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THE MOTORIST'S NEW YEAR.

DESIGN FOR 1929.

BETTER LUBRICATION.

(CONTD.)

THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 7th, 1928.

THE WILLYS KNIGHT.

SOME POINTS IN ITS

FAVOUR.

A few convincing points in fatoum, of this type of engine are: (a) It improves with use; (b) longer life kha quibtakss in operation; (e) absence of valve trouble and a con- stant and flexible low of power which results in easer handling, quicker acceleration and greater speed. These qualities are being demanded because they make pos sible more trips during a given The space of time.

The operation of valves at high

THE DURO GARAGE.

AN EFFICIENT SERVICE

STATION.

Since it was first opened the Duro Motor Garage at Kowloon has won the confidence of the motoring public.

It has catered especially

lathes and machinery for repair tities are sim installed. This will work have since been installed. On meda that there will be three petrol the grass plot, the Garage is now pumps available for service, while building a storage, and garage shed one of the new potips, hás a special where room for over 30 cars will be half-gallon socket for the exclusive "available.

use of motorcycles.

The New Rolling Station. plenishing station

During the week-end the

re Garage in a scene of constant ne- next to the tivity and a queue of motor cars and motor-cycles are always making

Visiting the Carage yesterday the writer was impressed by the thoroughness with which the quite, a number of cars which had machanics were doing their work on

will soon receive a spray painting been sent for repairs. The Garage

to re-painscarp much more thoroughly and quickly.

vention, and as such deserves credit Willys Knight ear fitted with this speeds will be realized when it for private owners and its deve use of the free water and air, and apparatus, which will enables them

plication of four-wheel brakes -haa The power-assisted ap

much to recommend it, provided that actual brakes are efficient.

Lighter Gonzola.

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type of engine has a world replita tion for reliability and the now is model is rapidly winning favour with the motorists in all lands. sleeve-valve type of engine, but the Non-owners sometimes doubt the

owners of Willys-Knight cars, even of ten years ago have only one opinion on the subject, namely, approval.

full

taking in supplies of petrol and

lubrication oil.

stated that 's car travelling at anlopment has been rapid. A repair valves opening and closing. ap- even 40 m.p.h. necessitates the station was quickly started, and when the Club de, Recreio vacated proximately 1,000 times per minute. their club house the building and a handsome and efficient pavilion, M. H. Laage, who has had consider The Garage has now completed The Garage is managed by Mr. That the engine improves with use grounds were taken over. is no empty boast and owners who ground could have been used as a Two "Shell" (500 gallon storage) ness in Canada.

The which will be able to meet the rush.able experience of the motor busi-

the day they were bought. The built private and convenient lock a neat verandah while a two "free inte a show-room hage done thousands of miles and garage space, but with the idea of visible petrol pumps, rapid de their cars in better condition than service to the public the Company livery, have been installed, under later on to turn half of the Garkge It is the intention of the fri sleeves are smoothed down to per-ups for cat owners. ion and perfect lubrication, the car pleted, they were mapped tip by thoroughway so that two cars can Whippet

soch as air fection, and with additional radia- these ten cotapartments were com

tubes are available beside each The Garage is the sgeht for is able to produce astonishingly ane car owners.

pump. The pavilion has a two-way Willye-Knight; Overlands, Everland

Singer, The club house was be attended to at ones. Oil tanks Motor Trucks, and Zenith Motor- Wire-Kaight turned into & repair shop, and capable of delivering large quan- | Cycles.

results.

ELSE

NOWHERE

SUCH VALUE

2,000,000 WILLYS-OVERLAND CARS AND GOING STRONG !

