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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. MOTORING SUPPLEMENT. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1930.
MOTOR NOTES FROM GREAT BRITAIN.
[Special Report to the Hongkong Telegraph by. "R, “A, C."]
case the product has been a very pronounced cyclecar rather than a light car.
Actually, it appears that the originators of the genuine small car were Singer and Co. who introduced 18 years ago a 10 h.p. model which was a replica of large car practice. It is note worthy, too, that the only trial
The Royal Motor Yacht Club specifies the Riley "9" engine as the exclusive power plant for their one design "Puppy Dog" class hydroplane, a 16 ft. single step craft capable of 30 mp.h. with two people on board.
It is noteworthy that at the time the decision was taken, the engine. of the Riley "g" car had only extended its sphere of activity to
The out-
Trans-Continental Road Ways. [nurked by the special arrange lever promoted by the 'B.A.C. for During the recent sitting of. the ment made by Daimlerways with light cars was won in 1914 by this the marine world as an experi-;
Imperial Airways. by which Singer, which also broke all mentally adapted, unit. International Touring Alliance at travellers are offered the attrac- records at Brooklands the, same standing performance of the boats Stamboul, a proposal of far- reaching importance was put for. tive alternatives of travelling by year by averaging over 64 m.p.h, in which these engines were fitted ward by the British Automobile air between London and Parts or for nine hours. This was for the between London and Basle at no Association. development at an arterial road extra cost. heross Europe, linking
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elearly illustrated their adapta- bility with the result that the makers were asked to produce)! them commerelally and in quan- Lities.
Thus, the introduction of the
engine to the marine world has been the work of enthusiastic their own free will.
On Road and Track.
Great The first is particularly con- The announcement by Bentley Britain with Turkey and the East. venient for these who are doing Motors that they have decided to Daimlerways tours in France or take no further part in racing for The Turkish Government has Spain, for it saves time and avoids the next year or two is most dis- Now authorised the use triptyque for touring cars and the discomfort of the Channel appointing but it is satisfactory experts who have chosen it of{
permit crossing. On the Basle route, for that Bentleys will not disappear further, proposes tourists to motor through the mill Central European and Dolomites from racing altogether as the tary zone, which has hitherto bera ours, it means that night travel decision does not affect Captain closed. Also, & promise has been is avoided with all its fatigue and H. R. S. Birkin, who has three comfortable night's rest can be litre supercharged machines Jentered for the Irish Grand Prix given to improve the main roads
The pent at an hotel in Basle. throughout the country.
and the Ulster TT. proposed motor way would wan Be that Constantinople would
reach of brought within the British motorists whose annual holiday is limited to a month.
Australian and New Zealand Markels.
The new
The Bentley firm will doubtless concentrate upon the experience England-Australia gained in their great racing suf- telephone service is already play cesses of the past few years, Few people to-day are aware ing an important part in the which will enable their products that it is possible to travel right development of Empire trade and to be developed to a higher degree through Africa from Cape Town the motor industry. is taking full of perfection than ever. to Alexandria by road, u distance advantage of the facilities afford-
In
The up record at Brooklands of about 4,000 miles, except for ed. Recently, Mr. W. E. Rootes, has again changed hands. some 800 miles south of Khartoum of Rontes Ltd., exporters for the 1929. Kaye Don established a
The lumber-Hillman-Commer.
com- figure of 13424 m.p.h. which at through the "sudd" area, Cape-to-Cairo railway was a bine, had a thirty minutes conver the Easter Meeting this year was dream of the late Cecil Rhodes and sation with the Sydney office and raised to 135.33 m.p.h. by Captain la still unfulfilled, but the rapid was able to discuss the future Birkin. development of motor transport programnie.
This, however, stood for only has brought about this trans-
Incidentally, it is satisfactory 10 6 weeks, for, at Whitsun, Kaye continental, rond way.
learn that, although the official Don, driving his 4-litre Sunbeara, The first few hundred miles of freturns of motor car registration with many records to its credit, the journey from Cape Town are for the first two months of this established a new lap record of covered by the road services of the year in West Australia show a 137,68 m.p.h. This is all the more South African Railways, who falling-off of 40 per cent. com-amazing when it is realised that possess a flent of over 400 Thorny-pared with last year, Hillman the Brooklands track was original- crofts. Thence through Rhodesia sales show an increase of 25 per ly built for maximum speeds of and on through Tanganyika, rent. in the same period.
