THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.
HINE MOTORIST
FOR THE
ALBERT L. CLOUGH
SAFETY SUGGESTIONS.
Whenever a car has to he jack od up and anyone has to crawl undor it, for any reason, make absolutely sure that it in socurely supported and has its wheels blocked against moving eithor way: Roinforce the jacks with auxiliary blocking (and vice vorea), using blocks strong enough and sufficiently stable so that they can neither crush nor tip over. Avold lying undor any low part which would cruali ono in case the car should slip to the floor. Never run the engine with
anyone under the car.
GETTING OAUGHT IN MOVING.
PARTS. "
When idling the engine, with the hood lifted, always remember that the fan is running. When turping fast, it can hardly be seen, but if one's hands get with in its radius of action, serious wounds are sure to be inflicted upon thom. If ever there is occasion to reach into the trans- mission case or rear-axle housing" be sure that the car is blocked, so that it cannot be moved ever so little and that the engine can- not possibly be started, in order to forestall the possibility of one's being crushed by the gours,
CRANKING DANGERS.
Before hand-cranking a dar, especially in a small garage, be sure to set the hand-brake and neutralize the gours, so as to re-. move the possibility of being crushed against the wall by the oor's starting forward and also retard ignition fully to avoid danger of back kicks.
MOTORING SUPPLEMENT SATURDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1925,
"PRINTERS INK"
GRAHAM BROS. AND
ADVERTISING,
pressed with their advertising COSTLY LAW BREAKING. AUTOMOBILE MUSEUM. and literature.
In support of this belief, during the first six months of 1926, Graham Brothers increased their
for
phasos.
sugguations: Before putting the car in, sweep out the room with. the utmost care and, during the painting oporation, bave the floor slightly damp, especially if it is.
Bert Flynn, St. Louis has made Russia has an automobile of concrete. Walk about gently
overdous advertising more than record for receiving a traffio museum at Moscow, according to during the painting, so as to stir
800 per cent over the correspond-violation fine-in fact, there were German reports. The museum up a minimum of dust and, after
Graham Brothers rapid rise to ing, period for 1925. the cont has been applied do not leadership in the truck industry
four distinot traffic law violations has several departments, tracing Results were forthcoming. In enter the room until it has be has been watched with unusual one European country, charged against him. His fine the development of the auto. THE BOILING RADIATOR. come dry. If the room is not air interest by the motor trade every instance, no advertising was done was placed at 83,000 when bo mobile in its many different When the cooling system over tight and thore is dust in the where:
last year, but with a healthy pro failed to appear in court. heats and the radiator, fillor can outside air a smooth rosult can. The history of Graham Brogramme for the first half of 1926, ! is to be romared, do this with the hardly be expected. Probably thors has been one of constant sales were increased 1,100 per utmost caution, watching for you will have to smooth off your increases. In 1922 factory sales
advertising, sales went up over. signs of steam pressure before present coat of paint with steel showed a gain of 213 per cent. cent. With a similar increase in tho cap, is fully detached from wool and apply another, after over the previous year, while in 200 per cent. in another country the filer nook, so as to guard taking all precautions to secure
in Europe Australin showed a against a possible scalding from a dustless atmosphere.
guin of 31% in sales for the first hot water and vapor flowing out
ficient advertising was used to six months of this year, and suf of the radiator. Even though.no steam is coming front, the over- flow pipe, exorciso care, as the
support this increase. pipe may be stopped up causing stoam prossure in the system.
WHEN INFLATINO TYRES. Before applying air pressure to a newly mounted tyre, check, the security of its fastening upon its rim and during its inflation stand where no danger will be incurred should the fastening fail and anything blow off. In pumping up a casing, which may be weak, keep one's face at a safe dis- tance, as a blowout may result in eye injury.
DUST SPOILS PAINTING JOB.
Question. In painting my car, a good job was prevented by the presence of innumerable small bubbles, which seem to be due
to dust. What can be done to
1923 the gain was 105 per cent. ove: 192. Balos-for 1924 oxoecd. ed 1923 by: 54. por cent and 1925 has shown a gain of 123 per cent over 1924.