Again, there are more free-wheel devices; they will be noticeable at the Exhibition. By these gear- changing is greatly simplified and The Willys-Overland Company is the

more economically. the largest manufacturer of sleeve Front-wheel drive, if rather revolu; "valve-engines in the world. tionary, is a break-away from con- When standardized. While there Progress in motor car design is a good deal yet to be learnt, during the past year all over the especially about braking on

cor world, and

not least in Greal ners, with this form of drive, any Britain, may be summed up scheme which improves efficiency greater refinement, easier control, and gives greater stability and simpler and cheaper maintenance, safety is worthy of consideration. and increased safety, and Improve Like clutches, tranmissions be ment bas often been accompanied tween th gearbox and the rear by lower prices.

axle have been improved in detail The range of classes of car hail and makers have taken into con been increased, and there are more sideration the higher transmission quite new and re-designed models speeds which they are affording. for 1929 than for some years past. Steering gears provide lighter as While big cari are not losing tion with more safety: and the popularity within their limited same may be said of braking i aphere, the medium and the smal

general. lest machines have multiplied. The four-cylinder engine holds its own well in the lightest and least ex- pensive cars, in the design and manufacture of which the British With the increased influence of makes are pre-eminent. The six women in motoring, lighter action eylinder engine, long since favour of controls is being sought by ed in America, although Brilt on manufacturers, and the differmt lines, has established it motor, since it affords a given self in Europe, and the number of brake pressure for a reduced phy. makes, especially in the medium sical effort, in fast becoming part or family class, of car, has increas of the standard equipment. The ed since last year. This is because external wheel-brake has for some designers, have aimed at smoother, time now given way in Europe to more flexible, and quieter engines, the externally expanding "pattern, The reduction of piston impulse and for some years the external and transmission vibration' is brake on American care has been! clearly desirable. With this object criticized here. A number of latest the straight eight or eight-cylinder American makes have internal. in-line engine was recommended brakes here some years ago.

More than anything else, except As Olympia the gearios, chassis suspension will show, the straight eight, at han lagged behind in progress. which even last year many people Though the car of today is in were apt to look askance, has now and to travel in than the machine finitely more comfortable to drive come into practical being. More of four or five years ago, the im- over, European designers are well provement, in my opinion, has nhead here, and have not allowed much more with the balloon and little to do with the springing, but America to get too far in advance.medium-pressure tyre and shock ab- The 19cylinder or double six en sorbers and snubbere. Springs gine is worthily represented by one leaves are of better shape: camber.

have been improved in detail of the oldest British motor firms. as recommended, has been reduced Engines of all kinds for the new. eliminated; anchorage and clip- season will be found to be more pink are better; but when all is. efficient. That is they will give id and done the improvement the same amount of power for a noticeable in the travelling "quali- analler consumption of petrol and ties of the modern car is due more oil; or for the same expenditure to extracons or additional acces on these itema, more power and sories than to the aurings. It is speed. The tendency is to lighten difficult problem because the reciprocating parts, to increase the range of loads and speeds is so number of bearings, to warm and wide; but efficient suspension will nix the ingoing gas more adequate probably come through indepen ly, to filter the air supply, to get dent wheel springing rather than the exhaust gases away more free- through the more or less combined ly, 16 dirculate the oil at higher insulation of the frame from the pressures, to increase valve port axles. Independent whed suspen- area and compression ratio, and tosion is beginning in this country; speed up the crankshaft revolution. a firm has brought out a standard Emphasis has been laid in.

front-wheel drive past

supercharged sears on the greater need for bet model.. ter regulation of the water and oil No longer can it be said the tempernlares. With the lubrica-average Brilish car is unsuitable tion' П few manufacturers, but for overseas or not wide enough for mainly those on the Continent, comfort at home by reason of an provide oil radiators. But in the under-sized track. The 4ft. control of the water circulation width is now standardized by most. thermostatic governance of the as- British makers, while in clearance, sage or of the air supply to the as a comparison of British specifi radiator will be seen at the Show cations with foreign will ihaw, our a feature of many standard industry provides what is required. 1029 cars. It is a sign of the times The general controls of cars have that the American manufacturer been made simpler and more handy is paying each year greater heed for 1929 and bbviously the less skifl to European desiga..

required to learn and to drive the more popular will motoring be tomie. Body construction and ex- ternal finish and appearance of ears as a whole have undergone a marked change. The tendency is to save labour and expense in main- tenance, and these advantages are

to

Forced Induction.

