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WEDNESDAY, MAY 16th, 1928.

MOTORING

NOTES

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

Tyre Makers

in Victoria's Reign

HEN ladies started cycling thirty- one years ago they rode on Dunlop tyres. And the lady cyclist of these days accepted Dunlops as a matter of

course.

You wanted a pneumatic tyre-you ordered a Dunlop. A Dunlop tyre was no novelty to them. Simply be- cause even at that time Dunlop had been making tyres for ten years. Today, of course, Dunlop have been makers and the leading makers-of pneumatic tyres for forty years. There's a deal of experience to be gained in forty years of tyre making for every kind of vehicle running on every kind of surface, and at speeds ranging from the 20 miles per hour of the carly motor carriages to the 203.8 miles per hour of Segrave's Sunbeam.

DUNLOP

Only DUNLOP Experience covers the whole bistory of the pneumatic tyre

DUNLOP

MADE IN ENGLAND

DUNLOP RUBBER COMPANY, LIMITED. LOCAL BRANCH:

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NEW LUXURY COUPE,

WINS APPROVAL AT AMERICAN MOTOR SHOWS.

Motor Notes-Side-Car Owners Warned by Police-British Bid for Speed Records- Gallant 8 H.P. Singer-Milan-Munich Air Line--Short Circuits.

MOTOR NOTES.

STUDEBAKER WINS POPU-

LARITY CONTEST.

FIRST NINE AMERICAN, CARS.

A popularity contest held at Sydney, Australia, in aid of charity resulted in a win for the "Com- mander model of the Studebaker Company. The proceeds of the Competition were given to the fund for building & holiday home for the city's children. A Buick Car took second place and the remaining nine places were taken by Ameri-

| SIDE-CAR OWNERS WARNED! BRITISH BID FOR SPEED

BY POLICE.

MOTOR-CYCLE DRIVERS TOLD TO DISPLAY HEAD AND

TAIL LIGHTS.

Drivers and owners of motor

RECORDS.

NEW PILOT FOR 340-M.P.H

SEAPLANE

Flight-Lieutenant David D'Arcy A Greig, a twenty-eight-year-old Scotsman, it was announced on April 23rd, has been appointed to command the Royal Air Force High-Speed Flying Section, Felix- stowe. He will go into practice

forthwith.

cycles having side-cara came in for a warning at the office of the Chief Colonel Green called of Police. attention to article 34 of Section 3043 of the Automobile Law.

The law, briefly, specikes that He will probably pilot the Super. motor vehicles having a width of marine S & seaplane in the forth- one metre or more shall display coming attempt to break the the head and tail lights prescribed world's air speed record. The for all automobiles. This clearly machine is credited with a maxi- takes in motorcycles withr side-cars. mum speed of 340 miles an hour.

When asked if two small lampe The Commander" won the con-

on the front of" such a vehicle test by a huge margin of 44,000 over its nearest competitor, and the title would comply with the law, Colonel ol King of Cars" was conferred for similare sul upon it by Bert Hinkier, Australia's tion calls for lights similar to those

can cora.

famous airman.

PÄCKARD CAR DOES

- IMPOSSIBLE,”

San Francisco is well known for its steep hills, and of these "Baker Street is the most treacherous. The hill has formerly defied any motor vehicle to climb it in "top" goor, and many attempts made. By manufacturers in America proved fruitless.

or motor-care.

Although the law has been in effect for some, time, the police chief said that violations of the ruling by motor-cycle" owners 'wil not result in arreste. He feels that aufficient warning should be given owners that they may procure the equipment. At the end of such time, however, notice will be given the local traffic organization to pick up all violaters of the regalation.

Flight-Lieutenant Greig had a wonderful escape from death re- cently while carrying out tests in connection with the problem af His machine became out of control at a height of about 10,000 feet. He abandoned it, and descended by parachute, the machine being wrecked.

..

Two "Challengers. Major Segrave and Captain Malcolm Campbell will both try to wrest the world's motor-car speed record from Mr. Day Keech, the Sunday attained a speed of 207.55 American racing driver, who on m.p.b.

I have a novel motor-car," said Major Segrave to a Daily Express

The Agent for Packard Care in California decided to try his luck THE 1928 SENIOR SINGER ON representative, "but I cannot say and the public focked up the sides | .. of the "mountain "hill for the erent.

THE ROAD.

The motor correspondent of the A Phaeton Packard Eight was Daily Mirror has taken the senior chosen for the test, and was Singer Model on a road test, and brought to a dead etop at the says, "For £930 you cannot, even bottom of the hill The driver to-day, get everything you want, started in second gear and quickly but I shall be interested to try the changed into top. Gathering speedcar, sold at that price, that gives inch by inch the car continued to you more. than the. "Senior climb steadily, and before long the Binger." spectators had witnessed the im- possible accomplished, and the car swept over the top.

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STANDARD OIL EXPERT ON

“RUNNING IN."

Anything more about it now for obvious reasons. We realised that a new record was going to be set Pit was bound to happen, once the Americans started to put their

back into it.

