1931-01-07 — Page 2

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS,

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 7, 1931.

NOTES FROM EVEYWHERE.

NEW OIL ENGINE FOR MOTOR BOATS.

It has long been the aim of In-

MOTOR NOTES.

teraal Combustion Engineers to use is always at hand on such produce a small "engine, operating versola. J

on the Diesel principle, for motor Needless to say the advent of this boats, auxiliary yachts and commer-new engine opens up far reaching chal craft such an tugs and self pro- possibilities. At this year's Motor pelled barges.

Show in London it proved to be one After three years of intensive ex-of the outstanding exhibits in the perimenting the details are dow Marine Section and it has created

FIAT SUCCESSES IN THE

ARGENTINE.

In the "Standard" 400 kilometre race, run in the Argentine Republic, over the noted Moron Circuit, just outside Buenos Aires, and confined to strictly standard cars, the well- Balconi who also won last year on a model 520 Fiat on the same difi-

revealed of a remarkable dew oil wide spread intorest among engi-known Argentine race driver Jose engine which the Ailsa Craig Motornoers and yachtsman the world Co., Itd., of Chiswick have just over. completed at their Strand-on-Green

cult course-asserted his consum-

miles) of the course, he maintained SECOND-HAND CARS. For example, Mr. Snatcher sells the lend over 21 competing cara, all'

OF HIS EXPERIENCES,

of high power and recent construc- tion, finishing second in the general | AN OWNER-DRIVER TELLS classification in 4 hours 10 mins. 18 secs. Only one minute behind the winner; the famous J Gaudino (whose mechanic Caru was in the 24 hours record on the Moron Circuit).

The incredible average speed of

over 116 Kms. (72 miles) per hour maintained by the ancient, Fiat for 300 King. (310 miles) of extremely

November is the thrilling month of the year for the plutocratic dintorist. It must be pleasant to stare your bank manager straight between the eyes, to recognise with out an icy contraction at the heart

MOTOR CYCLING TROPHY.

FOREIGN BID FOR SUCCESS.

News of 'secret arrangements by foreign rivals on British racing prestige is lenkng out.

With the help of British riders Germany, Switzerland and Belgium are organising teams for the Tourist Trophy raess in the Isle of Man, and one or two of the trophies may

The German firms are the go to the Continent.

a dozen types of cars, from a straight eight down to a baby seven. I guess that when he personally requires a car for a week-end his takes the eight; that his young men demonstrate the smaller stuff, and perhaps. racket it about a bit. But these demonstration cars must "N.S.U." and the "B.M.W."; the be kept in perfect adjustment if Belgium firm is the "F.N."; ·and'; they are to effect sales. So any car the Swiss firm the Motosacoche, and nursed rather more carofully tion dating back to 1000. The than the average privately owned "B.M.W." was the first rival to in the bunch will have been tended The "N.S.U." has a fine reputa

take the world speed record from There is one on which my eagle us, and, with another machine, con- eye fastened as soon as the typed fidently expects to average 180 of the envelope. It is a car which | April.

Wal Handley. has often caused me to break the

may which boosts if slipped out miles an hour over the mile

Tenth Commandment. The chief of The "F.N." is the famous pro- was exactly 4 hours 30 mins. 40 sees, never grow old and can hold their other but perhaps more exciting' 103. the firm has driven it himself since duct of the national armament foe May, when it was delivered, because tory of Belgium. It entered

his class brilliantly on a Fiat 321,

those fat envelopes which shriek Pass-book" from the breakfast

"I notice that women are parti. two-seater and taking third place varied road, and the fierce duel stable, and to stalk haughtily inte]

in the general classification-tained with the winner whose time

Works. It is a 4-cylinder unit of CATCHING THE JUDGE'S EYE. mate skill again this year, winning 40 h.p. operated on the Aero-Diosol priciple using ordinary Diesel Oil. It not only incorporates the moder. ate weight, instant and amooth Burning of starting in petrol engine but by using a heavy fuel such as Diesel Oil it cuts ont fire risk and the fuel bill is only a quarter that of petrol.

The engine is started by merely pushing an alcotrio button just sa a car engine. Although primarily de- signed for marite work it, is equally useful for driving air compressore as well as electric welding and lighting sets, especially is it suit able for emergency lighting sets on ships.

