MOTORING
SUPPLEMENT
OF
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.
SATURDAY, 24th OCTOBER, 1931.
** Being The Official Organ ai
THE HONGKONG AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION.
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MOTORCARS
FROM THE SOIL
Further Use of Vegetable Products in
Manufacture of Automobiles.
of
protection for the rubber. The fabric, be it of wool, cotton, lineg or some synthetic product such as artificial weather, would be made from cultivated products,
IN EMERGENCY.
Accessibility of Fire Extinguishers.
WHERE TO FIT.
Rubber doors, or at kat rubber- mounted doors, as a remedy fo squeaking and railing, may find To what ralent can an auto of hers of cotton, lax. Hinseed.ubstantially
their way into hudies that remain mubiles
Prown?
other Corn and other cereal reains he exterior.
metal оп the words, how
Solid rubber floorings 5 the Tw may grow, not for fonds but for already are being studio,
The very nature of the fuel used materials that go into its manufacthe alcohol they yield, which can Lupe ent be farmed instead of the used in the manufacture of
hi motorcar engines maken it ad- Rubberised fan blades, shafte visable for motorists to carry a ained or smelted? It
paints and lacquers, Current fulerest in these ques.
mude of rubber Impregnated with Bre extinguisher of some sort or ting is based upon the
a stiffening material, and rubberther. It must not he imagined Vegetables, recent
which canta-in engine and body sitspensions Hittered with burnt-out cars or that
for pr
one moment that our roads are Ford's Coupes are but one, may be grown are further possible substitutions t characteristically mysterious for their alcohol and their pulp of rubber for metal mechanical car fires are
becoming 80 fre- large-scale
whieh ean be turned into synthetic parts, Pantalo Leuliivating orfrittes in his desire products as substitutes for hum-
quent as to make motoring an ex- feedingly risky game. There to find an agricultural source for her. Potatoes and beets, in
Next to rubber, cotton is the tens of thousands of motorists who an unlimited supply of atrohet ta sagar-yfelting products, rive most promising of the cultivaten have never so much as seen a car in low cost. The iconol ts to be drool. Grajo
and other sweet raw materints going into automo- used in automobile paints, writes fruits, even dandelions, are other sites. It is the basis of the arti-
flames, The writer has driven cars great milenge and the only William Ullman to the New York Tops in which
automobile ficin leather substances used rccasion on which his extinguisher Times
Farmer may profitably saw his top fabrics, brake Haltigs, cur-
ever used was for the purpose Mr. Ford's enterprise, in murhands. The crop that produces ains, cushions, upholstery, gar merethe most Alenhal at the least contrts, gears, shock absorber str..ps.
satisfying himself na to larger in scope than this planting of cantaloupes might in-Jia the one that will be selected.
Melener. At the same time, the top interlinings, wire insulation, majority of motorists like to Mieste,
bas n 31,000-acre Apart from the san-producing tyres.
top straps, tool kiti and, of course, prepared for emergencies, herry- Iaboratory in Mickdran repesenting trees, the grains and vegetables.
ever remote they might be. invent pent
33,000,000, automobile farmer will also be Fibrous Plan Textures Being Through the researrit of this
live stork farmer. He will set
Employed. laboratory, Mr. Ford seks species of sheep whose won! will Aside pastore land for various letermine whether every motorial that goes into an automo. be desirable for different kinds of bile ramot be raised on a farm. Putemebile upholstery.
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The average automobile to-day contains 32 pounds of eniton. The most conspicuous use The
ita
be
For the purpose of this article we are not concerned with bow fres are caused nor the means of fighting them, but to point out the most suitable nositions in which to secure an extinguisher so that in his meadows and cotton at present is in the Anishan he brought into use with a
Pyrosyla,minimum of delny.
The pig-
idealistically, the venture fonks the hugs grunting in his pens will applies to the body.