The system of forced induction on an internal combustion engine Assuredly has a future before it, and Germany is no longer alone in producing standard care which

8in.

are super-charged. At Olympia largely obtained by finishes of cel- there are one or two British manu-lulose paint or fabric covering. facturers showing

who

brought forced induction to à auc

have The system by which the coachwork can be made lighter and more cessful issue, at any rate in flexible by arranging that the floor- specialized form of stock cars. boards are part of the chassis and The method by which the engine is take the weight of the seats and supported in the frame has dispassengers is assuredly sound. The tinct bearing upon the refinement vogue of the 2-3-seater, especially of the running, and for this reason of the coupé type, has become pro- suspension or anchorage arrange neunced once more. ments have been improved in many cipated, the ordinary touring car As was anti- new models, the use of rubber being.is receding into the background now widely popular. The plan of and as a compromise the type of. assembling the engine, the clutch, body known as the Sun Safoon is and the gear-bor as a unit, which evidently likely to be popular for makes for convenience of manufac 1929. Advance has been made on ture, does not lose adherents. The the earlier types of the two-pur tendency in European design is un- doubtedly towards four forwardsible now for a driver to slide the pose body and it is generally pos- speeds; and in the gear-box there whole or part of his roof or head is as much innovation for 1920 as while the car is in motion, in the engines. signs that designers have been able host made a fetish of external Motor manufacturers have al to make radical progress in this lines. The main idea would seem component, which hitherto be re to be to give grace by Jength and mained the same in principle for to preserve a high line, while two 30 years. The desire for simpler and three-colour Anishes undoubt control and a greater quietness on edly make motors brighter and the indirect speeds, or at any rate more attractive. One almost won- on third, is now being expressed inders each year what firms can find practical results. "There is the re- for the following scasou to add to vival of gear-box which, by means of a particular type of constant equipment, but there is no atagnation. For 1620, apart from

There are definite

mesh geare, makes not only for belter and more adequate ventila- quieter, working but also simplified tion and lighting, the two features selection and changing of gears. which stand out are centralized. Another British firm furnishes a gear-box in which third speed is which, with the stroke of a pump, or half automátic lubrication by almost as quiet si top, while in all the various bearings surfaces American company now fit au stan- throughout the chassis can be oiled, dard a four-speed box in which and chromium Plating for the ex- third and top are practically termal bright parts of the car.--- direct drives

The Times.

WHIPPET FOUR

with quality, beauty and style dominating

H.K. 81,550. Tourer: Roadster: HK. $1,720. H.K. $1,850. Coach:

R.V. $1,950. Sedan":

In definitè valde for your money there are no cars on the market comparable tõ the Whippet Four and Whippet Six.

This is true not only because these smart cars are amongst the lowest priced in the world, but because they represent the most advanced ideas in auto "motive design both mechanically and artistically.

The Whippet Four offers such desirâble quality féätürēš as fúli force-feed lubrication, silent timing chain, éftrà lêg room, and large 4-wheel brakes. The Whippet Six, in addition to these pro vides a sturdy 7-bearing crankshaft, counteracting vibration, Invar-strut pistons, wheelbase of 1091⁄2 inches and many

Other advantages.

FOURS

other

Such hotable values as these atë þòàíĺble baly betause of the skill and experience gained in the production of more

than 2,000,000 high quality motër tat

Whippet

(All prices and specifications are subject to change without notice)

Distributors for Hong Kong and S. China: GILMAN & CO, LTD, HONG KONG AND SHANGHAI BANK BUILDING,

TEL. C. 290.:

WILLYS

WHIPPET SIX

Tourer: B.K. $1,950. Roadster: H.K. $2,050:

Coach H.K. $2,150.

Sedan: B.K. $2,850.

SIXES

Service!

DURO” MOTOR CO., LTD.

OVERLAND

FINE

NATHAN ROAD, KOWLOON.

TEL. K 226,

MOTOR

CARS