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SOUND ENGINEERS

SAVE THOUSANDS TO CAR OWNERS

A DESIGN FOLLOWED

904 MILES

RECORD FROM BOMBAY AND

DELHI

37.4 MILES PER HOUR

The soundness and thorough- Driving a Studebaker President ness of the work of Willys-Over-Eight Roadster, C. L. Clark of land engineers is well illustrated the Swiss Engineering Company, in the history of the Whippet Bombay, established a new specd since its introduction nearly record between Bombay and three years ago,

Delhi, India, when on April 6 he When this car was first an- arrived in Delhi, just 24 hours nounced in June, 1926, it set a 10 minutes after he had been The trend in car design which has checked out at Bombay. since that time been followed by distance between the two cities is practically every motor car manu- 904 miles, making the average facturer. While both the chassis speed 37.4 miles per hour. and bodies of the then new Whip. pet set entirely new standards, it was the motor particularly which departed radically from the ac- cepted design and engineering practice followed up to that time. The high speed, high compression Whippet motor with its excep- tionally high horsepower for the bore and stroke employed, permit ting of exceedingly economical, consumption of gasoline and oil, and capable of sustained high speed under all road conditions, readily won it a leading position in American moterdom.

Since the first Whippet was in troduced two other chassis have followed.

of

THE CHINA MAIL,

MOTOR RESEARCH

A

IMPROVEMENT IN 10 YEARS

PURPOSE EXPLAINED

new eleven-storey building, across the street from the General Motors Building, is now the home!

our Research Laboratories Here, under one roof, are all facili- ties for complete research on any automotive subject.

At this time it is fitting to ask; "What is the purpose of the Re- search Laboratories? What do they accomplish?

How do they benefit the purchaser of a General Motora The beat answer to these While the average speed main car?" tained during the run may not questions would be a review of the impress the average motorist improvements which research, both mile-a. in the engineering departments of who is accustomed to minute speed, the new record re. the General Motors Divisions and in ceived wide recognition in India, the Research Laboratories, has because there, motorists are fami-brought about in the last ten years. liar with existing road conditions. The course, over which the new record was made, was through jungle, through axle-deep water and mud in rivers, and through sand storms, which at times made vision impossible for more than In addition to 10 yards ahead. these adverse conditions, at times the road was no more than the roughest of cart tracks.

Severe Conditions

A further idea of the severe conditions encountered on the run can be gained from the fact that the best previous time over the same route was 28 hours and 31 minutes, an average of 31.69 miles per hour,

Almost every part of the car has been improved and a marked in- crease in power, speed, acceleration, durability, and smoothness is the result.

A complete list of their research improvements would be too long. out a few of the most important are Ethyl gasoline, crankcase ventila tion, Duco, the harmonic balancer nigher compression ratio engines. better combustion chambers, balanced engines, sad improved brakes.

A firm believer in the importance of gaining new knowledge, General Motors has made even better the research facilities of its Labora- tories. In the new, larger cold

LOWER COSTOF

While these have in- corporated a number of changes and refinements in both the en- gine and power line design, in cluding the transmission and rear axle, fudamentally there have been no major changes. The new Superior Whippets still follow these basic principles. The new The Bombay-Delhi record close-room twa care may be tested at onc Whippet Four engine, with a ly follows a record made by the time with the temperature 45 de-

grees below zero. The finest andl! longer stroke and increased com-same Studebaker Roadster on pression ratio, shows an increased February 27, when it finished almost complete electric dynamo- power development of 20 per cent. 1,466-mile run between Calcutta meters in the industry make accur- ate information on horsepower, fuei at 3,200 R.P.M. and also has a and Bombay in 41 hours and 30

consumption, and all-avonad per- higher top speed than its pre-minutes, which lowered the time formance easy to obtain. With the of the previous record by six decessor.

The President Roadster which established these two new

hours.

It-

same

I

assis dynamometer an entire ca may be given a road teat in whier. the car is stationary and the road ruos under it.

