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JUNIOR-SENIOR-SIX

A Car for avery Buse and Purpose

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GILMAN & CO., LTD.

MOTOR NOTES.

CHANGING TYRES WILL PRO-

LONG THEIR LIFE. ·

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THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 1st, 1928.

MOTORING NOTES

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

Motor Notes-Britain's Cars-Speed Dash in Desert-Life of Tyres Why Tyres Wear Unduly-

Bumper Development-More Light Cars Needed-High Spoed at Brooklands.

400,000 US. CARS EXPORTED.

SANDY CORNERS.

MORE LIGHT CARS NEEDED.

A YEAR'S MILEAGE. -

Opinions vary as to what is an average year's motoring mileage but probably 10,000 is somewhere near the mark. A man who claim-according to reports received by the become soft-ard`able to be cuti The handier and more economical

Four hundred thousand Ameri- cans went abroad in 1997 and more than 500 took motor cars with them,

tion.

ed 50,000 miles would probably not California State Autmobile Associa be believed until he could instan- riate his figures, for nearly 1,000 miles a week means between 40 and 50 hours at the wheel.

It will prolong the life of the front tyres and enable them to wear out uniformly if they are switched from one wheel to the other after they have been run & season of 30. The right front tyre is always

The owner of an

Armstrong "climbing out of the ditch," so to Siddeley 20 h.p. saloon covered a speak, with the resuls that it re-distance of 48,000 miles last year, ceives a little extra wear. I

the mileage being carefully checked as the car was used almost entirely changing the tyres, be sure that

for business purposes. This was they are kept rolling in the same only made possible by its ability direction. It injures the tread to reverse the direction of rolling.

NEW- ZEALAND MOTOR IMPORTS.

AUCKLAND, N.Z.

maintain high average speeds, Incidentally, this particular car was bought second hand and al-

eredit.

ready had some 20,000 miles to its

WAR OFFICE ORDERS.

The British War Office has just ordered sixteen 20 h.p. 6-cylinder Armstrong Siddeleys as a result of model. its experience with a previous

The motor trade of the Dominion experienced a lean year in 1927, and the £3,033,636 sent out of the country for motor-cars, chassis, söd

Mechanisation of the Army con- commercial vehicles was the lowest tintes afeadily and territorial units since 1929, and 21,047,827 below the it some areas are receiving train value of imports in 1928. The re

ing accordingly. This has been done with considerable, ruceess in cord year was 1925, when imports Yorkshire, where a number of Kar rier W.O model six-wheelers

THE DIESEL ENGINE FOR COMMERCIAL VEHICLES.

For some years progress with the Diesel engine, as applied to the commercial vehicle, has been pro- veeding apace on the Continent, but not until recently did vehicle equipped with such engine receive anything like serious tests in England. The vehicle has been brought to such a state of perfec-

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tion, so far as its engine is concern

ed, that, after a few minutes' tuition, it can easily be driven by anyone versed in the control of the ordinary petrol vehicle.

Such an engine as this stilizes a non-taxed fuel costing something like 4d. per gallon-just the amount of the tax which has to be paid on petrol. Moreover, it runs are miles to the gallon, requires less changing of gear and can maintain better average speeds in a hilly country.

were more than double the aggre have been in use. In the case of the I einployment of oil resulting from! gate for last year.

West Riding Division two 7 h.p. These facts were related to de- Jowett reconnaissance vehicles are legates attending the annual-con- to be attached to each battery. tention of the New Zealand Coach Despite its mall nominal horse power, the Jowett, with its short and Motor Body Builders' Associa-wheelbase and turning circle has tion. Imports from Canada de been found to meet all require clined to heavily that on a value thents, going over hilly country and basis British vehicles succeeded to

boggy ground with no other aasia- tance than chains on the rearwheels, second place for the first time in amply vindicating its slogan "The

Ittle Engine with the big Pull. At the present time the expansion | Each reconnaissance car is fitted of the motor body building indus- with special body containing try in New Zealand in almost en-range-finder, tripod, telephone, tirely dependent on increased im- reels of wire, signalling lamps and portations of British chassis.

Many years.

maps.

Practically any grade of liquid fuel can be employed, even engine lubricant. It opens up great pos sibilities in connection with the

the distillation of coal, and this alone is a factor which should make the Diesel engine worthy of our What mos: serious consideration. aboon it would be, says The Com- mercial Motor, to be able to employ for our transport vehicles a home. produced fuel which would reader us independent of imported oil and spirit fuels, and, at the same time, give a much-needed impetus to our coal mining industry,

We expect to see very rapid pro greas with the heavy-oil engine. It has arrived at a propitious time and may wasily mark a new era in transport development.

