THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPHI,
AN OFFER
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with the
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MOTORING SUPPLEMENT.
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1926,
MOTOR NEWS FROM GREAT BRITAIN.
HISTORY OF THE DEWAR TROPHY.
Special Report to the Hongkong Telegraph.
By "R.A.C."
Moscow, a-total distance of about 5,000 kilometres, chiofly over very bud roads. The first prize wont. to a 16-40 h.p. Sunbeam car which accomplished the journey without losing any marks at all, and it is satisfactory to learn thut this British success is resulting in substantial business, coming to the Sunbeam Company from
HEALTH,
MOTOR CYCLING BENEFICIAL
Not the toast of the lessons which the Army taught us in 1914, jys The Motor Cycle, was that
seems
Not
best
fow of us had ever been more Rasia.
The high speed capabilities of the than half it in civilian life. modern types of public service Routine office work and dancing it night leaves follow with a It has been satisfactory to note Siddeley won the Dewar Trophy vehirle have been commented on of late very marked improvements for its performance in the 10,000 more than once of late, but car-hot feeling at the back of his eyes in the alarmproof character of mile rond trin), during which it tainly the recent performance or and a taste in his mouth. He has the all-weather equipment of open showed a petrol consumption of 30-60 hp. Albion low-loadline to face his grub with stinging
before it cars. Really admirable examples about twenty-five miles to the 'bus must be regarded as distinct-condiments
remarkable, The vehicle, eatable. Many an indoor, worker are to be found standardised on gallon, and an almost influitesitnaly the 12/26 h.p. "end. 16/40 h.p. consumption of oil and water. which has carrying capacity for and indoor player really wants an Humber cars. These are fitted In 1923 the outstanding milenge twenty-nine passengers, was run invigorator every morning. is the with a combination of disappear performance of the Rapson tyre from Glasgow to London and back, so the all-weather motor cyclist.,
a distance of over 800 miles, and Dame Nature ing rigid side windows and one-was recognised, while in 1924 any
Let her sport with raun bood. The windows are of award of the trophy was with completed the double journey in physlelan. celluloid in light rigid metal held, no performance of sufflelunt- twenty-four hours five minutes, your person over fifty miles of frames, Ho constructed as toly signal merit having been put showing an average speed of daily motor cycling and you will If you nearly 33% miles an hour. The not need much doctoring. allow for expansion and contrac-up
This year the winner of the
was absolutely non-stop cannot surrender to her daily, tion of the celluloid with changes of temperature. When not in Dewar Trophy in a 14/45 h.p.except for a momentary pause to give her a chance at wbok-ends, use, the windows are contained Rover, The trial to which this back out of a wrong turning taken and double the dose in that case,
The high speed was no matter if it'snows, within the thickness of the doors car was submitted and through in the dark. and body framing. When oreet- which it passed with complete not accomplished at the cost of petrol Consumption. od, they are secured at the top by success was one of special in excessive
On the other hand, although the a special fitment and held at the terest to motorists living in moun- bottom by a platesl screw device, tainous districts or in tropical
machine at the commencement of manipulated from inside from countries. It consisted of fifty
the trial weighed just over 3 rattle, and offer the minimum of consecutive runs up and down the
tons, the petrol. consumption was obstruction to the view. The Bwich-y-Groes, which is probably only at the rate of one gallon to overlapping of the window frames the longest and steepest mountain effectively provides, weatherproof pass at all practical to motor connections. The whole equip- vehicles within Great Britain. ment can be easily erected while It starts with a sharp, hairpin the car is in motion, the work of bend on a steep rise, which means erection taking one person only, slow speed from the very first. about half a minute.
In all, the climb ja, about two
run
11.4 miles. The bus was IL standard model of the new 1926 type and had already run over 10,000 miles.
naturally obliged to write to the manufacturers when he wanted spare parts sent out to Chile. It the manufacturers were able to is, perhaps, more surprising that
supply him promptly out of stock. They find, in fact, that they still receive not infrequent enquiries in respect of each model that they have produced since about the year 1906.
