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JUNIOR-SENIOR-SIX

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THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 31st, 1928.

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NOTES OF THE WEEK.

Noises That Are Diminishing.

Nearly every part of the chassis of motor vehicle enn at some time in its existence constitute a source et noise. There are, of course, certain noises which cannot be re- duced to any considerable extent, as, for instance, the whirr which ateurs between the tyres and the road, but these are, in the main, not really objectionable or great in volume.

It is, however, often minor items which are the worst offenders, and. n many instances, it is the com parative silence of the

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noises on motor vehicles with a view to report that exhaust silencers and to their suppression..

Restarting On A Hit ̧ Supposing you were brought to a standstill on a 1-in-6 gradient and had to restart without the aid of and brake or chocks under the

How would you proceed wheels. That is a question which not every driver could answer without paus ing to consider and it is often a very pressing one in Hong Kong.

My own plan, says a writer in The Light Car and Cycle-car, is to engage first gear, keeping my right foot hard down on the brake, and then to open the hand throttle and slowly engage the clutch, easing the brake as the clutch begins to "lite."

This gives one a certain and safe restart, out calls for soine dexterity.

their attachments have at last been Freated seriously by motor-cycle manufacturers. There were many machines which had achieved so satisfactory a degree of silence that it was possible to stand next to the driver with an engine running and to converse without raising the voice. The modern motorcycle is by no means the noisest vehicle on the roads. This makes good read ing. It shows that the Home Secre- tary's warning issued two years ago has been taken seriously, says foter | Cyrling" -

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for occasional four-seater" saloon

Chummy Saloons. There is quite a vogue just now ladies on quite big chassis. The idea, started with the provision of a small space, intended for luggage, power unit which has, as it were. exposed the guilt of such parts and specially if the hand throttle will rugs and so forth, behind the seat rot pen far enough to get the carof a coupe and has gained ground rendered their silencing a matter

properly, thier way. Those who until now cars which are a cross at far greater importance than was

are not quite sure of themselves between a saloon and a coupé are formerly the case. For instance. the light rods, used for the controluld do better first to get a wheel quite common sight.

hocked onto let the car run very, "of such parts as the carburetter slowly backwards until a wheel, a ignition, etc. are frequent offene or the Juggage grid cth ders.

He lodged' against a bank or kerb There is sometimes a good deal |¦ to ensure that the ear will not make of clatter from the valves and valve

headlong rush hackwards when gears of engines, from the gears in the restart is attempted. the gearbox and from the rear- axle drive, and it is interesting, says The Parreial Motor, that with the growing demand for the suppression of street and traffic ncises, close attention is now being paid by makers to the sources of

Moter-cycles Are Silent.

In his official report of the Inter national Six Days Motor-cycle Trial. Professor A. M. Low, the chief technical observer remarks:

is highly satisfactory to be able

Such bodies on chassis vary, eny's The Light Car and Cycle-car, from the big 45 hp. Renault to the smallest of light ears, whilst Major Segrave has given the idea his hissing by allowing his name to i e attached, to such a modei pro- duced by a well-known concern.

The indications are that these hybrid bodies, which leave room for

large tuggage trunk behind, are likely to be seen in considerable numbers.

Why Not Delimlose? When will cellulose finishes come into wider use for interior Attings and external parts such as doar handles, imitation landaules irons and similar parts? If we are to believe what we are told by these who make and sell many cellalose lacquers, says The Light Car and Cycle-car; there are "to-day plenty of these finishes which are sub stantially proof against cracking and scratching and which are not damaged by "the heat of the sun or exposure to damp..

On many 1920 saloons there are a great deal too many polished wood mouldings and fittings which will get shabby before the cars have been on the road for long, whilst we all know how impossible it is to keep bright work looking well unless, like the radiator, it is reasonably get-at-able. Such parts should be cellulosed, and this is a develop ment to which

manufacturers should pay attention.

The Safe Sidecar, Which is the most dangerous type of vehicle, the car. or the motor-cycle and sidecar It is commonly believed, of course, that there are far more accidents in con- nection with motorcycle cambian tions than there are with cars, but figures go to show exactly the reverse. says Motor Cycling. In the course of a letter to the Press last week Comdr. F. P. Armstrong, secretary of the Royal Automobile Club, pointed out that during 1997 the proportion of fatal accidents to fehicles registered was 1 to 1,201 in the case bi matar-cycle.combina tions and 1 to 379 in the case of cars. The respective figures in con uection with non-fatal accidents were 1 to 38 and 1 to 21. As Com- mander Arstrong pointed out, ac eldent statistics are necessarily of a rather hit-or-miss character, but, even so, the sidecar is clearly reveal ed as being practically twice as saf as the ear...

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wise to dismiss any one of them withont due regard to the circum- stances as they exist in relation to each other. From the point of view of the manufacturer, it is not difficult.. to see that the extreme course of abolishing the Show might be In recent years there has been fraught with the mest serious con. sequences. There may be good rea- evident at about this season reactionary tendency in motor trade sons for manufacturers to advocate quarters in the matter of the ana lapse of a year between the com nual Motor Show, remarks Thing exhibition and the next..

If the sequence is broken what Mutor. This year it takes a form rather mere acute than hitherto, may be the result! The biennial There is a section, of the trade show has been tried in Paris and which advocates the drastic course, it did not prove a successful ex of entirely abolishing the Showperiment from the trading stand-

Another, more point. after this year.

Is the present time at which moderately inclined, is in favour of a suspension of the exhibition it is held the best Certainly it is

not a period of the year when im for one year as an experiment; and there is no there always has been mediate sales to the public can A party which is strongly pre-b, relied upon. judiced in favour of the continn. ante of the annual Show.

Does nct this, with other reasons, suggest the advisability of con- These are some of the conflicting sidering changing the date of the elements in a problem of admitted Show to the December or possibily complexity, and it would be un-1 January!

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