1929-10-24 — Page 17

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1929.

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THE REPUBLIC MOTOR CO. OF CHINA.

30-32 Des Voeux Road C.

Telephone C. 1219 & C. 6252.

DODGE NEW SIX SEDAN

DODGE ROADSTER

DODGE SENIOR SIX.

DODGE TRUCKS & BUSES.

3⁄44-2 Tons.

NOW ON VIEW

SOUTH CHINA MOTOR CAR CO.

33, Des Voeux Road, Central,

Telephone C. 5644,

RADIO SUPPLIES. Electric Gramophones

& Motors

Tone Arms and Sound Boxes. Super Elto Outboard Motors. RUDOLF WOLFF & KEW, LIMITED,

54) Queen's Road. Canimal

LONDON'S 'BUSES

· MODERN ELECTRICAL

EQUIPMENT

THE CHINA MAIL,

WHIPPET SIX

PERFORMANCE AMAZES

OWNERS

The immense strides made in the Unusual performance values de- last few years in road transport veloped in teats made under every both for passengers and goods has conceivable condition have contri- revolutionised the' commercial buted tremendously to the popu vehicle world. Particularly in the larity of the Whippet' Six, a survey conveyance of passengers is the conducted among dealers of difference most marked, for where Willys-Overland

Company in.

the

A hundred were carried a few dicates. years ago thousands now use this These performances of speed, form of travel, and whilst dia-power, stability and sturdiness have tances were then very limited, it placed the Whippet Six in a dis- is now possible to traverse the tinctive class, this investigation country in any direction by luxuri-disclosed, while it has shown a per- ous motor 'bus or coach.

formance equal to that of many

With the growth of the industry sixes in a higher price range. and the increase in size of vehicles, 1 The power development of the has come a marked change in elec Whippet Six has struck a new note trie lighting equipment. Whereas for cars of this class, showing an the three brush or constant current ability to climb the steepest grades system was found to give fair satis-in high gear, acccomplished with- faction It became more and more out a strain on the car while the apparent that its success largely engine remains cool functioning depend on the

New owners human element, perfectly.

of the It was so fatally easy to overcharge Whippet Six are amazed at the un- the battery or conversely to dis-usual speed development of the car, charge it to such an extent that it its fast pick-up and getaway and

was impossible to maintain the the ease in which it is handled. A SINGLE DRIVE

the

lights at constant brilliancy. especially in heavy city traffic.. Happily, these troubles are now a

While high speed 3 not claim- thing of the past, for the C.A.V. ed. owners report speeds of 60 compensated voltage control light-miles an hour or better and an ing aystem, introduced by Messrs. ability to maintain it easily with G. A. Vandervell & Co., Ltd., works out working a

hardship on on an entirely different principle, motor or the car. It has shown a and gives constant and ample lilu- remarkable response to any demand mination for buses and coaches of of the driver under the most ad all sizes without the need of know-verse conditiona ledge or supervision on the part of An outstanding fact about the the driver.

Whippet Six is that it contains The dynamo used is a simple found in few of the higher priced mechanical features which are straight forward shunt wound cars. machine without the complication advantages as: extra long wheel- Briefly, these include such of third brush or any other form base, full force feed lubrication.. of internal voltage or output con-silent, timing chain, Invar-atrut trol. Nevertheleas, the voltage is piatons, "Finger-Tip Control," big controlled so precisely by automa-four wheel brakes and oversize tic and infinite variation of the balloon tyres. These facts, combin field coil realstance that the dynamoed with style appeal and economy generates the exact amount of cur- of operation, have contributed rent required to feed any lampa largely to Willys-Overland's high that are switched on and to provide volume of sales this year. just sufficient current to charge the battery. This means that the out- put of the dynamo la constantly varying, for, as the battery voltage) gradually rises so does the output of the dynamo just as gradually decrease. Making a comparison at this point it will be seen that on Close to 150,000 pounds of special | an occasion when a constant cur- steels are used daily by the Ford rent dynamo would be pouring its Motor Company in its Rouge plant full output into a fully charged in conditioning and replacing worn battery, creating excessive gassing, tools, dies and machine parts. overcharging and rapid evaporation Ford efficiency has found a way of the electrolyte, the C.A.V. com- to beat the cost of this very costly pensated voltage dynamo would process by reclaiming the expensive merely be giving a matter of two alloys from high-speed steel scrap. or three amperes.

As scrap it is worth $14 to $15 a That this system is efficient andton, and, as high-speed steel, up to economical, is proved by the fact si a pound.

