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HITLER'S

MOTOR

PROGRAMME

Bold Bid For Advancement:

A National Road Policy

Few people in this country are able fully to realize the enormous influence exerted by Charicellor Hitler upon the whole business We of the German nation, as "distinct from its politics. What- ever views may be held as to the pros and cons of the methods adopted they have undoubtedly benefited Internal trade and, .amongst the industries,

motor manufacturing in particulaṛ.

It is not often given to a politic- lap to redeem all his promises, but those made by Hear Hitler at the opening of the Berlin Show of 1933 are being carried out almost in their entirety. He began by abolishing the tax on new private cars, and then reduced that an second-hand vehicles. In "con- junction with a subsidiary com- pany of the rallways, he has inaugurated a definite scheme for building 7,000 kiloma of new roads, which will employ 100,000 men for six years.

These roads are not to be of the ordinary type, but real motor roads giving one-way traffic, crossings being effected.. by brid- ges or tunnels. and with fine sur- faces to allow high speed with- .out skidding. Already over 800 miles have beer completed.

50,000 000 R.M. Contributed These traffic thoroughfares will for both private be employed

and commercial vehicles. A sum of 50,000,000 R.M. has already State been contributed by the towards the estimated cost of-250,- 000,000 R.M. When opening the said Berlin Show. Herr Hitler that 125,000,000 Americans owned 24,000,000 cars. and if Germans were to have a corresponding number 12,000,000 cars will have.. to be made; if, on the hand: comparison.be made with " England and France, Germany will require to build about 3,000.- 000 cars. and the figure at the moment is only 500,000.

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If Germany's neighbours' re- quire numerous vehicles. then Germany, with 50 big towns, is essentially in need of road tran- sport To make up the difference. he continued, Germany must build extensively; it must also export. Export is only possible, however. If there be big internal production so that prices can be brought to a level to conquer the markets of the world."

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It is not. he said. a problem of technical difficulties, because Germany is Arst in the world in this respects. It is also not a problem of quality of workmanship. Prices are com- paratively high because produc- tion numbers are "too low. Very cheap cars must be produced, and hire-purchase developed. The present Show was only an early demonstration of the pos- sibilities of the industry.

Indicative of the progress made "in the motor industry during the Arst year of national socialization Is the huge increase in the sales bi private cars, the number being approximately 80,000 in 1933

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against 40,000 in "the previous year, whilst 12,000 commercial vehicles were sold against 8,000. It is now confidently expected that car sales this year will 'total 120,000.

Part of this is undoubtedly due to the new spirit of confidence which is animating the whole country; the rest is probably the result of the Increase of general business encouraged by the wholesale

taxation.

reduction in general To-day. life in Ger- many is much less expensive than it was even a year ago, and with the unemployment Agures reduced from 6.000.000 to 3.500,- 000 and great hopes that it will soon drop to 2,000,000, people are turning more attention to the buying of cars in the same way as in other directions, they are bullding or redecorating their houses:

The result is that big motor manufacturers are working 24 hours per day in three shifts. the number of men employed excluding those engaged in the manufacture of other supplies. has arisen to 50,000 compared with 30.000,

The position of the railways in the new road scheme is some- They intend to what obscure. make use of the new roads which they are helping to build, but "there appears to be no thought of barring their use by private

cars.

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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, JULY 10, 1934.

MOTOR JOTTINGS

SIMPLE IDEAS AND

SUGGESTIONS

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The correct procedure- when order to keep to a fixed maximum changing a 'wheel of the bolt- speed. A metal stop in the form. on type is as follows:-Before" of a clip is attached round the jacking up the car remove the accelerator shaft at a set point. so that the pedal cannot be de- spare

pressed any farther than that. point. It is an idea which should

wheel and just slacken

off the nuts of the wheel which ' is to be changed for a turn or 60: Then lack the car Up, remove..be considered by those people the wheel. and immediately put on the spare. which should be kept as close at band as possible. The reason are follows:--

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If the balts are undone when the car is jacked up an unneces- sary strain may be put on the brakes," or if the brakes are not deing used the means of prevent- ing the wheel revolving-usually by means of wedging one's leg against

spoil one's clothes. The spare wheel should be removed before jacking up, as in detaching it one might

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off easily shake the car

the jack. By placing the spare on to the bolts immediately, the risk of the car falling off the jack on to the brake drum is reduced to a minimum. When putting on a wheel, place the nuts inside the wheel brace and tighten up as much as possible with the jack raised, then lo- wer the jack, and tighten the nuts completely.

