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THE CHINA MAIL SATURDAY, MARCH 18, 1948,

CONTINUING 16 YEARS OF LEADERSHIP

THE

LINCOLN

Ford MERCURY

SUPER DELUXE SEDANS

IN

ASSORTED COLOURS

IMMEDIATE

DELIVERY

INSTALMENTS

ACCEPTED

HARPER & SHEA, LTD.

Shell House, H.K.

Telephone 28273

BUY THE BEST

MACMILLAN'S RING-FREE

MOTOR OILS and GREASES

made by

MACMILLAN PETROLEUM CORPORATION,

LOS ANGELES CALIFORNIA. ∙nvallable in I quart (American) cans

1. Obtainable at all leading Motor Accessories shops or

JULIA 5!.

direct from the

Sole Distributors for Hong-kong

and South China

U. SPALINGER & COMPANY LTD.

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Telephone: 26774

THE UNAPPROACHABLE

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BOLE AGENTS:

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Full Particulars of other Norton Models on Request.

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MOTORING NEWS AND VIEWS

BRITAIN INVADING AMERICAN MARKET

The British are coming-Bri- tish Austins, that is, writes The Automobile Editor of the "Christian Science Monitor" in

New York despatch.

A load of 30 shiny, new, 1048 Austins, frart of a shipment of 600 before the end of this year, were landed on the New York docks.

Built especially for. American markets, with left-hand drive, concealed running boards, and gasoline mileage of 30 to 35 miles per gallon, the cars fol. low closely the first shipment of postwar Rolls Royet autemo. biles into thin country.

Like Rolls Royco, the British Austin Motor Company is al focating the bulk of its 1948 car production to the American market to help stabilize the British economy through porta.

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"These cars have been care- fully designed and engineered." commented G. W. Harriman, Works Director of Austin Motor Company, who came with the new cars. "They represent the

finest cars we have produced in their price range."

Prices quoted for the two and four-door sedang delivered in New York and minus Federal taxes were $1,305 and $1,495, respectively.

Pointing out that Austin is Eetting up a permanent, dealer- ship and service organization in

this country, Mr. Harriman

stated that Austin owners will

be assured of parts, anywhere

in the United States within 24 hours.

The cars have four-cylinder engines with overhead valves, coil springs on front wheels, leather upholstery, and cruising] speeds of 65 miles an hour.

They have four speeds for- ward, built-in directional sign- als, and finger-tip gearshift.

By the end of January, Aus- tin alms at a shipment of more than 1,000 cars A month into the United States.

NASH

Britain's aristocrat in the car line is the 44 litre Bentley (shown above), the new models of which are now being exported in large numbers.

For

New Designs For Motor Show

Fluorescent Lighting In Cars

diesel

This bus, and one of the original

Believed to be the first vehicle to be equipped with being designed for the

Many of Britain's new cars|multiplicity of in-built stop tail-Rourescent lighting in · Britain,

1948 lamps, number plate, illumina-special "Golden Jubilee" omuibu. Motor Show will look like tion, and so on.

was put into service at Nottingham miniature American models. Doors also follow the modern short while ago.

Car lights are being sunk in- pattern. The new models will to wings in the style of Ameri- have front and rear doors that can flush-fitting headlampa upen as part of the wings. A These are going to appear on few of the new cars are adopt meat, The horse bus was taken out nearly all the small, popular ing the fatalded body, which of service after week but the Diesel types of cars.

covers both wheels on each side, bus is to be taken into service per

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Long bear sealed reflector bret-

Powered by the famoma folly proved Hilasan Mim engine Attractive strang ver«acction bumpers at front and caus Ensleleau dive wheels

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New J-spoko spring sivering wheel provides clear view of instrument panel

East-tiff safety bonnet facked from Inside car

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– Driving-sasi-fally-adjustable-for

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HILLMAN MINX

horse buses, was put on the road in celebrate the 50th anniversary of Nottingham's City Transport Depart. A car with a great past...and a great future

Luxury cars of the Rolls- Royce type are sticking to the body is that it given the maxi-Golden Jubilee" bus is derived from The advantago of this type of The current for the lighting in the orthodox externally-mounted mum inside room for passen-- chromium headlamp, which gern. adds dignity and beauty.

verior

vehicle battery Dormat 24-vair Suh roofs are disappearing through mali C.A.V. roinry con- A.C. which gives 1-phe The rear-end styling of the from many models: Gear levers power at approximately 100 v. 400 row cura' also follows the Amo are coming off the floor up to rlean trend of design, with al the top of the steering column.

