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SACHS OUTBOARD MOTOR

For Speedboats Or Dinghies

The Sachs Outboard Motor for Speedboats, Cruisers, Fishing Boats, all kinds of rowboats, dinghies etc. is an engine...com- bining within the smallest prae- ticable dimensions a very com- plete equipment: unusual power- "output and speed-at a maximum of economy; casy starting, better silencing, absolute dependability -at a fool-proof simplicity of handling;long life and immediate readiness for service on all kinds of craft-at the lowest possible weight; time-tested highest qual- Ity-at a low cost!

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The Engine is a single-cylinder two-stroke of the three-port type developing 21 HP, at a cylinder capacity of 120 cc. The compression ratio of abt. 5.5 to 1 and a perfect balance of the crankshaft ensure an extremely smooth power dow without any vibrations.

The horizontal cylinder 13 a" casting of special closegrain tron surrounded by a rust-proof cool- ing jacket. The piston material Is a hard and heat-resisting alloy" of

and the maximum output of en- gine power.

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The Under-water Body is sea-water resisting aluminium alloy and is streamline shaped. It contains the drive shaft. re- duction gear, propeller shaft and propeller, as well as inlet and outlet ports for the cooling water and for the exhaust gases. The drive shaft is carried at three, the propeller shaft at two points. both shafts running in ball and plain bearings."

Shock Absorber

A shock absorbing device on the drive shaft prevents from excessive torsional "strain.-The perfectly silent reduction gear reduces the normal engine speed of 3.200 RPM to abt. 1,200 revs. of the propeller thus effecting a very high degree of propeller efficiency. as well as a big range of speed.

aluminium. The small-end.co bearing in the connecting rod is a bronze bush, while the big-end runs on massive roller bearings, The crankshaft forged from high- grade steel is mounted in self-, aligning ball bearings.

Above the crankcase, the fly- wheel magneto add the starting device are totally enclosed as a protection against water and damage. The magneto is amply dimensioned so as to give an easy - start and long-lived ignition. I also "delivers a current of 6 to 8 a speciál volts. 5 watts, from lighting col, for beat lamps- hitherto a "de luxe" motor feature of higher-powered engines only- The ignition timing is set at the most favourable angle of advance so that it need not be varied elt- her for start or for running...

The Carburettor is of special construction with a clever jet system designed to give the finess possible.atomisation and the maximum economy of fuel: only abt. 1 quart per hour at full load being required. An automatic device controls the air supply in correct proportions to ensure smooth operation at all loads; the unpleasant hiss of the air-intake Is elliginated by a silencer,

Cooling Without Pump The chromium plated petrol tank is shaped with a semicircu- lar recess surrounding the fly wheel. The tank capacity is suf- ficient for more than 3 hours' running.

Below the Crankcase, the ex- haust pipe is attached which at the same time forms a tube for enclosing the vertical propeller drive shaft down to the under- water unit, and also encloses the duct for the cooling-water.

Cooling is effected without any pump thus dispensing with extra, moving, wearing parts which may give trouble. The cooling water is forced by the propeller slip- steam up into the cyclinder cool- ing jacket. and after flowing through this it passes the exhaust chamber. Here it mixes with the hot exhaust gases, cools and con- tracts them and then leads them without harmful back-pressure noiselessly away in the wake of the boat. This results in the greatest possible silencing effect

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The shape and position of the three-bladed propeller are the result of careful calculations and experiments in Hydrodynamics that the same propeller is

sufficient

even extremely boats of widely different hull forms to a great extent on account of this excellent. propel- ler design that the Sachs out- board motor gives such a won- derful performance, very little inferior to that of other engines of almost double. the power. The propeller is of the weedless design. and full tilting thus permitting navigation in shallow water or beaching the boat. A skeg below

under-water the

unit and 2 shear pin of soft metal protest the propeller from any damage by striking unseen obstructions.

Convenience of attendance in- sures carefree hours in the boat. The attachment to the hull of any boat is simply done by.. means of two winged clamping bolts which screw through two brackets. Positive magnetö igni- tion does away with any delays in starting. The starting cord immediately rewinds itself auto- matically. (DRP.)-The motor is controlled entirely by the throttle lever on the, tiller; an ignition switch allows Immediate stopping when required.-Pivot steering ensures complete marouverability. the motor unit itself being swung either by means of the hinged tiller or else indirectly by means" of wheel steering.