Towing
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some
of
toward the objectives of a new go to market, not only for fender nitrocellulose, is cotton dis outlet for agricultural products but for leathers of many kinda, solved in nitric acid. and
Should a car take fire a fraction conservation of mineral{"
of second gained in attacking the resources. Practically, it seeks for upholstery, others forment for colouring matter, how-fames go cheaper, less limited eutrees
decorative features.
a long way towards The
fats ever, is generally a mineral submastering them, so that it behoven motor car raw materials,
yield will make gluc for Blance. bodies, Even the hair. Scientists inferviewed on the animals will have a market, the
one to fit the extinguisher with an of such
Like rubber, cotion has proved like the motorist who carried it in to accessibility. Do not be | future of "grown"-automobiles see best of it for seat
its suitability for three factors contributing to its the worst for the manufacture of already are suitable for
mechanical | P cushion padding
Gears made parts.
of cotton the tool-box underneath the rear brightness. One is that a large the cheaper grades of hair telt loaded operating parts, such as
lightly Hoo)
floor-board--wrapped in old clean. number of automobile
inst parts such as is used for flooring and ignition timing units. At present damaged. One sees quite a num- rags to prevent its being already are being grown as raw other insulation, materials.
The second
Harses with the general practice, however, is that in chemistry constantly is producing tales of hair can be pro- to use a fibrous Rear in count
ntally pastured, substances from ald
Their bairtion with one made of metal. makes one of the best of seat materials.
The third covers the cushion paddings. point that engineers are develop ing a versatility that enables then Encouragement for Automobile to make new FI:MY of products
Farmer. created by the chemist.
Bew
her of cars with the extinguisher itted to the running board- very handy position, no doubt, but one that encourages unwelcome atten- tion from lightfingered gentry and mischievous boys.
Defeating its Purpose by Locking,
To lock or otherwise secure it ta its bracket defeats its purpose In that it is no longer instantly de- tachable.
An exceptionally hard working unit made of fibrous, or cultivated, material is the universal joint. While most car makers are now " It is economically desirable, Even oddities among mammals joints have demonstrated their using metal universals, abrous probably is susceptible viand reptiles nity engage the ability to stand up ander excep sejentitle achievement," sums up talents of the automobile farmer: tionally the onion of the man of science Alligator hide and snake skin are They like the rubber used in
heavy
tortis power un the subject.
USINI
novelty upholstering spring shackles, have the advan- materials, Mineral and Vegetable Products
fare of requiring no lubrication Mirendy Utilised.
virtue which commends callivat- The farm supplier of the motored products generally at the rests the onus of tackling the car maker will want to set aside The chief mineral raw material section of his fand to the plant-expense of minernia. used in automobile constructionțing of trees, On the basis of
desirability
today are steel, iron, aluminum, greatest
gum,
-ut
animae floor and runn av
This application of grown raw the materials indicates their ability to
It seems obvious, then, that the the driver is the person on whom hest place is inside the car, and as
Games, then it should be fitted within easy reach of him.
A position that is suitable on a number of cars is on the floor-
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Rotor bearinga must be able to take heavy loads as well as zun at high speeds. With S.K.F. Bearings thero la never any need to repair the core or windingę:
the bearings can be lubricated with grenso instead of ell, at longer intervals and give better sealing.
S.K.F. bearings mean increased re- Hability and simplified mainten
ance.
ropper, tin, lead, zing, asbestos present, white ash in the species do. hart mechanical work and and plate glass made of sand. most kely to be profitable. Son-mineral substances equally has long been used in the most as well as ornamentai, capabilities that this does not interfere with I gives an intimation of their useful, drlying seat. It will be found vital in manufacture rubber
clude expensive coacht building. cotton, luniber, wool and hard maple and yellow birch are
Rutin automobile constructian.
the removal of the boards, nor do leather.
At present, scientists now rated can see little likelihood of farm-Other woods which have a motor limited use in motor car construc
virtually
the driver's heels come Inté contact Another cultivated product in with the extinguisher. as good, xood, produced substitutes for metals in car market include beech,
If the front seats fon, and with numernus patentin bucket typo there is often sufficient heavily
atressed
necan.
are of the parts which are sycamore, mai, eim, soft maple, uses, is cork. Cork is the made of steel, for highly heated
product units
magnolia, black aucit as valves or bearings poplar.
