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THE CHINA MAIL,

THURSDAY, MAY 10, 1928,

OF INTEREST TO MOTORISTSAM

B.S.A.

POWER with SILENCE

SPEED with SAFETY

In the Stock Machine Trial for standard machines selected from stock by A.C.U. officials B.S.A.'s won

4. GOLD MEDALS and TEAM PRIZE

DUNLOP

TROPHY

Premier Award in the M.C. 'and A.C. Dunlop Trophy Trial won on B.S.A. 4.93 h.p. O.H.V. (W. Johnson)

Also won on B.S.A. in 1926.

B.S. A's won the

COLMORE CUP

2 years out of 3-in 1926 and 1928

la the Victory Cup Trial B.S.A's won

Frank Hallam Cup

Watsonian Team Prize For and year in succession 6 GOLD MEDALS

In the Paris-Nice Trial B S.A.'s. won

TEAM PRIZE

for 5th year in succession and

3. GOLD MEDALS.

In the recent A.A. Silence Test, every one of the 15 models in the B.S.A. range (Including 2 O.H.V. specially tuned models) was tested by A.A. engineers and awarded the A.A. Silencing Efficiency Certificate.

Write for Catalogue.

THE SINCERE CO., LTD.

Sole Agents.

BUYERS' GUIDE

MOTOR CARS.

ARMSTRONG SIDDELEY.-Hongkong Hotel Garage, Queen's

Road. C.4759.

BUICK The Dragon Motor Car Co., Ltd., 33 Wong Nei Chung

Road, Happy Valley. C.1247.

CADILLAC-Hongkong Hotel Garage, Queen's Road. C.4759. CHEVROLET.-Hongkong Hotel Garage, Queen's Road. C.4759. CHRYSLER-A. Lung & Co., 19, Queen's Road, C. Tel. C. 1219. MORRIS-Hongkong Hotel Garage, Queen's Road. C4759, OAKLAND.-A. Lung & Co., 19, Queen's Rd., C. Tol. C.1219. OLDSMOBILE.—The Dragon Motor Car Co., Ltd., 83 Wong Nei

Chung Road, Happy Valley. C.1247.

PACKARD. The Dragon Motor Car Co., Ltd., 33 Wong Net Chung

Road, Happy Valley. C.1247.

PONTIAC.-A. Lung & Co., 19, Queen's Road, C. Tel. C. 1219. ROLLS-ROYCE-Hongkong llotel Garage, Queen's Road. C.4759. SINGER-Gilman & Co., 4a, Des Voeux Road Central. STUDEBAKER.-Hongkong Hotel Garage, Queen's Road. C.4759. WHIPPET.-Gilman & Co., 4a, Des Voeux Rd., C. WILLYS-KNIGHT.-Gilman & Co., 40, Des Voeux Road Central.

MOTOR TRUCKS AND TRACTORS. CHEVROLET.-Hongkong Hotel Garage, Queen's Road. C4759. G.M.C.-The Dragon Motor r Co., Ltd., 38 Wong Noi Chung Road,

Happy Valley. C.1247.

MORRIS--Hongkong Hotel Garage, Queen's Road. C.4759. STUDEBAKER.-Hongkong Hotel Garage, Queen's Road. C.4759.

MOTOR CYCLES.

B. S. A.-The Sincere Co., Ltd., Des Vœux Road. C.1067. ROYAL ENFIELD.-The Dragon Motor Car Co., Ltd., 33, Wong Nei

Chung Road, Happy Valley. C.1247. *

TYRES AND ACCESSORIES. ACCESSORIES,-long Kong Hotel Garage, Queen's Road. C.4759. ACCESSORIES -The Duro Motor Co., Nathan Road, Kowloon, K.226. AUTO-TOTAL FIRE EXTINGUISHERS.-Keller, Kern & Co., Ltd,

16-19, Connaught Road, Central.

COLUMBIA BATTERIES.-The Dragon Motor Car Co., Ltd., 83,

Wong Nai Chung Road. Happy Valley. C.1247. FIRESTONE TYRES The Dragon Motor Car Co., Ltd., 33, Wong

Nei Chung Road, Happy Valley.' C.1247. MILLER ACCESSORIES.-A. Lung & Co., 19 Queen's Rd., C.