120 m.p.h. and the car on which Kenya, Uganda to Mongalls and Considerable repeat orders for the last record was put up is
boats
con-
Motor Transport at High Altitudes,
·
The problem of road transport at heights of 8,000 to 16,000 ft. above sea level is of great impor tance in various countries, such as Bolivia, Peru, Chile, India and the Nairobi Plateau. The atmos pheric conditions at these heights
with consequent falling off in cause such a loss of compression, horse-power, that the engine designed to operate at normal altitudes is practically useless. For instance, in the Bolivian tin mines, 15,000 ft, up on the slopes of the Andes, an engine which develops 160 h.p. at sea level has only 60 h.p. available at this
LEFT TURNS MADE BY TURNING RIGHT".
The only way a motor ist can make a left turn at this intersection is by turning right at the right turn. It's the latest in highway, intersections, built near Rahway, N.J., to eliminate left turns, speed up trafic and increase the safety factor at such intersec- tions. A right turn is made by crossing the road into which the turn is to be made, either under or over the viaduct, then turning right and cutting back to the road desired.
VALVE GRINDING.
When It Should be Done.
By Israel Klein.]
BRITAIN'S AERIAL SUCCESSES: Rapid Progress of the Industry.
ACHIEVEMENTS OF BRITISH PILOTS.
are
The journey to the Cape and apart ferhaps from certain pro- Most of our automotive instruc- back made by the Duchess of prietary inventions which
British Accomplishments. height. Mules are largely used tion books warn us when to have Bedford with Capt. C. D. Barnard known to aeronautics. but their average useful working the valves of our engines ground, as chief pilot and. Mr. Robert
Briefly, reviewing some of the life is said to be as short as six to see that accumulated carbon is little as assistant pilot and navi-
outstanding flights of. months.
Scraped out of the cylinders and gator is of greater value than the other Scammell Lorries Ltd. have that our spark plugs operate majority of people appreciate. British aircraft, we find that the writes Mr. V. J. B. Holland. The first non-stop flight across the was performed in "a evolved a special high altitude properly.
Trouble is we generally forget irst flight by this gallant group Atlantic
-aircraft Jy British Power unit which can be fitted to
showed what air transport of mail pilots. The first trip across either their "Pioneer" type rigid our instructions before reaching to India and back in eight days. British
Atlantic. wheeler or their Overseas type the first 1.000 miles, and so we go and passengers could do if it were the
and back" WAS 4-wheeler. A special on driving until the engine balks. properly, organized but such a in a British airship. The first 4/5 ton
It begins to miss, and we're up voyage done only once might be flight from England to Egypt, modification of the combustion chamber, carburettor, induction in the air for lack of knowing regarded by most people as an India, Singapore and Australia system. valve gear etc. has made what to do. Looking again at our extraordinary stroke of luck. was the first flight back from that it possible to utilise to the full the
was performed we find that The ordinary public cannot be continent. instruction books, advantage of the special high compression ratio with the result knowing what to do in this case expected to understand that with British aircraft by British pilots. a properly organized air route and The first flight from England relief of acroplanes and pilots, around the whole coast of Africa First to find the miss-or the such speed of transport is pos- and back to England was per- formed in British aircraft. The xible as a regular daily service. missing cylinder.
The voyage to the Cape and flight to Australia and round the In nine cases out of ten, that's back with the same crew, the same Australian coast by R.A.F. flying merely a matter of shorting the machine, and the same engine, boats has already been mentioned, A wooden-handled proves conclusively that the India but it will be seen in all these spark plugs. screw driver is used. It is applied and back flight was not a fluke fights that they are not solitary at each spark plug so that the but merely an example of what dashes, but rather that they are In carrying steel makes a short connexion beiran be done almost with certainty solid achievements. tween the top of the plug and the when tackled by competent people. out these flights something har cylinder head or the manifold.
