1948-01-24 — Page 8

THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, JANUARY 24, 1048.

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A car with a great past

and a great future

Only

one car

has Improved on the ilman Minx-and that

Is

the Max

that succeeded it. Continuously improved and developed DYCE the

Jast

years, it dr

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the

trusted friend

of the

whoso

motorist

car

always in use.

is

1947

HILLMAN MINX

GILMAN & COMPANY LTD.

LINCOLN

MOTOR DEPARTMENT Telephones 56789 & 58800

Ford MERCURY

IMMEDIATE DELIVERY

OPEN SPORTS MODELS

AVAILABLE

Instalments accepted; `

HARPER & SHEA, LTD.

Shell House, H.K.

Telephone 28273

introducing the

MD

One and a Quarter litre

MGJ-25.

A lusty new member of the famous # bread, the new One and

■ Quarter Litre perpetuatos the outstanding characteristics of its famous predecessors. Virile acceleration, supreme eme of handling, instant response to controls and superb braking are all there--plus higher standards of performance. Blustrated Catalogue, detailed Specification, and Price upon request.

Safety MD fast!

DODWELL MOTORS LTD.

Service Station

5-7 Russell St.

Tel. 32508

Show Hoom

1, Queen's Building Tels, 32302-32322

MOTORING NEWS AND VIEWS

Pontiac Streamliner

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Like all American cars, the Pontiac

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The Pontiac 28 f "Streamlines" i fitted with a 3-speed synchromesh cylinder model is gearbox which is dead silent except the first of the for the faintest whine an first. The post-war Ameri-serting column gracshift daily rasily be to hand, and changes up and down

smooth and vaợ, though given a thorough re the

Mail," cone slightly slower than in M altnost inevitable lease, say, with one of the populas therefore, that throughout, the run Beitish sports models. one tended to make comparisons with its lighter Buropean cousing - This was really fair to neither, of course, as each has been made with some-

road-test for

it

was

"China

what diffecem ends in view,

The first impression, naturally, was

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of Sice. The Americans put match larger and roomier Indies on their car for ♪ very little increase in

The Puntine is quite wheelcase. big ear even for an American cylinder, and it seems enormous after The British 19 and 12 h.p. models. The front. bench seat will accom. moda three confortably. foz Hance, and the back tour with

light squeeze

Ahead t the V-windscreen is flaske, gleaming butter (herul) which

+ MEC spread at almost a

19 that maxinuwan with of the engine com- pariment. The model testril was fitted with feft-hand drive and it was im possible оре the offside wings (feder, indeed, more than 50 inch or ten bevond the centre-line of the bonnet,

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Is

provided, however, and, curiously

Steering

at

Despite the nice of the car, stee ing proved aston- light Shingly

Tow even *preds. It in dead accurate and has a struny sell-

self-centring tion. This is particularly noticeable

a roughish road surface; ther is a certain Rinquet of wheel-kirk in only aver "bump" but thes momentary and the car keeps to its line of travel without effort.

OVET

Roast holding is excellent and with a commendable absence of that y sway on fast corners which seems a characteristic of American suspension Pontiac seemned to have got *ysterns. over that trouble so often found with Antricat

the loops all right but tend to give the passengers an "over thu Main feeling. This is ac

which cars-spring

tatt

cult

d view of the near-sile w10% | ghs the use of Duties reu enough, no difficulty with the offside springs which automatically

for light and heavy load penate Another contributing factor is

the hydraulic shock absorbers, which also reduce bly-sway,

spot" was experienced, might be useful to have one of those wing

indicator gadgets titted if the

mandeuvred a lo eur is a

in (congested quarters, but oherwise the

experieaed driver should Ant dithealty in goging the width his vehicle,

Incidentally, there's a lot to

31/1

The hydraulic brakes are power- utal, and require little pressure in the pelai. They can be stamped on hard fear of locking the wheels wishon ur wheel-tug. The handbrake, operat Fored by the now familar pistol-grip the rear- june thing, it removes the graptation under the facia, operates on

said for left-hand drive on the winds

hill-rands of this Colony, ink

to oneriach us the wrong ride of the wheels only, More in the nature of cond on earners, The antithesis of

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Data

ENGINE:~~6-cylinder side- valve engine developing 00 BHF. ot 8-Cylinder sido valvo developing 103 BHP; compression ratio, 6.5 (75 optional); counter- weighted crankshaft: chrome nickel alloy pistons: full pressure lubrication; permanent precipitation- type off-cleaner;

gusher valve cooling.

TRANSMISSION: Syn-

chromesh, semi-automatic gearbox: single-disc Dj-Inch clutch; ball-release bear-

ing: shift lever on steering column.