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THE STARE PART PROBLEM. One sometimes hears. British
Another aspect of the spare A very useful addition to the miles long, and in places the motor manufacturers editicised in part problem is that sume cars equipment of a car, especially if gradient is stiffer than 1 in 5. respect of their policy as regards are such that they must neces- it is to be used much in traffic, Even on the downward runs the the distribution of spare parts.katily be supported by a very efficient Spare part service. is an accessory recently intro-engine had no rest, the descents In this connection a point worth, duced by Mesara. S. Smith and always being made un third speed.noling is that the problem is much These cars are popular with a Sons, and known as the Safety In all, the trial occupied some more easily solved by some firms certain class of motor trader who Signal Mirror. It gives the twelve hours and constituted a than by others. If, for instance, reckons on making more profit out driver a good view of following gruelling test of engine, gears, a single standard model is pre- of repairs and spares than out of
dueed and the life of the car is the original sale.. traffic, while provision is also transmission and brakes. At the
The type of made for displaying on the front finish. less than half a pint of and back of the mirror electrically water was needed to make up the it red arrows indicating whether loss from the radiator, The it is the intention to turn to the trial thus proved admirable hill right of left or to slow down. climbing abilities coupled with a.. The "Slow" or "Stop" signal is system of engine cooling absolute- illuminated by application of the ly adequate to the most extreme foot brake, while the others are conditions.. controlled by a conveniently placed switch.
It
now
RECENT TRIALS AND TESTS.
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at the most a few years, the effman have in mind would, for cient distribution of spares is example, no doubt be heavily, pre- comparatively simple. If, on the judiced against the Dennis com. other hand, a firm has been build-mercial vehicles on learning of an ing cars for twenty years or more instance of a user resident in and the earliest models are still | Daventry who has completed no upon the road, it is hardly to be less than 70,000 miles on hie expected that spare parts can in 316-ton Dennis lorry, the total all cases he made promptly avail-cost of replacements during the able everywhere. Thus, for period being no more than £5. It example. 1 heard of 21 recent is only just recently that, this instance in which the owner of gentleman has decarbonised his T Arrol-Johnstou car quite engine for the first time, and he twenty years, old was not un-then failed to find any play in
any of the engine bearings.
DODGE BROTHERS COMMERCIAL CAR
As regards body, finish, good progress is being made in the 1. A very severe motor trial was successful use of hard-wear body held recently in Russia, the route finishes. One of the first British being from Leningrad through cars on which these were tried Moscow to Tiflis and back to was the 14/80 h.p. Armstrong Siddeley, on which this type of finish is now being standardised after a year's experiment. should be noted that these cellu- lose paints are not equally successful in all cases. There is Ja tendency for them to fight shy of small curves and grooves, and in the example just mentioned the bedy has therefore been designed without acute contours or mould- ings.
Unscratchable paint is exclusively used on all Standard ears with open or all-weather bodies, and a special section of this firm's Coventry factory is devoted to this purpose. The equipment includes A series of drying chambers through which air of definite humidity and tem- perature is constantly circulated, Every cant of paint is applied by means of spray-pistols, through which the material issues at high pressure in the form of a very fine mist. Large numbers of bodies are under treatment pro- gressively at one time, being moved through the drying, cham- bers or across the buildings on wheeled frames Jun on rails. The result of the process is a Bur- face of almost glass-like hardne59, like, new paint and varnish in the first instance, but actually im- proving in gloss with use and well capable of withstanding extreme climatic conditions of all kinds.
THE DEWAR TROPHY.
The records of the Dewar Trophy form a sort of condensed history of the outstanding pro-. gressive achievements of the motor industry. Presented to the Royal Automobile Club" in 1906, the trophy is awarded annually on the strength of the results of the official trials held by the Club; provided a silicient standard of excellence in renched. Thus, us early as 3907, the Rolls-Royce car known as the "Silver Ghost" won the trophy on account of its excel-. lent behavior during a 15,000 mile road trial..
Of recent years, performances which have justified. the award have been very diverse in charac- ter. Thus in 1921 the trophy wont to a Thornycroft lorry. which, amongst other things, gave the remarkable fuel economy of 09.8 ton miles to the gallon in the course of a prolonged rond, trial: In 1922 the 18 h.p. Armstrong
Dodge Brothers commercial car
advertises the business it serves.
In fact, merchants value the ap: pearance of the car second only to the low cost dependable- mileage it
delivers.
THE DRAGON MOTOR CAR CO. LTD.
33 WOEG, NEI CHUNG ROAD, HAPPY VALLEY.
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