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THURSDAY, APRIL 7, 1932.

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MOTORING AND MOTORS.

The 20-H.P. Alvis.

Alvis saloon

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that it definitely ranked in im the portance with the behaviour of the plenty of room for chassis. This is more remarkable longest legs. The in that the example of the Mayfair ut is excellent, the four-windowed saloon 1 took out was practically brand quite evidently

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new machine, at a price within a few pounds of the cheapest on the market, is entirely closed.

A metal shield covers all the working parts-just as does the bonnet of a car-and the engine, as well as the rider, is protected from mud and water. Like a car, the machine can be washed down with & hose.

Clothing is safe from grease and oil, which makes the machine ideal for business men and women riders.

The completu car costs £775, and, strument board. The latter is of power, and on either top or third and engineering industries are find- and costs only 15s. a year to tax.

considering that with its really very neatly designed,

THE LUXURY CAR in the low-price class - beautiful Interior appoint- . ments and upholstery, roomy, full-size Safety-Steel Bodies-ex- clusive Floating Power and 4- Wheel Weatherproof Hydraulic Brakes and many other features not offered in care of its price,

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seat is really an abomination), and vision of dual ignition, a polar-1 with enough elbow room to allow inductor magneto being used in The two two tall and broad people to move combination with a coil.

course, be about at their ease without touching ignitions cannot, of each other.

used in combination with a coil. By John Prioleau.l

"Visibility" and Neat Finish. The two ignitions cannot, of course,

The Humber Snipe of which The new 20-p.h. Alvis six-cylin

Another point that impressed me be used simultaneously, but even ini der, which is, I understand, an en

very much was the "visibility." these days of high reliability of all H.R.H. the Prince of Wales has re- larged edition of the well-known The front pillars were the thinnest ignition systems it is a comfort to cently taken delivery is a four-light able and safe mozor-cycle travel is Silver Eagle, is one of the most have ever seen, consisting of a have another form of ignition upon saloon. finished in black with thin promised by the arrival on the mar comfortable cars I have ever tried simple frame, angled to take the which to fall back in ense (red lining. red cloth upholstery and ket of an entirely new machine-a for these articles. As a general front screen and the front window trouble. Cooling is by pump com-

Several ingenious veritable two-wheeled car. The rule 1 consider the mechanical de slides. The side-windows and the bined with radiator shutters which red wheels. tails, design, and performance of generously wide back one.enabled are thermostatically controlled. Abody Attings were incorporated to car as being of greater interest and me to see nearly as clearly when single plate-clutch takes the drive the special order of His Royal importance than the coachwork, driving as if it had been an open to a right-hand controlled four-speed spite of the general all-round im

touring car. The back seat accom- gear box, of which the third speed Highness, and the car not only pre- to be provement in the former

modates three people in proper com- is what is known as "silent." The sents a most attractive appearance, also thoroughly suitable found in

deceat fort, and there practically every

is a disappearing lutter is not, as it happens, silent, but is car to-day, but the comfort of the arm for use when only two are car- but the noise it makes is very either for town work or touring.

marked

The gear-ratios are, 5, Whatever the position of slight. jed.

sliding front scats there is 6.75, 9.5, and 17.4.

those with the comfortably high with 10. finish through- Although, as I said, the car was only decorative brand new and the engine therefore is probably its Rote being struck by the walnut running at what

At a time when most branches Bristling with novel, details, it is and woodwork along the tops of the roughest, it was a genuine pleasure stiff throughout, doors

any amount of the north-western iron and steel one of the new "baby" motor-cycles, and surrounding the in to drive.

