THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. MOTORING SUPPLEMENT.
Big Car Performance
Small Car Economy.
THE PONTIAC BIG 6
BIG CAR POWER-60 brake horse- power developed at 3000 r/p/m. * Adequate for any demand, yet achieved with moderate engine speed so vital to smooth performance and long life
BIG CAR SPEED-Leads all others in its price class-in briliant, top speed and flashing acceleration. Proved by the fifth wheel" test, most accurate known to automotive science.
BIG CAR STYLE-Roomy, luxur- iously styled and richly appointed bodies by Fisher. The verve and dash of youth are evident in every contour. Substantial big car appearance with- out big car bulk. Colors that reach
new heights for sheer beauty and perfect taste.
BIG CAR SAFETY-Using the finest mechanical brakes yet developed. Four- wheel, internal expanding. Noiseless. Unaffected by weather or temperature. Sturdy, resilient, hardwood-and-steel body construction. Fall tread axles, front and rear.
SMALL CAR ECONOMY-Out of 990 automobiles of 33 different makes operated during 128, one large com- pany found Pontiac to be least ex- pensive, with a saving of one cent per mile over every other low-priced car
used!
THE ORIENTAL MOTOR CAR Co. 353-7 HENNESSY RAOD, (New Reclamation)
Tel. 20406.
LOOKS AND ACTS BIG
Yet Its Cost Is Comparatively Small
DYNAMIC NEW
ERSKINE
CREATED AND BUILT
BY STUDEBAKER
You will marvel that even Studebaker-with its 78
years experience in building fine transportation- could give this Dynamic New Erskine sa much big car power and comfort at so low a price. This new-type car offers a 114-inch wheelbase, a Studebaker-built motor of 70-horsepower; a new full power silencer, pioneered by Studebaker; and many other features. You will enjoy
seeing, driving and owning Stude- baker's Dynamic New Erskine,
NASH DESIGN,
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Smooth Running and "Pep."
TELLING DETAILS,
SATURDAY, MAY 17, 1930.
NEW LONDON BUSES.
All-Enclosed: Double- Deckers:
FOR QUICK WORK.
If someone were to tell you that the removal of a few pounds of material from the crankshaft of The London General Omnibus your motor car could reduce the Co., Ltd., are trying out a new centrifugal load in the crankshaft all-enclosed double-deck four- by more than three tons, you would wheeled omnibus, designed special probably be doubtful, even if you ly for dealing rapidly with heavy "didn't express your disbelief
passenger traffic. On this latest verbally.
vehicle the usual platforma is super-
Yet this is precisely what seded by a spacious vestibule, the happens, and Nash engineers have latter being completely enclosed taken advantage of this engineering and greatly facilitating the ingress ne-and egress of passengers. In place principle to provide snappy celeration, and vibrationless run- of the customary circular stair- way the new bus has a straight ning in the Twin Ignition Eight.
stairway, which leads from the Here is how it is done. Con vestibule to the middle of thel ventonal crankshaft design employs upper saloon. This position, be- solid rankpins, although this solid sides assisting free, circulation in construction does not affect the the saloon, reduces the tendency rigidity of the crankshaft, and of passengers to 'queue.' An despite the fact that carrying the emergency exit on puhlic omni- weight of the crankpins is one of buses with enclosed stairways is an the initial tasks of the crankshaft. official regulation, and on the new Nash crankshaft design, on the bus this exit, takes the form of a other hand, calls for hollow crank-window, at the back of the upper pins, and the removal of a few saloon, which opens by means of a from within, pounds of metal from the centres of handle operated the crankpins not only makes pro- thereby forming a doorway.
The upper saloon seats 30 pas vision for vibrationless running at high speeds, but actually reduces sengers and the lower saloon 20, the crankshaft's centrifugal load and the extra-wide cross seats are by more than three tons when the well sprung and upholstered. The shaft is revolving at top speed. side windows in both saloons are in The force which is necessary to two parts, the front and rear win move this weight is now converted dows being of unsplinterable glass. are concealed into useful power for driving the The electric lights
non-inflammable car. The elimination of this by translucent tremendous load naturally results panels, and instead of cords for in an unusual degree of smoothness bell operation press-devices of un- and freedom from vibration. To tarnishable, metal are provided.
The omnibus is mounted on a make crankshaft steadiness ab- Regent' chassis, of the type, built solutely certain, counterweights are
extensively forged integrally with the crank- shaft, while nine big main bearings Equipment Co., Ltd. The engine is prevent any possibility of side A.E.C. 95-h.p. 6-cylinder over- movement, whipping or distortion head poppet-valve unit, and the of the shaft at high speeds when bus is equipped with balloon tyres. the powerful strokes of each of the The London. General Omnibus Co. are experimenting also with a new eight swift pistons register 500 pounds pressure. To insure still single-deck eight-cylindered vehicle. greater quietness, the new Eight details of which are not yet avail-
shaft is balanced with the clutch and the flywheel as a unit, and a torsional vibration damper is added to the shaft to nullify vibrations caused by torsional strains.
able.
by the
Associated
reduce friction and to keep expansion perfectly uniform.
Rigid Nash standards of preci- Nash engineering, however, doession manufacture govern every not stop with providing a light, ex-step of assembling the piston. All tremely rigid and well balanced connecting rod caps, as well as all crankshaft. Light, but extremely main bearings, are, dowelled in strong reciprocating parts, the place to secure positive alignment, units which contribute so material- and the assemblies must match in
toward flashing speed and weight to one eighth of an ounce. smooth effortless acceleration, have been brought to their finest develop- ment in the new Eight coordina- tion of engineering to advanced, twin-ignition standards.
ly
The rods are a brand new Nash mechanical feature. They are made of drop forged aluminum alloy and heat treated to give strength and fatigue properties which are comparable to those of the finest steel. The rods are fitted with forged steel caps on the crank end. This cap controls expansion and contraction in the bearing and assures an absolutely accurate and uniform fit at all-times.
In the new Eight, the pistons are made of aluminum alloy, lighter by one pound than cast iron pistons of the same dimension. Improved Invar-Struts aid their perfect fit and smooth operation. "Aluminum alloy throws off heat three and one half times as swiftly as other piston materials. It thus conducts heat away from the piston head and prevents pre-ignition or detonation. Both the skirt and the strut, or the supporting Invar steel brace of the new piston, have been designed (Continued on Next Columnn.)
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Model AA Ford truck chassis being unloaded at Dollar Wharf, Pootung, Shanghai. This steamer carried 800 Ford care and trucks, which is probably the largest single shipment of motor cars ever made to China,
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