1927-06-29 — Page 8

Overland "Whippet" Cars.

Unequalled in either Quality or Price. See them at

THE DURO MOTOR CO., LTD.

132, Nathan Rd., Kowloon,

or Apply

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THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 29th, 1927.

MOTORING NOTES

A Weekly Review dealing with Matters of Interest to all Local Motorists.

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SPEED WITH ECONOMY.

Tuning a car för economy is a process which seems at first lush

THE PEDDER STREET THE ROAD TÁNK.

BEACON.

Oh! for

a British traffic con- stable, that dignified, competent to be entirely contradistory. Within and inexorable Atlas who could certain pretty wide limits it may bring about the uttermost chaos in be safely taken that a car driven in a busy thoroughfare by merely the average way, that is to say, allowing both his arms to fall in a fairly fast when opportunity affords, rush moment. Before whom will actually run more economically lords and Cabinet Ministers grind when the carburettor is set to give to a standstill-who holds a raging a high measure of power, than when tide of impatient humanity behind the opposite is the case.

his outstretched band There is no If you are using a carburettor constable in the whole world so with multiple jets, you can certainly reduce the consumption by reducing the size of those jets, but you will absolutely ruin the performance of the car and in so doing you will also spoil economy.

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With the arrival of troops from England a remarkable vehicle made is appearance in Hong Kong-the Morris six-wheeled lorry. This vehicle, which has been specially designed for heavy overwas service, has been adopted by the Way Office after exhaustive trials.

The two rear sets of wheels are each driven by a separate shaft, aut each has a separate differential. The vehicle in therefore capable of sustaining enormous weight, as well as of climbing gradients or travers reliable; Britain does not need country that would he im passable to the ordinary lorry. If lighthouses in the middle of her the ground should be unusually roads, for he orders them with an slimy and incapable of providing admirable skill. But out here in China we have to do our best with out the British Hobby," and in stead we are to place our trust trafic beacons and the sagacity of the "han around the corner," trasting to the Gods to preserve

108.

Short-comings of the "Lighthouse."

The lighthouse at the crossing of Des Yeux Road and Pedder Street

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cao rapidly be fitted with chains grip for the wheels, the vehicle that form a kind of caterpillar he tween the two sels.

The inakers say of this car that its attributes are the ability to traverse rough virgin ground, swamp and deep mud; to climb the surfaces, and also to travel fast stoepast hill; to negotiate slippery

and quietly on made roads... It does not compete with or replace the Morris chain-trackroadless

of utility.

truck. Each has its own sphere.

The price is £538 in Hong Kong for the chassis, including eleven

wheels and tyres.

The vehicle is becconing" popular" for commercial use and already a number are to be seen in England

This contradictory state of affairs is due to the fact that the less power your engine gives, off, owing to the restriction of fuel, the harder you are inclined to drive it, and au engine which is constantly push ed is invariably more extrava- gant than one which scarcely evar has the throttle mere than half ways, as told by a reliable author Yet because of its extreme ver

It amounts to this, that is even said by the same authoritysatility the Morris six-wheeler' is }

ity, giving satisfaction so far. It

destined largely to widen the whole etherenity nearly always implies to be as good as two policemen scope of motor transport, particu (native), One is expected when

larly in undeveloped countries or economy, and only-in very crossing over to the far side of the cases dues studied economy result road at a corner, to swing round where roads are few. in efficiency.

the erection in much the same way I have recently been conducting as one would swing round the portly form of a policeman in Eng" some very familiar experiments, land. But if one should decide to with which results I have long been" cut across, there can be no frustrated bellow of fage, no hasty perfectly acquainted. This time 1hdrawal of pencil and note in districts where roads are of conducted my inquiries with the Book; only a reproachful atare from exceptionally bad surface. It does help. of two different forms of car- one of the automatic policeman's not appear to be generally known burettor. The engine is a two-litre many baleful red eyes. Supposing that the vehicle is available for sale to the public. The six-wheeled that come day a vaat crowd of four-cylinder, of plain and vehicles should surge towards the vehicle was first introduced in

contre point from every one of the Philadelphia in 1924, and straight, forward kind, and is in.

crossroads in such a manner that pretty good economical condition.