A pressed steel frame takes the and all the the liveliness and pick-up were pro- ing conditions exceptionally dit-

That it should be un- cult and without evidence of any place of tubing, making it at once large and comfortable body, it has instruments are in the direct view nounceil. an easy cruising speed of well over of the driver.

asually Bexible when properly run early expansion of business, motor both stronger and lighter. The en- in manufacturers in the area are gine is a 148-c.c. two-stroke; it has 50 m.p.h.. with all the acceleration The design of the engine follows in was proved by the manaer and hill-climbing such a factor in the usual Alvis practice in having which it took the hill up to Burgh at present relatively well placed. a three-speed gearbox and clutch, plies, it may be regarded as one of

-parate water passages between Heath on top speed at not less than Messrs. Leyland Motors, Limited, internal-expanding brakes on both those rare productions, a luxurious the engine binck and the cylinder 45 m.ph. as far as the bend by the of Leyland, near Preston, in parti- wheels, and a footstarter.

At the stiffest point clar, have materially strengthen- Weighing only 170lb., complete car sold at a moderate price.

head, thus avoiding the use of the cross roads.

not fall below 25. ed their order book in the last few with electric lighting set, the ma I am not sure that that saloon is gasket a water joint. The bore the speed did not just about the must comfortable and st are 74 x 100, which gives Pebblecombe Hill was half climbed weeks, one of the most important chine, which is known as the Royal I have ever sat in. I should eer a cubie capacity of 2,511 c.c. and a on top in a very satisfactory man- contracts being for the supply of Enfield "Cycar." and is made by the speed did not fall 35 48-seater double-deck motor om- the Enfield Cycle Company, of Red- tainly have preferred pneumatic up tax-rating of £20. The usual Alvis ner, while

third or below nibuses to the Plymouth Corpora-ditch, will cover 130 miles on a enables four speeds to be obtained under these conditions not exceeding holstery, because I am a firm be design of overhead valve gear is below 25 m.ph. on

tion. They have also secured an gallon of petrol and oil mixture in either direction, though the car in. The life of the tyres is said liever in this design as an elimina mployed.

and 23 for the few yards it was neces- eamshaft

on the order for two 32-seater single-deck less than one-sixth of a penny alean, at present, only be driven from to be about 20,000 miles at present, tor of fatigue on long journeys, buf auxiliary drive being by chain, sary to drop into second

and two 48-senter double-deck om- mile. It costs 21 guineas.

the front, and the reverse is thus but it is hoped that this will be in- the stuffing and springing of the which is self-adjusting.

steepest pitch.

employed during shunting alone.creased. The gear-changing is easy, and nibuses from the Newport (Mon.) cushions was, of its type, as good as

are braked by During the trial, a maximum }PNEUMATIC-TYRED RAIL MOTOR All eight wheels The front Three anything I have known.

fit the brakes, all four of which are Corporation, and an order for a fire

internal expanding brakes operating speed of 60 m.p.h. was attained, the COACH. scata specially pleased me, being ted with

J hot spot on the operated by both pedal and lever, engine at a cost of £1,532 from the! The Portsmouth Corporation, At Bol-

on the Lockheed bydraulic system. vibration and noise being consider- unusually wide and deep, giving one induction system, and petrol are smooth and powerful.

The whecks, which naturally form ably less than in an express train electrical

About six months ago, the Chemin the chief point of interest are by

means. latter are interesting in having, ton, Messrs. Bromilow and Edwarda, every comfortable and

of running at the same speed. The six-wheeled de Fer de l'Est placed in service pressed steel with standard straight journey between Bletchley and position, not too low (a very low Another point I admired is the pro- their special operating-mechaniam Limited, are equipping a number of

Leyland chassis for a leading oil company number of rall coaches operated by side rims and a wide inner flange. Bicester, a distance of just under for use or pipe-laying work in the petrol engines, and provided with The tyres, which are of the Michelin, 20 miles, was run in 31 minutes Each chassis will be wheels fitted with pneumatic tyres, pneumatic rail type, measure 25 in. with seven stops, as compared with oil-felds. provided with a steel platform, a the object being to reduce the dead

by. 4 in. They have straight sides, the 42 minutea allowed for a steam 7-ton crane, and capstans. The weight per passenger by enabling a

are held against the flange by a train under the present schedule. same firm is equipping a fleet of lighter construction to be employ-removable ring, and are inflated to Acceleration up to 50 mi.p.h. Morris Commercial six-wheeled ed, and to increase the adhesion a pressure of 85 lb. per square inch effected in about 1,000 yards, and vehicles with armour-plated van available, owing to the higher Each tyre is fitted with a permanent the car can normally be brought to bodies for the War Office. Messrs. friction between the tyre and the