Then there are the chemical, physical metallurgical, and elec-

Bodies Larger and Finer With no necessity of making radical changes in the design of the motor or power line. Willys-cords in India is of the Overland engineers were able to family of morlels that made trans- save tens of thousands of dollarsportation history between July 21trical laboratories. These includ in the cost of tools and dies and. and August 8, 1928, by travelling everything necessary for research other manufacturing equipment 30,000 miles in 26,326 consecutive! on metals and other materials, gaso- which usually are necessary with minutes. Eleven world records oil, finishes rubber, and the plating the introduction of a new model were established by this great user for decorative and pro- and thus permit, at no increase feat of endurance. in the cost to the purchaser, the

CHEAPER THAN STEAM TOXIN

tective purposes.

But not all research is done with

large machine shop, heat treat de partment, pattern shop, welding (shop, and experimental foundry. This complete equipment enables the new Research Laboratories to carry a project through its entire development.

use of larger and finer bodies |RAIL MOTOR COACH test tubes and flasks. There is a with many high priced car fea- tures. The new "Finger-Tip Con- trol" found on the Superior Whip- pets is another example of how Willys-Overland engineers, are again the first to introduce a new feature which undoubtedly will be adopted by other companies.

SUNLIGHT TO ORDER

The Fiat Company of Turin, world-famed as motor car manu facturers, has recently introduced an interesting rail motor coach equipped with a six cylinder verti- al Diesel engize developing 180 horsepower, which is used to gen- |

INGENIOUS TEST OF TYRESerate electricity and drives the

FOR USE IN TROPICS

Tropical sunshine is now being

coach through electric motor's coupled to the axles.

VETERAN CARS

COMPETE IN OLD-TIMERS' RACE

Two of the first American cara 1903 figured prominently in a race from imported into Europe, a Cadillac and a 1902 Oldsmobile,

London to Brighton recently.

The

race was staged for old-timers and all the ancient motor cars in the British Isles participated.

This self-contained unit is very created in the midst of Eng steam or electricity on lines having much more economical than either land's smoky Midlands to test the

comparatively light traffic. There effect of strong sunlight upon

is no costly installation, as in the motor tyres made for use in hot climates. The innovation has case of electric traction; the Diesel been carried out at the labora- engine requires only one driver, and tories of Fort Dunlop where re-there is not a big dead weight of

Ranging in age from 25 to 35 search work is undertaken into fuel and water. the qualities of rubber destined The coach is nearly 60 feet long vehicles succeeded in accomplish- yours, the majority of competing for most parts of the civilised over the buffers, it accommodates ing the 52-mile journey. This de- world.

58 passengers, bas a luggage com- monstration. apart from sentimenta partment, a postal compartment, interest, served to illustrate the

It can be driven wonderful and a lavatory.

workmanship put into from either end by one man, the the very earliest cars. Many of the controls being similar to those of vehicles are still in daily use.

The weight an ordinary tramcar.

Gold medals were awarded to the in full running order is 44. tons, owners of four automobiles, the per- the maximum speed is 85 miles performances of which, in the opinion hour, and the maximum gradient of the judges, were the most meri-| that can be climbed with a full load torious, having regard to the age of is 1 in 25.

the cars, their conformity to ori-i Tests carried out under working gal design, and perform- conditions showed that this new ance on the road as recorded by coach cost five times less to work official observers. than a steam train of similar capa- city, so that a frequent service can be maintained at a comparatively low cost.

"Resistance to sun-cracking." one of the laboratory chemists explained in an interview, "is an essential feature of the modern tyre, and by means of the ultra- violet ray lamp we can to-day produce, within a few hours, the effect of exposure to months of strong sunlight.

"By this means we can find out the values of various rubber com- pounds with regard to their re- sistance to sun-cracking and so anticipate the way in which the ultimate product may be expect ed to behave in tropical coun- tries."

Major Segrave Knighted

Bronze medals were given to all other entrants whose vehicles com- pleted the journey within six and a half hours.

Major Henry 0. D. Segrare, who established a new speed record at Daytona Beach course, over two months ago, received the first knighthood to be bestowed by King George since the recent illnese of the monarch. Left to right, Prince of Wales, Mafor Segrave, Sir Stanley, Chairman of the Royal Automobile Club, and Sir Charles Wakefield, donor of the speed trophy.

