THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH
CHEFOO HAS SIX NEW FORD BUSES.
The Chefoo General Omnibus Company, Chafoo, uslected Ford Motor Cars for their new buses. The
Six Ford buses pictured above ware supplied by James McMullan and Co., Chafoo.
ONE MILE PER POUND
BEKLEKAS PENFERMES
AND THAT'S PLENTY!
The state of California allows automobiles travelling its roads to uae nine lights on the front of the car, all of which must be of amber or white colour.
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 11,
CARE OF LAMPS
Few Hints
ing the circuit, and all the jufco Intended for the battery will pound through the lights..
Let the terminal of one lamp Jar
supa 18 thụd El the italiana, and
1933,
Thoan should be tested after it has been seen that the battery is not the cause of the trouble.
PLENTY OF COLOUR
Twenty-two different colour
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SAFETY ON ROAD
BURNED out bulbs in headlamps loose, or any other contact break, BY keeping an eye on the am combinations are used on auto- meter and knowing the rate mobile licences of various states or other lights on the car may the generator power that should be at which the generator charges this year. - point to overcharging by the gon-distributed in proper proportion properly, the motorist can deget open circuit almost immediate- orator, but they may also be a curoughout the system would con danger signal for other troubles.centrato on the lights to which con- ly They may for instance, point to tact romains. The result is
heavy overcharge of voltage und a Thle can be suspected as soon
us the ammeter needle Jumps] : the danger of overcharging the quick breakdown of the bulba.
Hugo reflectorized algus from above the regular charging rato. battery or of overheating the gen-
If it is not fited almost immedi-eight to 10 feet high are now bo erator, unless the entire charging system in watched 'carofully.
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WHEN a light burns out, there- ately, a bulb will burn out, for ing placed at important highway merely replacing it with the bulb flament is the weakest intersections in California. another bulb will not help. That spot in the shortened closed cir- bulb may get along well for acuit.
ORDINARILY, even with the gen-short time and then repeat the
crator charging pt between porformance.
15 and 20 amperes, which is the Shorts or grounds do not cause THE proper rate of generator
charge depends upon the con- usual winter day rate, there should lights to burn out, for they reduce dition under which the car is op- be no worry of burning out the voltage. It is an open circult, aerated. lights or of overcharging the loose or corroded connection in the battery. For the extra umount of genorater charging line, that is Julco put into the battery is taken the real cause. out more quickly by the starter, and the greater use of the lights on winter nights demands more work from the generator.
If drivon mostly at night, the generator needs to be adjusted to givo a greater chargo in order to Most frequent faults are found renince the energy used by the at the battery terminals where lights at night. If driven on short corrosion takes place. These trips, the gonerator should be should be scraped clean' and tight similarly adjustod. But that is all right while the jened. Sometimes the ammoter elreults In the lighting and igni- terminals, which are in series be- tion aystems are complete and twoen the generator and battery, there is nothing in the way to will jar lose and cause an open cause the breakdown of one of circuit. Water, dirt or jarring It is reported that 21,000 faml-them. Let a battery terminal cor-may cause a poor contnet between lies in the United States still own rode, for example, to the extent the terminal switch automobiles.
STILL OWN CARS
of breaking the contact and open-switch posts.
CAR COST DOWN
The wholesale value of the av and the orage passenger car dropped from
$882 in 1919 to $540, in 1932.
OPEL MOTOR CARS
Made by General Motors, 4-cylinder and 6-cylinder models. 90-inch, 96-Inch, and 100-Inch wheelbaso chassis;.. New low prices from H.K.$2,355.00.
Telephone-30228.
THE DRAGON MOTOR CAR CO., LTD. Happy Valley.
THE WILLYS "77"
GY 1207
Burning coal gas which is generated by the car itself, an automobile built by J. A. Mac- Donald of Kenys, South Afrion,
being displayed in London. Coal is burned in the rear of the car and the gas is taken directly to the angina. One fill.
ing of 250 pounds of coal will
create enough gas to drive, the
car From 250 to 300 miles.-Above.
at the loft in a view of the car's
engine, with hand pointing to the
gas connexion tube. At right the
driver is putting coal in the
burner.
miles to the Imperiul Gallon and many owners have found that a tankful (6-3/4 Imperial Gallons) is ample for a week's normal run.