Engineering Genius

in STUDEBAKER'S New

ERSKINE SIX

THE genius of Studebaker engineers is reflected

genius that wrings more miles from each gallon of petral, breeds big performance into a small, economical engine, squeezes more comfort into each inch of wheelbase, doubles the buying power of your money by the economy of mass production. This Erskine Six Sedan is big in every way except cost. Big and beautiful in appearance because of skill in design and distinctive cellulose colouri, Eig in performance because of its powerful, yer economical, 6-cylinder engine. In official tests it maced 1.298 miles in 24 hours a record in its class! Today, thanks to this improved Erskine Six you can enjoy Studebaker comfort and satisfaction though you invest only a small sun in your motoring.

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Nowadays, to large number of Oring to the unusually bot wea, people, a car is not so much someTM ther of the past few weeks the thing upon which they depend to tarred surfaces of the roads have give them pleseure, as a means of 2. { rapid transport from place to place. up by the 12lfywheels of trucks and motor-"bunes.

To lessen the damage the P.W.D. I have liberally sprayed and on zearly every corner in the Colony's roadway system. Grievances and complaints are common add a serice of car accidents have been put down to skidding on these danger ous corners. The complaint is that the men employed in putting down the sand. do their work belly and instead of an even spray scross the road, heaps and hillocks are form ed. The reply is that the continual passage of cars causes the sand hilk. The mad, according to

PW.D. experts, is sprayed with the intention of the particles being pressed into the soft tor

and hardening the surface of the road- way.. It could be said that in many sections the sand has already fullled its task, while the surplus is left to endanger the road users and to play havoc with tyres. suggestion of cement roads was recently made, but the initial cost of such roads would be far beyond the pocket of our Works Depart ment and in normal circumstances the present roads are adequate.

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PARKING SPACE AT THE STAR

FERRY, KOWLOON.

The other day a car owner was travelling to work in one of the Motor Buses at Kowloon Asked his reason for taking 'bus when he had his car, the reply was Where is the room to park it?” A book round showed that his state- ment was only too true. From the gate of the Kowloon Wharves to the Showroom of “George Bing'a Marine Motor Exhibits, the space The fortunate is over-crowded. and early arrivers have the protec- tion of the small shed from the hot san, while the others have to thank themselves that there is parking space. The "Star Ferry" is the busiest place in Kowloon, the rendezvour for nearly all car own- en Parking space should be found and the "extension of the present ehed carried out as soon as possible. The motor-oyclists make full us of the sheds` pro- vided by the Ferry Company, and even they, at times, are obliged to "dump '7 their cycle somewhere

within the two white lines.” Public vehicles have usurped the small section of the Railway Station verandah which leaves only the triangle" opposite the ricksha sheds. This is perhaps the only available plot of ground, and the erection of suitable shede would help to increase the parking space at the Ferry,

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THE ASSOCIATION'S "WATCH- MAN.

The recent thefts of articles from both curs and motor-cycles at the * Ferry *** call for comment, Quite recently an owner had his battery. taken, while the loss of the tool. gels is a common complaint.Fer haps, a little scrutiny of the loafers who hang around the care and cycles would tend to lessen this.

BUMPER DEVELOPMENT.

Until quite recently there have been few attempts to design bump. ers which are intended to do more than prevent damage to wings, radiators of rear body panels in minor collisions, but there has been a tendency of late to introduce much more elaborate types, intend ed to be of service in collisions which, in the ordinary course of erente, would result in & car-being vary considerably damaged.

the type of car they nee-provided that comfort is not sacrificed-the better they are pleased. Obviously the role is filled by cars coming within the recognized limit of 1,500 c., which provides motorists with two distinct classes of vehicle. The one is the cheapest and emallest four-wheeled car, the other is more pretentione, slightly faster and, comparatively speaking, equal- farpurably with vehicles of much ly économical car which compares

higher horse-power and greater accommodation costing a great deal more to purchase.

A bumper of a rather compli cated pattern has been produced,. says The Light Car and Cyclecar, for which it is claimed that it will arrest a car travelling up to 40 m.p.h. without the car being dam -aged-a head-on collision being, ol course, presumed. It must be borne in mind, however, that the progress of a car cannot be vio- lently arrested without risk of in- jury to the occupants Moreover, it is by no means every bollision which is of a head-on character. This is not mentioned with the in- tention of disparaging humpers or discouragng inventors of improved type. Potential purchasers of them should remember that, useful ssbampore are, they must not be allowed to give à falte tense” of security.

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It is abundantly clear, says The Light Car and Cyclecar, that if manufacturers wish to keep their ously to consider the possibility of which has already established a factories busy they will have seri-light cars, unless they belong to reputation by building cara under

that far-accing band of pioneere 1,500 £0. (Continued on next Column).

THE IDEAL

MOTOR CAR

for

LADY DRIVERS.

The

Minuet

Austin Seven

SALOON MODEL

Easy to start.

Easy to change gear

Easy to negotiate in traffiè

Easy to garage Easy to steer

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Prince's Building and 1a, Chater Road.

Telephones: C, 27 and C. 2487.

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