Graham Brothers overseas sales during the first half of 1926 in- creased 78% over the correspond- ing period last year.
the
WARM ENGINE MISSES. Question:There is a miss in the engine of my car, when Grahan Brothers progress in it is warmed up, but when I close the export field is no less aston- the radiator shutter and allow it ishing than their continuod ad to cool, the miss disappears. My Yancy in the home market. Their mechanic reported finding water trucks were first shipped all over the world involume in 1922.
To-day, Graham Brothers adver- in the carburator, but after re- Overseas shipments for 1925 ex- tising is appearing in moving this, the miss is still pre-coeded those of 1922 by over 1,200 publications of over 80 countries, and of many important islands Bent. Can it be caused by faulty per cent. carburation or by sticking valves? This remarkable success, asido scattered over the Seven Seas. This advertising features perform- from the exceptionally sturdy have too little clearance with due in a large measure to the ex- and built-in worth makes long Answer: If any of the valves construction of the truck itself, isance, and how sturdy construction
life possible. Institutional copy their push-rods, so that they hold tensive overseas advertising pro-drives home the fact that the cum- open slightly, when the valve gramme.
bined facilities of the Dodge Graham Brothers have always Brothers and Graham Brothers parts are hot, but do not do so, been large users of printers ink. organizations make possible an when cooled down, missing would They believe that trucks cannot occur in the cylinders with the be sold in increasing quantities exceptionally good truck at an un- usually low price. This, fact, too tightly adjusted valves. You on a profitable basis without a
complete and continuing, ad coupled with the ability to furnish better have all valve clearances vertising programme. They real-bodies especially suited to the adjusted to the standard, rocom-ize that every element in the ad purchasers' needs, and in accord- ance. with his specifications, programme must be thoroughly
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got a better result next time? mended amount. If your carvertising and sales promotion accounts for the over increasing
used the best paint and brushes obtainable.
buretor le set too rich, this would co-ordinated. It is their intention demand. probably not cause missing under that the advertising programme This constructive advertising the incomplete vaporization pro- wisely outlined and conducted part in aiding Graham Brothers to overseas be so comprehensive and programme has played an effective duced when the engine was cool, that approximately every in- attain the position of largest but might cause plug fouling and dividual in the entire world who exclusive manufacturers motor missing when more complete vais now or who is apt to become a trucks, in the world.
prospect for a Graham Brothers the Truck will have an opportunity
Answer: Dust, settling out of the air onto the surfaces before the paint became hurd, is doubt less rosponsible for this failure, and the best you can do is to make the conditions in the place where your painting is done, as porization occurred, upon dustless as possiblo. Here are a heating of the engine.
IS IT
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as good as BUICK?
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Before you are persuaded, by an extra allowance
on
your old car, to buy some car you might not
choose otherwise, look it over carefully.
You probably will be told that it is "as good as Buick, but investigate. See if it is!
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Does it have a "sealed chassis”? Has it a torque-tube drive? Has it mechanical 4-wheel brakes? Has it a ten-plate, multiple-disc clutch? Has it a Fisher body? Has it adequate and effi cient nation-wide service facilities? Has it more than a million enthusiastic owners?
When anyone offers you more for your used car than it will sell for on the used car market, com- pare the new car offered you to Buick.
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90 M.P.H. SAFEP
ENGLISH EXPERT'S CLAIM.
Weybridge, Eng., August 30th.
It is safer to be thrown from an automobile travelling 90 miles an hour then from one going 45, says Dr. Eric Gardner, here, who "claims that "45 miles an hour is the most dangerous speed for, motorista.
Dr. Gardner claims to have kept a check on auto accidents and his figures show that there are fewer serious injuries result ing from a crash when a car is going 90 miles an hour than when it is going 45. His theory is that a body thrown from a car "doing 90" "skips" and rolls over the ground rather than hitting the! earth a direct blow,
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