THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.
MOTOR NOTES FROM GREAT BRITAIN.
[By "RA.C"]
MOTORING SUPPLEMENT.
per
type of body so popular that they to 48 h.p. All the controls aro the last few an A.A., official, after a non stop
SATURDAY, MAY 18, 1929.
on
the
rear of the body. Triplex safety operating company has encouraged the profitable running of passenger glass is standardised and another n body builder to produce a 46-1 vehicles nowadays.. feature of this very modorii car is senter weighing just undør 30 the fitting of a sliding roof, at the bwt.; that is, undor 3⁄41⁄2 eut.
C. A. Vandervell & Co., whose option of the owner.
passenger. Further, such lighten-equiment is standardised for all Undoubtedly the. "Sportsman's Ing efforis always appear to result the leading British chassis makers, Coupo" combines very satisfactori: in improved appearance.
employ the compensated voltage ly the attractions, of a two-aenter With the increased speed limit control system which is rapidly. with the advantages and intimacy on British roads faster chassis for atant current system. The output superseding the three brush or con- of saloon. The rear compartment conch and bus, bodies are Belny ta not constant for a given speed when not in use to accomodate produced. A good example in the but depends entirely A Year of Records, Jabroad. Only recently when strand passengers gives ample room for Commer hip type for 20-seater terminal voltage of the battery It appears as if the year 1929 ed in Central Europe a member luggage, guns, golfclubs and so on. bodies. The 4-cylinder engine and the lamp lond. Among the will be remarkable in m storing wired to the London headquarters The Wolseley Co. have found this gives 33 h.p. at 1,500 r.p.m. and up distinctive features of this system history for the mumber or records for spare parts. Within 24 hours
now it it on their 16/45 hp, and light and, indeed, there are many reasonably high; maintenance le are that battery voltage is always broken. Certainly months tve been crowded with journey, was able to hand the parts 21/60 h.p. 6-cylinder models as features usually associated only reduced to a minimum; life of spectacular events. Apart from to the stranded motorist..
well as the 21/60 h.ji. "straight with high grade private cura, Major Segrave's epic achievement Motor touring là now recognized eight."
for instance the Marles can and the battery is considerably in- at Dayton, the giants of the as one of the most pleasant
roller steering gear. The 4-wheel crossed; the battery never receives a higher charge than is noceBeary Brooklands track have been busy methods of spending a holiday and The Spread of the Road Sleeper. brakes are operated by Dewandre to keep it in good condition; the and Easter we saw a number many visitors to Britain each year!
With the spread of road sleeper vacuum servo and a power tyre dynamo will light one or all lampu of now records established there devole at least, a proportion of by Sunbeam cars. Kayo Don their stay to exploring the delights services throughout the country inflator is fitted. It is noteworthy direct; should the battery become driving a 4-litre model achieved of the country side. Nowadays it entirely original types of body are that the engine and 4-speed gear disconnected, without love me damage... Incidentally CIA.V. the astonishing lan speed of 132.-in all so easy; the modern car is being fitted to coal, chassis, often box are entirely separate unita as 46 m.ph, a figure considered im-reliability Itself and it is possible displaying great ingenuity on the it is found in maintenance that
equipments are standardised by the this arrangement saves time com-
London General Omnibus. Co. possible until now. Then, Jack to arrange, with a firm such a part of the designers. Dunfee, with his 2-litre super-Show & Kilburn, to acquire a car The latest road sleeper to be put pared with unit construction.
which owns by far the largest fleet charged Sunbeam, established new for the period of the stay with a into service in England is a Guy An interesting, vehicle for the of buses in the world. figures for eight records for dla- guarantee of repurchase so that all six-wheeler operated by Land speedy carriage of goods over any tances between 1 kilometre and 10 worry in eliminated and the cost Liners Ltd. belwen London and clasa of road is the Karrier "KWG," Some Corporation Orders.
new 6-wheeler with more than niles, including an International of the whole arrangement can be Manchester. This type provides
Another step in the progress of Cluse Record,
closely estimated.
four 4-berth, two double-berth and double the carrying capacity of the On the same day A. Denly was quite a number of people are one single berth cabin thus giving medium model. Of the forward the motor bus for municipal ser busy breaking records with a 698 turning their attention to the accommodation for 21 passengers, drive type this vehicle carries a vice is marked by the official scrap. ping of Lincoln'a trams and their ce. A. J. S. Motor cycle and rivers and inland waterways but for day journeys it can quickly net load of B tons.