Vauxhall

www.Britain's

Record

Dropping Ten

Following the revised taxation announced for cars, and in order to con- centrate production, Vaux- hall Motors Ltd, have an- nounced that they are to discontinue production of the Ten. Only two models will be made the 12 hp. 4-cylinder and the 14 pp. six-cylinder. The company has no intention of résum- ing production of the pre- war 25 bp. model.

Leave Car Regulations

six

cycle wenty-three

pecially designed G.E.C. fuotescent fittings are em- ployed, each totally enclosed by 战 ceeded Perspex diffusing cover wide opal ends, and carrying a 15-watt Osram warm-white flourescent lamp. The suxiliary gear has been made as small us possible, and is fixed be hind each fitting. On the lower deck The value of the British mo- the gear accommodate between tor industry's exports of vahd- lining and the outer shell of the bus, vies and parts and accessories but on the upper deck, where there! in October was just under is no such space, pattresses provide £8,750,000, nearly

times the necessary depth. the average monthly figure instant atacting, and practically con The circult allows of virtually In-

stant light output, in spite of Exports of motorcars in the variations which Inevitably occur in same month reached the record the supply frequency and voltage. volume of 15,216, surpassing by The average illumination in over one-tenth the previous peak 12 tumens per sq. ft., which is be- figure of 13,854 cars exported tween two and three times that for in July of this year.

mally chained in an up-to-date The Society of Motor Manu-bus Installation using tungsten facturers and Tradors, in pub- filament lamps.

The fetings look very attractive, lishing these statistics, points and although, of necessity, they arc out that the highest percentage near to eye level, there is no glute, of exports was among cars of thanks to the extremely good diffusion from nine to 12 horsepower, and the generat brightness of tlie in- amounting to 72 per cent, ofterior,

1938.

Many British care are deliver- the total output. on the

visitors from

to ed

overseas

Belgium was the best market

The Nash programme for! 1948 continues to be based on the "600" and the Ambassador chassig Body lines saloon (sedans) are virtually unchanged but there is greater under the Leave Car Regulations, 1.783. India followed with adornment with chromium plate and trimmings.

purchaser undertaking to just over 1,500 and the Union models have a built-in conditioning unit as a standard 12 months.

manufacturers' export quotas for British cars, importing Restrictions

tho

All the new export the car within a prescribe of South Africa with over 1,400. n Petrol

aired period-which never exceeds

Etting, and a convertible dou- The re-sale of the car in the Yachtsmen's

ble-bed as an optional filting.

JOWETT

United Kingdom, contrary to

that undertaking, may entall Tours

heavy penalties. The transaction may also come within the provi-1

the

Various new restrictions on the use of petrol. have been in- troduced in Spain.

These forbid the use of pri vate cars of 18. HP and under on Tuesdays and Fridays, and ban the use of larger cars inf the middle of the week, except on Thursdays. A weight limit has been fixed for cars which of 1,150 kilos.(approx. 2,530.Jb). doctors may use for their pro

fessional. duties.

A touring service for yachts- The first production Jowett slons of the Exchange Control men has been set up by the Javelin is now being subjected Act which came into force on marine sales division of the to a nevere running test in October 1 and which prohibits Texas Company, Europe by one of the company's any person in the United King The Texaco Waterways Ser. directors. Apart from its flat-dom-making-any-payment-to-avice, which is dedicated to plan four. engine, the. Jowett atrikes person ordinarily resident abroad ning cruises for people, sa- a new nota In design by being in the hard currency countries. swered an average of 30,000 In- The British Motor Trade Asquirica. yearly before the war. fitted with a curved windshield.;

sociation has therefore drafted a The first post-war edition of Diplomatic and official cars new rule for the protection of its yachting charts and maps, in- are exempted from these ro members which states that no cluding guides to all principal gulations, which have been de- member shall buy or sell a car harbours, is now being issued. signed so that there is no inter- which has been registered within the United Kingdom for a period tie a knot to how to sail a boat with the new regulations are

Any question, from how to ference with week-end travel.

Penalties for non-complianco of less than 12 months and for across Montana, is answered by which no consent to re-sell has the free service. Maps and de- severe and involve a fine of been given by the Association, tailed information covering all 1,000 pesetas (just over 415)

With care

registered before waterways in the United States and the Impounding of the car March 14, 1947, the limiting and Canada, and many other for a molith period is six months.

parts of the world, are supplied **|upon_requestsupport YAS When Henry Ford, Benfor, controll- Bulletins to be sent out with ed the Ford plant at Ditreit there the charts describe bridges, was a ban on smoking. This ban was canal tolls, depth, distances, lifted on. November 15th lust. Five

Chrysler

days later, there was a fire, caused how to take boats overland, and by lighted cigarette and which other necessary information someone dropped Into a paper-chute United Press.

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