Objective of the Industry. [been dorie; aviation and the air-
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the lower Nile. Resuming the Standard cars have been received nominally rated at 33 h.p. road journey again at Khartoum from New Zealand recently, since
The Lure of the Speed Boat. there is a large fleet of Thoray the arrival of the initial shipment crofts employed by the Sudan of new models. The appointment
In the series of international Government in the transport of of additional distributing agents motor boat races for the Duke of that the engine gives over 50 his rather a simple matter. cotton and, further north, throught Christchurch and Invercargill York's Trophy, Sunbeam-engined at 16,000 ft. Egypt these vehicles are running is likely to increase the sales still
The new engine has already mel have figured with on goods or passenger service in
further.
spicious success for "Nefg" won with a most encouraging recep- the hands of private owners.
the Trophy in 1926 and "Miss tion, one order alone being for 10 It is somewhat surprising that
Betty" was the winner in 1928. of the 4-wheelers fitted with this it is possible to make this remark- able trip on vehicles of one make
With light CHFS becoming This year, Mr. F. T. Bersey's engine for service in the Argen- alone.
jannually more popular, it is only "Minx," fitted with a Sunbeam natural that the question as to engine, secured the. Trophy and who was the "inventor" should be thus these engines have provided Usually, Continental firms three winners in the past five A further step towards perfec- asked. tion in Continental touring is have been named, but in every years.
Co-Ordinating Road and Air.
Who Invented the Light Car:
The Motoring Sensations
of the year!
FIAT 514
tine.
Bid
A Useful Combination.
over long distances.
in
their construction.
Before the War England was
Produced primarily for the rapid transport of heavy loads at low cost, the Karrier "TT"" com-
If this act shows up the motor; Although everyone is aware craft which have been used have bination vehicle can be used still further, and if a spark is seen that the aeroplane has a higher successfully borne the tests of the DESSCOCUSING** | either as a tractor and trailer or to jump from the tip of the screw cruising speed than other forms flight and they have proved the as an articulated 6-wheeler. In driver to its point of contact, it is of transport, there are still many worth of their conception and either case. the tractor which a sign that that plug is hitting people dubious of the practicabi- possesses en engine of 31/47 h.p. properly, and the search may golity of maintaining that advantage Predominance of British Engines... and an 8-speed gearbox, cun serve on to the next. any number of trailers, used in- It then is a matter of taking out It was the object of proving the entirely dependent on foreign dividually, of course, and, thus the plug, that has been found to ability of normal types of aircraft engines, but to-day except for a loss of time during loading and unloading operations is eliminat cause the missing, cleaning to beat all other forms of trans- few light types of engines, the thoroughly with gasoline, setting port that Capt. Barnard made the manufacture of which has been ed.
Each trailer has a rigid swan- thin dime's thickness apart and eight days in 1929.
the points so that they will be slight to India and back in under started in England, and perhaps one or two experimental aircraft neck type of drawbar equipped!
Ranking only second to those with
pioneer pilots is the great mechanism. This engages with a
Achievement of the engine cross-head swivelling on a vertical) pillar mounted on the tractor and, as the cross-head can be raised by a pneumatically worked hoist, it is possible to run the vehicle with a portion of the trailer load imposed on the tractor, the trailer front wheels being lifted from the ground. Further, as the cross- head is free to swivel, the tractor can lie at almost any angle to the trailer allowing the outfit to manoeuvred in very confined
THE NEW FOUR-CYLINDER MODELS
and
the
FIRTS 21S
SIX CYLINDER MODELS.
Arrange for an early Demonstration.
A. GOEKE & COMPANY,
China Building, 4th Floor. Tel. 22221.
FIAT GARAGE,
Das Vœux Road Central Téf. 24821,
LANCIA GARAGE, ·
151, Praya East. Tel. 23557.
spaces.
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speciall coupling replacing it.
