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THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 22nd, 1928.

MOTORING NOTES

A Weekly Review dealing with Matters of Interest to all Local Motorists. Motor Notes-Complete Service Station-Secret Car for World Record-5,000,000 Cars in a Year-Opening up the Far East-An "Order of the Road A Motor Riddle-Motor Cycle Reliability Trial.

THE BRITISH MOTOR CYCLE | MOTOR-CYCLE RELIABILITY

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MOTOR NOTES.

THE FORD AGENCY,

A local company has been formed to take over fr. Andrew Harper's business as Ford dealer, and amic- able arrangements have been made by which Mr. Harper bands over his Ford interests. The new company comprises Mr. Harper's son and a number of other well-known business

men.

Mr. Andrew Harper does not in- tend to retire from the motor busi- ness altogether, but his present premises will be handed over to the local company, while he will prob ably devote himself largely to developing up-country trade as agent for another well-known make of

car.

Meanwhile, the jealously guarded local secret of the new Ford is to be kept to the last. A first con- signment has arrived in the Colony and delivery will be taken to-day but the windows of the Ford show; room have been covered over, and not until everything is ready on Saturday will the public be allowed a glimpse of the car.

THE PLATING BUGBEAR

OVERSEAS.

The British Cycle & Motor Cycle Manufacturers & Traders' Union have decided that tho 1023 Cycle and Motor Cycle Show at Olympia. 5th to the 10th of October. Last London, shall be open from the

year's show was very largely at tended by representatives of over- seas buyers and these welcome visitors are expected to grow in numbers yearly; a Great Britain is universally regarded as the centre of the World's market in these two industries and their allies.

Successes are already, being, re parted from overmas in various reliability and speed events held this year. For instance, the South African T. T. Junior race of 240 miles was won by a 3.49 h.p. A.J.S. machine for the second year in succession. The rider, Mr. Len Cohen, established a new record average speed of 643 m.p.h, and iso a record for the fastest lap of the 20 miles circuit at a speed of 60.9 m.p.h.

A new record breaking achieve men in New Zealand stands to the credit of a standard E. W. Douglas machine, voir, C. Capron rode Item Hastings to Wellington. a distance of over 200 miles in 5

TRIAL.

TWO" LOCAL AGENTS TO

ENTER TEAMS.

It is understood that the locat

Agents for the Harley-Davidson and Rudge-Withworth mator-cycles are entering teams in the proposed Reliability Trial which is to take place on the 11th March.

The Harley-Davidson Agents, Mesars. A. Garcon & Co., have decided to three of their

ร

be

"single" models, the type being the 350 cc. O.H.V. Model. The riders

probably will Messrs.: A. Gascon, the Agent, S. Marriott, and P. Browa

most

The Gascon Motor-Cycle Co, are sporting decision to enter the Trial. to be congratulated upon their

The Rudge Withworth agents. Messrs: Rudolph, Wolfe and Kew, are entering, if possible, three of their latest 4.94 h.p. "Special" modes. These motor cycles have | Trials held at done exceptionally well in the hours 47 mins, and then did the coming parförman and their will be closely Recent visits to garages have return trip with a total of 12 hours watched by all local notor-cycle vealed that large numbers of 21 mins for the complete journey.

enthusiasts. Up to the present motorists are having windscreen This Ane performance over a road these are the only local' Agents supports and other expond parts which is very rough in parts at

who have decided to enter but painted with the new cellulose pre-tracted a great deal of attention, perhaps others will follow suit. parations. The fact should em particularly as it broke the exist

Should the above mentioned agents Golden manufacturers to take their

he the only ones entering teams in courage in both hands and abolishing record by 5 minutes.

A Douglas machine, by the way, the Trial, the straight duel between the fetish of plating. What is the still holds the record for the Double Britain and America should prove purpose of it, anyway?

