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THIS YEAR'S PROGRAMME.
British Motor Boat
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With the approach of the motor The rather important fact that The 48-horsepower engine of boating season, preparations not both paraffin and oil rot rubber is the New Serios Pontiac Six pro- only for cruising but for that most apt to be overlooked. Instances vides considerably more horse- exhilarating of all sports, motor where this may occur are found power than the engine of the pre-boat racing, are being carried out in of accidentally dropped on feeding series without either the on a much more extensive basis in Ignition cables, when the rubber bore of the cylinder or the length England this year, than any provi- In time rots and may cause short of the piston stroke.
ous period. circuits and partial misfiring.
Besides the blue riband of the
A car should not be allowed to Higher compression-4.9 to 1-motor boating world, the Duke of stand so that its wheels are resta now type of combustion cham Yorke Trophy Race for 11⁄2 litre ing in small puddles of dirty oil bor and new carburetor with new craft taking place in Southampton on the garage floor. "
manifolding, are mainly respon-Waters, the 11th and 14th of sible for the added power, which August next-large numbers of of courso gives better accelera- British motor boat clubs have ar tion and performancë,
ranged attractive programmes.
CHEATS DEATH.
This in Frank Lockhart, youthful American auto ace, who miraculously sustained only minor injuries when his 16-cylinder Stutz racer swerv- ed off Ormond-Daytona Beach, Fla., during, the international speed trials and, at 225 milea an hour, overturned in the surf.
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For best performance of the day J. Parker B.S.A. 3.49 0.H:V. & Sidecar CRANMORE TROPHY
For best solo performance of the day J. Humphries B.S.A. 3.49,0.H.V.
BAYLISS TROPHY
For best performance by a side ́valve machine
H. G. Uzzell B. S. A. 9,86 hp. and sidecar 3 GOLD MEDALS Best sidecar performance of the day, Best solo performance of the day, Fastest times in Acceleration Test in 350 c.c. sidecar, 350.c.c. solo, and over 600 c.c. sidecar classes,
THIS WONDERFUL SUCCESS PROVES BEYOND ALL DOUBT THE RELIABI LITY OF B. S. A. MOTOR CYCLES.
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The higher compression ratio The Marino Motoring Associa is made possible by the addition tion, the national body governing of the new G-M-R cylinder, head, motor boat racing in England, wo one of the outstanding features of note have arranged to set up a per tho Oakland Cosmopolitan Six, manent International Racing Com- which ploncered this type of head. mitise to deal with all International While raising compression by de- Racing in the country, including of creasing the clearances above the course the Duke of Yorks Trophy piston head and forcing the mix-Races.
lure to be compressed into a The Committee which will con- smaller space just before Ignition, sist of two members of each club the G-M-R head simultaneously afliated to the Marina Motoring serves another imponlant func- Association, with two members of tion. By increasing the area of the Society of Motor Manufacturers the combustion chamber above the fand Traders, will work under the piston, It permits of more efficient council of the association, which in cooling of the mixture, which the turn is affiliated to the Interna Oakland and, General Motors Re-tional Motor Yachting Union that search engineers have discovered deals with all questions connected to be the secret of eliminating with international motor boat rac- apark knock.
ing.
The union recently held a confer- The "reverse curvature" of the enco in Brussels at which the head still further improves mix-Marine Motoring Association was ture cooling by splitting the un-represented, when new racing rules burned gas with a blant wedge together with rules for outboard as it is pushed forward by the racing were arranged. advancing force of the explosion.
We note that at the annual The two currents of mixture thus gendral meeting of the Marine follow the relatively cool outer Motoring Association on the 25th rim of the hend Instead of re- of January last, officers were elect- bounding into the hot centre of 'thed for the ensuing year, under the cylinder head to cause a "pink" presidency of Lord Montagu of for spark knock at the completion Beaulieu, Vice-Commodore of the of the explosion. The cylinder Royal Motor Yacht Club, and De head also is wider than conven-uty Vice-Presidency of Viscount tional heads, this change elimina-Curzon. ting "thump" or roughness.