I

SPECIAL STEELS

USED IN FORD'S ROUGE PLANT

that it has been adopted by the Fifty tona of that material are majority of the leading British run through special electric fur commercial vehicle chassis manu-naces every day to reclaim the

nickel, facturers, and in addition is the chromium,

vanadium, standard equipment used by all the tungsten, cobalt and molybdenum large business undertakings thereby saving the company thou- throughout Great Britain.

sands of dollars a day. Owing to the widely differing. The equipment of that depart- characteristics of the lead acid ment consists of one 50-ton, two 10- battery

18 compared with the ton, one 3-ton and one 1-ton electric alkaline battery, we may mention furnaces. They turn out steel In here that the C.A.V. compensated ingot form, ranging from one-half voltage contact system is applicable to eight tons in weight.. to both, the only difference being

At times that department is call- in the voltage regulator which ia ed on to furnish special castings fitted with a compensating winding

for slag pots, pouring, dishes, to suit the class of battery being locomotive frames and wheel centres and for other purposes. Realising the tendency in the Some have weighed as heavy as motor 'bus industry to favour the twelve tons when finished. alkaline battery, Messrs.

As in other departments of the C. A; Vandervell & Co., Ltd., carried out Ford plant, the work is carried on extensive experiments io their at peak efficiency. Recently the de- laboratories with alkaline cella, and partment was called on to produce in view of the results obtained, pro- 2 special 7-ton ingot to be duced in conjunction with the fashioned into a crankshaft for a manufacturers of the well-known huge hydraulic shear in the rolling N.I.F.E. battery, one which they mills. It was delivered eight hours claim to have higher all-round after the order had been received. efficiency both on charge and dis-market which are unaffected by charge than any other make of alkaline battery on the market.charging rates under about seven Rapid developments have recently preciable part of

(or eight amps., so that quite an ap- the dynamo.

used.

been made with the C.A.V. Ni-Fe battery, which is capable of giving

energy is wasted.

Due of the strongest recom→

detrimental

a higher rate of discharge than that mendations of this class of battery of any other alkaline battery of lies in the fact that it is extremely well-known make, taking into aerobust the cell cases and the count weight, bulk and maintained plates are of steel. Vibration and voltage. This result is due to the hard usage have no composition and construction of the effect, and depreciation of the plate plates, which have been subjected elements is so glow that a very long to consistent experimenting for life is assured. We believe that it some considerable time. There is nothing unusual to find these duction of weight and bulk for a still in use after ten yeare constant given capacity has not been made service. This is a very Important at the expense of durability.

factor to commercial vehicle users,

In view of the present tendency for hitherto the repair or replace- to use self starters on 'hus chassis

It is interesting to note that the de-ment of batteries has been a con-

{tory:

siderable item in casts.

maintenance

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velopment of the C.A.V. self-starter and the C.A.V.-Ni-Fa battery has been handled as a single problem, practically no self-discharge and The C.A.V. NI-Fe battery Eas so that the utmost advantage be will stand for long periods without taken of the characteristics of this loss of capacity. It is not injured battery. It is found that the char acteristica of the starter are well and produces no corrosive gases. by either under or overcharging adapted to commercial vehicle reIt is claimed.for this battery that, quirements, and the machines are durable and in every way satisfac-with its exceptionally long life and [ low depreciation, It possesses Apart from the possibilities on make of alkaline cell Anether higher efficiency than any other rapid discharges the C.A.V. NI-Fe point la favour of the C.A.V. Ni-Fe battery can, on the other hand, be battery is that no technical know charged effectively at a lower rate ledge is essential, and in use it is | then any other we know of. There

are many alkaline batteries on the practically fool-proof. The makers

Issue very cómprehenalve Instruc- DANGEROUS ROADS · (says a writer in "Truth") if his ap move the authorities to setion in this tions on the maintenance of the

peal in the Press for £5,000,000 to re-matter without any delay. battery and the preparation of the Are our roads the most dangerous blind turns which, abound everywhere done by cutting out the circumlocution move the dangerous corners and ¡¡My' Joffreys shown how it might be electrolyte, which can be followed in the world? Mr. Reee Joffroys says and which would give employment to office, and dispensing with plans and by anyone utterly unversed in such they are, and he ought to know as 40,000 men during the winter months, detailed estimates and frequent refer- matters. In use no attention is chairman of the Roads Improvement will have the desired effect, but I should ance to Whitehall. quired beyond occasional cleaning Association and secretary of the old like to see. It. doze. The roads are.The, matter could be settled on the and replenishment of the small Road Board In fact, he was the Road overcrowded, and the fact that fifteen spot, if left to the county surveyoré amount of electrolyte lost by Board, though the late Sir George Gibb people are killed every day in the and the divisional engineer of the evaporation.

was its titular bead. I do not know week throughout the year ought to Ministry of Transport

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Tel C. 3178.

LANE, CRAWFORD, LTD.

Automobile Däpt C3192.