonted a band-motorist practically no troublo.
With some 15,000,000 autom- Engines of higher compression wise free all the bead from the traffic and it would be a pity if some silver cup to be competed! this intost addition our roads was for by any make of machine abiles on the roads to-day, the wonld result in care that pick up wiring. Free all nuts that hold with little the hoad to the block and then, made unusable by its being opon under the organization of the automobiles on the industry, one oasily, climb hills ed too early to the heavier H. K. A. A. The Committee has of the greatest in the country difficulty and travel farther on a with a blunt screwdriver, prg bo vohicles.
drawn up the following compoti- can be said to be still in the ex-gallon of fuel. Smaller onginos, tween head and blook at intervals,
for the same output, may be made, until the parts are free. tion which is open to Monibers perimental stage. Jonly
AWAITING RESULTS.
Rumour is busy regarding tho Hurley Davidson Cup Coni-
A straight olght is brought out, Commation of work on the now petition. This cup will be com- and the auto public waits to seo garage which is in course of con-pated for in two meetings:-Sopt. what advantage it has in practice. struction in Salisbury Road, und October.
Balloon tyres come out, and, al Kowloon, opposite the Peninsula The nature of the competition though they have been adopted Hotel sito. Some say that the will be a rollability trial. It is with a most remarkable show of scheme of the promoters has suggested by the Committee that onthusiasm, there are many who collapsed for financial reasons the competition will take place are watching their performance but, from whatever cause the around the New Territory, start-before deciding on their practic- cossation of work has arison, iting and finishing at Centre Road,ability for own use. is a fact that for the boat part of stopping at Castle Poak for one While all those innovations, a month no work has boon done. hour.
and more, are put before the rid-
The partially completed building The Conditions for the Soptoming public, auto manufacturers is in a derelict state. Here soems ber mesting are suggested as bo- must koop on selling their cars. to be the chance for some entering The competitors start from So they redesign the bodies, they prising motoring firm to acquiro Contro Road and will be chocked add little of this and some of that the site and building for use as alat mile 84 from the starting they furnish a new accessory here cervico station, because the writer paint (open check). Two secret and another there, they change In convinced that there is room chocks will be taken between the the dash and in general change for the successful operation of a open chock and Castio Peak.the car about so as to differentiato well-equipped servico station on Compotitora will be checked in from the 1924 model.
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tho Peninsula. With a European and out at Castle Poak. And one Cars must be sold oven while- in charge and a staff of qualified secret check will be takon bo- the onginoors are working on native mochanics there would be tween Castle Peak and home. their development. And so they onough work forthcoming pro-Spood to averago 20 miles per aro-with but little differentiation Stably to justify the venture. hour.
between one and the other, con- The Conditions of the October,sidering prices, but in general. The Asiatic Motor for Angust meeting, are suggested as being with good value roosived for the has been received by the localho compotitors will start from prices paid..
Status Square and ride around Automobilo Association and is
the Island on the upper road, vla boing distributed to members.
Shaukiwan. A stop and start lost will take place on Shaukiwan
Surely, it is about time that Hill Braking test will take place the road to tha Poak H tel was between the turning to Shoko
A BAD WEATHER AID.
One of the baslost mixtures to
nearing completion? It is re-and Tai Tam Tuk. Thero will make for preventing an obsoured -cognised that the heavy rains of he one socret chock en route wind shield glass during stormy the prosone summer havo sociou-Spood to avarage 14.5 miles per weather,
ly interfered with the work.hur. Opetitors will be ebooked but now that the drier_asszon is in and out at Repulse Bay. coming on, one hopes to see this'
There are no entrance fods and
roadway-so much discussed in further details will be announced
the past comploted as sarly a later. possible, if only to do away with tho.prosent unsightliness of the Paak district traversed by the taoompleted highway...
is equal parts of kerosene and glycerine. Apply
a thin, avon layer over the glas surface with a soft clore An other effective cleaner is ordinary plug tobacco;,ono side in milood a trifle so that frosh leaf is ox- posod. This is then rubbed up
Out of the 2,000 motor cars on and down on the gla--and. If
the island of Jamalos; say auto the operation is reposted..until
FALLING CHIMNEY KILLS FOUR.
dealers there, there are hardly the entire surfaco has “boon When this huge chimney from the nu-l of the Charlevolz Bulld more than 10 or 15 of the sodan thoroughly gone over, the glassing, Detroit, fell into the roadway four persons were killed and threa The Trafo Department as type. This is because of the mild will be covoral, with thin sad war injaret. The top of the stnok orashed on top of two
perfootly transparent film of oil. automobiles. power to order off the road climate there all year round,
Before and After taking one dose of PONTOP
S the old top looking badly-all broken down? We can cure it! We use the beat medicine for any top that is under the weather.
COUPONT TABRIKOL
PONTOP
And we know how to apply it to get the best- results. Some of the trimmest tops in this city testify to our skill.
Why not drive around and let uz diagnose your case? Office hours & A. M. to 5 P. M. every week day. Fees moderate.
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89, Wong Chung“` Road. Happy Valley. LET'S TALK TOP
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