As a marine engine one of its

for motor Life boata. Now-a-days when large

most useful fields

2.

cularly given to talking while driv ing motor-cars. You can see their mouths moving all the time." Judge Randolph

Like ripples, as they flow to reach

The river, ladies chatter; For ladies have the gift of speech, They talk about no matter, They chatter, chatter as they go

(Quotation from Lord Tennyson), And do not seem to care a blow For judgo's curse or benison, "Their mouths are moving all the

time,"

Yet, if with pearls they glisten, Well, to their chatter, chatter I'm

Not indisposed to listen.

How différent to the lady is The strong and silent here, With teeth in mesh, just lika

gee whizl

"

"1

enra-nt

magnificent showrooms, knowing

the sees showed once more to the against the most powerful eight was exactly hours 18 mins 33 that you can buy a Rolls on the

arguing about easy payments. cylinder ́ American magnificent average speed of 60 motoring public of the New World,nod without giving references or Kms. (53.4 miles) per hour. His highly enthusiastic patrons of rond

But we humbler folk know a time for the 400 Kins. 218 miles), racing, that Italian built machines

We buy second-hand; and carly

More significant still was the suc own brilliantly against the best re-

car,

eess won by another Fiat car inputed of the world's makes, even autumn is our golden time. For in prior to May ho drove another machines for the races, last year, when the driver is an outsider cam carly autumn all the dealers and model with a less attractive body but could not get them ready in

the Grand Prix of Arrecifes" also in the Argentine, and run a few days after the Moron Circuit, This race, run over n' short circuit of very varied common road, includ. level ing steep gradients and a erossing, was open to sports cars .without limitation of power or type, and some of the best known Ameri can makes, handled by the most

motor liners are more and more Though man, with words is less famous Argentine drivers took part

taking the place of steam driven ships such an engine as the now Ailsa Craig Acro-Diesel is particu-"| larly desirable, as it obviates the necessity of having to carry a sup- ply of highly combustible fuel like petrol or benzine, for the fuel it

A strong and silent gear-Of

endowed

Than is the sex that's weaker, And dose not think his thoughts

aloud,

in it. A humble local mechanic, Riccardo. Cary, tuned up an old model 519 Fiat-the only Fiat car entered-and with it aroused the Yet, if he were a speaker And, really let the sluice gates go-enthusiasm of the great crowd as-

Let Old Man River hop it-

sembled from all parts. Through- His language, when he let it flow,

pared to the famous racing mesi.

* oraçi”

BRITISH MARINE MOTORS' SUCCESS IN DESIGNING COMPETITION.

In a recent designing competition for Motor Cruisers of moderate price and not exceeding 35ft. length organised by The Tachting World

Journal it is significaut that the 1st

some of the proud factories are It is priced at £175 under list price, time. The "N.S.U organisation

a trifle anxious about un- growing

because the factory has over-pro is in the hands of Walter Moore, sold cars. In the casc of a dealer, duced a trifle. He is disposing of

with Nortons, of Birmingham. It intends to concentrate on attempt-

anxiety may centre round quite a it thus early, because (a little bird one of the beat men ever associated tattalion of used cars which he has neceptod in part payment for 1931 models; and also perhaps round on

has been twittering in my ear) he proposes to drop this agency for

hp.) raços

1831; he has dug out as advance to win the team prize in the e two 1030 oars which he purchas-model of a 1031 Amerionn car, which Senior (5 h.p.) and the Junior (3) chugs out 100 h.h.p. and has a gear. With a factory the anxiety pivots box which almost changes itself.

to givo demonstration runs. surplus production, and is am going to see this car and shall acute. Those extra care cannot be almost certainly buy it; for it has

A. J. Guthrie, the famous- A.J.S." rider, and T. F. Bullus, the Sanbeam rider, will be two of

and end prize winners, both do. cashed until the late spring or early only done 2,000 miles, and I happen the tenni according to present

sigters of world-wide repute, select- ed British engines as being in their opinion, the best. It is also an interesting coincidence that they

to know the engines of this chassis are set up so tight that they don't work really lissom in less than 5,000

summer of 1931 for if they are thrown on the market now, they might create a suspicion that the factory has had a bad year, and milee.

big bookings for the 1931 model. The astute buyer may, nevertheless,

. Would need some.dams to stop it. out the whole of the 800 Kms. (310 both selected the same make of anyhow they might militate against*****

Slow running in Gear and

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engines. In the first prize design twin 10/10 hp. 4-cylinder Ailad Craig Marine Motors made by tie Ailsa Craig Motor Co., Ltd., of Chiswick, were specified and in the second a 25-38 h.p. six-cylinder unit

rangements.