COACH

TOURER ROADSTER

$1,590

$1,695

$1,950

$1,950

$2,080

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change without notice.)

COUPE

SEDAN

Whippet Four Touring

THURSDAY, JUNE 6, 1929.

OF OPERATIONA

THE STYLE CREATION

of MASTER DESIGNERS

WITH its longer bodies, graceful lines, harmonious colours, higher radiator, and sweep-

ing one-piece full crown fenders, the new Superior Whippet represents superlative mastery of modern design and is definitely the style authority in its class.

Mechanically as well as artistically, the new Superior Whippet sets its own advanced

standards. A higher compression engine gives in- creased speed, livelier pick-up and greater hill- climbing ability. Other important engineering advantages include silent timing chain, full force- feed lubrication, aluminum alloy invar-strut - pistons, big four-wheel brakes.

See the new Superior Whippet at your near est Willys-Overland dealer's. He will be glad to arrange a demonstration.

The

new superíor

Kau "Fingerdip Control"a single bestiari, ina tumcro ajfaluare tag wheel, starte che meBOT : sparate the lights and sounda the horn

WHIPPET FOUR

Agents

Messrs. Gilman & Co., Ltd.

Telephone C. 290.

4A Des Vœux Road, Central.

WILLYS OVERLAND

ARMY MILEAGE

MOVING BRITISH

TERRITORIALS

B

Several remarkable mileages are disclosed by a unique organisation especially formed in Great Britain to hire out to Territorial units the different types of motor vehicles re- quired by them for training.

NEW CARS

THOSE FIRST 500 MILES

Reverting to the subject of new cars and that wearisome but most necessary process of running-in. I am glad to see (says a writer in a Home paper) that another big manufacturer has adopted 7 mechanical check on the youthful speed of his offspring.

This year the fleet to be used by he British Territorial Force con- ists of 12 Jowett reconnaissance ears; 5 Clayton chain-track trac-

On the north-western fringe of lors used for hauling 60-pounders cach of which, with its carriage, London it is a common sight to weighs over 7 tons; and 15 Karrier see strings of brand-new Cars six-wheelers by which a battery bearing trade number plates on complete with guns and personnel

can be taken complete from the Ter their way to the distributors or itorial headquarters to their camp. London showrooms. You see long ing ground.

convoys of Morrises rolling sedate- All the vehicles are fitted with Dunlop tyres, aome of them the orily along each with its hidden washer in the induction pipe limit- ginal tyres with which the venture

began two years ago. Since thening, the maximum pace. And you

may also see cars from other fac many of them, according to an in- vestigator, have run 30,000 miles torics buzzing along at a good and the treads are hardly marked," round forty. There is a stretch of These results are even more in little und arterial road between teresting when it is considered that Greenford and Hanzer Hill, which the rear equipment of the Karrier is very popular with conscience- six-wheelers have been operated less drivers. during part of the period with cater- pillar chain tracks, not only across country but on hard road surfaces

as well.

What a farce it is that the new

owner should be carefully impress ed with the necessity of not ex- ceeding 20 m.ph. for the first 500

Garage and Service Station: Messrs. Duro Motor Co., Ltd.

FINE

Telephone K, 226.

123 Nathan Road, Kowloon.

MOTOR

웅

CARS

ACCESSORIES

THE REPUBLIC MOTOR CO. OF CHINA, 30-32 Des Voeux Rd. C.

Spare Parts Batteries,

etc., etc

miles when his cherished machine has covered most of its first hun ared at nearly twice that speed.

Electric Accessories, etc., etc.

does not endorse the guarantee that goes with the car until they have the dealer's certificate that Therefore the Singer Company the seal was not broken inside the have acquired merit by fitting in 500 miles. I welcome this new pro- the throttle barrel a set-screw tection, for the buyers the more which limits the extent to which because I was, I think, indirectly the throttle can be opened. The and in some small degree respon device is sealed and the company sible for its adoption.