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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,
The Triumph of
The FIAT.
in the Italian Thousand Miles Race, and the race for
the Lake of Garda Trophy..
Ist, 2nd and 3rd
Places
won by FIAT 509
The "509" and other recent FIAT models can be seen at the new FIAT Showroom, 67, Des Vœux Road.
"Sole Agents for Hongkong: Canton and Macao SOC. ITALIANA. IMP. ESP, ESTREMO ORIENTE, LTD. Managers–A. GOEKE & COMPANY. China Building 3rd Floor,
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Telephone C. 2221.
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MORE FAVORABLE BUSINESS CONDITIONS
GENERAL INDICATED BY BUICK PRODUCTION.
A
substantial increase in sales, for the first twenty days of February over the same period last year is stated by Mr. E. T. Strong, President of the Büice Motor Company to be an indication that his company and the industry in general are on the threshold of one of the greatest-selling seasons the automobile business ever enjoyed. Such increases constitute an excellent barometer. of favorable business conditions. throughout the greater part of the world !
"Buick deliveries showed an increase daring the first twenty- days of February" of fearly a thousand cars over a similar.. period in 1926," Mr. Strong said. We have found that au- tomobile sales are an accurate index of general business conditions."
"The value in using these sales figures as an index lies in the fact there has been nothing done to stimulate sales or create a. demand which might be contrary to general conditions. The models now on the market are the ones introduced last August with the exception of two additional body, styles which were added to the line later. Thus the upward trend in sales can be attributed to more favorable business conditions."
THE HONGKONG & KOWLOON TAXI CAB CO., LTD..
Sole Distributors for Hongkong and South China.
THE DRAGON MOTOR CAR COMPANY, LIMITED.
Authorised Sales and Service Station...
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Happy Valley
MOTORING SUPPLEMENT.
TWENTY TIPS.
From Experience School.
THINGS TO REMEMBER.
If you value your wrist watch, don't wear it when working near' the magneto.
When blowing away dust or filings from a corner or other space, close your eyes.
When using a cold chisel or punch, grip it firmly. If it slips it may travel several yards, and do serious 'damage.
When using a small screwdriver, don't hold the object into which the screw is being tightened in the palm of the hand.
If your skin is naturally dry or tender, don't wash your hands with petrol or benzole. Ordinary lard is an excellent hand cleanser.
Don't increase the leverage of your spanners by putting a piece The of gaspipe on the end. spanner is always the correct length for the size of nut.
When working on your back under a car, wear goggles and
plug the ears with cotton wool. A
silk handkerchief inside the collar is an added comfort,
Don't touch your face, and especially your eyes, whilst handling an accumulator.
Don't grip screw threads or delicate parts in hardened vice jjaws Use sheet lead soft
copper on both sides.
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Don': bear the unsupported weight of the whole body on a spanner. If it slips you may have
nasty fall.
Keep your hammer face free from paint, glue, or similar foreign matter. The smoother and cleaner it is, the less inclined it will be to slip when hitting a punch or chisel,
SATURDAY, JUNE 18, 1927.
THE STEERING SYSTEM.
Frequent Inspection Urged.
[By Israel Klein for the Hongkong Telegraph.]
One of the most ticklish problems Major H. 0. D. Segrave had to meet, when he drove his thousand horsepower Sunbeam special at. 208 miles an hour over the Daytona' beach, was that of steering,
In New York, after his demon- strution, he was driven about in a Uttla Marmon sedan, which seem- ed to respond almost instantly to the slightest turn of the wheel.
"It brought to my mind vividly the difference in control at sane speeds and the speed at which I had to travel to make a new world's With the record," he remarked. throttle wide open, the great Sun- beam was eating up space at 300 feet a second, and a turn of the steering wheel meant nothing.
"This is in great contrast to the instant response of the Marmon as we drove around the city at ordin- ary specde.
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"Covering a mile in 17 seconds, as the Sunbeam did; means that the driver must begin to work un his steering wheel at least half a mile before he really wishes a change effected in his car's direc- tion."
The case is cited not to point! out the efficiency of the new Mar- mon's steering system, as it is to emphasize the importance of d steering system on all cars..
On the steering gear depends the safety of the passengers in the car, for failure to respond immediately to a turn of the wheel might carry
When taking down an engice the car and its occupants to des- fitted with a self-starter, discon-truction. nect the accumulator leads. Fail- ing
this precaution, serious. lamage will be done to the engine, and possibly the workers, if some one treads on the starter switch.
If you find that, after working on your car, dirt which cannot be removed has accumulated andas the finger nails, on the next occa- sion fill them up before you start by scraping them along a piece of soft toilet soap. The feeling is an uncomfortable one, but the results are highly satisfactory.
Don't pour waste petrol down the drain It is dangerous.
When riveting use. R light hammer and give.repeated blows. Don't attempt to finish the job with one fell blow.
If the face of the cylinder head is smeared with soap, the joint can be broken without damage to the gasket.
If you place a hot iron on one side to cool, chalk a circle round it as a warning in case someone else picks it up.
The centre carbon from un old peeket flash lamp battery will act as an emergency magneto brush when trimmed to shape with a file.
An emptied petrol can contain- ing air and a few drops of petrol forms a potential bamb. A violent) explosion may take place if a naked fame is brought near the outlet.
Therefore it is essential that the steering gear be kept tight by frequent inspection and mainten ance. It should be solidly anchor- ed to the main frame, the point at which much of the steering strain and shock centres when the front wheels hit obstructions in the road.
There should be the smallest pos- sible play, without causing binding With all play in any position. taken cut when the wheels are dir- ected straight ahead, the steer- ing should be perfectly free to the extreme right and left.
