THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. MOTORING SUPPLEMENT. SATURDAY, MARCH 3, 1928.
GENERAL MOTORS (G.M.S.) TRUCKS
Type T-40 Trucks are powered with the famous Buick ( Master Six valve-in-head motor-six 3%" by 4%" Cylinders-274 cubic inches pistón "displacement—R.A.C, Rating 20.40 H.F.-develops 01 H.P. at 2,000 R.P.M.---- 77 HP. at 2,800 K.P.M.~20′′ wheels-front tyres 32 x 6 Pneumatic-rear tyres 84 x 7 Pneumatie (Standard)- rear 32 x 6 Dual Pneumatic optional at extra cost four-wheel brakes-605 square inches braking area. These Model T-40 Trucks have a maximum payload capacity of 5,500 pounds and are available in the following chassis models:
T-10-T Tractor 123" wheelbase "T-40-A chassis 130" wheelbase T-40-D chassis £50" wheelbase
T-40-C chassis 102" wheelbase
G$2,325 G$2,265 G$2,285 G$2,300 T-40-D chansia 175′′ wheelbase...... G$2,390 T-40-E chassis 188" wheelbase,
G$2,440
The above prices are for delivery in Hongkong or', Kowloon. All prfees and specifications subject to change General Motors Trucks are supreme in without notice. flexibility and Tn enduranice. Equally remarkable are the low prices which are only possible because of the tremendous volume of General Motors Production, General Motors (G.M.C.) chassis are available in payload capacities ranging from 1,000 to 20,000 pounds-"A Truck' for Every Purse and Purpose."
The Dragon Motor Car Co., Ltd.
Telephono Contrai 1246 or 1247.
33, Wong Nei Chung Road.
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HAPPY VALLEY.
SHELL
FREE AIR-
MAMA
MOTOR OILS
FREE WATER
CENTRAL FILLING STATION OUTSIDE CITY HALL, HONGKONG.
The Asiatic Petroleum Co., (South China) Ltd, Hongkong.
HINTS
FOR THE
MOTORIST
ALBERT L. CLOUGH
THE ALL-STEEL BODY:
teristic of the all stoel body is
part.
A Logical Development.
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DOPE.
Beware of Fakes.
Motorists would be well advised to look askance at elaborate claims which have been made for "dope | electrolytes." They might also, with boneft, avoid anothor elass Of freak proparation-petrol dopes." There are a variety of these "sure- - fire" and "money-saver" mixtures on the market, but, without In- vestigating their chemical content, they are better taken with a grain of salt than with a gallon of petrol. Just as "dope électrolytes" de
PACKARD SINGLE SIX MOTOR CARRIAGES
29.40 HP. RA.C. Rating-block test actually develops. more than 80 H.P-288.60 cubic inches platon displace
ment.
Sedan
Modd 526-Single Six-126-inch wheelbase.
Runabout
...2-sonter
*G$2,695
'Phaeton'
...5-acater
G$2,695
...D-senter
G$2,605
Coupe
..2-senter
G$2,870
Convertible Cou..2-seater
G$2,945
Model 533-Single Six-133-inch wheelbase,
Runabout
...2-seater.
G$2,815
Panoton
..5-senter
G$2,815
...T-senter
„G$2,915-
Coupe
i..4-seater
G$3,220
Club Sedan Sedan
..5-seater
G$3,220
7-scater
G89,235
Sedan, Limousino ...7-seater
G$9,995
PACKARD CUSTOM EIGHT MOTOR CARRIAGES
Touring
39.20 II.P. R.A.Ç. Rating-block test actually develops more than 105 HIL.P.-984.80° cubic inches piston displace-
ment.
Model 445-Straight Eight—143-inch wheelbase. Runabout
Phaeton
...2-scoter
.6-neater.
G$4,365
G$4,865
Touring
..7-scater
G$4,465
Coupe Convertible Coupe..2-seater Coupe
.:..4-seater
.2-seater
G$4,770
G$4,870
G$5,075
Club, Sedan......5-seater Sedan Sedan Limousino...7-seater
G$5,075
.7-seater
G$5,075
G$5,176
Although sheet steel hins for exhaust noise be reduced long been generally used for doors installing a muffler from a larger Juged in America, so did petrol. and panels and otherwido as the car?
