THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,
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RODUCT OF GENERAL MOTOR
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111-Inch Wheelbase-19.84 H.P. (R.A.C. Rating)— 185 cubic inches piston displacement-1929 models.
Dickey-seat Roadster
4-seater
Touring Car
.G-genter
Sedan (2-door)
Sedan (4-door).
B-seater 5-seater
G.$1,200 ,,1,200 1,250 1,350
All prices subject to change without notice.
Keen appreciation has greeted Oldsmobile's smart new. heauty. Naturally such madish lines and striking colours would win the lion's share of admiration from those who know it only by sight. But every day Oldsmobile perform- ance seizes the attention of those who never knew it before- because you can't know it till you drive the car. thrilling, smoother performance is the crowning feature of Oldsmobile the overllowing measure of value now yours at prices lower than ever before.
This
THE DRAGON MOTOR CAR CO. LTD.
Telephone Central 1216 or 1247.
33 WONG NEI CHUNG ROAD,
HAPPY VALLEY. ..
The Machine That Counts
Jor B. S. A. Success
In recent Engilsh
INTERNATIONAL SIX DAYS' TRIAL
BISTA
MODEL L. 349 h.p. O. II. V.
A few noteworthy features:-
Comfortable Saddle Position
Double Roll Roller Big End Bearing Both Internal Expanding Brakes
Mechanical Lubrication
B. S. A. 3-Speed Gear Box
Efficient Silencer"
Lucas Electric Lighting Set... Inspection Welcome
THE SINCERE CO., LTD.
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CHRYSLER **52"
4-Door Sedao JUST ARRIVED G$ 1,200.
including spare tyres and bumpers
52 MILES PER HOUR. 29 Miles per gallon.
6 to 25 Miles in 8 Seconds.
Exceptional
Roominess and Riding Comfort. Agents:
WONG SIU WOON
21, Poltingir Street. Tel. C.1474-
· SERVICE STATION,
65, Des Voeux Road, Central.
FOR THE
MOTORING SUPPLEMENT.
MOTORIST
ALBERT
CLOUGH
TESTING VS. GUESSWORK.
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 17. 1927.
TOO MANY TYRE SIZES.
SAVES FUEL.
According to a recent bulletin, There are 71 tyre sizes now in use by automobiles, trucks, and buses throughout the United States. Thirty-four of these sizes are in balloon tyres and the remaining 37 are high pressure tyres,
460-ACRE TEST FIELD.
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A crude oil engine invented by C. E. Grayson, an Australian engi neer, is said to operate at a fric- tion of the fuel consumption of an ordinary englar. It operates on the plan of 'n "conatant pros- suré combustion cycle.".
VEHICLE TAX FALLS.
If a knock develops in your en-1 to the Biter and the return to the gine or if its power has fallen off crankcase and have you connected the line to the oil-gauge at the right
Automobiles and motorcycles or if you have ignition or battery point. Also, are you certain that
100-acre proving groun 1,
a two and one-half of the United States yielded the charging trouble, or there is any-the fitting, in which is located the containing thing else wrong in the electrical hole which measures the flow of oil mile concrete speedway, has just government $66,437,881 in 3 per to be filtered, is the proper one been completed by the Packard cent. tax for the year 1927, CO A- system and you do not know just for your car? It makes consider-Motor Car Company near Utic, pared with, the $138,165,194.80 what is amiss but have to seek able reduction in the oil-gauge Mich., at outside assistance, by all means indication if its connexion is taken $500,000.
at a point where friction in the
of
ire to some shop where they have tabing has reduced the pressure a full equipment testing markedly below that produced by apparatus, mechanical and electri-the pump. The service manual off
this make of filter gives fall direc-
cost of λ
more than return on, the 5 per cent, tax for
1926.
Ical and where they know how to tions for installation on your TO EXPLOIT HIGHWAY.Į CROSS ROADS SIGNAL.
use these instruments intelligently. particular make of ear and these Do not depend upon the unassist-must be followed exactly or you! will not obtain the best results, ed judgment and instinct of any | Be sure that you have the right service man, for the day of local-restriction. fitting. A slight re- ing trouble without instrumental duction in oil-gauge indication may be caused by the attachment of assistance t past. Mechanical the fifter, but this need be no derangements such as loose main-Loccasion for alarm. [bearings, slapping pistons, loose
connecting-rod bearings and leak-i ing pistons are now almost posi- tively recognized by such mechani- cal alda AN short-circuiting switches, engine testera of the air- pump type and the sonoscope. After a thorough test by means of these devices, the nature of the defect and its exact location is definitely known and the danger of doing expensive work on some part which, in reality, needs no attention, is almost certainly avoided. It is the same with elee- trical apparatus such as ignition- coils, generators, cut-outs and starting motors. The "real" elec- trical service stations have special apparatus. by means of which coils. generators and motors can very quickly be given standard
service tests, which reproduce conditions, and result in accurate information which could not be obtained otherwise, if at all, with- out the waste of expensive labour. The locating of motor car troubles has become almost an science, through the use of special!
ad testing instruments
new
forms of such devices are from time to time being intradaced.; The up-to-date shop adopts these: aids and its service is thus speed-' cd-up and made more reliable and leas erstly to customers, while increasing profits at the same time.
Low Charging Current. Question:-I have to run my car at nearly 45 m.p.8. to make the ammeter indicate aine amperes and ut specils much less than 30 m.p.h. there seems to be
The charging current at all.. brushes are new and the wiring seems O.K. What is wrong?
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Answer: If your battery keepя charged enough for starting par poses (and you do not say that it does not), it seems likely that your ammeter does not indicate properly. You better have the Icharging curreat tested by another ammeter and settle this point first. If the ammeter proves to be all right, it is probable either that there is something wrong in the generator itself or that there' the poor connexions in charging cireuit. If the battery cable connexions are loose or cor-} roded or the water is low in the? battery, the full charging current of 12-15 amperes will not flow, but when, this latter difficulty exists, the lights will turn overbright| when the engine is running. I Failure of the generator cut-out: to work might explain why no charging current passes except at high speeds, but it would not account for the charging current being so low, when once it was! established. We are somewhat suspicious" that your ammeter is out of urder and is deceiving you. Oil-Filter Installation." Question: have had trouble with the oil-filter, which 11 have bought for my Although it is apparently connect- ed up all right, the oil-gauge shows very little pressure compared with! what it used to show without the filter and its pointer is not steady. What do you think is wrong?
car.
Answer:Are you sure that you have used the correct sizes of copper tubing for the pressure line
NO STREET PARKING.
According to R. B. Stoeckel, motor vehicle commissioner at Hartford, Conn., the time fa com-k ing when there will be no parking In streets. Merchants, Stoeckel says, would find it to their advantage if space in front of their stores would be free for prospective customers, instead of being blocked by parked cars,
A new cross road safety device, The California Stale Automo- bile Association is launching a consisting of an automatic warn- nation-wide 'campaign to acquainting signal set in motion by a bar tourists with the advantages, and let into the road over which ve- merits of the trans-continental hicles must pass, is being tried out
in Devonshire. Victory highway.
GETAWA
and the
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of flying Birds
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for 1928
BUICK
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THE DRAGON MOTOR CAR CO. LTD.
Telephone Central 1246 or 1247.
33 WONG NEI CHUNG ROAD
HAPPY VALLEY..
For the 24th year Buick bas again fulfilled ibis promist: WHEN BETTER AUTOMOBILES ARE BUILT...BUICK WILL BUILD THEM
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