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WHIPPET"

THOSE PRICES DESERVE YOUR ATTENTION."!

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THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, MAY 30th, 1928.

“WHIPPET”

MODEL 96.

BEST

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KOWLOON.

MOTOR NOTES.

CARS ON DIRT-TRACKS.

MOTORING NOTES

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

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Motor Notes-Kowloon Motor-cycle Club-Studebaker Triumphs-Stock Car Travols 3,198 Miles- Make Your Car Comfortable-The Motor-Cycle Trade-Ethyl."

STUDEBAKER TRIUMPHS. | TROLLEY 'BUSES IN

(SIDE-SCREEN DEFICIENCIES.

"One still looks more or less in rain for touring cars with side, screens of really practical and convenient type. It appears that the recent big jump in the popu larity of all-enclosed directed interest away from all- weather equipment to its very con-

Dirt track racing for motorcycles has taken the public by storm, and already folk are asking how long it will be before cars participate in this exciting form of sport. Unsiderable detriment. fortunately says The Light Car and Cyclecar, there are few of these dirt tracks really suitable for even the smallest cars at present, but if the boom continues developments in the direction indicated are not im probable. It is suggested that the authorities should consider the por ibilities of Brooklands for dirt. track racing; there is a good deal of room in the members' enclosure, but the anng is that the ground is

Bo boggy. At least one of the dirt tracks on the outskirts of London may shortly be the scene of thrilling small car races, and this is a de velopment which sporting motorists will watch with interest.

THE NEW WHIPPET SIX.

The New Whippet Six, the lowest priced six cylinder car in the world. is the latest achievement of the Willys-Overland Company of Toledo, Ohio. U.S.A. The car I equipped with a highly developed power plant, featuring for the first time in the history of low priced sixes a seven bearing crankshaft,

The Whippet Six Coach is mark- ed by unusual rocminess in the interior, easily accommodating five The new line of sixes Dassengers. is presented in smart colour com- binations and the upholstery blends perfectly with body colours.

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This strikes me as being very un- fortunate, says a writer in The Light Car and Cyclecar, because there are still thousands of people who, on account of their fear of broken glass, or because they lik an open car in the summer, prefer tourers to ealoons, and yet can gratify their preference only by putting up with the inconvenience of hoods which are hard to raiso

KOWLOON · MOTOR-CYCLE

CLUB.

TO MEET ON SATURDAY.,

The proposed trip to Castle Peak to discuss the possibilities of a motor-cycle club in Kowloon, Bad to be abandoned on account of the weather.

However severs! enthu siam decided to meet the next day' and after a very enjoyable after noon at Castle Peak it was decided to call another expedition for next Saturday. Those wishing to join are, once again, asked to meet at the "Star Ferry" Wharf, Kow- loon, at 3 p.m. sharp.

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FREEMANTLE TO BRISBANE.

48 AUSTRALIAN RECORDS,

14.

It was on April 4th in Australia, that. Norman Smith, motor editor of The Sydney Sunday Times, shat tered all Australian west to cast transcontinental records driving a strictly stock model Studebaker

Commander Roadster.

ENGLAND.

THE NEW SCAMMELL EIGHT WHEELER.

An ever increasing number of towns in Britain are, superseding their tramway aystems by the adop tion of electric trolley buses.

One of the leading makers, Ran- somes, Sims & Jefferies have built

a number of these buses for Over- the Smith drove Commander seas, including the Corporation of from Freemantle to Brisbane-3,711 Bloemfontein, but their latest pro miles across Australia-in 147 hoursduction is a 6-wheeler with double- deck and a fleet of these have been supplied to the Maidstone Corpora tion.

and lower and side-screens which BETTER BRAKES ON MOTOR. and 32 minutes. He not only broke

are far from convenient. There is still a big business" to be done in touring Cars, and really first-class side-screens would provide a very potent sales argument

RIDING THROUGH PLATE

GLASS..

Over 2,000

*pectators nt

the Queen's Grounds, Barnsley, were thrilled at a recent gymkhana by a stunt performed by a young local rider, who rode a motorcycle at 40 m.p.h.. through a large sheet of glass which had been fived in the centre of the course, He crashed through the glass without injury, the fragments of the pane being picked up some fifty yards away The fent, says Motor Cycling, bad not been previously witnessed in Yorkshire, and was the first ac- casion on which the rider bad per- formed the stunt..

Everyone can now

ה'

see this new

TRIUMPH

Super

Seven.