AXLES: — Front. link parallelogram-type, knee- nction. Rear, semi-floating hypoid.

FUEL SYSTEM:~Mechani- cal fuel pump: air cleaner and silencer: automatic choke: 17-gallon tank: manifold heat control.

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:- Delco-Remy: fully auto- matic controls; 15-plate Delco battery; current aud voltage regulator.

SUSPENSION: ~~Front. suspension coll-type. Rear. "Duflex" variable rate leaf spring. Shack absorbers front and rear.

BRAKES: Multi-sealed, Duo-Servo hydraulie; mould- ed linings: emergency brake works on rear wheels.

STEERING:-Link paral- lelogram control with worm roller Белг 18-Inch wheel, 19:1 ratio.

and a parking brake than anything els", it will hold the ear firmly on the nach steepest hill though the wise driver

will also leave his car in gear).

| road-hogging is to be seen when- own

teft-hand-drive cars approacti ather-there's never any edging over the' cratre-line of the road!

Radio

The ather in dial impression is, unnaturally.

Comfort

thing tha American CATA excel in is "pa enger enslave." Thi

anty applies to the rear Near passengers strument panel but also 145 the driver, who will

provided

what the Ameri

rans all the in

Siting before

Inval

DIMENSIONS:

(a) "Streamliner," 10 ft 2 in. wheelbase, 17 ft. 6 in. over- all. (b) Torpedo," 9 ft. 9 in. wheelbase, 17 ft. 0 in. over- - all.

LOCAL REPRESENTA- TIVES:-Triangle Trading Co.. Holland House.

Booming American Industry

and the British the dashboard (old) find that all contrids fall nearly 19 ur facia (new). There is certainly hand, all instruments are clearly more chromium plate than to he visible and that all arm-res found on the European counterpart has been provided just where it is aud "Fartite"

Magazine's

gain wanted. about

Wurlitzer

Also to his liking will be the non. organ springs irresistibly to mind. glare rear view mirror, which gives This impression was enhanced dur an elletive view of the road be- ing the test when the built-in radio-hind. On the model tested, it seem extremely powerful and of excellemed to require over-frequent adjust- tone-was switched an and a snappy ment, but this was probably some- When the United States bit of accordeon playing was waited thing the garage could clear up in a tomobile industry balances

jiffy An

An outside rear-view mirror books for 1947, it will find it- Seriously, though, the Pontiac faria is an

is an optional extra, as well as a self in better shape (from its is by no means garish and the culo luggage compartment fight and an own standpoint) than at any combination is quite attractive. As other light for sporting trouble 2 thne in its near half-century of this was the de luxe mudel, it was night in the engine compartment, manufacture,

on the air!

RU-

its

fitted with the special, steering This quite apart from a spot-light wheel, with T-shaped spokes;

It will find that its total out- aforementioned radio; a large clock;a useful attachment that it is a phy was well above normal; that it

the and a back-up light, which is such

pat, close to 5,000,000 units, and Pontian's Veni-Beat heater.

manufacturers do not cunsider it an canplete with its own ratrol panel. essential a fixture as headlamps and did a parts-and-accessories busi- This

is thermostatically controlled incorporate it as standard.

itas

ness topping US$2,000,000,000; } and provides fresh air and heat at Te

that a minimum of sun up, in the Pomiac, which und Tite teheraute

is in the medium range of car prices, | yeara of capacity production! imentally. calibrates in kilometres and touches features

is the motorist will find most of the will not overtake the demand for

of the the 150 mark (93% miles an hour).marques. It is a car which

high-price bracket new cars.

can be It is extremely lmbtful if

the driven fast and safely, or quietly and

The speed cited.

average

and

two

Although the "aggregate out-

driver will get more than smworldly at a low speed. It would put volume will be alightly 'un- |

a

115

der the record 1929 production

of 5,368,000 units, the wholesale dollar volume and unfilled-order

re.

a little over half-way up the dial, be difficult to beat it in its class for

it would be interesting to beauty, performance and comfort. speculate on whether or not the It comes in two engine-sizes, higher readings fin figures, that is) reference to the "Data" pavel on backlog will top anything since Fred

k.p.h-calibrated this page will show, 10 body styles automobile making began, speedometer contribute to lessening a and no series the "Torpedo" and ports David Wilkie, of Associat- Tendency to speed,

the "Streamliner."

⚫ed Press. After all, 64 kilometres an hour "Heels" a great deal faster than 'itn equivalent of 40 miles an hour!

