SPEED TESTS.
Are They Useful?
HOW INDUSTRY GAINS,
Since the tragedy at Daytona Beach. Florida, when Lee Bible was killed trying to belter Major: Segrave's established mile speed; record, there has been a great desi
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when Joe steers towards him to hear what he's got to any, he rups for his life.
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THE BOATING BOOM.
Public Interest in England.
BRITISH FIRMS BUSY.
Pablle interest in England is fast becoming centred round Motor Boating, and those who are investigating its possibilities, and,
participating its thrills and pleas ares, are not merely restricted, tol the now increasing army of "owners."
If, as you are about to enter your of comment, regarding the value local Morris Service Depot, you of those speed tests.
Some sec
an aristocratic young man, authorities hold that motor racing wearing plus fours and garters with ia an extremely valuable adjunct red tassels, leaning negligently of industrial development and elte against the Free Air" sign-tread the possibility that front wheel warlly-for he is undoubtedly drive cars may become a factor in motor salesman. commercial production, an event` that may be made possible solely by the use of this type of drive inner necelerate her M.G. Super once and put both feet down to thrill of a "apurt" round the Pierf
Again, if you see an obvious spinster of some sixty-odd sum- automobile racing,
Sports as she turns a blind corner Others believe thai, such a feat "so as to be able to sog in advance as Major Segrave's at Daytona if anything dangerous is coming adde nothing of value to the in- round the opposite way" don't-as: dustry and that racing to-day you extricate your car from the yields little of value to engineers, ditch-wear at her. She has pro As evidence against the use of lably transferred from a bath-chair record tests, it is pointed out that or governess cart at the instigation while most of the companies of, a nephew who is Inaintained racing teams, some salesman. years ago, very few now take an active part in racing.
Insignia of Office.
£1 motor
"The police-sergeant, seeing old Joe whizzin' backward and forward like that, nearly kills himself with all the seaside resorts, speedbonts During the season at practically laughing, but when Joe, shoots to- wards him, he stops Inughing, ing for hire all day, convey iheir load of passengers, who, forị quick, and runs for it.
a moderate charge, can enjoy the and back with speed and comfort.
"If Joe hadn't made a mistake gether, he'd a' been doin' it now and the feller never would a' taught him to drive.
"For the last three weeks up to Christmas this lorry does the job treat and Joe get wondering why he didn't have one Then Chritmas Eve come, and it's the busiest day o' the year for a carrier.
nfore.
At many
inland - centres available stretches of water
Loo,
are
being developed into aquatic racing tracks, and cruising grounds, for the spectacular Hittle "outboard"
craft, with excellent facilities in
most cases for public view and participation.
This activity, with a correspond- "Now Old Joe ain't what you'd | ing increase in ownership, that will; call heavy drinker. Course, most be witnesses in a greater measure in 1929, in naturally productive of
bigger and more versatile] Craft and] demand for Motor Marine Motors."
a
The New York Timea quoles C.B. My friend Wilkins is one of the of his parcela are picked up at Veál, consulting engineer and re. great army of motor salesmen, puba, and doc reckons to have a search manager of the Society of whose working uniform is the pint at each. Now sometimes he'd Automotive Engineers as follows: aforementioned plus fours and
"It is true however, that racing tassels. Off duty, Wilkins is the call at eight or aine pubs, and have eight or nine pints, and other times.
True to tradition however, aulus it possible to try out new soul of timidity, but at the prospect he'd have quite a lot. On this British firms are meeting these designs and developments in of a sale he is transformed. pertickler Christmas Eve he'd hinddemands promptly and efficiently. The high speed British engine, with big power outputs, s available for, the speedboat hull builder, or the completed all- British craft of this type for the speedboat hire company.
Drastic Measures.
.
competitive and searching manner. A few weeks ago, after an un-a lot of calls and I could see he'd It has yielded important results inusually successful day, Wilkins took had a spot more than uit. the past.
ime for a ride, in the course of which we stopped at an old in to "fill up." "Kucing abrouil · was directly
Apparently the inn was not used")
"Anyway, he leaves here right, responsible for the successful
by motorists, as there was no fire
but just he gets opposite. development of four-wheel brakes in Bue smoke-room. We ended ulling's farm the engine stops Reduction in weight of all mechani-ur way to the tap-room and there,
There is no type of bont. from dead. Now Joe didn't know cal parts has been another direct before a glowing fire, were two benefit aceruling from racing. Tomen of the all-farmer
more about mechanics than the small launch to the Express Buitable meet the requirements of racist while a pleasant handlord greeted us shirt but he hops out, lifts the British mode engine pir knows about getting into a Cruiser, for which a
is not centres of gravity have been from behind the bar.
available. British Arms, more- lowered, and greater stability
bonnet, and pushes that jigger up
over, offer a plethora of standardis- Just ng we had received our}
and down, secured, Steering mechanisms bave been directly improved. These tankards and drawn nearer to the
"That don't shift her, so he gives boats, and for the "outboard" things, also, have been reflected blaze the door opened and a
now no less than three different in the development of the modern peculiar individual entered. Ife her a kick in the body part, but even enthusiasts, a variety of hulls, and makes of all British outboard was a short man, almost buried in that don't make no
motors.
povsenger ear,
While it may ap
type,
In a
JUDY
difference.
a huge overcoat, from the top of Then Farmer Mullins comes down. pear that there can be little in which a bulbous hose gleamed out and suggests shakin' her, as he's common between the body of like the tail-lamp of a car.
often made a grandfather clock go normal car and that of the racing arly voice he asked if there was
like that, but just then Old Joe machine, experience in racing has anything for the carrier," and, on sets a brain wave. yielded information wind hearing that there was not, ordered
"Afore anybody can stop him he gels some sticks and paper out a pint of the usual."
o the cab and lights a fire under the engine's hinards.
on
resistance which has resulted In the modification in body shapes.