Its many ensured that this great new

·Triumph Super Seven was immediately the Success of the Season on its first ap- pearance at Home. Super economy in first cost and up-keep, super safety due to the low centre

super features

of

CYCLES.

three previous Australian records in the cross country run, but established four,new marks,

Not long ago I made a practice of howling about our rotten brakes Studebaker now holds 49 Austra at every opportunity that arose,lian speed and endurance records writes "Carbon" in Motor Cyeling. Others joined me, and to-day the for automobiles regardless of power brakes of motorcycles are, in my

or price. The transcontinental re- view, far and away better than cord was made in spite of losing approximately 38 hours due to rain those of cars.

and impassable roads

Our modern brakes are really first rate, and this applies not only

most

One of the

interesting multi-wheeled vehicles is the now the few months that it has been on Scammell eight-wheeler which, in the market has become so popular that it now forms the bulk of the makers' output. The new vehicle. is carrying loads of from 15 to 18 tons at a higher speed than the The run started from Freemantle, Scammell six-wheeler carrying

load of 12 tons, and at a petrol to exclusive, super-high-grade, cost-West Australia, and extended east- ly modela, but to practically every ward along the coast to Adelaide, consumption which is actually less. machine that is made an excel- South Australia; south to Mel- Indeed, long distance road tests lent illustration is afforded by the bourne, Victoria, and then north have given consistent figures of 132 machine which I have now been along the eastern coast through ton miles per gallon, which is be The first lieved to constitute a record in the using for some months. This lusty Sydney to Brisbane. young. fellow has covered about mark fell at Adelaide, when Smith history of the internal combustion seven thousand miles, the brakes and the Studebaker Commander engined commercial vehicle. have been adjusted only three covered the 1,860 miles between times and they pull up the machine Freemantle and Adelaide in 64 as smoothly and surely as running hours and 33 minutes, lowering the

previous linto a mountain of cotton-wool.

between record

these points by 5 hours and 33 minutes. At Melbourne, the Freemantle Melbourne record was lowered by 15 hours and 20 minutes, The Com- mander completing this 2,453-mile leg of the run in 82 hours and 55 minutes.

gravity, the method

of

final drive with under

slung worm gear, the super efficient hydraulic internal expanding four-wheel brakes, super engine and chassis, these are some of

the

outstanding features of this great new

TRIUMPH

Super Seven

Call to-day for full particulars and

demonstration at the Sole Agents:

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Prince's Building

Tel C. 27.

Chater Road, Tel. C. 2487.

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After travelling 3,100 miles in 106 hours and 43 minutes, Smith and the mud covered Studebaker rolled into Bydney with still another re- cord-breaking the best previous Freemantle-Sydney mark by 12 hours and 2 minutes. At Bris- bane, The Commander had covered 3,711 miles in 147 hours and 32 | minutes, thereby setting a дет west to east transcontinental record for Australia.

Other marks which fell before the onslaught were Adelaide to Sydney, 1,181 miles, covered by The-Com- mander in 11 hours and 13 minutes; Adelaide to Brisbane, 1,934 miles, 82 hours and 2 minutes; and Mel- bourne to Brisbane, 1,325 miles, 62

hours and 37 minutes.

The new transcontinental marks are the second series of triumphs

for Smith and The Studebaker

Commander in Australia în less than a month. On March 15th at

Lake Perkolili, West Australía, ho

drove a Commander Roadster 1,701)- miles in 24 hours, an average

speed of 70.8 m. p.b., to break all

Australian speed and endurance marks for 24 hours and lower all records for 100 to 1,700 miles. The run was made under observation of the West Australian Royal: Auto-

mobile Club.

In the United States, The Com-

mander distinguished itself as the

world's champion car when it travelled 25,000 miles in less than

2,000 minutes. Nothing else ever

travelled so far so fast. During the last three months of 1027, strictly tock model Commanders set 50 new records for, endurance. and speed.

THE MOTOR-CYCLE TRADE.

WHAT DOUGLAS MOTORS HAVE DONE.

Speaking at a dinner held in Bristol to celebrate the "Coming of Age "Xof the well known frm of Douglas Motors, Major Watling, Director of the British Cycle & Motor Cycle Manufacturers'.... & Traders' Union mentioned that 1927 constituted a record year in the history of the motor cycle export | trade. Over 12,000 machines were exported which is more than the total production of the U.B.A, and nearly equal to that of Germany and France The British "motor" cycle has found its way into every country in the world, and last year's export figures showed par ticulars of shipments to no less than: 68 markets you a tag t Douglas machines have done much to build up this export trade and have a wonderfull list of suc cesses to their credit in trials and races all over the world. Quite re- cently, for instance, Gua Clifton riding a 250 c.o. sido valve machine (Dontinued on next Column),

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The new eight-wheeler system has heen applied to the Scammell Frameless tank wagons, some of which are carrying loads up to a.200 gallons, while the same prin- ciple is also used in the special 25- ton machinery carrier.

lowered the Melbourne Sydney re cord of the 350 c.c. and. 600 c.c. classes by 14 minutes. His time, classes by 14 minutes. His time, wai 16 hours 17 minutes for a distance of 565 miles. The machine was after- wards checked and measured by the A:C.U. officials and stood the test excellently, finishing in perfect condition.

The

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H.K. 1,720.00

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Humber

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a close examination reveals the small details of Humber construction that tell so surely in actual use. The margin of strength in their every part enables Humber Models to withstand the test of rough roads and heavy usage-a fact that has long established them in the favour of Colonial Owners.

9/30 HP. 2/3 Senter

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14/40 HP. 3-3 Senter with Dickey Best 14/40_B.P. 5-Baster

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Saipem 14/46 H.F. Coupe *** with Dlakay Best

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