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THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1947.

SIZED FOR YOUR HAULING JOB!

DODGE

cuts operating

costs

The money-saving performance of Dodge Trucks is a feature that you will really appreciate.

Regardless of the nature of your trucking business, you can depend on a Dodge Truck for operating economy. Twenty-five years of designing and building trucks stands back of its advanced engineering and pre- cision construction.

And besides, you get biddën economy with Dodge Trucks. Here is why:

Every nuit of every Dodge Truck is sized for a specific banding jobt

Your new Dodge will be exactly right for your particular hauling job,、, neither too heavy nor too light. You get the benefit of

a truck with the right engine, clutch, trans- mission and other parts required to perform your job economically.

Why not cut hauling costs by putting Dodge Trucks to work for you now?

BE SURE... GET A

RIGHT SIZE angino,clutch,

transmission, rear axle and

whoolbaso for specific con-

ditions of load and road.

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fuel! Bosure of dependable,

economical performance.

DODGE

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MOTORING NEWS AND VIEWS

New Dodge Ambulance For Kowloon And N.T. Special

Gleaming in its shiny of white paint, and sple and span from front bumper to rear step a new ambulance, built on a Dodge truck chassis, will be the subject of an official ceremony on Monday. The ambulance, sub- scribed for through the Kowloon Chamber of Commerce, will be handed over officially to the St. John Ambulance Brigade at 4 p.m. Monday. Lady Grantham, wife of His Excel- lency the Governor, will officiate at the cere-

mony.

The ambulance is a tribute both to the Chrysler Corpora- tion builders of Dodge trucks) who supplied the basic plans, and a Hong Kong company.

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Sung Chong Autc-Body Worka, of Kowloon, who are esponsible for the body work and Atting-out of the ambul ince, The work was carried

under the close, pera inal upervision of Mr. 1. B. Trevor, danger of the Kowloon-Can- en Railway: Mr. C. C. Fan, of the Sung Chong Auto-Body Werks; id Mr. G.G.B, Carter, representing Dodwell Motors Ltd. (agents for Dodge trucks),

The ambulance will meet a long-felt need in Kowloon, Mr. Trevor to the "China. Ma!!" In the course of a special in- spection yesterday. It will be. "cn call" for 24 hours in the day anywhere in Kowloon or the New Territories. It will be available for all typen of calis, quite apart from supple- menting the few ambulances available on the Mainland in an emergency.

Moreover, no charge will be made for its services. Apart from the driver, the trained ersonnel manning it will bu provided by St. John Ambul ance Brigade; 'their services, of course, are entirely volun- tary.

Those who ace the ambulance for the first time on Monday are in for an extremely plea- sant surprise. Both in work- manship and finish, it compares extremely favourably with im- ported ambulances; indeed, it

cr imported

Above is a general view of the new am- bulance, while below is a photograph taken through the rear

door, showing the cot and stretcher (right) and the seating ac- commodation (left).

4.

Luxury Coaches

The Public Utility transport Corporation of Johannesburg, Transvaal, la to have a regular Luxury coach service with tho nearest port, Lourenco Marques in Mozambique.

The double trip was recently made for the first time with a British-build luxury 'couch specially designed for the pur- pose. Both trips, in spite of the distance to be covered and tho. somewhat insperfect rond aur faces, were ellated without a hitch.

Although the passengers ment the night at an hotel and halter several times en route for meals, the journey only took 28 hours or the outward journey and just two hours longer for the return. The round trip covered 1,000 miles at an average speed of 28.5 miles per hour. “Fuel consump- tion was 14.6 miles to the gallon. The Wolverhampton firm which bullt this luxury coach has $2 million worth of orders on hand for omnibus and trolley-bus chassis and about half of these orders are export. The aume firm. is also handling very large orders for lorries for despatch to almont every country in the world.

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inches and A maximum gross allowable weight of chassis, body, equipment and payload of 6.400 lb.

The engine is a side-valve 6 cylinder which develops 102 brake-horse-power at 9.600 rpm. The power is transferred to a full-floating hypold rear axle through... a synchro-shift type gear-box, fitted with three forward speeda and reverse.