Tel, C.1219.

MILLER TYRES.-A. Lung & Co., 19, Queen's Rd., C. Tel. C.1219. PRESTOLITE BATTERIES.-Hongkong Hotel Garage, Queen's

Road. C.4759.

PRESIDENT EIGHT.

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STUDEBAKER'S NEW PRODUCTION.

FINE POINTS,

new

Studebaker scores another out- standing triumph in its latest con- tribution to the art of Aine car building -- The

President Eight. Engineered by the same men who made The Studebaker Commander the world's champion car, The New President is the re- sult of two years of development in Studebaker's 'laboratories and on the roads of its 800 acre proving ground.

3. After the first thousand miles, changing the oil, in the motor and chassis lubrication are re- quired only at 2,500-mile Inter- vals.

4. To provide an even flow of petrol-even on steep gradients

5.

or at extremely high speeds-

a fuel pump feeds the petrol direct to the carburetter.

As a result of advanced pro- cision manufacture plus Stude haker methods of "seasoning" engines before they are plac- ed in the chassis, and in ad- dition, the Studebaker practice of running every car in on a dynamometer, The New Presi- dent may be driven as high as 40 miles per hour the day it is delivered;

6. The Proaldent Eight engine is of medium compression type, and thus enables ordinary petrol to be used with full effi- ciency.

en-

Under the direction of D. G. Roos, Chief Engineer (formerly chief engineer of Pierce Arrow, Locomobile and Marmon) and W.. S. James, Research Engineer (for- merly chief of an important sec- In driving The President Eight tion of the U.S. Bureau of Stand- one immediately senses the ards), The President Eight has'gineering achievement Studebaker been subjected to the most gruel- engineers have scored in designing ling trials. Over roads and this car. Yet the entire chassis is gradients designed to test a car to free from speculative features of the utmost, this car was proved, dealgn. Studebaker engineers have and then approved by exacting en-not attempted to build a "new gineers.

type" eight, but rather to design:

It is now presented to you as a a car which would embody every car fully qualified to carry on proved development of eight-cylin- Studebaker's 70-year-old tradition der construction.

is

in

of quality. It is the final word in That The President Elght intro- a fine car for the man whose word duces a new mode in motor car ie. final!

style will be evident the moment you see it. Body lines flow in un- The

New President Straight interrupted beauty from radiator Eight develops 100 brake horae- to back. Its mud guards are the power. No car.equalling it in rat-lembodiment of grace with their full ed horsepower (according to the new streamline form and ratings of the National Automobile crown design. No handsomer car Chamber of Commerce and the ever graced the boulevarde.

Ita exterior Society of Automotive Engineers)

finished sells for less than double its price, harmonising cellulose tones-rich; So much value has thus been built deep and lustrous, All exterior into The President Eight that it bright-metal parts are of chronium, can only be compared with cars like polished silver, but tarnish- selling for two times as much and proof and scratch-proof.

The interiors of The New Presi- In answer to the present demand, dent Eight are most luxurious. The New President was designed The seats are shaped to hold the to supply great speed with safety: body in a restful position.. They It will produce 80 miles per hour, are upholstered in rich two-tone and will maintain that speed in- Broadcloth or two-tone Mohair, ex- definitely.

pertly tufted and mounted on dou- Advanced elements of safety are ble-decked pillow springs. Trim- incorporated in The New Presi. ming is carried out in rich lace. Bodies are of full-vision All hardware is of engraved jewel- welded steel, giving a degree of ler finish. Sk curtains, assist! safety and durability comparable to cords, dome and rear corner lamps, the steel ship or steel railroad cigar lighter, arm rests-add to the coach. The steel body, being light-wealth of appointment.

imore.

dent.

er in weight-despite its greater. The facia board and door panels strength-affords marked savings are finished in two-tone English in fuel and tyres. Exceptionally, walnut. All interior fittings are in low centre of gravity contributes complete harmony with the colour to roadability. As a final factor, tone of the upholstery,

to a

of safety, amplifted action four- Because practically every vital wheel brakes offer positive control. part of The New President Straight Due to the advanced design of the Eight is built in Studebaker plants, braking system, even a light toe outside profits are reduced

What is saved is re- minimum. touch becomes a powerful braking, action.

