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`MOTOR NOTES FROM GREAT BRITAIN.
(Special Report to the Hongkong Telegraph.] [By R.A.C.)
secured the second prise in the Concours d'Elegance and the 20h.p. car, which was fitted with a "Rally" Weymann body, was awarded a special prize for the excellence of Its bodywork
Another Britiab car which put up an excellent performance was the 14/45 h.p. Talbot, driven by Miss Kitty Brunell, the youngest adhered to, and competitors have took third place in the 2-litre class competitor in the Rally. This car When last year several English te report at certain control stain the hill climb, a remarkable seaside resorts, notably Bourne- tions so that their times can be achievement for an engine of only mouth and Southport, arranged checked. The awards are made on 1,600 c.c. and won the Originality Motor. Rallies and Concurs the basis of the distance covered, prize. The body wan d'Elegance, it became obvious from the size of the car, the number of weymann Sunshine Coupe which a special their immediate success that they passengers etc. Following the ar- would become as popular in Eng rival at Monte Carlo a rollablity, attracted a great deal of attention land as on the Continent where trial, hill climb and parade for
on the Riviera.. they have been regular features judging the condition and comfort for some years past,
of the cars aro held, "e
The Rally Habit
By far the best known la the annual Monte Carlo Rally which is now recognised as one of the most important gatherings of motorists in Europe. Competitors start from various points, as far apart as Athens, Riga and John O'Groats and, while it is in no sense a race, a set schedule of time for the distance covered has to be
SATURDAY, MARCH -80. 1999.
ous scenery. Thus, the sliding the end the lighting set was used. rod is steadily gaining ground Then again an Alvis super sports and some manufacturers are car put up a new record af: 960 standardiaing this fitting.
The Standard people have a particularly Ingenius type known as the Stanlits sliding-roof, which a standardised on their 9 h.p, and 16 h.p, saloons. The driver can If he wishes, slide the roof open motion and lock It In any desired with one hand while the car is in position. In effect this equipment gives the benefits of two cars in one.
milos 1,023 yds and again Less
MODERN TRAVEL,
equipment functioned portem New British Airliners. lighting two head lampe with 36 watt bulbs for 8 hours though In this case also there was no aa- eistance from a dynamo.
INCREASED. RADIUS.
The three new Armstrong Sid Ousting the Trams,
deley Argony Airliners now being port" show the ingrossing tendency ways, Limited, will be equipped Recent issues of "Motor Trane built in Coventry for Imperial Air- among enterprising towns to atop with an interesting type of servo spending money on their tramway lateral control which, when com systema and Instead, at the end of bined with the anti-stalling auto ** Reliability of Modern Cara,
their economic life, to operate matic elota, will make tho ma- The reliability of the modern trolley car is now a by-word but it le be- Wolverhampton were among the The new liners will be lifted with buses. Hastings and chinos still safer and easier to fly. coming increasingly realised that pioneers of this movement and more powerful Jaguar engines of Two Cars in One.
oven these products of engineering other towns are now examining the geared type, and as the pro- Undoubtedly the vagaries of the sill cannot but suffer severely the type. Actually, some 18 under pellore turn slower in consequence conditions made the event particu-ponsible for the fact that open early days of their existence mentary powers to operate trolley the cabin their noise will be lesa This year the appalling weather English climate one largely res- from gross mishandling in the takings are applying for Parla and are situated farther away from larly strenuous and out of 98 com touring cars now form a very email Therefore, manufacturers petitors, only 24 reached the proportion of manufacturers' out-adopting methods by which they
aro buses at the present time noticeable. An Improved arrange goal within the schedule time. Of puts. At the same time, there are cannot be over driven during the tramcar the trolley bus possesses decrease the noise, while the com Of course, compared with the mant of exhaust piping will also these two were Sunbeams, driven many owners who, while appreciat first 500 miles and the Singer Co. much greater mobility and is very fort of passengers has been fur from John O'Groats over ice- ing the comfort of a closed car have Introduced a very effective quiet. Its rapid acceleration on-ther studied by the perfection of bound roads and through many would gladly dispense with its arrangement This consists of a ables it to give the quickest pos miles of dense fog, a total distanco roof when the weather is kind and sealed setscrew which controle the sible service where traffle is heavy and a very attractive interior co- of 1,580 milos, The 25 hp. model when passing through mountain opening of the throttle-barrel and and stops are consequently relour scheme designed by a well- new type of ventilating system It is a condition of the firm's quent. One of the leading makers, known artist. guarantee that this set ecrow shall Ransomes, Sims & Jefferies Ltd. only be removed by a Singer dealer have supplied a number of buses after the car has done 500 miles for Overseas including George Such an arrangement is undoubted-town, Fenang ly in the best interests of the Medellin, Colombia; and Posen Bloemfontein
Anjong home towns, using Ran- somes trolley busca ara Ipswich, Lottingham, Darlington and Maid stone.
