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THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, JULY 9, 1949.

Cadillac

1949

PRESENTS ITS GREATEST ENGINEERING ACHIEVEMENT IN

45 YEARS

new

almata-

le keeping with W 49-year tendition at working always the the

meter car engine, totally new in design and krements, alle peur, failler

The Habret derelopment pel attained in automotive power planta This new engine ta draigned la give ceptionally high power pipet, slik. Ingly ortive crac perfurmanres mostber, quiries eperationi funger (at and la-

Cadillac power plant Framed Burl reunam...The new 110 barrrpower

compet. V-type, B-cylinder engineef raivoin-deed design, with relaifvely Targ Joure and ne

Hasically, this new, simpler, lighter salts in designed

stroke.

1 Jake Boll adventega of the higher sulane Turls which ate expected in the para Lastmestestely shend... After path of research

the lancelaey

perments Shla hale achievement

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MOTORING NEWS AND VIEWS EFFORTLESS CRUISING IN NEW MERCURY EIGHT

As regards perfor mance, and in particular the character of the per- formance, there is a mora typical standard expect- ed, and found, in Ameri- co cars than among the British, which, of course, are of more widely vary- ing sizes.

The 1940 V Eight Mercury, a product of the Linealn Divi- son of the Ford Motor Com- pany, conforms to pattern, by which is meant that it has a great range of top gear flex- bilty and hillclimbing ability, effortless cruising virtually up to the maximum speed, which is high in the eighties, and in addition a body of very con- | siderable seating capacity.

Comfortable Convertible-The 1949 Mercury drophond coupe powered by a VB engine producing 110 h.p. at 3,000 г.p.m.

nothing but throttle well as an oil pressure gauge and main for and brake pedal to adjust the an ammeter. The speedometer spred it proves unliring over does not incorporate a trip mile considerable distances,

age recorder. M.p.h. reading considerably optimistic above 50.

Even the car tested, the twe dour sports sedion, to give it the U.S. lubel, Is a full six-seater.

Quiet ruming throughout the Tasker, Tight-handling controls

Where the Mercury excols is and extremely comfortable ri-

a growing tendeney not peculiar

American cars. int for all occupants are other in a really good driving position, to the current Amer

ant the It gives the driver an excellent

At night

wax driven In car important features common the general riin of American feeling of necurate control and heavy rain, giving the worst con- make full use of altions for Judging the head ears, and to refer to them gen- helps him to erally in this way is not speed stability found in this new

the great improvement in high Hghts, and

power with from

the sealed. greater range gest that these important qualit~

ine sen lamps is design, with its independent coll!

is desirable to bear head taken Jes are

too much

spring float suspension and well-

permit high

specta granted,

in safety. damped half-ellipties at the rear,

Although

lough American designers in

known

the

for

more

The engine of the Mercury Is an enlarged 4. I-litre version of Heavy-duty springs and damp-some ways study the conventence of the Ford Va ugh ste wellers are fitted to the cars export- of the user in almost exaggerated

throughout

In open, undulating country detall, the British observer misses world. rd.

a provision such as a shelf under und it produces very creditable bends are taken at 70-80 m.p.li. power and torque ut moderate in a way which ane jusi did not the facia for packages and books,

and door pockets. speed,

ta associate with American cars be

There

is a small lidded com- As always, aver- pull high gear ratios for easily fore the war.

dueved performance and yet ge speeds are limited only by partment in the right of the twein, to the width of but this, owing to have real snap in the acceleration, rond and traffe conditions.

the car, Is comparatively remote from the driver. Elbow reals are fron

enalding it

a normal and was

Part of the test consisted of a The car tested, hnd

fast run

a snowstorm, box

through three-speed gear equipped with the overdrive four up, and it left an excellent which is available at extra cost. Impression of the stability, hand- This is of the type that comesling qualities and creature com- Mercury. Into action

forts offered by the automatically nt about 20 m.p.h.. with kick-down Back seat passengers experience return through the throttle pedal practically no up-and-down mo

tion. to ordinary top gear for addi- tional acceleration.

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rout-wheel shock and

provided in front and are shaped to provide a grip for pulling the doors shut, a desirable feature, as the large doors need to be closed with some vigour to over- come the seal

pressure.

a completely new car,

Starting Lubrication

Into

cylinder

Investigations bore wear by the IAE Re- search Department have shown that cylinder bore lubrication is ut a worst after a cold start, and it is during this period that the bore surface is subject the most damaging attack corrosion.

to by

the It is during

Arst few seconds after a cold start that Jubrication does upper-cylinder the most good, but it is not pos sible to mix of with the petrol in sumclent quantities to afford adequate lubrication from start- ing, without consuming wasteful quantities of oil during the nor- mal running of the engine.

This problem has been tackled in a very ingenious way in the Prestart Lubricator, which feeds Ave cubic centimetres of upper

fold as soon as the engine started from cold.

External handles pull out and the normal rotary type is used Inside, these moving upward to The back rest of the front also for seat is The rear axle ratio on the

sleuring Is com- cors not fitted with overdrive snecuracy the

sections hinge forward ut an There is no need to angle to assist getting in and out high, however, at 3-9 to 1, and mendable,

"Oddle" with it on the straight. of the back seats, where there is there is little suggestion of

The oil is contained in a glass engine whatever the speed.