· IDENTIFYING THE PLUG LEADS

For the purpose of identifying the high-tension leads to the sparking plugs, it is well worth Aling slight marks in the ter 'minal rings according to the number of the sparking plug. The cylinder nearest the radla- tor is usually referred to as No: I cylinder. ALUMINIUM CYLINDER HEADS

not "be 'Undue force should used when screwing a sparking an aluminium alloy cylinder head, otherwise the thread is liable to be "stripped. A well-known am who carry out repairs of this type say that alloy heads, are being sent to them with increasing frequency for repairs to the sparking plug threads,

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four-seater, in their writes a cerrespondent. Hogben is a

ping into truly delightful man is knowledge of a car amazing. He was telling me all about it on the way home. He has driven it 15,-" 000 miles, I think he said, with- out having once had the car- buretter removed, only a matter of giving, proper attention to the car. 'treat it right, and it will treat you right." His car is a proof of the care he takes. He reckons that he avera- ges 25 miles to a gallon of all and quite often he goes a without having the pistons po- lished or ground.

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He was very interesting. learnt more about a car in ten minutes than in the two years I have been driving in hired cars. Do you know, I never realized that gas could be saved by, hav- ing the crank case adjusted once in a while to get a better mix- ture. And then there is some- thing the makers of automobiles put in their cars that really isn't necessary at all, I cannot re- « member whether it is the water pump or the cylinder head, but belleve me the next time I go to the garage, I am going to have

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In some cases there has been evidence that plugs have been.

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the threads crossed, but the more usual cause of damage is the use of too much force when lighten- Ing up a sparking "plug into a . hot alloy casting CHECKING NUTS AND BOLTS

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Although all vital nuts locked in position by a split- pin or by an additional lock nut, it is advisable that the car should be examined about every 4,000 miles so that if any nat is found to be loose it, may be Wightened up. Wheel nuts, too. should be periodically checked by the owner. The Magna type. hubs wil very often conceal loose nuts, and unless they are ex- amined there is a danger of a wheel coming off,

WET BRAKES

When the car is washed" with a hose water often enters thr brake drums, and as water acts És a lubricant on the linings the friction will be reduced, thus making the brakes less efficient. Always try the brakes after the car has been washed, and if it is found that the water has enter- ed the, drums, "drive the car for a short distance with the hand brake slightly on, to dry off the water. If the hand brake is kept on while the car is being wash- ed it will help to keep the brake auriaces dry.

ON RUNNING-IN

Manufacturers usually recom- mend a certain maximum speed which should not be exceeded for the first few hundred miles car's life. Tais speed, of of a course, varies according to the car. Inexperienced drivers are inclined to forget that the max- imum speed 'given should be pro- portionately less for the indiect gears. With sports cars which are fitted with that valuable instrument the rev counter a maximum reading of "enginio re- volutions per minute can be re- commended, which applies to all gears and is much the most #R- tisfactory method.

When run . ning-in the whole point is never to let the car pull and strain too much at low revolutions.

A reader suggests the following idea which could be adopted in

who find themselves unwittingly travelling faster and faster when running-in.

HEAD LAMP SETTING ON SMALL .CARS

In setting the car's head lamps the usual procedure, is to drive to an unfrequented and level road, get out of the car, adjust the lighta, and get in, again. With small cars, and especially with the older model.. Austin Se- vens, the additional weight of the driver may lower the back of the car ap inch or so, and at a distance of SQIL away that the head difference will raise lamp beams considerably. setting the head lamps. there... fore, they should be dipped' rat- her more than seems necessary when the car is not loaded.

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DANGER OF SCARVES When lifting the bonnet to ex- · amine the engine; whilst it is running, never lean over the "en-" gine when you are wearing a scart. If the scart is loosely aled the ends may easily drop forward and catch in the fan, or even the fly-wheel. Serious accidents have occured as a re- sult of such carelessness.

RENOVATING MOTOR CLOTHES

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Motoring clothes frequently be- come badly soiled after only a few months wear. As leather coats and jackets are rather ex- pensive items It is of interest to consider possible means

of re- juvenating them.