of a yellow
space between them to particular species of
of oak modate certain types of exlin- red gum, made of special steel alloys, for basswool, walnut and chestnut. ly, in clutches and, don-mechani-guisher without interfering with
cuttonwood, tree. It is employed. oyed, pistons made of aluminum or for For minor framing parts of the and cork inserts as silencers in floorboard can be utilised on some Copper used in electrical systems hody, such woods as yellow pine bodies made of other materials are cars without its geting in the way
eally, for
for insulation. Cork bodies case of adjustment of the sents. The middle of the sloping because of its conductivity. Nor Douglas fir, Sitka spruce, cypress. do they see any present possibility, cedar and soft pine may be grown, regarded as feasible. of a cultivated product replacing Rubber and cotton are likely to three virtues to commend its use
Cork has of the passenger's feet, while the plate glans,
The automobile industry already profitable held crops in the future are light-weight, excellent insulat central pillar, offers another solu
be the automobile farmer's most in the grown automobile. is a heavy
user of farm-grown as well as at present, duels,
Ing ability and silence. however. It consumes mare than 80 per cent. of the dreds of parts of the finished car, automobile are built up of com particular make of car at least one Rubber already is used in hun- Some very sturdy parts of the
It will be found that world's rubber
он шлу per cent. orop and virtually withough the largest use, 10
cottim consumed
obinations of several cultivated of these positions will be found in the United States. It uses more The fan bolt is
course, is in the form of tyres. substances. Such a part, for suitable, and two or three minutea than G1
per cent. of the jeather re
of upholstery
Sonstance, is the radiator hose con- spent in experimenting will enucle made from
cover-nexion. It is a combination of hides, baya wool to the extent of ngs. The spark plug wires are rubber, corded
the owner to it the extinguisher or impregnated nsulated with rubber blocks. The with cotton thread. A unit of this
in the best position. 36,000,000 yards of teering wheel is covered with character is already being used as more than upholstery material and consumes and rubber, the body is shimmed substitute for mictal drive sha'ts. virtually one-fifth of the hardwood with
the same material and the Toora rest against bumpers cover-
Especially hard non-metallic can sco no presented with rubber. The windshield arts are declared by ongineers to possibility of agriculture actinu viper blade is made of rubber and have the disadvantage of being ag supplier to the car maker, the windshield is insulated with it, brittle, except, of course, in the it enn see the feasibility of re placing many mechanical, as well
One stock automobile has 250 case of rubber, which has the dis as non-mechanical, mictal parts parts of rubber. The total weighi advantage of lacking with others made of cultivated the rubber used in its manufactions impose limits upon the use tensile strength. Theag two, considera.. products. Cotton alrondy a used ture is 141 pounds, of which 38 for making gears, and rubber has that is, units in which rubber has hasounds are in mechanical parts.
of vegatable products.
MODEL IN HONGKONG. been substituted for metal In various parts, among them such virtuce considered superior
Despite these basic shortcomings. to
The latest model to come from hard working units as spring those of mineral products.
however, several hundred parts of the Armstrong Siddeley factory-tropical green, this car strikes a This car is upholstered with real- New uses of rubber are con- the present-day automobile the high standard of beauty and more in evidence when examined and body room, coupled with an
the average of 3,200 composing the "Fifteendrrived in the note of distinction and attractive-green leather.vey.cod If the live stock or grain farmer stantly being discovered, and pos
Colony last week and fully upholds ness, features which are all the were to go in or automgitsible uses are being studied. Tour
made of farm-grown
Adjustable seats, plenty of fer farming, he would find a wide automobile farmer of the future materials. The automobile farger design, efficiency and complete detail. variety of crons having a proft-may and his rubber crop going into "uture rests in the hands of pany, famous alike In both the roamy two-seater, has a small of 15 h.p., and the latest type of
already is an Actuality.
Styled the "Sunshine exceptionally powerful Hi nass, for which this British Com Coupe," the "Fi'te ble market. He might have folds the manufacture of light-weight chonists, seeking now ways to make aviation and car industries, is space behind the seats which will elf-changing gear operated from 'teen," although dooth-running 6-cylinder engine of rubber or of some suballtute silent bodies. having the same characteristics some engineers see them, would are trying to and now usca for. With a Mulliner Pytchley cream- baggage, while there is also a "Fifteen" at once a car that, will
These bodies, aseld producte, and engineers, why noted. that may yet be developed and be covered with a fabric everything.
accommodate either children the steering wheel, make the Teoloured body, topped with large and comfortable dicky seat, appeal to the graft majority.
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