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THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, APRIL 22, 1950.

STANDARD

VANGUARDA

The Family Car

My "popular everywhere

FAR EAST MOTORS LIMITED :

Tels. 58840 & 57250

26. Nathan Road, Kowloon.

De Luxe

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MOTORING NEWS AND VIEWS

MANY CHANGES IN NEW ROVER

Although the

.

now

Rover "75"has much in common mechanically with the model which was introduced two years ago the changes which are to be found in the 1950 edition go much deeper than the mare fitting of a completely new body of modern line.

The car can, in fact, be re- garded as having been com- pletely redesigned, although the price remains unaltered.

On the mechanical side, the engine has been modified for greater power and lower fuck consumption, the gear ratios have been raised, the transmission line rearranged, the chassis frame completely redesigned, and both front and rear suspension modi- fied to give better steering geometry and an improved ride.

driven hard.

The new Rover 75 — “China Mall".photo

So for a conchwork is con- cerned, full-width, modern styling. has been coupled with increasca In internal dimensions to provide four/six-seater accommodation. conditions of light loading, it is fore, but the gear control has The whole design is so worked Several novel equipment features very markedly better when been changed to the steering- cut that there is no out-of-line are provided and, as before, re

column type with a linkage in distortion at any of the pivot finement of performance and

which cables have been com- points and, on before, rubber The choke arrangements, in-pletely ayolded. Gear positions bushes are used throughout. The quality of constructianni detali remain outstanding, character-cidentally, form a good example conform to American (and some geometry provides constant istics.

of Rover thoroughness in the British) practice, with top and track and toe-in, and an interest- matter of detall. The control on third positions farther away from the facia board adjusts the effec- the wheel, tive jet size in the usual S.U. manner and the control can also be left in a partially open posl tion, which gives a fast Uck-over (abut 800 r.p.m.): without en- riching the mixture. In other words, an enriched mixture need

This car is now the sole model In the Rover car programme, the four-cylinder "00" edition hav- ing been discontinued.

Basically, the engine follows the now-familiar Rover practice of an inclined cylinder head with

not be used to avert risk of

ing modification consists in a change in the actual position of the coil springs themselves, which are now nearer the centre of the car, permitting the use of a stou- ter and more stable spring. This change goes with the provision of movement, from 41⁄2 Ins. to 81⁄2 a 50 per cent increase in wheel Arrangements are comple-

In moving the engine for ward, the manufacturers have, of course, encountered additional problems in the matter of pro- the previous expedient of fitting peller-shaft length, and even had an extension to the rear of the ing gearbox been continued, a shaft ted by an anti-roll bar. of large diameter would still have been necessary to avoid whirling problems.

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side exhaust and overhead inlet valves, both operated from a stalling. single side camshaft, In the 1950 edition, however, the design of: This, however, is not the end the head has been changed to In- of the story. A prominent warn- corporate

internal sn

inleting light is provided on the facia manifold fed by two horizontal board and this is wired through S.U, carburetlers, whist the head two switches, ono connected to

On the new "75" the gearbox

been In the design of the body one isself is now cast in aluminium. the control and the second to a extension has accordingly

These changes have produced a thermostat, Operation of the con- abandoned in favour of a divided Ands numerous examples of case-

but still propeller shaft one switch,

a centre ful planning and minute attention Price Delivered HK double gain in that the now leaves the warning-light circuit bearing mounted on rubber, this to detail. Of the four-door, four- manifold and

arbroken at the other; when, how mounting being extremely exi- vides adequate room Home Delivery rangements provide a material ever, the engine becomes war is lower than that of the shafts travel abreast in either front or ble, so that natural frequency for three to Increase in output, coupled with the second switch closes and the considerably improved fuel con- warning light appears.

at any road speed at which rear end, and in both cases very sumption, while the adoption of

vibration would be likely.' By wide folding arm-rests provide aluminium instead of cast iron Filtration arrangements are this means the two sections can adequate lateral support when for the head has resulted in a particularly thorough. So far be kept of much smaller diameter armrests are Bited to all doors, required. In addition, adjustable

carburation

with

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Full length

saving in weight of approximas lubrication is concernéd, athan would otherwise be possible. ately 30 lb., this, rather than per Wico-Pacy by-pass Alter formance characteristics, being accessibly mounted on the cylla- the reason for the decision to use ( der head and, ad this has aluminium.

very-cosily-replaced expendable element, there is no excuse for neglect.

Fuel consumption

Reverting to fuel consumption, development work has been con- centrated on improving con- sumption under wide throttle -openings, -and- tests-show that, whilst the new model ls slightly superior to the old under

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De Luxe

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Commercial Motor Supply Co.

Morrison Hill Road.

Tél: '20006.

“1, Des Voeux Road, W.

Tel:/30606.

Paulin & Company. 70, · Hennessy Road. Tels 25530,

WILLIAM HUNT & CO

Kong Bank Building,

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On Motor

630A," Nathan Road.

Tel: 69434,

Radar Company. Shantung Street, Kowloon

57602?

Air filter

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The forward positioning of the engine has not only, enabled the rear seat to be brought well for- ward of the back axle, but has also made it possible to use rear doors without the uniat cut- away aperture to clear the wheel arches

The new chassis frame now extends the full length of the car in place of ending abruptly at the forward anchorage of the rear springs. The former arrange- The doors themselves close on ment of mounting the rear spring the centre pillar and have the As it is of Uttle use Altering the shackles on the body structure oll to prevent road grit finding has been discontinued because, modern press-button handles, its way into the engine, a small although it resulted-in-some-say--whilst not only are the usual air filter has been fitted to the ing of weight, it possessed the locking arrangements provided, breather on the cylinder head, disadvantage

but separato catches are incor that specialised the breathing ・・ arrangements of coachwork was not a very practi-

porated which put the interior the engine being so schemed that cable proposlion, whilst certain handles of the rear doors out of sir enters at this point due to complications in assembly natural under-bonnet pressure inevitable. The new frame is of and passes out through the rear exceptionally robust-box section exit breathing pipe, thus mala~ | design, ·well braced by taining a through circulation. members...

were

cross

action.

example of Rover thoughtfulness, This is a small and typical

since the arrangement allows children to be carried happily in the rear without any risk of

In the induction, filtration ár. At first glance, the front sus- them opening the doors. Another rangements are again unsually pension "appeears little changed, useful detall is the provision of thorough, aly entering via a large but, in actual fact, has been hinges which "click" in the fully oll-bath cleaner and passing modified considerably. As be open position and prevent the thence through an air silencer. fore, a single upper link is used doors swinging to advertenly

with the sole function of locating-

Other engine details include a the kingpins in a vertical plane, Owing to the forward position pressurised cooling system and the latest Lucas distributor head but this link is now in the form of the rear seats and the con with both vacuum, and centrl- of a presting, and separate teles-tours of the tail, the rear locker is exceptionally farge. The spare filgal control plus a vernier hand cople shock absorbers are used. adjustment. *In addition, the

wheel rests horizontally on its whole engine has

The bottom lake old by damage to luggage is now been much longer, and are triangulated avoided by surmounting mounted several - inches farther

with a forward on improved Metninstikh a wide base to take braking smooth retaining disc. The

torque, these links having been petrol Aller cap has its mountings:

own extended so that their rearward hinged punel in the near-side arms now virtually meet beneath rear wing, with the catch opera→

ted from inside the boot. the gearbox.

The clutch and gearbox (with free wheel), are basically as be-

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