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MOTORING SUPPLEMENT. SATURDAY, AUGUST 15, 1925.
MOTOR NEWS FROM GREAT BRITAIN,
BY "R. A. O.
"(Special to the Hongkong Telegraph)
The Road and the Vehicle.
Economy in motor transport is dependent on two main factors; namely, the quality and efficiency
than
giving about 37 per cent greater loval with the top of the engin e, horse power than the old ongino and the starter la similarly at the same speed.
elevated to a high position abaya the top of the flywheel. The The Big Bentley
main universal joint lá automa- tically lubricated from the main supply, no fabric joint being used in the AO. design. Driving in the Rain.
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TYRES OF FLAX.
HENRY FORD'S LATEST,
Dotrolt, July 8th-Henry Ford may banofit the antomobile world in another
thor way.
All motoriste will agree that ing on the use of flax for tyros, His ongingars are experiment- ordinary hand-operated instand of cotton.
the
Very great intorost has also bren aroused by the appearance of s now production by Bentley Motors Limited, whose 3-litre cars have, oreátod such a namé for their manufacturers, - The old The Exhibitions
model lain no way superseded, the We are now-closely approach-but the big Bentley is a new de windscreen wiper is a vary in-
This would mean replaconiont the motor exhibition season in parture of the firm, inasmuch as adequate solution of the problem London. This year the series of it has a six cylinder ongine of of securing clear vision during of some 24,000,000 squate yards of
fabric annually, of the vehicles used and the suit shows will be very complote. It slightly more than double the rain storm, necessitating as it cotton ability of the roads as regards opens with the Cycle. and Motor capacity of the old four-cylinder does the almost constant use of a amount used used up in the con their geroral lay-out and also Cycle Show (September 21st-26th) model. The idea is to give un-hand which is frequently wanted struction of tyres.
Ford engineers have already thoir construction. During the which will be of greater import usually good road. performance for other purposes. The new eyer owing to with heavy bodies of the largest amith automatic wiper works on last year or two many and very ance successful efforts have been made the fact that there is to dimensions. The now engine is Site original principle, being succeeded in producing an artifi
Parin no
'Salodu this extremely interesting. The in- oporated from the speedometer cial leather based on flax fabrio, to produce vehiclos capable, of be working whore roads are rion-autumn. Consequently thore induction pipes are specially ar-drivo, its speed varying with that rather than cotton. Thoy, are oxistent or unworthy of the name. every inducement to European ranged to give an unusually per of the car. It is perfectly easily testing methods for producing a
than cotton. With such vehicles is existence and other oversens buyers to visit fect distribution with a single fitted and is equally suitable for fabric that may be stronger, oven motor transport becomes a pract-Olympia Moreover, the Exhibi- carburettor, so that the car will either open or closed care. ical proposition in many overseastion is held while Wombley is run at a slow walking pace on districts from which it has still open and an unusual number top gear and will thence readily hitherto baon excluded.
of guests from overseas are in and smoothly accelerate to a VoryTM high maximum speed. The on- The latest type of veh ele Bult London.
gine has a single overhead cam- Next will come the the Car shaft driven in a unique manner able for cross-country work is a vary original six-wheeler designed Show (October 8th-17th) organised by three coupling rods, connect by Karrior Motors, of Hudders-by the Society of Motor Manusing the camshaft to a orgaked fold. This is not of the ordinary facturers and Traders, which will shaft driven at half speed by two. flexible type, which really means bo as ropresentative as over, both plain helical platons.
a close combination of a tractor of the British manufacturer and and trailer. All the thres arlos of his foreign competitor:
A Scintillating Stur,
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NEW WORLD'S 500 MILE RECORDJESTABLISHED;
are carried from one frame, but Subsequently we shall have the In the sphero of sporting cars! there is great relative Dexibility | Commercial Vehicle Show (Oct."The Autocar," which never in- ay between the various axlce, so 29th-November 7th) which will dulges in unjustified eulogies, that, whatever the surface of the bo of special interest inasmuch pays extremely high compliments land, traversed, all the wheels as two years. will havo olapsed to the new 12-40 h.p. sporting remain in contact with the ground since the last exhibition of this Staf, stating that faw.cars tested and all the four driving wheels particular kind. Finally, motor over their Midland route have continue to bear theft share of the boats and marine engines will given such meteoric performanco work of propulsion. The vehicle occupy a very prominent position or been more fascinating to has a supplementary gear box, in the Shipbuilding and Engin-bandle. The ongige la part- The purpose of which is to provide eering Exhibition at Olympia licularly remarkable, since with a a different range of speeds for November 23rd-Vocember 6th) fairly long stroke at bigh pres- running slowly across country or comparatively fast on mide roads. Overseas visitors to the Shows sure ratio, it remains extraord
accommodation, foinarily sweet from end to end of Thus the result is a machine of requiring
It is very free from thoroughly efficient and durable their cars in London, should its range.
mako a note of the name of any noticeable vibration and can character when used on ordinary
Mousty. Show & Kilburn, of be driven slowly almost to stop- roads, but comparable to the Wardour Street, This firm, beping point on top gear without chain track typo of vehicle, onsides being the sole agents for betraying any tendency to thump. in its ability to negotiate rough London and district of Vauxhall Special Overseas Four-Cylinder time in any large race used at those big tyres our the turn as well
country.