only the stoppage of the whole and The first carburettor which I in the allowance of a successive trickle vited to show-power and economy in each-direction could avoid dis combined, was of the kind in which you can change the choke tube and ster? The beacon would be in the jets with comparative ease. I potent, for it has no arms to lift, and its eyes continually indicata: tried every possible combination, danger, even when all is clear. and the best results I could achieve There is no reserve dauger signal were these. With the economy." Still, the idea is expected to setting and a maximum speed of 30 prove a success, and if it should miles an hour, I was able to reduce do co, more beacons will be erected the petrol consumption to one galat dangerous crossings. Perhaps if ig for 34 miles.

the system of white lines now in

were

The maximum speed of the car, operation through. Britain which is about 55 in

in normal ciream- adopted the purpose would br stances, was reduced to 45, and all served equally well. If they were signs of life were taken from the adopted in addition to the beacon, aligine. Further, keeping the it would be served doubly well! throttle well open and driving the The narrow way, that has been laid car hard, reduced the mileage per down to enable pedestrians to pass gallon to 24 immediately,

over in peace and comparative With the must extravagant setting anfety is, perhaps hot so much ap planned for full power, the con-preciated as it should be, for many sumption remained at a gallon for folks-especially Chinese urchins- about 2 miles, even when 45 miles take a fiendish delight in walking an hour was being constantly at as far away from it as possible. tained. The pick-up was good, and But if the trallic Suthorities per- up to a certain point there was a severe, they might yet be able to antisfying amount of power. Curi-proc

produce order from chaos. ously enough, however, this power their task is a heavy one.

But Inci-

fell off very abruptly just short of dentally, the white lines are soon

its

and the maxinium speed peak

to be replaced by tiles, as the old- of the car was a good five miles a

style

yle painted lines at home have hour less than it should have been

heen replaced in many towns.. The second carburettor was of the

·A· scuson sil,

Бав the year that type known as the constant vacuum, always been in great disfavour with in which a single jet is used, and motoriste is now approaching, - and the admission of fuel and air is on July lat it will arrive. On that atmospherically controlled. Here, date it is decreed that motora shall again, an almost exactly similar Bee-taxed. At home this unwel- state of affairs obtained With the come annual reckoning falls only a stingiest, setting I got very indiffer- few days after Christmas, when the eat power, harsh running, and a finances are at the lowest ebb and consumption, when the cat was the car or motor cycle is accumulat

driven all out, "not much bet- ing dust in its stable awaiting the ter than 21 miles to the gallon. arrival of the only too brief sum There was no speed worth mention mer. Here, as at Home, there is a period of 14 days' grace after the stipulated date.

ing, and the hill-climbing powers of the car were contemptible.

As I gradually richened the mix ture, the consumption over a given stretch of road fell, steadily, until the car, doing its maximum speed and running at what is certainly its very best, needed only a gallon for to check every possible source of rdver 27 miles over run of over 700 extravagance.

miles which included the Yorkshire

Before actually beginning opera- tious on the carburettor, it is well

For example, the joints of the plugs should be

moors and the Great North Road. examined and correctly set. This This did not, of course, mean that bag far greater bearing on the be the consumption was 27 miles to baviour of the engine than most make-and-break the gallon while the far was cover people believe. The

the ground at the rate of 5b of the magneto should also come in miles an hour on the Great North for attention, and a habit formed Road. At that moment, no doubt of inspecting it regularly to see that. wa mich nearer 20, but the it is clean." Care should also be economy was "effected at soberer taken to see that there is no leak- gaits, because only a small throttle-age through the valves being deeply opening was needed to pick up pitted or through air leaks in their swiftly round corners and keep up guides.

a very easy bruising speed of 35 work on the carburettor, which is 40_m.j.b.

to A last precaution before starting

It may, of course, be that not often very widely neglected, is to everybody's engine will respond in make perfectly certain that the car the same way to similar tests, but is

judging from a good many years

brakes may be so closely

that while the wheels seem say that the great majority of them to be perfectly free when the drums. would do

Ture your car for are cold, there may be slight bind. maximum efficiency within reason ng when things have warmed up able limite, and you will generally Another fruitful source of drag s find that you also tune it for too thick a gear oil, or too much

experience on those lines, I should brasolutely freely. For

economy.

of it.

taken up by Morris Motors, Ltd., at the beginning of this year.

A demand is being received. frum all parts of the East and from other countries where the going is heavy (Continued on page 9.) and roads are sometimes known.

Overland Whippet" Cars.

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