Subsidiary advantages claim-pressure gauge, which carries a rod rest from that speed in 110 yards Crossley Motors, Limited, of Gor- rail. ton, Manchester, also well ed for this arrangement were that that an automatic warning device on dry rails and in 125 yards under

is operated if the pressure falls be- wat conditions. placed. One recent contract is for a smaller driving unit could be em low 71 lb. per square inch. Alfriction between a further 12 double-deek omni- ployed, and that braking, even under buses for the Rochdale Corpora- the worst conditions, was facilitat-pare tion; and the firm has also on hand ed.

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The coefficient of tyre and rail is wheel and tyre, which are 0.6, compared with about 0.2 for carried on the vehicle, can be put steel tyres. The adhesion is there- on in about five minutes. The fore three times as great as that of

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the construction of Crossley Con- A vehicle of this pattern has now tyres are also fitted with an internal the steel wheel, and the dor six-cylinder petrol-and oil been brought over to this country solid rim, which would support the tractive effort at the rail head can engined omnibuses for the Corpora- by the Michelin Tyre Company, load in the event of a burst or be obtained with one-third of the tions of Barrow, Widnes, and Limited, Stoke-on-Trent,

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TOURING IN BRITAIN.

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undergoing a series of trial runs on the Bletchley-Oxford branch of the London, Midland. and Scottish Rail- way- In appearance this vehicle resembles a large motor coach, ex- That touring In Great Britain is cept that it is carried on a six- a four- increasing, especially during the wheeled front bogle and winter month, la made quite clear wheel rear bogie, this arrangement by the Agures recently published being necessary ewing to the com- by the home touring department of paratively narrow tread of the The centres of the the Automobile Association. In standard rail. January 1931 detailed itineraries wheels on the leading bogie are covering approximately 32 million ft. 3 in., and those of the wheels on miles were issued by the A.A., while the rear bogie 2 ft. 51⁄2 in., apart. the Agure for the corresponding The overall length is 44 ft. 9 in month this year exceeded 4 million and the width 8 ft. 7 in., the vehicle, milles. A comparison of the ap- of course, being designed to run on Both proximate mileage covered by A.A. standard gauge track. roates issued during the past two front and rear bogie frames are of girder construction, years also indicates that motorists, light box who under different circumstances suspension being effected by semi- would be wintering on the contin-elliptical springs and shock absor

passenger compart- ent, are now finding health in Great bors. The Britain and Ireland. In 1981 the ment, which is 21 ft. long and 8 ft. distance covered by A.A. routes ex-wide, and has a tire weight of 5 'ceeded 150 million miles, an in-tons, is connected with the front and crease of over 12 million miles on rear bogies by pivota and self- the previous year's figures. That aligning links, and consists of a Ireland is becoming a popular tour- riveted steel skeleton, the main ing ground is indicated by the fact members of which are of box girder It provides accom- that during this winter the de-construction.. mands on the A.A. for tours in that modation for 24 passengers, with a country increased by over 112 per luggage compartment at each end. The dead weight per passenger is therefore only just over 4 cwt.

The power unit consists of a 27 h.p., four-cylinder, Panhard sleeve- within the drums, which are of a valve engine, which is water cooled very generous size. The steering by airplane type radiators, fixed on is very steady at all speeds, but not the root, and drives the middle; particularly light. There is, How axle of the front bogle through a ever, no sense of undue effort even clutch and gear-box in the usual at slow speeds in traffic. The spring-way, The front axle of the same! fng and road holding are excellent, bogle is driven from the middle

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