A. C.
Balloon tyres were for the first have put it over. I felt safe on Indianapolis Races and theas the straightaway. And it was
cars, dus very extensivo and ad”. Meanwhile, the chain track mirable graago accommodation
A special type of four-cylinder results surpassed oven the the higher speed on the treache principle is making considerable in several parts of London, and progross. Take, for example, the is well able to look after a car, to A, C. car is now available in most sanguine' expootation's of reus turns that made it possible Sentinel Roadless" stoam trac-undertake its entire maintenance, which the design has been molifi- the racing drivers themselves. A for me to finish the race with the tor. This very powerful unit hus and to give any service that the ed with a view to overseas re- now world's record was made. average for the 500 miles of 101.13 the double advantage of being motorist may require. Moreover, quirements. The A. C patent The first ten winners were all on miles per hour breaking all truck independent of the existence of those who are coming home for clutch, hitherto only fitted to the Firestone Full Size Gum Dippod reads and of the availability of a few months on leave often wish six-cylinder models, is incorpor- Balloons Size 5.25/20, liquid fuel at a moderate price. to know where they can buy aated. This not only simplifies After the race Peter do Paolo Iwill burn practically any solid car for temporary use and get a gear change, but is wholly un-made the following statement: fuel, and the dosign of the tracks good price for it again when they affected by water. The "dynamo
is such that that they possess loave Great Britain.
exceptional flexibility in all The All-British Motor Show directions, with the result that hold in Melbourne last year under steering is easy and the tracks the auspices of the Association of conform to the contour, of the British Motor Manufacturers, ground and give a very ateady and the British Cycle and Motor and consistent tractive effort.
Cycle Manufacturers Union was A good deal could be done to so successful, both from the render a vehicle suitable for financial point of view and, which
is cross-country work
more important, from the without necessarily resorting to chain standpoint of the business done, tracks or adding to the number of as to have led to the organisation of a similar exhibition on a some- wheels. Thus under many con- what smaller scale at Adelaide ditions the four wheel drive exemplified by the British in July of this year. Widespread F. W. D., vebicles solves the pro-anquiries are now being made as blem in a perfectly satisfactory similar exhibitions in other parts to the desirability of holding! manner. In this Case' every ounce of the weight of the of the Empire Overseas. One of vehicle and its load assists in the difficulties is, of course, the securing adhesion
availability of suitable buildings, Bequently there is for loss and this is understood to have at liability to become ditched than least postponed the intention to If the ordinary four-wheeled hold a show at Sydney. vohicle with only rear afle drive were employed.
and
con-
A Book for Overseas Motor
Cyclists.
Whatever efforts may be made to solve the problem of the cross- Quite the most interesting: country vebiols, it must, however, publication over yet produced be remembered that at the very from the point of view of the vory best it is impossible by their Overseas motor cyclist is the moans to secure that economy in recently published Overseas An- transport that can be had where nual issued by "The Motor Uyole.” good roads are available, On It contains a series of very valu unmade and soft surfaces a able and informative artioles greater tractive offort must giving much useful information always be required, which means and advice. It also comprises a more consumption of power and complete buyera guide to motor of fuel. Also the strains to joycles of all types, and a large which the vehicle is subjected number of useful tables and dis must be greater, resulting in gramatic illustrations. The book more rapid wear and tear. In will be widely on sales through- towns where a good network of out the Empire and every motor roads already exists, one of the cyclist, present or prospectiva, most frequent causes of loss of will find it good value for money. aconomy is the necessity for
periodical reconstruction of the Indian Rajah's Fleet of Cars, road surfaces. It is largely for
The Maharajah of Jodhpur has this reason that so much import recently acquired an extremely ance attaches to the new rapid-ae fleet of British motor cara. hardoning cements, of which Two of these are examples of the Ferrocrate is the outstanding 30.98h p. Vauxhall with lugurious jexample. Tests of this material polished aluminium bod by show that after an interval of Barker. One is a two-seats and four days its strength is 97% the other a four-seater. This car times as great as that of ordinary is famed for its power develop comont. Many of the roade in ment and speed, and with a racing London have recently boon relaid with Ferrocrete and the body is guaranteed to lap Brook- normal flow of traffic has been lands at one hundred miles an
hour. comparatively trifling, because
the material hardens so rapidly Tho Maharajah of Jodhpur bas that the road can be quickly also purchased no less than five ro-opened without injury, and-Rolls-Royce cars. Naturally the almost as soon as it has been appearance of the new model 40- laid-is able to bear the whole 50 Rolls-Royce has created a weight of heavy traffic, which, if very big stir.. Magnificent as was ordinary comont wore use, the performance of its predeces would cause irreparable berm sor, the "Silver Ghost," that of unless ample time were given for the "New Phantom" is oven hardening.
more remarkable, the engine
records from 10 to 500 miles. What's more, I finished without the usual physical exhaustion; in fact it was the most comfortable The plain facts are that without race I ever drove on the Indiana- is carried in front of and on a Firestone Balloons I could not polis track.
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