The Christmas shopping sensoU reminds us of the olerk who re- turned home after a hard day at the store, to find his on studying his chemistry lesson.

"What is # counter-irritant,

dad?" he asked.

A woman who shops all day, but doesn't buy anything," replied his father absently.

Impossible

The manager called his office boy into his room and indicated his desk.

"Look at this," he said sharply, "It is disgraceful! Why can't you keep it cleaned and polished as you do the banister rail outside "

The boy shook his head artfully."" "Well, a ho replied, not in the least put out, I can't very well slide down your desk."-An- swers.

SACHS

Outboard

Motor..

The mall engine

of highest Power

Speed

Simplicity

Reliability

Economy

For free demonstration apply to :-

F. FELD & Co., Ltd.,

Pedder Building, HONG KONG,

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, APRIL 24, 1934.

MOTOR JOTTINGS

MOTORING AND MOTORS

NEW HUMBER COACHWORK

A Year's Car Trials

It is very seldom that anything really novel in coachwork is pro- duced. Every year sees improve- ments in construction and ap- pearance-less regularly in com- fort or weight-reduction-but for the most part the original body types are used over and over again. under new 'names, sometimes with The old names changed about. saloon of one year may become the alase-coupled coupe or the Foursome of the next, the sports coupe be known as the light sa- One of loon, for the occupant.

the very few exceptions is the new Humber short saloon called the "Vogue," which was partly designed by the dressmaker Moly- neux, and is fited to the 12-h.p. chassis. It is the first closed car I have driven in which special pains have been taken to increase the out-look.

In general design this body closely resembles a type I saw in Paris soon after the last motor show, but, so far as I know, it has

It is. no imitators over here. essentially, a four-seated short saloon of the usual type, with a large inbuilt trunk behind, but unive any other it has a single window on each side that extends from the windscreen to within about fourteen inches of the rear panel. Th's window is built in a curve, the rear end being drop- ped well below the level of the centre, and the foreward end only a little less so. The door is thirty- five inches wide, and gives fairly easy entrance and exit to the back seat when the front seat backs are tited forward.

The window itself is in two por- tions the front part dropping in the normal manner into the door, and the rear part sliding horizon-. tally. There is no join between the two edges and no draught or rattle. It is a remarkable plece of work, and at first sight it looks fragile beyond reason. It is evid- ently nothing of the sort, and it does what it is intended to do in affording the accupants of the back seat the maximum of out- look on their side.

Clean Wheels

Whether the lines, with their suggestion of a sharply rear-slop- ed roof (an illusion, by the way), will appeal to everyone remains

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fectly steady.

Incidentally, the we'ght of the Vogue is a little less than that of the saloon.

The steering is light and firm, and the engine runs with remark ably little noise" either when idling The or when under full load, price is £335, and there is a choice

of four colour combinations.

A Year's Reports.

At the request of a number of readers," I am giving the full-st of the cars I have tried and re- ported upon in The Observer dur- ing the past year, and the dates of the reports. I include some of the 1933 models, as several of my are considering correspondents

DRAMATIC END TO MONACO RACE

Last-Minute Crash Of

Leader

(Special Air-Mail Service).

Dreyfus was eight seconds behind

London, April 6, The Grand Prix de Monaco him. "the race of a thousand corners** -provided a thrilling finish for the hundreds of thousands of spectators crowding the balconies, the roofs and even the chimney pats, of Monte Carlo yesterday.

Chiron (Alfa Romeo), the

famous Monegasque driver after leading for 98 of the 100 laps (198 miles) through the streets of the town, crashed into the sandbags at a corner two laps before the

finish.

This enabled Moll, a 25-year-old French driver. also on an Alfa Romeo, to win by B1 seconds,

CHIRON LEADING

FOR 98 LAPS The news that Moll (Alfa- 'Romeo) had won was received in- credulously by the huge crowd who watched the Tace to-day Chiron, who had started in the second row, made a brilliant "get- away," and took the lead in the first 200 yards. He was the first to round the corner on to the steep hill leading to the Casino. Although challenged by succession of drivers, his position was never seriouly in danger. He

a distance of 178 miles-in 3hr 8mla 25sec.