During a 2,540 miles text recent replacement by Leyland "Titan' sidecar, establishing new figures realising that only thus can thoy be converted to accommodate 44
model gave some buses, Lincoln City had usod for the 60 kilometres, 50 miles, 100 become acquainted with parts of persons besides the driver and ly the new
1006 capabilities. trams since of its
and first kilometres and 1 hour, the speed the country, otherwise inaccessible, steward. There is also luggage indieation for the latter being 86.82 m.p.k- From being but the hobby of the space, kitchen and lavatory and Pulling a 4-ton trailer the Karrier augmented the service with busca 45 M.P.3. For Over 3 Weeks, moneyed, motor boating has, the fore, including "bed and was employed in transporting 12- in 1920 whon 11 single-deckers Other single 13 ton loads of flour from Liver- were started, Quite a sensation in motor eyel-thanks largely to the manufac- breakfast," is extremely low.
The arrangement of the accom- pool to Birmingham, the outward deckers were added to the fleet but Ing circles has been caused by the turers, entered upon a new phase performance of the standard 350 in which it is clearly within the modation in the Pullman sleeper and return journey of 180 miles the need for larger capacity c.c. Dunelt, on the Montheryrench of quite slender puraes, running between Dublin and Cork being accomplished daily. For the yehicles was obvious. The town's Thirty-two whole period of the test the petrol low narrow archways, however, a bar to the use of the Track in covering 25,000 miles in Take, for instance, the latest Ailsa is most ingenious. just over 23 days at an average Crair unit consisting of a 10/10 passengers can be carried by day and of consumption worked out wore apeod of 45 mph. Including atops. p. engine with 3-bearing crank in eight different sections, caen at 51⁄2 m.p.g. and 370 m.p.g. double-decker and it was not until 1927 that the advent of the "Titan' It is realised that the successful shaft, nynchronised battery igni- having two transverse seats for respectively.
und Its successful passage through another. achievement of such a test under tion and electric lighting and start- two people facing one
Electrical Equipment for Buses. Stonebow put an end to these ocial obuervation and, at times,ing equipment which sells at £100. Four of these are slightly raised
difcuties. During the last 18 As "Motor Transport" very truly months the city has relied ux- in the face of very trying weather This model marks an important from the main floor level and the
the part of British romminder at the front and rear points out there are special pro-clusively on Leylands for additions 'conditions, is the finest possible step on testimony to the reliability of the manufacturers to popularise motor lower entrance levels, By swing blems associated with electric to its fleet which now includes ten
ing the back cushion of one seat lighting and starting installations machine. The test, of enurke, en-boating. talled continuous running day and Fashions in Body Design. into a central position and altering for buses and coaches. The sub- Titan' and eight 'Lions' with a night at the hands of a team of The cult of the body sometimes the angle of the other to form a ject is, in fact, one which requires further four 'Lions' on order.
are careful study on the part of Aberdonians are renowned for ba described the Sportsman's headrest the compartments A very pleasant feature of the Coupe" or "Close-coupled saloon converted into sleeping berths in operators in order to be in a Ing hard-headed and for getting event was the cordial relations which originally was produced a few seconds. The chassis is a position to select the most suitable full value for money. It is not between the French ofeluls and about two years ago continues un- 35/50 hp. A.E.C. with forward equipment, to obtain the best suprising, therefore, that when the those of the A.C.U. who were abated and there are now to be drive position and the body is the results from it and maintain it in question of purchasing more buses eficient condition. The journal came up for consideration recent- actually "observing the Trial, seen on the roads a number of work of Messrs. Strachan,
publisher a series of helpful ly a considerable discussion in- Touring By Rond and River,
articles last year written by an aued. In the end, a decision by a was taken Of course, present day motoring 16/50 hp. Humber the body la "Bus & Coach" has drawn alten. authority on the subject in watch considerable majority is of such an international charac- covered in Zapan Weyman fabric. tion to the importance, of weight the principles governing this type in favour of purchasing Albion ter that there must be close co-The front seats are of the ad reduction in bodywork not only of equipment were surveyed. An vehicles and ten 32-passenger operation between
the various justable bucket type and tip up to from the point of view of modern to interior lighting, it in an chassis were ordered. This is the niotoring bodies of each nation, allow access to the rear compartapeed requirements hut to keep established fact that on a coin second repeat order received by
The British Automobile Ansuela-ment. Footwells are provided to down, maintenance coats,
Ono of petitive route, other things being the makers from the Aberdeen tion has a considerable organisa- give more leg room, extending un- the most interesting directions in equal, the bus or coach with the Corporation so that it may be tion on the Continent which is ofter the front seats. A large which progress is being made is most brightly lit Interior attracts taken for granted that in practice
One the largest number of passengers. Albions are living up to their re direct assistance to members when luggage container is let into the that of double-deckers.
It is undoubtedly a vital factor in putation for economy,
riders.
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variations of this attractive type. In the new "Sports Coupe” on thei
Reducing Body Weight.'
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