"Tyre construction hus benefited
A Forbidden Tople. remarkably, and, with the improve-
Wilkins, with a untural desire to ment of tyres, racing required the expand after his recent sales, tried development of the dependable, to make sume general conversation demounted rim which facilitated
"Do you get many motorcars call tyre changes.
here?" he began."
"Racing has led to improvemont
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"As soon as Farmer Mullins sees
what's happened he nips round the back of the lorry and hollers at 'em to get out quick and let the. livestock loose. I hears him holler down here and goes out to have a ok. I wouldn't a' missed it for
Free Bauxe,
"Folks come out a' that van like Scotchmen out of a meetin; when the plate goes round.
At the word "motorcars" the in fuel. It has been influential in short man snorted and, hastily bringing about more effective fuel seizing his pint, drained it at a gulp. induction systems involving "Curse motorcaru," he said with carburetor, manifolding and valy concentrated verom, and stumped ing. One of the direct benefits angrily out of the room, slamming
"Old Ben Summers, as had been has been in the improvement in the the door vielously behind him, design of connecting rods and con- "Your customer-doesn't he like paralysed for full eight year, as necting rod bearings. Both the motors?" asked Wilkins fnered-soon as he heard there was a peiral pistons and rods have been made ulously.
can on fire underneath him hops lighter and at the same time better "No, sir," smiled the landlord, out of that van Hke n frog, and they functioning has been secured. beginning to polish the tankard. say he's walking to this day. Then "Among the features of the "And, taking things all round, the animals and things. There was Farmer chassis which may gradually be don't know as how i blame him for two piga belonging to
Hollasin; they hopped out and was pressed on to passenger cars may not liking 'em."
never found agalu-but I did hear is how Jones the poacher's kide rents, lus a minute or so to spare and a month later as they was fair I'll explain.”
sick o' pork. Then there was two We indicated that we had, and harmless snakes the doctor's Run the landlord filed himself a tankard had sent him home from Egypt, and joined us at the fireplace. They turned up in Fred Mike's bedroom and lost me the best cus- tomer I ever had.
"Anyway, after the fowls and come out they found things had
twenty that old Mrs. Blossom, stone and deaf, had slept through it all in the front end the van. Before they could get to her the van blew up, and the 'parcels,
be mentioned small unsprunge We both looked up enquiringly weight, precision balancing of and the landlord went on. "If you tyres and wheel, strength and elasticity in frames, the replace ment of cast parts by sheet steel with welded joints and improve ments in steering gears."
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"You ecc, it's this way. Old Joe Gummel, the chap what's just gone out, he's been our carrier for tho last twenty years. Works between Muddmin and Little-Asbbin-in-the Hale, carrying people, pigs, parcels, poultry and the like.
"For years everything went well with old Joe, ull his nag died and he bought a nare from Farmer boxes and Mrs. B. Mullins at the top of this bill. Well, every time this mare gat opposite Mullius's farm she wouldn't budge an inch further, and Old Joe couldn't shift her one way or l'other.'
"Then somebody told Joe to light a fire under her and it worked a {reat. After that, if the mare did stop at the farm Old Joe only had to get some bita o' stick and paper out and the old are ud trot along like a fire engine.
Conversion.
She was pliched right over the hedge without a scratch and landed head first in a foot of water though from the way she carried on afterwards you might a' thought it was a brickyard.
"ost about that time there was
Compensation.
"Old Joe capped It the worst through being under the van, but when he comes out a hospital he finds that all the people thai'd lost anything was claiming on hun- and a lot that hadn't,
"He took it to court, but he had
a whole lot of cheap motor lorries to pay up, and the judge said na knocking about round here second-how he was lucky he wasn't charged hand, and Old Joe gets took with with areon.
the idea of having one. After think-
"And to cap it all," said the
ing it over he sells the mare and landlord, as he went to refill the buys one of them cheap lorries with the petrol tank under the neat.
"The feller that sold it to him had a bit of a job to teach him to drive. happened to see Joe have his first lesson, so I know,
"You see, this van had what they call epileptic gears and, after the feller had explained the pedals, he started the engine and made Joc
take the wheel.
tankards, "The Urban Council ran him in for obstructing the highway with the remains of a van on the night of the twenty-fourth Decem- ber and the morning o'the twenty- fifth. So now it ain't safe to men- tion motors within a mile o' Joe,"
•
Wilkins was silent all the way home, but on his face was the look that appears on the face of a "The van stood there shivering cannibal when he sees a gentlemen and spitting till Joc puts his foot embarking with his calling on the down, when it gives a kind of a reverse way, or on the face leap and goes right across to the Winston Churchill when he sees market and knocks a stall down.a few odd coppers in the Road Then Joe remembers the other Fund. pedal, puches it down, and the van
of
goes backwards across the road It was three weeks before I saw until Joe puts the first foot down. Wilkins again, and then he was eit- ting in a brand new Morris Half- again.
"Joe ean't, for the life of him, Ton van, explaining the gears. remember how to stop her, so he At the wheel, radiating with koeps putting one foot down after pride of posscasión, was a short the other like a chap I see once man, almost buried in a huge over playin' the organ
cont, from the top of which a bul- "The feller that sold it to him bous nose gleamed out like the tall- waves his arms and shouts, but lamp of si car.
Motor Banting public are not catered f by the being manufacturer alone, for, tho of Clubs Increase in the number and their facilities, and the in- ception of a New owners Asaucin- ton on the lines paralto* with that of motorists A.A. and P.A.C.J
stimulation of this now firmly nation, are assisting in the established sport and means of travel.
SATURDAY, JUNE 29, 1929.
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