Large numbers of these 6 and 10-ton outfits are being used successfully by the London, Mid- land and Scottish Railway, Passenger Vehicle Developments, To meet the demand-largely in the Overseas markets--for a high
single-deck
passenger
power model of the driven-behind-engine. type, the A.E.C, have produced the "Ranger,'
This has a 6-cylinder 95 h.p. engine and is similar in almost every respect to the "Regal," but in the new model orthodox steer ing is employed and the seating capacity is correspondingly lower.
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Progress of Technique,
which a foreign engine is installed, no foreign engines are used in British aircraft. This, in itself would be a satisfactory If the enging continues to miss, British Jupiter, manufactured by position, but there is even a better the trouble might be in the dis-the Bristol Aeroplane Co., Ltd,
story to tell. British engines tributor. The cables at the cas-
because of their. wonderful per- ing might be shorted, due to damp-
Every industry Ias. its formance and excellent service- ness or the rotting of the insula-
They should be inspected standards and its rules of con- have been adopted in every coun- tion.
struction. In most industries the try of the world which use air- and kept fully insulated from one standards have been gradually craft and they are fitted into the another.
evolved, adapted and finally aircraft made in those countries Sometimes moisture, after a car adopted. In the aircraft indus- quite apart from any engines is washed, gets into the distry the evolution has been more which may be fitted in imported tributor, especially if the cap isn't rapid. The exigencies of the British aircraft. British engines, moisture-proof. Mere drying would Great War and the intensive both aircooled and watercooled, correct that fault, but to prevent thought and effort which was put lead the world at the present time. a reoccurrence it might be well to into the production of aeroplanes. Great Britain is now the foremost. pour some sealing wax over the resulted in the creation of a producer of aircooled engines.
technique which in any other in- It is an undoubted fact that distributor terminals on top.
Otherwise a brush may make dustry would perhaps have needed more engines of the Jupiter type poor contact in the distributor or half a century to crystallize. are in service throughout the there may be a poor contact from Although the progress of techni- world than any other engine and. rotor spring to centre terminal. que has been rapid, production so insistent is the demand for its Tightening may help, but this part methods have kept pace with it, delivery, that in addition to the may require replacement.
and it is true to say that each new 'considerable output of the British type of aeroplane which is pro- Factory, the Jupiter Engine is duced in. Great Britain embodies now manufactured under licence. all the latest ideas and discoveries in sixteen other countries.
· In case of further trouble, especially if missing is irregular, we might look to the compression. If the car doesn't pull well, if it; seems to be "slopping" along too. casily and there is no "feel" of a pull at the wheel, you may be cer- tain the engine's compression is at
It is intended to carry a hody fault. Brummodating 26-28 passengers. That means, generally, the valves Vacuum Servo foot brakes and need grinding and reseating, car- central chassis lubrication are bon needs to be scraped and per incorporated.
haps the pistons require new
By the way, Medellin rings. The last, however, doesn't (Colombia), and Ipswich have happen often unless the car isn'ti recently shown satisfaction with olled regularly and is otherwise their trolley bus services by abused. placing orders for further
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vehicles with the manufacturers, If the missing is irregular and Ransomes, Sims and Jefferies. the ignition is found in good order Bloemfontein and Penang are from distributor to spark plug. among other Overseas towns the trouble might be in poor ad- which have placed repeat ordera justment of the carburetor. · A with the Ipswich firm, while poor mixture might cause the Liege, Belgium, has recently trouble. ordered 5 trolley buses of saloon type with seating capacity for 30 ond accommodation for
standing.
HAY FEVER CARRIER.
20-30
The automobile is partially to blame for the spread of hay fever
Carburetor adjustment, how- ever, usually stays put either for winter or summer driving, and should not be tampered with.
CAR PRODUCTION.
The United States leads· ull other countries in car production,
throughout the country, according with 5,358.414 units in 1929.
to the U. S. Public Health Service. France was second with a produc-
Cars carry pollen which spreadetion of 263,660, while Poland was
the fever, the service explains.
last, with 320.
RIDE CONTENTEDLY ON MICHELINS
Distributors:
A. GOEKE & CO. 4th Floor, China Building,
Depot
FIAT GARAGE
Tel. 22221. Tel. 21821.
MICHELEN