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THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 25th, 1928.

| MOTORING NOTES

AS BRITISH

AS THE FLAG.

(CONTD.). THE NEW FORD..

You take no chances in any way with-

DUNLOP

-for Mileage

it must be DUNLOP --for Comfort

it must be DUNLOP -for Economy

it must be DUNLOP

för Safety

it must be DUNLOP -for Satisfaction

it must be DUNLOP

Are they on your car?

They should be!

DUNLOP RUBBER CO., LTD., 16A, DES VOREY ROAD CENTRAL,”

The Speclication.

POINTS TO BE NOTICED.horse powas es

"

INTERESTING DESIGN AND APPEARANCE;"

BY JOUS PRIOLZAV.}.

It is very doubtful whether any manufacturer of many sort of article whatever in the entire history of the world's industry has ever sur creded in bringing off so colossal M piece of free publicity as Henry Ford.

The tales told about this new ven- ture have been as varied as they I believe the have beam aumerous.

S-cylinder 60-h.p. car selling for less than £100. Only a few days

somewhere age I read report that it was 10hp, and capable of 70 miles an hour, with so dear to the usual einke

Here is the weißcation, neces sarily abridged. It is called the British Model 24.9 hp. The engine is a 4 cylinder, having a bore and troke of 9.00 by in, appro- Nimating to 78 by 107 men. The tax Is £15 per wagum,and the brake at 600 revolutions a minute. The crankshaft is car tiet on three bearings, and is in the words of the sialogue,"stati ey and dynamically Balanced" The half-time helical gear wheels are of fabric. Lateral valves are fitted of the normal type, the ey koder head leg detachable, And the pistous of huminium alloy.

1 was devidedly impressed with the disen appearany of the engine as a whole. It looks to me as

-CAUSES OF ROAD

MISHAPS.

PEDESTRIANS WHO ASK FOR TROUBLE.

SPEED FIENDS.

I think every motorist 'would do weil to secure and retain for refer ener a copy of Lieut. Col. Pickard's admirable paper, A Review of Road Accidents: Fuquey Cause, and Prevention, read at the re- cent Public Works, Reads and Transport Congress, held at Olym pla, says Gordon Fraser.

It is a fascinating and illuminat were newssary to remove thing hook-let of referenec, which has enriarettor and induction mani furnished me with many a half fold in order to remove or adjust hour of interest and ins.rection. the valves, but that is really There are in it hard frets-scores, It is rasy and hundreds of them. only criticism, that can be the

(l'antinues un next Column.) brought against the engine from the point of view of accessibility, and it is one to which a ber

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The engines of all the ears showu only statment which has not been "ront engines are subject. made for the past six months about on the stand are finished the new Ford is that it was an tint is to my tidily, but without what is known as show finish. One may, therfore, presume that the a guardedenstomer will find the same pleasing

readition of affairs under the bons

is net of his new eaf. Ignit what is called two-unit system, the hy voltary correspondent dyno being driven from the And now we have the plain facts; front of the engine. An interest. neithering point is that the ends from and while there eslinders nor 60 h.p... nor even the distributor, which is accessibly Are any of the Arabian Nights mounted above the ylinder head, tales true. Mr. Ford's new auto- maidle deserves attention.

THE IDEAL MOTOR CAR

for

LADY DRIVERS.

Minuel

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adjustment is conveniently effected hand lever operate all four, and without the necessity raising.

the long to rest for wing appealed to me was the position on

right-hand of the diver of the brake lever. The wheelbase is B fl.

in and the track 4 ft. 3in. The prices of the various models are as follows: Two-seated' car, E113; four-seated ear, £180; enupés) 1 Tudor saloon, £155; sports coupé £203: saloon, £213.

"Unexpectedly Attractive." The general appearance of the ure of flexible brass tape and not new ear in its various forma is, so the ordinary high tension cablefar as the body work is concerurd, sarity Ty dvance and relardexpectedly attractive. The models of the gnition is automatic.