Moll,

the choice of used cars. I must again remind readers that I can- not answer inquiries as to the merits of different cars, nor advise them upon the choice of a new one. The whole of my opinion is contained in the reports. Her is the list:1933: Lea-Franc's 16- h.p., February 19; Ford 8-h.p., February 26; Sunbeam 18-b.p, . March 12; B.S.A. 10-h.p., March 26; Singer Twolitre, April 2; Wol- selcy 21-h.p.. April 9: Rover 14- hp. May 14; Austin 10-h.p.. May 21; Humber 12-h.p., May 28; · covered 90 out of the 100 circuits- Triumph 10-h.p.. June 11; Stand- ard 14-h.p., June 18; Lanchester 18-hp., June 25; Vauxhall, 14-b... July 16; Standard 16-h... July 30. The following are all 1934 models: Alvis 12-h.p.. August 6: Bluck 28-hp.. Augest 13; Rover. 14-hp, August 27; Austin 16-h.p. (Hayes Gear), October 22; Rover 21-h.p. November 12: Wolseley. 9-b.p., November 19; Singer 18- h.p.. December 3; Hillman 10-h.p., December 10: Jowett 7-h.p., Dec- ember 17; Standard 10-h.p., De- cember 31 1934: B.SA. 10-h.p.. January 14; Austin 12-h.p.,' (8). January 21; Rover 20-h.p., Feb- ruary 4: Bently 34-litre, February" 18; Riley 12-h.p. (6), February 25, Copies of the back numbers of The Qbserver containing these re ports n be obtained from The Observer, 22, Tador Street, Lon- don, EC.4,

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DEATHS IN 1933

to be seen. There is no question New Return Shows

about the comfort nor about the Impression of first closs workman- ship and clean finish.

It is unusual but not in the least bizarre. Who knows but that it may set a fashion? Certainly the long single window, nearly 45 in- ches long, is a feature in danger of being copied. The only com- plaint I had to make of the body as a whole was that the low posl- tion of the rear window cut down the usefulness the driving mir- ror by a good half. That should be seen to in succeeding models, Wheel-discs df the most expen- sive kind, such as most of us have ways longed to possess (is there a more hateful business than the cleaning of wire wheels, more hateful, or, in 1934 more ridicul- ously time-wasting?) unish off a car that is certainly very smart.

The chassis is the standard Humber 4-cylinder Twelve, with a plain alde-valved engine of 1,869 c.c. capacity, a 4-speed gear-box with a "silent"" third, a free- wheel and automatic engine re- starting.

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"The gear-ratios are fairly low, top being 5.33, third 8, second, 13.5, and first 10.2, but although the engine-speed must conse- quently be high the rubber mounting of the unit effectively absorbs all vibration up to near the limit. Ignition is by call, with automatic advance and retard as well as hand control, the carburet- tor is a down-draught Stromberg, the single- plate clutch has a very light yet definite action, and the steering is Marles. The brakes are of the self-energising duo- servo type.

Speed and Power This is a very lively car, with a turn of speed very seldom found in an engine of this sizes: Seven- ty miles an hour is cla'med for It, and I should say with justice, but its powers of acceleration are more Interesting. On both top and third it gets away and picks up speed as it were of fifty per cent, higher power. Its hill- climbing is of a high order," Ita time on my teststretch of West- erham being only a fraction Ion ger than that of the standard saloon I tried In May of last year. The new car covered the distance. in 57 seconds at a steady 28 mies an hour, the time of the other bé- Ing là and the speed 29. The sa- -spension, is excellent, and a point → to be noted with interest, tié

road-holding on corners better ""

than with the ordinary saloon. The latter was inclined to sway a little, but the Vogue was per

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Toll Still Increasing

Special Air-Mail Service

London, April 6.

In Great Britain last year. 7202 people were killed in road, sect- dents compared with 6667 the previous year-an increase of 535.

The total number of injured was 218,328, compared with "200,- 450.

Accidents numbered 191,782, against 134,006.

The total number of küled and injured was 223,530, compared with "213.117-an increase of 10,- 413.

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These startling figures are re- vealed in an official return of road accidents in 1933 issued yesterday.