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Big mileage figures at very low coat are continually quoted by motorists from their personal ex- perlonce. A commercial travel- ler, for instance, who latoly mur
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H.R.H. The Duke of York and saloon, ran 14,500 miles in the other visitors to the British In- first 9 months, carrying an average dustries Fair at Birmingham this lond of 4-5 owt of samples in addi- year were appreciative of the tion to a passenger. Over this vehicles provided by the organisers distance the petrol consumption to enable them to get from one averaged 21 m.p.g. and oil no less part another. The type employ than 2,800 m.p.g. This car, In-ed had to be easy to load and un- cidentally, has a maxium speed on load and, accordingly, the Lister tep of 63 m.pg. and 43 mpg on auto-truck was selected and a fleet third.
was kept busy. The accommoda-] tion was for 12 passengers,
When purchasing a new A.C. Acedes 0-cyclinder model recently, the owner stated that his 4-cylinder¦ model did over 65,000 miles in the 5 years that he had it and did not cost him £5 for spares. During that time it never had a real overhaul and the only compulsory atop on the road was due to a punctured float.
Auto-trucks are the invention of RA, Lister & Co. and have made a name for themselves in use in factories, railway stations, docka and such like. Being petrol driyan there is no loss of time incurred
in design the cruising speed has Owing to various improvements been increased from 90 to nearly has also been increased from 350 100 m.pu. The radius of action to 600 miles owing to the large supply of petrol carried,
however, is the Latil type NPSLL in which the height of the frame when loaded is actually under 2ft from the ground. This fe achieved by employing dront wheel drive and dropping the frame be- hind the driver's sant. Thus, a' much lower loading line is secured than would be possible with driven rear wheels. “The differential gear is carried in the forward part of the gearbox and can be locked if desired from the driving seat. The drive ta taken through unl vorsally-joined driving shafta` to external toothed final reduction gears' which 'wo mounted in oil- tight casings on the front axles.
The name of Scammell is Lamous for recharging. The in connexion with the transport power unit in a 41⁄2 h.p. fan-cooled of huge loads; the 0 and 3- JAP, engine and the truck, in its wheelers of this type are in uso to- Colonel Ian Forbes' 14/20 h.p. simplest form, has a carrying day in many parts of the world. I Wolseley of 1008 has, by now, be- capacity of one ton and a drawing is, therefore, interesting to learn come quite famous for, apart capacity of 3 tons. It costs less that the same Arm is building a from this old car's fine running, than 1d. a ton-mile to run 14-wheeler capable of carrying the there are few private motorista Every now and then road trans-{ edormbùn load of 100 tons. This who keep such careful records of port vehicles are called upon to is, of course, only intended for. overy item of running costs over carry extraordinary loads. Not very special purposes such as the a period.
long ago, for instance, the skeleton | carriage of" particularly heavy The figures are certainly in of a 33 ft. Ichthyosaurus, a fear- machinery, by road. At present teresting. Over a total of 101,440 some marine reptile, was unearth-such loads are to be seen carried miles the average petrol consump-ed in the Midlands, carefully di- on steel shod trailers with some tion is 20.95 m.p.g. and the average] vided into suitably sized blocks for three steam traction engines draw. cost per mile 8.7 ponce. This travelling, and despatched by roading them. They do enormous lattor includes licences, insurance on a "Sentinel six-wheeler.to the damage to the road surfaces; re- and aundry repairs and overhaula. Natural History Museum : inquire about 12 men in attendange, Actually, the engine has only seen London.
are very slow and have to be re-f
The Question of Components. Of course, the reliability of the car is largely dependent ou itu components and of these none plays a more important part than the electrical equipment, which has often been described as the
Dealing With Difficult Loads, heart of the car. Take, for ins- There is undoubtedly an increas tance, the case of record breaking ed demand for special types of at Brooklands track. Last Autumn vehicles to deal with difficult loads
the light of day three times and the A more prosate but none the less plenished with fuel and water original piston ringe, valves and interesting, load on another every few miles. The new Seam- clutch leather are still in use. "Sentinel vohicle was a 10-ton fell will have about twica the load of "Renold" "Chaina to ono speed, will carry a crow of 3, be order. Most appropriately the negotiate a gradient of 1 in 9. customer, part delivery of a single entirely self-contained and can
hicle carrying the load was ditted as standard, with chains of the same make.