The list of officers also include The entirely new gasoline feed the following vice presidents, who develops maximum power with a are well known in British motor high degree of economy. Sup-boating circles:-
planting the conventional vacuumý Commander F. P. Armstrong, Lank is a gasoline pump with 0.B.E., R.N.V.B., R.M.Y.C, Mr. filter attachment, driven directly Mawdsley Brooke, J.P., M.I. from the camshaft thus drawing Mech. E., S.M.M. T. Mr. H. Scott from the gas tank exactly the Paine, R.M.Y.C., Mr. F. May., Sug proper amount of fuel required at sex Motor Yacht Club, Major Pat any engine speed,
tinson, Windermere Motor Boat Added to this pump is
Club, Major Weber, Nore Yacht tirely new vertical carburetor Club, Mr. Tattersall, B. M. B, C. built especially for the Pontiac Six. It carries two distinctive
an en-
features, the Venturi Choke and HOPE TO CUT DOWN the Internal Economizer. The former develops velocity at the
carburetor nozzle, giving easy starting and reducing crank case
FATAL MISHAPS.
ditution. A new interconnexion Progress Noted During
Past Year.
San Francisco, Feb. 22.
between choke and throttle levers' automatically raises the speed of the motor when the engine is first started to an idling speed corresponding to a road speed Public safety on street and of about 15 miles per hour. highway is a major feature of the This connexion assures that the 1928 programme of activities of engine, even though cold, will organized motordom in all parts continue running. The Internal of the country, according to re- Economizer is a sleeve valve in-porta received by the California side the carburetor operated by State Automobile, Association the throttle valve. It gives a lean from the American Automobile Aa- mixture at average driving speeds sociation. High hopes of improv- and an increasingly rich mixture ed conditions of traffle safety are na the foot throttle is depressed. hold by chiefs of organized motor- Bosides the new pump and dem as a result of these activities carburolor, both intake and ex-on the part of every one of the haust manifolding have been com-1958 member clubs of the A. A. A. pletely redesigned. The three- The last year marked a real port intake passages are one-eighth advance in the safety-mindedness inch larger. The exhaust follows of the walking and driving public the design of the Oakland Cosmo- as a whole, despite the mounting politan Six manifold which carries casualty list," declared Mr. Percy the heat from all six cylinders. Towne, chairman of the publia around the intake riser for cold safety committee of the States As- weather driving. The amount of sociation. "But the problem of this heat carried to the intake trafic safety continues to be ono risc is controlled by an adjustable of the most crucial confronting valve.
the Nathan and organized motor- dom is devoting its full strength to a nation-wide mobilization of safety factors that should set'a STUDEBAKERS FOR EUROPE. bright record of improved condi
tions this year."
California holds a position of
South Bend, Ind. Febr. 3 leadership in the traffic safety ac- (Special)The increased demand tlvities and many of the activities for Studebaker automobiles in inaugurated here are now being Europe was most forcibly indleat-put into effect in other parts of ed here this morning, when, at 9.09 the country. Some of the major a.m., a transatlantic telephone or public safety activities of the der for 50 Studebaker and Erskine State" association, which give an cars was received from The Hague, idea of the general trend of such Holland, by 1, S. Well, Manager work throughout the county, are of Export Sales of The Studebaker
as follows: Corporation of America, The telophone order was placed by L.
the
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Protection of school children in W. Manson, Studebaker Erskine traffic through public school trame distributor at The Hague. During reserve organizations. the conversation between
༔: Education of children to tho Hague and South Bend--a distance hazard of traffic through poster of approximately 4700 miles--Mr. loagons and safely talks in the Manson explained that the urgency class-rooms.
of the telephone call was neces-
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stated by the unprecedented Sponsorship of a uniform muni demand for Studebaker's Newcipal traffic code to replace diver- Prekdent Eight and The New Erg-gent regulation provocative of kine Six.
confusion and accidents,
Supporting sane, law, enforce- ment and strict penalties for the reckless and Intoxicated driver. Experiments with reflecting
Conducting educational cam.
Cars equipped with 4-wheel mirrors are being made at soveral underpasses on automobile high-paigns in safety for both motor-
fats and pedestrians.
brakes in Canada are so designated ways near Harrisburg, U.S.A. It
Constant improvement of warn- by a small triangular plate Tasten is claimed that the large mirrors,ing signs on street and highway. od to the right rear fender. The Support of highway reconstruc will enable motorists to see aution programmes calling for elimi. purpose of the law is to minimize their cars in such a way as to obs tomobiles approaching from the
collisions due to inadequate brak dangerous opposite direction, and will, there nation of fore, provide additional safety at grade, marrow roadways and ing equipment on many Canadian
card, the points where they are placed, grade crossings...
mado of highly burnished Brass,
curves,
IMPORTS FEW CANS.
In 1926, Austria imported from The Automobile Association has the United Kingdom only 10 auto- received information of cases where mobiles. The total Importation motorists have bumparn". fitted to for that year was 918 cars,
the Registration Number having bumpers affixed, to make Piste. motorists take all precautions, when distinguishable.”
a way as to leave the number easily The A. A. therefore suggests that sure that they are attached in auch