Wal Handley, the greatest motor. cyclist of the age, bag, it is report ed, renewed his contract of last year to ride the "F.N." machines, being prepared by F. Marchant, for ten years Britain's invincible speed wizard with lightweights.

Dropping Out?

Risks Unduly Emphasised. My friends, remembering low pick one up as a bargain now and they (if elderly) or their fathers (if gain. They will not in any cir they themselves, are still young) cunstances be marketed ostensibly used to get stung in buying huntere

O. J. P. Dodson, the popular at any reduction on catalogue price, or carriage horaes or polo ponirs, for that would crab the firm's enlarge on the terrific risk, I run Manchester rider, winner of the in buying cond-hand cars. Well, Senior TT, in 1998 and 1329, will have bought many second-hand ride for. Motosacoche, Marchant was care, and have never been stung yet, in charge of these racing machines I don't buy them from complete until last year. strangers.. I don't buy them from the rackety type of youthful by the fact that two famous British amateur. And my unvarying ex- firms are reported to have decided perience is that by cautious, judg matic purchases of second-hand cars

by the same makers. In both cases the reason for the selection of name; but their agents will offer these engines were compactacsa, quite stupendous allowances on srugattinen aning, accessibility, used cars in part exchange for such rensonable cost and above all re

Tempting Offers.

lability. Among the entries in this surplus 1930 models. important competition the specifier- tion of British engines was an out- standing feature showing that in

So at this time of year lots of

the opinion of those best qualified thrifty and impecunious owners are clutch,

in engine, brakes, cooling and suspension.

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IVAN TAXÍCABYVITCHI

The position is made more serious

to drop out of the races. Triumphs,

however, are almost sure to return.

I reduce my depreciation costs to a Another blow is that H. G. Tyrell

the Ailen Craig are not to be beaten busy scouting about for their next for sound dependability and moder-year's projectile. There lies before

sue at this moment a heap of letters ry trivial figure indeed. The last Smith, winner of the Junior T.T. on from various dealers, which are cal-trio of auch purchases covered re- Rudge last year, has gone into culated to make any knowledgeable spectively 40,000, 15,000 and 11,000 business in Dublin, and if he rides official report of Parlamentary de-strait as to which of thess incredibtotal mileage the only spare parts be private. Against this Alec Ben- Every now and then Hansurd, the motorist's mouth water. I am innmiles in my hands; and in that it is understood that his entry will bates, affords interesting evidence ty tempting offers I shall travel to of any size, which, presumably, were nett may come out of retirement, of the vast range and variety of inspect, and to try. Every one of forced on me because the care were subjects upon which questions by them implies a eaving of some 25 Members of Parliament are put to per cent, on the current catalogue not new, were two front springs Ministers.

price. Two or three of them, in al and a crown wheel. On the vantage One day recently the Home Stere-probability, represent care which side I saved nearly £800 on the Enry was asked to state the num; are slightly better than new; for three cars. ber of alien citizens now licensed they are cars which the agents cou ns taximeter cab drivers to ply for cerned took over last Easter, partly hire on the streets of London and, for their own driving, and partly the different nationalities of such for demonstration work. The deal

ers in question are biggish men in the trade, hold agencies for perhaps half a dozen good cars, and cannot drive all their demonstration cars hard and far. Test and inspection will eliminate one or two, which look attractive on paper.

men.

The answer to this question re- vealed the fact that 7 alichs are so lensed, but what no doubt will surprise our readers is that the list yheaded by 40 Russians and that there is one: Greck.

The benefits of buying at second hand are obviously lose marked when one handles care of the small, inexpensive, mass-production type In this class depreciation is lower, not only in rain, but absolutely as well.

turer recounted how he got an ultra-fast sports tourer and a very fine anloon for the new price of one of them, simply by buying enanily when each car was a year, old, Next morning, I played golf with an undergraduate who had actually obtained £10 more in exchange for his second-hand car than be paid

for it

I was suffering three guineas worth of diagnosis in Harley Street the other week, and the head taram

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And now I am off to try that ny-delivered demonstrator, and I taking my cheque book with B. H. DAVIES in The Autocar.

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