What hurts the steering system, even more than striking ruts and other obstructions in the road, is trying to twist the wheels while the car is standing still, That puta the entire opposition of the car's inertia against the comparatively frail steering gears. It is especial- ly harmful with balloon tyres on the wheels..
"It requires quick manipulation, especially in parking within a small 'space, to turn the wheels buck and forth while the car is moving, but that i the only way to do so with- out harming the steering system.
When taking out the screw hold- ling the end of the spring on aj.
magneto contast breaker, keep your thumb on the spring. If you don't, you will be lucky if you succeed in finding the screw.
IF
TELLING TALES.
Performance Recorded.
AID TO MAINTENANCE
OF CARS.. ̈
Every day sees the advent of some accessory designed to make motoring more pleasant for the driver. The number of acces Bories obtainable is legion, and all of them perform some valuable service.
A new accessory that is interest- ing is an instrument that automa- tically records the performance of the car. It shows the pulling power of the car, the pull exerted being expressed either by the grade that the car can elimb steadily or by the actual pull in pounds which is being exerted,
In this instrument the Indiea- tions of the pull exerted by the car
It can be done, however, by easy stages and deliberate motions.
NOT FOR CARS.
Los Angeles prides itself in the completion of this fine stretch of concrete pavement. But what's the use? It's too. steep for most cars to climb or descend it safely. In fact, signs at top and bottom warn motorists not to attempt It.
are correct under all conditions. AUTOS AFTER BORER.
When the car is in good order and travelling at any speed the pull reading of that speed will show what the performance of the car is.
The U.S. Department of Agricul-!
1 at some future date the reading ture will spend nearly $1,500,000 secured at that speed is lower it for automotive equipment in its indicates that the performance of $10,000,000 fight against the corn the car is lower, and it is timeborer this year. This includes an for the driver to have a look over outlay for runabout autos, trucks the car to see what is the cause of and tractors and the gasoline and
oll needed to run them. the lowered performance.
THE "AUSTIN SEVEN"
Only takes a day's wages to run it for a month. Not a month's wages to run it for a day!
The only car which you can run and save money at the same time.
REMEMBER, A FEW $s WILL DELIVER TO YOUR DOOR ONE OF THESE MODELS. Balance payable to suit you. Stocks carried."
ALEX. ROSS & Co. (China), Ltd.
New Offices, May 1.--Prince's Building.
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2 fleor,-Ice House St. Entrance.
ESSEX SUPER SIX MOTOR CARS
17.32 H.P.-110-inch wheelbase-144.67 cubic inches piston displacement.
Roadster
Canch
Touring
Coupe
Special Coupe
Sedan
2-seater
G$ 980
5-Boater
G$1,150
2-seater
G$1,150
D-seater
G$1,150
2-seater
G$1,180
5-senter
G$1,250
DODGE BROTHERS MOTOR CARS
24.03 H.P.--110-inch wheelbase 212.27 cubic inches piston displacement.
Sport Touring
Roadster...
Z-seater.
G$1,100
Special Roadster
2-seater
G$1,150
Rumble Seat Sport Roadster
4-seater
G$1,250
Touring
5-senter
G$1,125
Special Touring
5-seater
G$1,175
5-seater
G$1,210
7-seater
G$1,320
7-seater
G$1,870
2-seater
G$1,275
2-gcater
G$1,326
6-seater
G$1,325
G-seater
G$1,375
5-seater
$1,500
Touring Special Touring
Coupe
Special Coupe Sedan
Special Sedan De Luxe Sedan
HUDSON SUPER SIX MOTOR
CARS
29.40 H.P-127-inch wheelbase-288.00 cubic inches piston displacement.
Touring Coach
7-seater
G$1,600
5-seater
G$1,775
Sedan...
B-seater
G$1,880
Rumble Seat, Sport Roadster
4-seater
G$1,890
Brougham (Custom Built)
.6-seator
G$2,080
Sedan (Custom Built) Sedar (Custom Built)
5-seater
G$2,270
.7-senter
G$2,875
PACKARD SINGLE SIX MOTOR CARRIAGES
29.49 H.P. R.A.C. Rating-block test actually develops
more than 80 H. P-288.60 cubic
inches piston displacement.
MODEL 426-SINGLE-SIX-126-INCH WHEELBASE.
Phacton
b-seater
G$2,065"
Rumble Seat Roadster
4-acater
G$2,765
Sedan
5-geater
G$2,765
MODEL 433-SINGLE-SIX-123-INCH WHEELBASE.
Touring
7-seater..... G$3,215
Coupe
4-seater
G$3,215
Club Sedan
5-Beater
G$3,255
Sedan
*7-seater
G$3,835
Sedan Limousine
7-seater
G$3,435
PACKARD STRAIGHT-EIGHT
MOTOR CARRIAGES
89.20. H.P. R.A.C. Rating-block test actually develops..
more than 105 II.F384.80 cubic
Inches piston displacement.
MODEL 336-STRAIGHT-EIGHT--130-INCH
WHEELBASE.
Phaeton
Rumble seat Roadster Sedan
5-seater
G$4,185 4-seater... G$4,290 „6-genter
G$5,300
MODEL 343-STRAIGHT-EIGHT-143-INCH
Club Sedan
Touring Coupe
Sedan
Sedan Limousine
WHEELBASE.
7-Beater
G$4,480
4-seater
G$5,370
5-senter
G$5,510
t-seater
G$5,026
7-seater
....G$5,725
The above prices are for delivery in Hongkong or Kowloon. All prices and specifications subject to change. without notice.
THE DRAGON MOTOR CAR
Co., Ltd.
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Telephone Contral 1240 or 1247.
83, WONG NEI CHUNG ROAD,.
HAPPY VALLEY.