There is good easter action and full three-seater width, as in front,

reservoir inside which is a cen- feels impossible to over-stress does not become apparent until a

but not exceptional leg room.

tral column with a small storage: the ear on English roads, while quick swerve is required.

Neither seat has a central arin-chamber at the foot the Impression is gained that in

rest.. The steering lock is good, and countries where

longer

unres the car can be turned and man- tricted runs are possible the

oeuvred inore casily than expect Mercury would go on all day ed, in view of its considerabi

overall dimensions,

For its lightness, freedom fram open divided centrally, and both clinder lubrication into the mani-

because the

low

A normal start can be made on the level on the high-ratio steering remains light at second gear, and there is. need to employ the lower gears

no

speeds.

The steering column Reat for more than a few yards ut change works well with a light a time in any average country, and positive action, and the de- The gears are quiet, although ver new to the car finds himself the engine becomes audible if in any doubt

gagement only when

mum-needlessly for ordinary purposes-on

u

Dr

in which

covered with

או

about

gear en-

und

of the storage The bottom

ol made

porous Heating And Ventilating chamber is

the car 13 when bronze, The

heater Installation 18 standing oil from the reservoir the bronze and typically elaborate and is of the seeps through fresh-air type; that . ducts are gradually fills the storage cham- led from behind the front grille to ber. the heater unit to enable fresh warmed air to be efrculated, or

re-

When the engine is started the unwarmed for ventilation only. induction manifold depression from the storage Controlling air entry, tempera-draws the oil ture, de-misting and de-leing of chamber past a non-return valve via the and in the cylinders the car is the windscreen, and air circula. The car is pressed to the maxi" | stationary and first and reverse tion at low speed when the rata inlet manifold. first second, are wanted quickly for manosuvi- effect of air coming in via the

Once the chamber has been note coming

ing, and then only occasionally. ducts is at a minimum, there are emptied the bronze dise will not typical of the V eight power

controls in all. The hydraulically

operated five

Study of

of the

system is destr-pass all quickly enough to

and the engine then unit, On A Journey the mile- brakes deal well with the speed.

The pedal action

before full able required fo

advantage can be plenish it

otr age is

draws a small amount of extreme

taken of

of its various possibilities, which enters through a filter in braking is light, but not; ease, and because the cur

average so light as to cause over-flerce which are considerable, coming as

the top of the lubricator, bubbles light to control and calls in the braking to be too readily applied. It does from a country which through the oil and is drawn out There is a thoroughly adequate practical experience of both high karma reserve of braking power for and low temperatures at home.

quick pulling up.

signals of the American Over a variety of surface the

type are Btled, show- eur gives a level ride with very ing white to the front and red to little up and down motion and the rear with a a neat reminder severe bump the damping is very the form of small green-illumiu-xectly when it is needed and effective. Roll is strictly limited, ated flashing arrows in the base of normal running. an anti-sway torsion bar in front of the speedometer face.

These checking the tendency quickly.

elgnals are

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A driver soon Bnds himself conveniently by a steering-columa abis to place the car well, and to Lever opposite the gear lever and take corners in a balanced are self-cancelling after maktug swing. Tyre squent occurred a

Whether their signific rather easily when the car was ance is understood, especially in lightly loaded, but this was not daytime, in a country not follow noticeable when

travelling fouring the American system is quen

Itionable.

Driving vision is quite reason-

Dome lights beneath the facta good. The car tested had aro switched on by opening

either left-hand controls; the driver door. A. most useful light is au- could see the left wing, and the tomatically operated when the lid luggage locker in right-hand-wing could be seen by of the vast ledning across alightly when opened and again when the facia parking.

board cubby hole lid is opened. The windscreen pillars are not

Either door can be locked by and there is a key, which, from outside, over- excessively wide, vision forward on the the road rides the locking catch which can reasonably close to the car. The be applied to both doors from bench-type front seat, upholster-inside.

ed in cloth, gives good support to Three different keys are used the bacir, as well as beneath the including the ignition; the lid of the facia cubby hole is lockable, and keys also have to be used on steering wheel and

legs.

Th two-spoke

has a rim conveniently notched the luggage locker Ild and on the over the petrol Aller.

for the, fingere and it carries alther of the latter keys can be horn ring which produces a strid-Neither

twin

trumpet ho

removed ексер! in the locked ent and penetrating note from

position. horns. Upward or

The petrol filler cap itself could downward pressure on the hornE

effective: in

The clutch be more convenient to remove and Mixtura enriching for

iring movement is light and the replace.

clutch is notably smooth in opera-cold starting is automatic, under lon. There a comfortable thermostatle control, and an in- normal, positions for the left foot stant response was obtained with off the

pedal,

Suction-operated screenwipers, The instruments are particular the nine either hot or cold.

ly well grouped in front of the characteristically American; work driver, being, eat, high, and they powerfully, and do not dry up they are refreshingly easy to at full throttle owing to the und

of a bleed pipe into the storage chamber.

The Prestart Lubricator thus supplies the cylinder lubrication avolds wasteful use of oil dur-

When the car stops the storage chamber begins to fill up again by seepage of oil through the bronze, and after two to three hours the device is ready to provide cor reet lubrication for another cold

start.

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