THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, MOTORING SUPPLEMENT. SATURDAY, JUNE 15, 1929.
FORD FEAT.
From Saigon to Hanoi.
DRIVER WINS WAGER.
"How Poncet Won His Wager," or "From Saigon to Hanoi in 48 hours, 68 minutes" might be thes title of an account of a race against time made in French Indo-Chini in a Model A Ford Coupe, in which Mr. Poneot covered 1798 kilometers (1116.5 miles) in the lapsed time: of less than 44 hours and in a driving time of 32 hours,
The story of the trip as given, by: "Lo Courrier Automobile" at Hanol, has been received by the Ford Motor Company, as evidence! dhat the speed and reliability of
the new Ford has attracted at-
tention in Adla as well as in Europe
TOO FAR AHEAD FOR PRESENT DAY!
Auto makera shy at this type of body designed by E. T. Fearnons of Clevoland, USA.
a
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nd the United States. It must Cleveland, May 12-A unique No Abrupt Ending. be borne in mind that Asintic automobile body, sporting nations do not possess the roads curved radiator front, moldingless this body and the conventional The marked difference between and have not been so accustomed panels and accentuated stream- style is the departure from the to fast driving as have Americans. lines, has been designed, here by vertical
radiator. Tho shell
the
adoption of this drive. It
tion of an oil cooling system in the would also provide for tile-adop front of the car.
Ridges for Moldings. There are no moldings on the
are welded together.
In describing the trip the account. T. Pearsons, chief engineer of curves out from the hood, forming anye in part:
the Baker Rauling Body Company. a finished appearance. A conven- body. What appears to be mold- "First of all it was a magnficent The new body, in several models tional type of core, however, is ings are raised or indented ridges sporting exploit that proved the from roadster to sedan, has been used. qualities of audacity and endur-devised primarily for its striking "I designed it this way, ex The rear of the car, for instanco. made possible by dies and pressur ance of the person accomplishing appearance. ft; secondly, it is a magnificer. This design probably would away
plains Pearsons, "in order to get is made in two or three parts.
from that chopped off mechanical exploit that proves the increase speed somewhat, because appearance. This style gives the Moldings in this section are all qualities of speed, power and of ita presentation of a curved radiator shell a finished appear pressed out and then the pieces flexibility of the new Ford. #
"Mr. Poncot had made a wager Pearsons, "but beauty was the ines running out into infinity surface to wind pressure," anys ance and gives the impression of to arrive in Hanoi in 48 hours. thing thought of in designing it, rather than an abrupt stop at the His friends tried to persuade him After all beauty is what sells a radiator's nose. This also falls in not to leave. You have lost in car more than anything else. or
line with the curve on the rear of advance, they told him. Don't course, mechanical perfection has the body, equalizing both ends of risk your life to be vain-glorious.to be there, but beauty is the de-
It." He'did not listen and he was right, ciding factor in a sale."
Another thought In Pearsons' He had a passenger as far (113
mind when he was designing the Tourane, Mr. Caillard. Fromi The design of this body, accord- radiator was to give ample room Tourane ho was alone and drove ing to Pearson, is so far ahead of in case it should be adapted to the whole distanco himself,
present styles that manufacturers "In leaving Panthier. ahorae seeing it have hesitated to adopt Hterally threw itself at the car it for fear it would not be accept and it is a miracle that the trip dided by the public,
not come to an end then and there.
The search light was demolished
Another feature of the body is that the doors, in an effort to sea three people in the front seat, re made to open flush with the topl of the running boards. The dours appear to be of the conventional type because an indented or raised molding runs across then at the present height of the splash pan. The streamlining is shown in a front wheel-drive car. This the finishing of the fadintor, the type radiator would cover up the feurves of the rear panels and the engine and leave room for any slope of the roof in the closed mechanical additions necessary to, models.
the right head-light broken and covered 3,000 kn., driven careful- FIRST CAR SEEN.drove a Model A Ford phacton
could not be uned. The rest of thely, and exclusively by the owner.
trip was made with a single hend light."
"I drove like a savage, Mr., Poncet told us, 'going through the
MUCH
CREATED
INTEREST.
across country from Acapulco to Atoyac, over land so rough that none had made such a journey be- Martinez, Ford dealer at Iguala:
The account giver a detailed villages or arriving at road turn- Ford in Mexican Wilds. fore. He sent this wire to R, Z. schedule of the trip, and continues:ings at 75 km. (46.57 miles) an "The stops made for gas and hour, slowing down with the brake water, for rest and meals and the in 20 meters (21,8 feet), departing time spent in crassing in the or rather leaping off at the touch numerous ferry boats on the way of the accelerator. I catimato made a total of 12 hours. The that with a closed Ford- am inj nctual driving time was thus 32 favour of the closed car because hours or an average of 56 km of the fatigue caused by the wind (34.77 milea) per hour. At the und the rahand with two arrival nothing was out of order, drivers taking turns, which would nothing broken. Not one apark permit the reduction of the steps plug had been changed. Before to the strictest minimum, the trip starting. the ear had already jeould be made in 30 hours.
recently in Atoyace, Mexico. Na
A new kind of machine was seen) tives of the Pacific Coast town view- ed this modern invention with af great deal of curiosity. It was an automobile.
General Rafael Sanchez, com-! nauler of the State of Guerrero,
"For your pleasuré please be informed that the Ford car I pur- chased from you in the Arst automobile that has ever reached this town, over a difficult country where there are no roads at all and the land is strewn with rocka "and soft sand, Motor in perfect condition after terrible, test. Small native towns along path regarded frst automobile with positive wonder."
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