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Flourishing Export Trade. .
It is exceedingly satisfactory to note that the total value of exoris of British cycle and motor, cycle products for 1928 reached the figuro of £8,901,800, As £480,681 ropresents the value of imports a 1 tre hyper sports Len in which a low-loading lovol is es there was a credit item. In the Francis put up a new world's re-sential. Such objects as heavy National balance sheet of £6,421,- cord by covering 960 miles 1,403] electrient machinery and cable 119, Such a figure actually pro- yds. in 12 hrs. and the whole drums are obvious instances, vides for the purchase of non- strain was borne by the Lucas Unfortunately, many of the so- dútiable imports of food and drink batteries as the dynamo was dis- called Jow loading chasals on the for a period of 5.8 days; an in- connected. Varlous stops were market today are misnamed astaresting commentary on the real- made and each time the starter will be revealed by a careful ox valuo,of such an expert trade. functioned perfectly while towards amination. A genuine low-loader,
THE NASH "400" ROADSTER.
lamp the rods and upright pesta bón - At the Chicago Automobile Show on tween the frame and each headlamp... January 26th, Nath introduced one of The windshield, set in a chromium its smartest "400" cars when the new plated frame, is of the folding-fist type, Special Six Roadster was formally pre- much favored by sport-loving indi- sented to thousands of motorists at the|viduals who drive the smartest motor great motor exhibition hall.
| cars, The new Roadster-Model 435-was Upholstery in the new Roadster is one of the sensations at the Auto Show, Bedouin' grain leather; the 'over and because of its rare combination of top boot are of material to match. The comfort and style.
top folds down flat and with the boat, Those who delight in a trim open fitted is only about four inches thick. car, awing low to the road, designed thereby greatly enhancing the grace of with long sweeping body lines, blessed the body silhouette.
with hair-trigger acceleration and pow- Special attention has-been given to. *- ered with the famous Nash twin Igni-passenger comfort as evidenced by the Lion, high compression, valve-in-head extra wido cushion which is set excep
The New Naal Roadster-&fodel "436",
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motor will poetively revel in this new-tionally low in the car so that occu est Nash creation.
pantà enjoy a feeling of "sitting in the In appearance it is a color symphony car rather than on top of it. “Tilgh skies
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of rich, deep cedar and beige; fenders emphasize this new feature which la'at, and upper body in cedar with center present exclusive to Nash, side panela in belge.
For the driver and ffunt acal p Five wire wheels, in bright orange senger's comfort, en arm rest divisi color, are standard equipment. Their Is supplied similar to that furgilshed In special design includes extra large hub the rear seats of Models 464 and 467, cage with the hub nuta skillfully con An armrest is also built into each eïdo" # coaled."'.')
door for further convenience and com. Additional charm is provided by the fore. horizontal fouvres in the food and the The new "436" is a car for youth and chromium plating of -ismp › brackets, ) for those who 'stay youthful
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Matchless motor cycles have been doing extremely well. Whilst, their total deliverica were 10-P. c. in excess last year and 64.p.ë, above the previous year, the export trade was 112 p.e. over last year and 151 p.c. over the previous year, 201 Incidentally a model V-2 racing "Matchless" has recently achieved
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Mr. Munro's,; 9,000 mile ‹ ride) round Australia on his single- cylinder Ariel was certainly a wanderful performance. Apart from the rider, the machine carried 7 galiona petral, 11⁄2 gallons of oil and 13% gallons of water and a'vory heavy kit of blankets, clothes, food etc., and yet no mechanical trouble of any Bort was experienced. Almost overy variety of weather conditions and "road" surface were encounter- ed in the course of this adventurous journey and its successful accom plishment speaks volumes for both rider and maching..
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