The double-drop type frame with kick-up over the rear axle is of channel section in high- carbon steel.

"No alteration was found necessary in the Dodge semi- elliptic springs (front and rear). Large diameter inter nal expanding hydraulle brakes will give the ambulance all the stepping power it needs and perhaps in no other vehicle anve a Are-engine is there a greater demand at all times than on this one vital item of equip- ment.

A Credit

In short, the ambulance not only looks good, but is good. Indeed, I excellent functiona! design is a good criterion af beauty, this might well be call- ed a beautiful vehicle. The

finished product 'is a 'credit to all whose names are linked with It-and, in particular, Dodge, who built the chosals and drew up the original designs, and Sung Chong, "who put thone plane into effect, and improved on them.

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Incidentally, when the bulance le handed over, on Monday it will be ready to roll

would be extremely hard for "anchored" in felt mountings during the summer months is out on any sort of a call from even an expert to decide whe- to thermos flasks, also mounted, provided by an electric fan and its headquarters in the Kowloon roof ventilatora which can be Taxicab & Transportation Co. her it had been made locally and stop palle.

Four large windows are filted, shut off during the cooler Ltd. depot, 785-7 Nathan Road en bloc (as it making the interior light and months. were) from the United States. airy, and frosted glass adjust-

telephone No. 5000); for it la As regards the chassis itself, completely equipped from medi- able panes secure the necessary this is the Dodge Model WD- cine bottles to blankets, de privacy. Additional cooling 21, which has a wheelbase of

Accommodation

Accommodation is provided for two cot cases, with emer- gency space for one more. A sprung cot, with green leather- type spring mattress, alldes

nelly along a rail on the rightTM hand side of the main compart mont.

Above it, a stretcher cose can be accommodated, and the mounting for this. toc, iP sprung. Indeed, tlie original fitting has been improved upon, Whereas the criginal plang called for the stretcher to b stowed away under the sliding cot when not in use, special supports now make it possible for the stretcher to be folded flush, against the wall above the cot, ready to be swung out for instant use if required.

On the opposite side, an up- holstered bouch, with compart ments befow for blankets, runa almost the full length of the compartment. At the forward and, a folding edat and deak ura provided for the nurse who without moving, can,lay ber "bands on all the first-aid equip mont reunired from medicinos

Trolleybus For South Africa

A-almilar, ambulance, donated by Mr. Aug: Boon-Haw, the "Tiger: Balm King, is shortly! to be in service on the Island. It is probable that in the near [future, yet atother may be put on the road in Kowloon; Dod well'a; have: promised to make A second Dodge truck available and it is largely a matter now for public support, both for the cost of building the am bulance and for maintaining on the road. V

Dunlopillo is now used for the top loose sections of the rear seats of the Wolseley-25 Umousine in place of the spring cushions originally fitted.” “Dun. [lopillo "is", also used over the coll springs. - In the driver's. ✨ seat cushion

The Austin Motor Co. Ltd. sangunch, that shry, havez found ed two new subsidiary-

in Canada and the United

The former will be imion

the Austin Mote Co. (Canada) Incil and the latter as the LA US da Motor Co., Ltd, England)

If you want the newest style with a good old reputation

Then you surely want a Dodge. It has this winning combination.

Dependability has meant Dodge as long as most car owners can remember. And now Dodge adds a new kind of beauty to its

newest car.

There is custom-styled quality in the new streamlined front fenders, shining chrome grille, and other luxury features. This.. modern car is styled throughout to appear graceful, massive and low..

And you do not have to shift gears. With All-Fluid Drive, you just step on the gas to step on the brake to stop. That is go... the newest style!

Get the newest Dodge and build yourself a reputation for style.

LUXURIOUS INTERIOR STYLING!

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Smartly styled Instrument panel and steering wheel blend it pleasing harmony. Improved Safety Signal Speed- ometer and new push-button starter typity Dodge quality.

The car you will want to drive....

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the car you will want to ownl

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