THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. MOTORING SUPPLEMENT. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1931.
Trust A THORNYCROFT With Your TraNSPORT
DEAL DIRECT.
THORNYCROFT
SIX-CYLINDERED
COACHES & OMNIBUSES
MOTOR
VEHICLES
Pioneer Manufacturers of Commercial Motor Vehicles
4 or 6 Wheels
4 or 6 Cylinders
30 Cwt. to 10 Ton Loads
20 to 70 Passengers
JOHN 1. THORNYCROFT & CO., LIMITED
Pioneer Building, Nathan Road, Kowloor. TEL. 56752.
TRUST A THORNYCROFT WIth Your TraNSPORT
THE COMMERCIAL MOTOR TRANSPORT EXHIBITION.
Modern Passenger Vehicles.
[Special Report to the Hongkong Telegraph by R.A.C.]
Good Business Dono
The Victor 20-senter by the same
varlous improvements have boon neorporated. For instance, a full- loating rear axle has now been substituted for the semi-floating ype previously used and a new frame permitting the use of 9 in.
pressure tyros hins been dopted. A new design of brake. 100,
permits the drums to be removed
for inspection or ro Binlar with the hitbs in position. Trolley Bus Developments,
ONE
BATTERY
inTEN
needs a recharge By the way, the Titan double Does Yours? During the first six days of the firm is a low built machine decker forms the basis of the new recent Commercial Motor Trans- specially dosigned for country Leyland trolley bus, the electrical port Exhibition some 40,000-eople service. Its lines are literally equipment being supplied by the Failed Olympia and examined the thuse of a big bus scaled down G products of the very progressive and by the employment of a body industry represented there. Not design manting three abreast. One of an order for the Chies-
terloid Corporation, the complote. only was the attendance highly instead of four, the dumpy 4-wheel double deck trollery bus
nafactory in point of numera porn most 20-seaters shown by Ranaomes,
ol has been avoided. also. Some large
Slaina & out in quality a
Jefferies has accommodation for: orders were definitely placed and
considerable num
number are likely
21 passengers in each anloon. In to mature As the result of t.e
The 32-ecater coach shown the case of this vehicle, and also many enquiries received, of which a Dennis Arrow chassis was rethe G-wheel chasis (one of 13 for
Nottingham
21
4 1180-
Private Car Practice Followed
ful proporclory to record**miniscent of a high grade sporis is derived fremoration). powerį
80
a serice wound
traction motor.
The
wore from overseas, saloon car, the lines of the bonnet
ience and bodywork hinting at the speed chain was designed to take a recent experiencs
long
servo
anures,
deck top covered 60-65 passengers,"
of
body
An undercharged bat- tery will turn over the motor but it's burning itself up, is short lived and may go dead sud- denly. Bo'enfe and jet us
test your battery. Drive In regularly and túka nd→ vantage of oue fran
ervice.
Firestone
it is sute
Although from
matern passenger carrying and power provided by the G-
double vehicles on the road it would cylinder engine of 100 b.h.p.
sentin appear
car diffult to add to the com-
The new Dennis Lancet channis fort of
Buch
for it has none
Ransomess 32-seater bodies is full of machines,
course, are the leas been done. The actual distinctive
specialists in including
in body building and it is Interesti
ting to note that they are seating a more comfortable than hydraulic
with
vacuum ever and manufacturers have
The 4-cylinder the new Thornycroft chassis on Devoted attention to improving
oving possesses a high efficiency tuz- ventilation and heating systems. bulent head and special induction rder for Egypt. Thirty of these
the case of lope
will be 20-seaters and the remain- The fullfloating rear der 14-seators. distance manifold. coachen, the matter
of proper axle is, of course, worm-driven, a luggage accommodation has been method of propulsion which the dealt with in number
I
firm of Dennis has aponsored for With the higher average speeds very many years.
today, improvements have been
the already Auccessful made
in braking
Invader and Averger passenger Duckham & Co. on whose stand and steering pystems, an well A suspension.
sion, chassis, the Corinthian has now there was a fountain of "Morriso Lower centres of gravity are the been added in the Commer range, Commercial" rule and vehicles generally hold for 24/20 seater coach bodies, experts have collaborated with the road better than their pre-
G-cylinder en Morris-Commercial decessors. Such
gine developing over 65 b.hp. and the result that Duckham's are the safeguards Triples glars, bumpers and
ame possesses a 7-bearing
a 7-bearing crankshaft. form of non-dazzle
only us new, recommended gearbox provi the rule rather than with allent third and the rear axle use in their vehicles.
supplying some 40 bus bodies for BATTERIES
of cases.