As soon as I knew what was]. going on, I went ahead with the design of a new motor cars this de- aign is now complete. We shall begin building it soon, but it takes time"

The car performed admirably on

Captain Campbell said: "I am the road sentan and against a slight head wind the car did an easy going to have another shot in r odd mp.h. The maximum speed month or six weeks. I shall pro- attained was over. 47 m.p.h. The Fendine, Sands, Wales.

bably make another attempt at' Dewandre Servo four-wheel brakes

A Reuter message from Daytona gave the driver a feeling of con- Beach says that Mr. Keech believes fideace at speed," and pneumatic upholstery is a matter of hearty that he reached a speed of 220 congratulations to the Singer Com.P.h, on one run, but the officia! ielectric. timing dovico failed. Keech's right arm was burned when the motor backfired during the last SECOND ONLY TO THE FORD.run, spraying his body with blazing

petrol.

pany.

Speaking before a number of engineers in Amerien recently, Dr. R. E. Wilson, of the Standard "Oil Ca, gave it a bis, opinion that the instructions ordinarily given to the owner of a new car to drive it at only 20 m.ph or so for the

According to the latest estimates first 500 miles are entirely wrong available, General Motors employe He stated that at this low speed 170,000 persone in 33 cities of the the bearings are always completely | United States. Their payroll separated from the journals 67 amounts to $312,000,000 a year. thick oil fims, so that the surfaces About 14,000 people work directly undergo no running-in or smoothing for General Motors in more than effect; consequently, according to 100 other countries. This makes a Dr. Wilson, the owner who pro grand total of 184,000. ceeds to run his car "all out" at the completion of 500 miles cover ed at low speeds is just as likely to cause bearing seizure as if he had run all out at the start.

Dr. Wilson's advice is that "the owner of a new car should indulge in short bursts of full-throttle high- speed running, not long enough to cause risk of seizure, so as to load the bearings temporarily to smooth the surfaces,

This does not include the dealers and salesmen who would swell the total to nearly 700,000. Then think of the 67,000 stockholders, and the hundreds of thousands of men and women working for the 5,000 manu- facturers from whom ⠀ General Motors baya materials.

Add in the millions of people who own General Motors products. And, don't forget the dependents of the persons who are getting their in He also expressed the opinion comes, all or in part, from General that the running-in period should no Motors under 15,000,000 is too longer be left to the owner's re

Anything

sponsibility in any but low-priced few for the total number of per- care. The short periods of high sons who are interested directly or epeed running advocated have, also indirectly in General Motors pre the advantage of finging copias sent and future. supplies of oil up on to the cylin der walls, 60 assisting piston fubri-0001

cation...

STUDEBAKER CO. AGREES.

1,000 IN NIGHT RIDE.

Nearly a thousand people took part in the Motor-Cycling Club's London-Land's End trial which be That there must be some truth gan from Slough, Bucks, at eight- in his statement is shown by the thirty on a Friday evening.LANG Concurrence of the Studebaker Com

Over 100 of those taking part pany. They have recently were competitors, and all types of nounced that it is totally unneces-motor- vehicles,

· ranging from sary for their cars to be run in

leather-weight soló motor-cycles to at low speeds of 20 mp.h., but

powerful saloon cars, were ene they attribute this, to the sound gaged. workmanship of their "care...."

THE "YOUNGER BET” AND THE CAR TRADE

of

-The_standard of' performance re- quired for a first-claes award was optional colour combinations. The

identical in each case. ⠀⠀ Women wheels are also supplied with either wire spokes or wood, and spares

were not allowed to compete, but may be carried either on the run-

hundreds occupied the passenger or the rear. ning board of a dow in the rent the automore deciding factors of Competitors, whose scheduled which may be raised or lowered to ance of the new models by the time was well maintained, say the provide a means of conversing with younger set. A car to-day, to night run was the best on record, Few cars exhibited at the leading passenger in the auxiliary seat-be a success, must win favour with the weather being mild, the roads 1998 motor shows in the United feature often lacking in cars of the younger folkarers are realising

Mod drse everest test came when' the- and a brilliant moon overhead. States attracted more attention | sirilar type. The game attention Many manufacturers are than the Da Luxe 2-passenger coupe to detail has been shown in every this important fact and are turning Somerset hille were reached, and introduced by the Stearns Knight phase of manufacture, with the re- aut new models made especially for there were over seventy failures in Sales Corporation of Cleveland, suit that the new De Luxe eight this class of buyers. The Managing climbing Beggar's Roost Hill. One complete makers of both six and eight cylin-cylinder 9-passenger coupe has had Director of the well known or competitor turned a der cars of the luxury class. In an unusually favourable reception dan Car was the first to realise somersault, and otham found them novations are introduced in the among motor-car enthusiasts this, and for several years has been selves going backwards. linea and appointments of this The power plant employed in this directing his sales to the younger Hundreds of spectators assembled vehicle and it presents a luxurious model is the Knight double-aloove sel. His advertising is addressed to watch the climbing of Porlock appearance with ita rakish rumble straight night, Stearns Knight be to them, and his cars have been Hill, where an enterprising, farmer Beat built into the rear decking alone in this field in America built with their needs in mind, and Jevied toll on the crowds standing accommodate two additional Since the initial introduction of the they have responded, as you will Over ave hundred of the vehicles.

will, in his fields" passenger ved Steamos Knight Eight a year ago to his appealing afa og

Mounted on the 137 inch De Luxe it has won a conspicuous place The Jordan cars are steadily in dusty and bearing ether signs of a long and arduous journey, arrived chassis, the coupe interior is up- among the leading care of America creasing their business, holstored in soft leather, within the luxury class.

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