Performance

The New "Dolo"

Performance is all that is to be ex- pected of a 103 brake horie-power

A new French car, which hased out of date, lacking in dis-i 8-cylinder engine. Unless the car is seats enclosed by a transparent tinction, and even dowdy. brought to an almost dead stop," the domed hood, similar to that on It is thought that impressive average driver could leave it in top a fighter aircraft, made ita de- and highly individualistic body- and forget about the intermediate but at the 34th motor salon work styles exemplified by some

crawl gear-ration.. From A

top, it which opened at the Grand Italian exhibits, set now stan- responds quickly to pressure on the Palais in Paris. The car is dards which will have to be accelerator pedal

pedal without a a murmur, even on the low-grade petrol which the "Dolo," designed by an air- years.

craft engineer of that name.

in the local motorist's let

All normal driving, Including pass-

It is, a two-seater, in sero- Some 9,000 British cars will Ing, and all but the steepest bills can dynamic form. and, with an en- be imported into New Zealand be taken at any speed in top, with gine of only 598 cc., has a top this year under the how im the englue responding quickly te speed of 75 m.p.h. The selling porting licensing reguations sudden calli on it for Increased price has not yet been fixed, designed to help Britain to the speed. But the driver who not but M. Dolo believes it, will be utmost to overcome the dollar afraid of his gearbox and makes the about £250.

crlela. It is estimated the mooth change down into second will Somo representatives of Bri- total value of the cars will be find that he can pass slow-moving fish car manufacturers heard nearly £3,000,000, compared bus or truck quickly and rufely-

and under conditions impossible to adverso criticism of their cars with the $4,840,000 paid by the driver with the lower-powered, at the salon. With few excop New Zealand for 14,000 type of car.

tions, body styling, is consider vehicles in the previous period.

Spot-News

From The Factories At Home

FORD PILOT

Three figures approximately very closely to the weight, power and Vauxhall Twelve, speed of the which miy be conveniently.

typical

column visualized

ns

very

An announced in this last week, the Ford V-8 "Plut" modern full 4-senter car of low will now be available at H:my purchase and running cost. only with the 3.6-litre engine and

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USED CARS

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AUSTIN "8"

VAUXHALL “14”

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ECONOMICAL REPAIRS qualified automobile engineers.

by

Designed for world markels, the

not the 2-litre. Ford announce. JOWETT however, that the price will re

overal length

feet, lessonE

main unchanged at £585 (plus £1834 purchase tnx) for the all-steel 1'-litre Juwett Javelin

SCHOOL: Its DRIVING

Driving. saloon with cloth upholstery. will soon be coming overseas,

given by experienced, Daly 14 When equipped with leather up-

£755 thanks to the compactness of its untractors at moderate fees. holstery the totul price is

50 BHP flat-four engine, which 199, 4d,

space makes generous passenger

in. available within an 8 11. 0

Tested by the wheelbase.

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BROWN LTD.

"Motor," the Jowett Javelin turn.

Neither the Aston-Martin nored in the highly credible figure of the Lagonda are yet on the mar-20 miles to the gallon at 60 miles ket. Both marques have been an hour? taken ever by the David Brown

Statistical ratio of one

Tractors Group, of Huddersfield, Figures given by the Austra- and should soon be in production. lian Government" The former will probably be n worthy successor to the famous pre-war 2-1ltre Aston, while the Intter will be the long-awaited twin-com 2.4-iltre model.

THE MINX

The 1848 model Hillman Minx

of is now in production. One Britain's favourite smail CATE, noted for its chunky performance, the Minx is an improved model on its great predecessors. Improve- menta include Synchromatic gear. change with shift on the steering columin; Lockheed hydraulic two- fresh leading-shoe brakes; and styling both within and without. List prices at Home, with purchase fax in brackets, are:-Saloun, £385 (£107 13. d.); Drophead coupe, £435 (4121 11s. 8d.); and Utility, I £485 (£135 9s. 5d.).

AUSTIN

The Austin Motor Co. Ltd, now einbraces: -Austin Motor Export Corporation Ltd., London (export- ing Austin products to the world); Austin Motor Car Co, Ltd. (Eng- land), New York (developing the Austin United States markets); Motor Car Co..

Co. (Canada) Ltd., Montreal (devel:ping Austin sales in the Dominion of Canada); an Ruskin Motor Bodies, Ltd, West Melbourne (producing bodies for the flow of Austin chassis into the Australian market).

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VAUXHALL

Brillsh

An average group of cars, according to writer in would magazine. "The Mctor" give the uncan

1844-cwt 135 21 vehicle of 38 BHP and with spred of 94%1⁄2 miles an Juut."

Office show the motor vehicle for every 5,96 of population in South Australia. This mean that South Austra- lia still retains its fead as the must mutorised State in the Commonwealth.

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