THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, MOTORING
The most
Conclusive Evidence
of SUPERIORITY--
.......... this cross sectional diagram clearly illustrates 7 Points of Superiority which the Air-Flight Principle Tires by Fisk alone can offer you.
The De Luxe, Rugged and Fink, each a First Quality Flak, embodying all of the exclusive improvements of the new Air-Flight Principle of tire construction. They represent the uttrust that your tire money can buy in their respective price felds. Their larger air-chamber. carrying more air at a lower pressure---their enrEMBA, constructed of Fink's patented and exclusive All-Cord- their flexible sidewalls of Jive rubber-their streamline tread, multiple cable bead and greater road contact- the combining of all these new and exclusivò features result in all another-The Air-Flight Balance.
FISK'S 7 POINTS OF SUPERIORITY
1. Larger Air Chamber
Carrying worn sie an a lower persmPETE
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Bead
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6. Streamline
Trend
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the wet drag ing red rubber sƐ alioms gremes si Dute Loming.
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Area
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Greater Road Contact
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Bole Distributors:
GILMAN & Co., Ltd.
Telephone 2E011.
4a, Des Voeux Road, Q.
SUPPLEMENT.
SATURDAY, MARCH 14, 1931
NEW CHEVROLETS AROUSE ENTHUSIASM.
Many Features Receive Favourable Comment.
Konta
placed a thick layer of padding curtain tassels are provided in the unusually durable and soft. The special sedan and sport coupe.
All Interior hardware har boon upholstery cloth le piped with unether layer of padding, and the newly designed and beautified.
trimmed are
a Exterior handles have the Pro- With "Turkish" front, with tufts and tectalok feature which folla the buttons ranged along the front would-be thief. Doors are locked side of the cushion, a style of trim from the inside simply by lifting which adds much to the tallerad the door handle.
beauty of the interior.
Dome lights come with the For the greater protection of coneli, sedans and sport coupes. front seat passengers, a layer of A highly pollelied robe rall la Thousands of people thronged sever before used in automobile Jute or felt in vulcanized, this found in the sedan, while a silk showrooms throughout the United seat construction assure greater year, to the rubber floor mats, and cord type in used in the special States to get their first view of the comfort for the passengers. The an insulated pad covers the entire sedan. Foot rests, comfortably new 1931 Chevrolet and comment colls of these springs are larger, dash to keep out heat or cold and located in all sedans and the ed particularly upon the features with strips of burlap running ld to quietnenn. The mats in the coach, are regulated from the new to the low priced fold lengthwise to separate the rows rear compartments, of the coach front seat adjuster. ・・ achieved in the current line of of coula.
round wire
NEW ZEALAND ROADS. Fisher-Chevrolet bodies.
In the sedan 32. coil springs tapestry type of grent durability,
Now Zealand spent $10,750,000 Prominent amony the new make the front seat unusually and in the sport sedan the carpet features are the increased size resilient, and 45 colls are in the has a high wool content with for road construction during 1930,
half compared with
bat and routines made possible by rear seat, nine more than in the new mottled pattern. Curtains on R the Junger wheelbuse, while 1930 models. Over the springs is all bedles have a high lustre, and amount the previous year,
numerous other changes not obvious to the eye combine to make
the
bodies stronger, more rigid, and as completely squeakproof as human lugenuity can devise,
A surprising amount of hand- work goes into every individual body in the new Chevrolet series. In the application of the exterior Anish, alone, 22 individual steps have to be taken
the line,
ranging from the of the
metal with an acid sulution on through the glazing and wet- sanding operations, the dry-sand- ing and application of a mist cont. to the Anal Ducoing, touching up and striping..
The
.combination steel-and- hardwood method
of durable body construction, is continued, although with important changea at vital points. The new roof construction, for example, is now separate assembly known as the slat-and-bow type, the strongest known to the Industry. The bows, Instead of being steam bent, arel cut to shape so that they will re tain. their
Indefinitely. shape Double steel braces easily acces- sible for servicing. repince the used wood strainers formerly along the sides of the roof, and strong steel braces are now used at the corners to add to the roof rigidity. The roof structure is thoroughly padded to prevent drumming, and is covered with a inaterial consisting of two layers of fabric bound by an inner layer of rubber.
Anti-squeak material in liquid, rubber dough or friction form is used between all steel braces and As a their respective wood parts. further aid to quietness, insulat- ing material is used wherever wood touches metal.
Exclusive patent rights just obtained by the Fisher Body Car- poration for a new type of spring'
THE
and seduns
DIFFERENCE
LIVERY TWON'T
RUN!
aro a
BETWEEN
·FOUR MILES AN HOUR!
THEN~
SLAND
NOW!
MINUTE!
FOUR MILES A MIN
THEN
AND NOW.
THE DURH THINGS AIN'T PRACTICAL!
IF IT DOES RUN, THEY WON'T BE
ABLE TO STOPIT!
YEAH!THAT WAS
CAPTAIN CAMPBELL- THEY SAY HE'S DIS- APPOINTED BECAUSE THE THING DIDN'T
GO FAST. ENOUGH"
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