12 hours for a combination having of interest. When, says a writer in The Light an engine not exceeding 350 e.c. Car-and Cyclecar, I ventured to Although it was gained in 1992 by comment on the paradox of having a 346 cc. machine with side car to put vaseline on plate which was which covered a distance of 1,002 supposed to be an armour against miles at an average speed of 43.76 aust & prominent manufacturer m.p.h., the record still stands. told me that plate was intended A Matchless model LR has car only for effect. Well, the electried off the Championship of Den- after a few months or even weeks mark for 1027 after a strenuous in soy cases-is not at all pretty three-day trial over 1,000 miles of and there seems no reason for re very bad roads. Then, in Holland, taining such a transient medium

a model Super sports machine The Austin people took a bold made fastest time of the day in lino, when they brought out the the flying kilometre Test and best Seven with a black radiator, and

time of the day for Dutch riders, I have not heard that this bad any in the speed hall chimb which was adverse influence on sales. Doubt open to all Holland. Jese glittering plate looks very al- huring at Olympia, but the know ledgeable owner who has little time to spend with the polishing cloth is not deceived. Let but” few firms set & lead at the next Olympia Show and the bugbear will be gone for ever.

In the Federated Malay States. Mr. Rex Duncan won the 250 e.c. side valve class of the Peral Motor Union Hal Climb with his model "R" and the 360 class with his model T/2, while yet another que cess was scored by the same rider in the 350 e.c. Sports Class, riding "Matchless" model L/R O.H.V. camshaft machine.

DRIVING LORRIES ON GAS

FROM WOOD..

A NEW RACING ERA.

What we owe to racing up to the present may be as nothing to our. debt in the future if entries in the world's most important events

The employment of producer-gna are confined to cara of the "sports as a fuel for vehicles, formerly tourer class. These care would utilizing petrol is making sure, if Approximate closely to standard rather slow, progress. It is hard- productions and weaknesses in de ly to be expected that with petrol sign and avenues of development at its present price level there is opened up by racing would be re- much scope on the gas-producer in flected at once in improvements this country, but overseas, in many made in the so-called "family parts where the country is only car. I cannot be denied, says partially developed, petrol is a The Light Car and Cyclecar, that most important item of transport the lessons learned from what will cost, reaching 4 or more per gal- soon be old-fashioned racing cars, on, and it is there, says The Com costing thousands of pounds to mercial Motor, that

the gas- build and totally unlike the pro- producer should find a ready mar duction models bearing the same ket if-and this is most important name applied merely to automo- as it may have to be operated by bile practice as a whole. We are, native drivers-it is simple, does of course, really grateful for front not require an undue amount of wheel brakes, engines of higher effi- attention and is capable of being ciency. lighter chasea, auper readily cleaned. chargers and so on, which "freak" cars evolved, but we shall be even more grateful for the perfection of individual makes brought about by the participation of tuned-up model in tests calculated to find out weaknesses and omissions which It often falls to the lot of a private owner to discover.

ON THE TRACK.

"A very fine performance has been put up by a Singer Junior of 843 c. on Montihery track, where under appalling weather cond tions, it covered over 5,070 miles in six days continuous runfing åt an average speed of over 39 p.k.

There are other important re quirements. The producer must be able to consume fuel readily ob tinhle in the country where it is employed, it must not be so bulky as to obbrude much upon the load ing space or be unduly heary, and it must provide a gas of good and even quality a comparison of which with petrol will not be too_îs- titious

Most of the producers already in being have to be supplied with water, and, although the amount so constined may not be excessive, yet in certain districts every drop of water is of value.

A new type of producer is now being made, to utilize only wood

The test, was carried out merely or other vegetabis fucl-and provid-].

to prove that a small car, costing no more than £140, can be entirely reliable and capable of continued high speed. The car was standard

ing a gas of high calorific value without the addition of any water whatever whilst embodying in the

and a cooler.

in every respect, except that it coding two grain, scrubbers "had" and extra large petrol tank, larger lamps and an automátic wiped

Montllory track was, of course, m.p.bor so, with an average the scene of the Hon. Victor and peed of over 8 m.p.h, for the full Mrs. Bruce's wonderful drive on distance. The performance would their 6-cylinder Sports AC have been a remarkable ont under (Acedes), when they bent the exist ordinary conditions, but is the ing 15,000 miles World's record by more amazing in the face of such 46 hours. Despite rain, mow and weather and after the shaking foo on the track and a cheth in a which both the car and Mr. Bruce. bhading snow storm, the car ran received. Undoubtedly such like clockwork, lapping at 85 achievements increase the prestige (Uontinued at foot of next column.) | of British, cara all over the world.

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