In Scotland there was a de- crease of one in the. number of road deaths, which makes the figures for England and Wales all the more "alarming.

In Scotland the killed number- ed 704 against.,703, injured 17,789. against 17,770, and total accidents 16.044, compared with 18.254.7

In Glasgow, where there were 4928 accidents, 114 were, killed and 5309 injured. Of the total, 3995 accidents were, attributed to mechanically-propelled vehicles.

Other Scottish figures are:- Lanarkshire-63 killed, 1432 in- jured; Ayrshire46 killed, 795 injured; Dumbartonshire-22 kill- ∙ed, 771 injured; ·Edinburgh--55 killed, 741 injured; Renfrewshire -33 killed, 681 injured; Stirling- shire-32 killed, 570 injured. **

In the London Metropolitan Police district there was an in- crease in both the number of killed and injured, killed number- 1441 against 1266, Injured 56,912 compared with 52,447.

Wales had a total of 279 killed compared with 286, and injured 8013 against: 7583.7

The Vehicles to Blame

Of the 7202 killed in Great Britain 2167 deaths, were attribu-, ted to private cars compared with 1814 in the previous year: to motor vans, lorries, etc., 1438 against 1345; - solo motor cycles. 840 against. 995; solo motor cycles with pillion passenger, 551 against 544; motor cycles with sidącar. 221 against 184; motor omnibuses, and coaches; 566 Egainst 591;- electric tramcars and trolley buses,109 against 87; -caba: 74 against 74

who had @ trouble-free: run, had worked gradually into second place, as one driver after another fell out, and was then Imin 36sec behind the leader.

DESPERATE DUEL

Although rain fell steadily dur- ing last night and this morning, the weather cleared by noon, and the race started at 1.30 p. m. in perfect Riviera sunshine. Specta- tors occupied every available van- tage point in and on houses and over the precipitous slopes of the Monaco peninsula.

In the early stages of the race a desperate struggle for "second "place was fought between Etance-

Hn (Maserati) (Bugatti). At laps-Etancelin seconds behind

and Dreyfus half-distance 50 wes only 46 the leader, and

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from Paris. The latter 'parts ofered by Bommer

French racing driver,

car

Both machines were delayed br a terrific snowstorm above Lyons. Mile, Bouche won through first and landed at Marseilles, when the parts were hurried to Monte Carlo and fitted during the night.

PASSING AT 100 M.P.H. Although the winner's speed. 756.02 mph.) was lower than last: year, the famous race provided its usual quota of thrills. The fastest lap was covered in 2-min, 2-sec, sa- against 1min 58sec recorded dur- ing practice

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The fastest lap was "made by Count Trossi (Alfa Romeo), who drove in spectacular fashion Less than ten laps later Etance recover the time lost during two lin spoiled an otherwise perfect stops at the pit. Again and again performance by skidding into

he roared past other cars, over-¿ sandbags in front of the casino. taking them at well over 100 m.p.h damaging his car so badly that just before braking for & corner. he was unable to continue.

of driving · was Both Earl Howe and Whitney. remarkably high-as Was to bew Straight finished. though neither expected in an event only open to was in the first six. Straight acknowledged champions--and even driving his Maserati, held seventh in the excitement no driver ever place for a long time, but a stop took a risk. when overtaking a just before the end of the race slower rival. delayed him.

Straight was only enabled to start as the result of a dramatic air race with spares to replace the damage to his rear axle when he skidded and crashed at 100 miles per hour: yesterday.

The standard

The results were as follows: I. Moll (Alfa Romeo), 100 laps in

3h 31m 31 2-58. 2, Chiron (Alfa Romeo), 100 laps

in 3h 32m 33′ 2-59.

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3. Dreyfus (Bugatti), 99 laps in 3h

32m 30s.

After the crash Straight wired for spares, and two serplanes set out to fly to Monte Carlo with 5 Nuvolari (Bugatti), 98 laps them-one from England, and one,

3h 33m 35s. piloted by Mlle. Helene ·Bouche, · 5. Varzi (Alfa Romeo), 98 laps

airwoman, famous French

3h 33m 38s

4. Lehoux (Alfa Romeo), 98 laps

in 3h 33m 13s..

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