savers follow in rent volume.' external material, of open and
The value of these tablets and Answer-Exhaust noise from powdora must be obvious. Had the closed bodies, the use of wood has four-cylinder cara is almost neces- preparations possessed any merit, heretofore been adhered to for the garlly somewhat more noticeable the oll companies would be only sills, posts and the framin in than that from cars with six or too keen to obtain patents for their general, so that the silent charae eight cylinders but you can prob refinery aims to obtain a reputa- exclusive use. Evory large oil that its structural elements are ably quiet your engine's exhaustion for producing a spirit which of aleel as well as its exterior somewhat by installing a different will show economy in running in muffler. Practically all mußer cold figures. What motorist would manufacturers furnish mufflors refuse a petrol from which he was and attachment' fittings which are certain of extracting two or three Displacement of wood by steel adapted to this make of car, and more miles per gallon! in auch constructions as bridges, If you specify that you are parti- Many of these pellets and tablets bulldings and rail-car bodies, cular as to securing ellence, we are the subject of such lavish where strength, lightness and re-belleve that almost any one of claims that no thinking motorist would be tempted to give them a portance, has been so rapid in the them would furnish you something trial. In the case of one prepara-
satisfactory. past, that it is only natural that
And tion costing about 5/- for a box of this movement should eventually overal makes of mufflers re- 12 pellets, it is recommended that extend to motor bodies presented by dealers in your city, one pellet should be added to every especially of the closed type, and who will be glad to take up this four gallons of petrol. It is claim- therefore the recent introduction matter with you. We are, how-led that the addition of this tablet, of bodies, constructed of steel ever, sending vou the addresses of costing about 6d, will make four, exclusively, seema perfectly several
muller makers, under gallons give the mileage of six. logical.
separate cover,
The claim is too absurd to interest anybody who cares to calculate the Improving Fan Action. huge saying which is promised for Chief among the arguments for
use of a few grains of carbon, QuestionThe radiator fan on naphthalene, and other cheap con- steci, framing for bodies, is that my
car has four blndea. stitucnt. because of the much greater | Would its cooling effect be in-preparations are made for a few In some cases theso strength of the steel sections used creased if two more blades were pence, and sold for as many for this purpose, all structural added to it by welding? Would shillings. members can be made of very such a change cause any trouble? amall scolious as compared with
It is sometimes claimed that the those of adequate wooden mem- Answer-We do not think that continued use of these dopes per- ers and still be far stronger and the additional blades would give mits a reduction in the size of the no heavier and, furthermore, that you any more cooling effect and carburetter jet Alternatively the as the joints between steel frame the attachment of the blades, by motorist is advised to fit a smaller menibers are made by riveting welding and without rivelin jet before using the preparation. and welding and may be readily would not be very safe. The run-Ho-naturally obtains an increased. reinforced, they are very much ning balance of a fan with 'un-mileage. This ho may, attribute: stronger than the tenoned, glued symmetrically disposed blades largely to the dope, forgetting that
One of these tablet preparations, and screwed joints of wood struc- could hardly prove satisfactory. he has sacrificed considerable which has been extensively sold in tural parts and maintain their You can probably add to the cool-power and acceleration, The England, has been analysed. The rigidity better, as metal is not ing action of this fan by bondin-smaller jet suggestion is just a composition of the tablet was: subject to shrinking and cracking the blades so that they make a little deception which may result Fine carbon, 3.84 per cent,; heavy shipped into Brazil the first six slightly greater angle with the in an undeserved tribute to the mineral oil, $6.62 per cant; months of 1927, 17,987 were from Stronger And Safer Bodles.
air to be moved, but they will all dope.
the United States.
"Steel Inherently Stronger.
With the closed body in prepon-have to be bent by an equal derating use, its resistance to the amount, or vibration will be likely effects of collisions and overturns to occur. However, if care is has become one of the important taken the running balance should safety considerations and It is not be affected. We suppose that claimed that a properly consiruet-the belt is properly tight and that ed all steel body is not only far, the radiator core is clean exter- more likely to survive such acci-[nally, as well as internally. dents undamaged, but that in case damage is sustained, it is much leas likely to enuse injury to pas- sengers because of the ability of steel to bend rather than to fail completely.
Less Obstruction of Vision.
The fact that metal supporting members are of small cross section as compared with wooden ones of equal strength is of importance in that much narrower roof supporti can be used in the all-steel closed body, thus not only reducing the "blind spots" which hamper, the operator in driving anfely, but to some extent enlarging the outlook of the 'passengers. Slightly more passenger space also results from the smaller bulk of the structural members.
Less Likelihood of Loosening Up. Because of the fact that the welded, rivoted and flanged jointa between metal body members can be 'made more permanently secure than the jointings of wood framing, it la claimed that relative movement between parts of the body is absent and that the squeaking, and creaking noises, which these slight motions cause, are done away with.
Wants a Quieter Muffler.
Question. My 1924 - car. like, all other cars of this make, "chuge" too loudly. Could this
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The Dragon Motor Car Co., Ltd.
Telephone Central 1246 or 1247.
33, WONG NEI CHUNG ROAD, HAPPY VALLEY.
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