This
device are!
The
model has Ik
A Fountain of Oll
An ingenious method of drawing attention to their products was adopted at the Show by Alexander
vil. The firm's
engineers with
by
provides 4-apeeda Morris Commercial Cars Ltd. for
Another Faction of the stand
nowadays the exception. or the latter, is of the fully floating pattern.
ne that is extensively used is the A 24-gallon petrol tank is mounted was devoted to New Process oil Liens system in which electrically on the off-side of the chassis, with among the advantages of which or pneumatically controlled ré-pump feed to the carburettor. The fectors can be operated to throw 4-wheel brakes are the beans of light downwards and servo assisted typo. to the near side of the rond.
The Trend of Single Deckers. An excellent example of modern 32-seater bus in the new Albion Valiant, which was alw with a sliding roof body.
24
The
Firestone
Standar
24.
Tires - Batterics - Beska Lining
THE
are case of start
freedom from of vacuum-carbon deposits and economy in DRAGON MOTOR CAR CO., LTD.
starting. running. Also, one grade aerves Big Orders For Busen for both summer and winter. 33. Woog Nei Chang Road, Happy Valley, Just prior to the opening of the The remainder of this exhibit Exhibition, Thornycrofts received was devotes to
Tel-phone 302ZB. lubricants for.
a repeat order from Egypt for 40 heavy oil, engines, as now used extending the Cairo services and. buses which are to be used in a numbr of commercial
| vehicles. in Alexandria. 6-cylinder engine is of the high new services
It mhaft iyne with inclined over thoy received
is less than a year ago that head valves, this
contract for over, Arrangement 100 buses for Cairo, so that this allowing the cylinder heads to be repeat order in particularly satie-
removed without disturbing the
nefactory. Jiming. To avoid stent conder- The firm's exhibits at Olympia intion In the envise, special included a 52-senter double deck
Breathers
are arranged at the
highest points and the inside debus examplifying the very Intest
sign is kept clean.
WHY SUCH POPULARITY?
UNLESS you are a Buick owner you probably wonder
why the Buick Eight enjoys such tremendous popularity everywhere.
The answer is simple. Just drive the Eight as Buick builds It.
Notice how quietly and gracefully it glides through flow- moving traffic. How quickly and eagerly it responds to the accelerator when you want real speed. Bow easily and noiselcasly the gears shift. How roomy and comfortable
it is.
You can relax and enjry life in its brautiful and Jesuricus Fisher Body. And as for motorin Eg excellence ... Buich's thrilling performance knows no peer.
That's why more than 50 out of every 100 men and women who buy cars in Brick's wide price range choose the Eight as only Buick Builds It.
in design for municipal where contant starting. stopping, acceleration and brak- ing impose very severe conditions. The engine is a 92 h.p. overhead valve 6-cylinder type and the
ission line is off-set, a now of back axle being em ployed with vy shallow pot casings.
During the first six days of the Show A.E.C. definitely sold 125 vehicles, including an order from Hull Corporation" for 30 buses. They made special arrangements for their employeca to
visit Olympia and this involved the
purchase of 4.000 tickets.
On the main stand the A.C.C. Regent double decker was very prominent as it was shown with a special lightweight body seating 56 persons. An the complete vehicle fulfills all present day requirements of the Ministry of Transport in regard to weight and tilting, the construction of the body may be regarded as an out- standing achievement.
The Leyland Titan was first shown at Olympia our years ago and in the interval has achieved vast popularity both at home, and Overseas. In ita Intest form
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