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Some Points Of Interest, Cooling is by entrifugal water. op. which is coupled retly to

var.

shown are finished off in a variety

of pleasing rolour schemes.. There aruder of details about this now car which deserve enreful at

in-

a two-bladed fan revolving insidetention. For example, I thought a wind scoop behind the ordinary the instrument board, a complete type of radiator. The shape of the unit comprising speed indicator fatter resembles that of the other and the necessary gauges, quite The Ford producs, the large Lincoln rurkably well carried out.

Lubrication of the main bear-feable steering wheel, which dues ings and big ends is by pump not in the least resemble the

whel of the late Lizzie, driven off the camshaft, the cylin side out dewalls and gudgeon pins being is a long-expected-improvement. I oned by splash. The near side of carries in its centre a particularly neat dimur switch, which is the the engine carries the self-starter and the oil-after and dip-stick proper place for such a átment. the Another refinement, to use gauge only, and has alniost European appeariness As a whole, popular word, is a night danger the new Ford engine has points to signal at the back of the ear, which shows the word Stop" in red ttract the lover of plain, clean

letters wherever the brake pedal a design. It does not bear the smal best resemblance to worthy Lizzie's depressed. Further, there is

electric windscrren-wiper, and the A multiple dry disc clutch takes wheels are of the wire type and the power through a centrally con detachable, being fixed by the led three-speed gearbox of the familiar British stud and nut ar dinary type of an exclosed pro-angement. The door handles of pellor shaft to the conventional all the closed models contain ex Spiral bevel I-grared back axle, which emely neat locks, and another Balloon additionally breed by Torque gadget is a petrol guage. rds. Suspensor is by semi-slip tyres are fitted, and the engine is tie transverse pegs, supplement neunted on indrubber blocks.

shock.! ed by Hondaille hydraulic

Any speculation on the per formance ar value of this machine abarbers, to both nxira,

The brake set consists of internally obviously futile. The specifica Fexpanding" brakes (an unusual-de-ten, design and appearance, how- ever, are all interesting, though parture for American design) on all four wheels. Both pedal and there is little that is new

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any of them.

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What about the driving, however,

well to preach Safety first," but here we see exactly where Un-in which the ordinary motorist is. safety first has wrought the asst keenly interested? There can he no excuse for the greatest sięs trouble, and know exactly what to Avoid.

proved against the drivers involved Here are the Take, for instance, his analysis in these tragedies.

crimes: of the causes of the BA fatal Excessive speed 120 per cent.

Inattention

resness at read

ing neidents that occurred in Great Britain in two months old Jane and July, of this year. They

figures fortheonting ceraners' inquests.

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junctions

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Human Element, It is interesting to leam that faults in the vehicle, such se de- lective equipment, lights, and so

Road Hogs. forth, are responsible for only 3.2 per cent of these fatal accidents.

The old question of "What is or It is the human element that is what is not excessive speed? chiefly at fault, and I would like naturally haund to, arise, but to remind my readers that fatalent-Col. Pickard has cut the accidents which might have been ground from under the feet of road. always full of avunded by drivers are as many as hogs who are 38 per cent of the whole, while excuses, by tabulating under this pedestrians have caused 34 per cent. head only ease of excessive speed

All sorts of

reasons are given chaving regard to all circum- show how pedestrians brought tances

I am with him in the opinion ha ahout the fatalities. The chief are careless crossing of the rends, step-expresses that one or two roat children run hops caught and exemplarily ping oft ning out hoocheely and w furth. I pandahed will do more to clear the Nothing but home and school read of dangerous driving than fer prosutions enention will wain up the rising thousands of Reneration to a proper sense of winer technical offences, unaccom road eure.

panded by danger."

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The United Kingdom, the Humber 9/20 H.P. Model

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Tourer 14:40 HP, 5-Boater'

Salson 14:40 HP. 3 Coupe with Dickey Seat

·9/20 H.P. ¿Stuter Tourer. Other Models of 20/53 H.P. Dunlop Tyres and Front Wheel

Brakes Standard. “

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SALOON MODEL

*

Easy to start

Easy to change gear

Easy to negotiate in traffic

Easy to garage

Easy to steer

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IRREVERSIBLE TYPE STEERING GEAR

NEW TYPE STARTER-GENERATOR. -

COMBINATION PUMP, SPLASH AND GRAVITY LUBRICATION.

FOUR WHEEL BRAKES.

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