¡turned to the product in finer It is easy to claim riding ease materials, precision workmanship on paper. It is quite another of the highest type and in the ad- thing to prove it-on the road. dition of numerous features of de- Only a ride in The New President sign and equipment usually asso- Eight can reveal the luxurious rid. clated only with the highest pric- ing qualities it-posscases,

ed care.

OBJECTIONABLE FUMES.

Hydraulic shock absorbers in! combination with five-foot

rear: aprings and springs over a yard long in front, give floating smooth- ness to the car. Double-decked! In the design and maintenance pillow springs,, heavily upholstered of public-service vehicles it is of add further comfort.

the utmost importance that atten- Though Studebaker's New Presi- tion be paid to a very common dent is a big car-big in power, fault-that is, the emission of big in wheelbase (131 inches)-it noxious vapours which can enter is a remarkably easy car to drive, the vehicle.

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Brake action, is positive and in. Many complaints have been re- stant. Geara shift smoothly, quiet- ceived, and even in connection ly-due in part to a special tor. with this matter the buses in sional dampener which eliminates London are not always entirely any vibration which might be free from the objection, although, transmitted from the engine to the fortunately, exhaust fumes do gear box. Steering responds to not enter these to any great ex- featherweight touch-an advantage tent.

gained through the use of a cam' It is the belief of "The Com- and lever steering gear of advanc- mercial Motor" that the chief ed design. Acceleration is silken cause of the trouble is leakage of smooth, silent--the reasons lie deep the gases somewhere between the In the 100 horsepower President, exhaust manifold and the pipe Eight engine.

leading from the silencer, and it The extent to which the design attention should be paid, especial is to these points that particular of The New President Eight anti-ly when a vehicle is operating in cipates the demands of even the the country, where runs are often most rigorous types of service will long. It is not of very great im- be appreciated by an explanation portance if a passenger is not like of some of the features of its con ly to be in the vehicle for more struction:

than a few minutes, but in cases 1. The manifolding and distribu-'where he may be riding for an tion of petrol to cylinders en hour or more the fumes are not ables the engine to warm up only objectionable, but actually almost Instantly-even in cold dangerous to health, for they con- weather. The circulation of sist of a mixture of carbon- water around the cylinders monoxide a highly poisonous is thermostatically controlled, gas: carbon-dioxide, which is which means that circulation also deleterious to health, and is retarded until a pre-deter gases from burnt oil, etc., which, mined temperature has been although not directly harmful, are reached. These improvements, certainly objectionable. together with a heat control on In the Interests of all owners of the facia, facilitate quick start passenger vehicles, as well as in ing under all conditions. those of the travelling public, a 2. Pozitive lubrication, at high close watch should be kept, and sustained spoeds, is ensured by any defective joints in the ex- a full pressure force-feed sys-haust system be made good as tem.

quickly as possible.

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STRAUTORS

With

BUICK Six Cylinder Engine Two Tons

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THE DRAGON MOTOR CAR CO., LTD.

Telephone Central 1245 or 1247.

33 WONG NEI CHUNG ROAD - - HAPPY VALLEY.

A TRUCK FOR EVERY PURSE AND PURPOSE

Feel That

Surge of Power

Slide behind the wheel of a Chrysler, step on the accelerator and feel that surge of power. The car literally leaps forward, accelerating

in an incredibly short time from 5 to.

25 miles an hour.

This latent power of the Chrysler is held in leash, just waiting for the oppor tunity to demonstrate its ability. Chrysler offers you many distin- guished body styles-the choice of exacting motorists all over the world. A roomy, easy-riding car, comfortable for short trips

or long tours,

TheNew"52," the Great New ""62," the Illustrious New "72," the Magnificent New Imperial "80"-a car in

each of the four price divisions-yet a Chry- sler gives you much morethananyother car in its class.

CHRYSLER

-452′ '62' . $72),

100 h.p. Imperial ‘80'

Sole Agents:

&

A. LUNG & CO.

'SHOW ROOM:

"Queen's Rd., C

Tel C.1219.

· SERVICE STATION;"

Percival St.

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