Many New Features ning while high speed is unused by most car, owners this car has
ob ample reserve power and can tain over 70 miles per hour.
FINE STREAMLINE
In appearance, the Willys "" While the world has entered an sets an undoubted pace for stream. Pra of new economies, being lining which all manufacturers caused by the general business de-are now interesting themselves in pression, there has been no de- crease of desire for possession of a-The "77" splits the frontal air in-pressure instead of wasting potro motor cur by the average dividual.
AC.
to push it aside-the body lines fare extremely practical and fol-
To meet the new condition, The low the tendency of aviation de-i Willys-Overland Company has sign. brought into production. an en-
Many specifications of more that is tirely now model; one madeatly priced and has low.up-costly cars are found in the "77"
All steel hodies-"X" membor type. keep cost yet maintains the cessities for comfort, acceleration, frame-Four hydraulic shock al speed and longevity. This car, the sorbers "Floating Power' type of Willys Model "77" can obtain 33/95 rubbor engine mounting-Water: oll and patrol pumps-down draft Carburetor with pump-Tool ateel seating for exhaust valve (erind MCLAUGHLIN-BUICK (ing) unnecessary under 80,000 miles) and numerous other up-to- the minute improvements.
SALES AND SERVICE
The McLaughlin, Buick has been made in Canada since 1907, No local tax. No Canadian premium. livered Hong Kong prices from $1,390.00 U.S. Cur rency.
De-
THE DRAGON MOTOR CAR COMPANY, LTD. Taleptione 30228 Wong No Chung, Road,
All gadgets, which increase car cost and complicate running eff cloney have been eliminated from the Willys "77" design and the re- ault is a car which gives fint transportation at very low cost.
WHAT NEXT!
Wheelbarrows equipped with balloon tires have made their ap pearance in Delrolt. It is said, that 'barrows so equipped aro easier to shove "and" that more traction. Is obtained from this type of tire.
We do not sell
"Talking Points"
Henry Ford Dearborn, Mick
Ford
When customers write in, as many are doing these days, stating that they have found the Ford V-8 batter than we said it was, that is how we prefer it
to be.
I say this for the benefit of a Ford dealer who chides me for not olaiming all that might be claimed in favor of our car.
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If the people who use our cora every day-are-not-praising them, it mattors
The last word must be spoken by the car itself, and little what we may say. the owner who tells his next door neighbor how his car behaves in actual service is the only effective advertiser.
The Ford V-8 is That is why we do not stress "talking points" in our car. built on principles, not on "points." Most of the "talking pointa" in motor cars are of little or no importance to the performance or value of the car.
Take weight, for example. It is not just a "talking point" with us; it is a basic principle which we koop constantly in mind when we design a car.
It costs us money to remove Weight has much to do with the cost of the car. excess weight. It costs you money if we leave it in.
When people talk about the cost of running a car or, to put it in advertising language, "economy of operation"--why do they not give more thought to weightt
The more dead weight a car drags around, the more it costs to run.- To carry passengers coats very little. It is car weight that runs up
the gas bills. If we design an economical engine, and then waste the coonomy
in moving a mass of unnecessary car weight, what hau beon-gained?
By keeping weight where it belongs-as trainers do with a race-horse or an athlote-the horse-power per pound of car remains high. To get the most miles and most power out of a gallon of gas, a car should not be over-heavy for its purpose. A quick, responsive pick-up and reserve speed--which means reservo power-requires careful attention to car-weight and strength.
The Ford V-8 is not a light car--it is as heavy as its design requirem,
and much stronger than it need be for safety. But it has no useless weight.
Strength has been obtained without dead heavy bulk.
What we offer is a car, built to do certain things, and sure to do thần.
Henry Fond