First, greasy leather needs care- ful treatment with Benzine or some other good dry-cleaning spirit. Many coats are ruined by swamping the leather with ordinary motor fuel. The colour them loses its full lustre and the leather appears weak and poor. Again; the smell of petrol clings tenaciously to the garment for many months By far the best method to rub the greasy pat- ches with cotton wool soaked in the spirit.

When the grease has been re- moved the leather may be treat- ed with a little curd soap, dis-" solved in methylated spirits, to get rid of the dust and dirt. About oz. of soap to 1 oz, of methylated spirits are the correct proportions. The minimum pos- sible amount of the mixture should be used, but even if ex- cess is employed, no real harm will be done to the leather. At- ways "use fresh pieces of flannel or soft material.

To freshen up the colour, which so often fades to a nondescript hue after a few months' expo- sure to strong sunlight, is fairly slimple. Leather stains should be used. These may be obtained at any of the haridicraft shops. The stains dissolve in methylat- ed spirits; about to the plut. are the best proportions. Great care should be taken to ensure that the colour is applied evenly. Afterwards polish briskly and give a dressing with a weak solution of shellac. For this pur- pose i oz. of the best shellac, dissolved in 1 pints of spirit is sufficient The shellac may be applied with a brush or pad. The object of this dressing is to make the colour fast and the leather waterproof:

In order to bring up the soft lustre of the leather an applica- tion of shoe cream is exceedingly useful. Polish with a piece of soft velvet to finish off, and then hang in the open air in order that the smell may be taken

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DRAIN-PLUG WASHERS

Those new to the operation of changing the oil in the en- gine sump or gear box should remember that there is a Abre washer for the drain-plug. As this may temporarily stick to the bottom of the sump or gear box and then be washed away into the waste of, it can easily be lost. To obtain a new and is likely to be awkward at the time, and the plug will not be all-tight without it, a leakage inevitably leading to serious trouble unless it is discovered early.

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LINES

Pedestrian's Right Defined

The future of the pedestrian crossings, experimentally intro- duced in London ten days ago, will be decided in the House of Commons next Wednesday, when.

on the

motion of Sir William. Brass, the regulations will be debated.

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It can be stated that the aut- horities have no intention of abandoning the experiment ""or the principle it embodies. They are convinced, first, that it"would " be dangerous to adopt the Paris system in full at once, and on the other hand that if the ex- periment has not proved so BUC- cessful in its first week as its enthusiastic supporters hoped, the reason lies in the fallure to explain in simple language the new obligations imposed on dri- ver and walker

These at least may be explained to a puzzled public in a single sentence: At a marked crossing- place the pedestral always has the right of way except when either a police or trame light. signal has given it to the vehi cle..

Mr. Olver Stanley hopes that the forthcoming debate will do much to clear the air and re- "move some of the misconceptions that have arisen. I understand that it had already been realis- ed at the Ministry that the re- gulations, which were drafted primarily for legal consumption...

been sufficiently have not plained to the public. A new statement was to have been is- sued. but In view of the motion in Parliament it has been with- drawn.

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NEW CAMERA

Shows Terrific Acceleration

A Long Island, N.Y. photograp.... her has evolved a new method of the camera. By means of special photographic equipment which permits successive exposures à extremely short intervals of time, the photographer is able to catch simultaneously the movement of the hands of the stop watch and the speedometer, thus register- ing the speed of the car at any elapsed time.

The camera man recently ex- plained his idea to officials of the Hudson Motor Car Co., who in structed their New York distri- butor to place a Terraplane and driver at the disposal of the photographer for the purpose. The timer. of stop watch, em- ployed was the property of the the photographer, and its sccur-. acy is properly vouched for. Since the acceleration figures parallel sa closely to those obtained on tests by the Engineering. Department at the plant, the accuracy of this method of depleting acceleration is vertined."

As will be noted, the car was taken fresh from stock, The odometer dial on the instrument shows that it had only been oper- ated a little over 89 miles.......... This admittedly cruel treatment to give a new automobile, but with the duofo oiling system employ- ed on the Terraplanė cars, a short spurt of this kind can pe - taken even with a new car with-

out harm although it is not. generally recommended. The photographer caught the car at speed, immediately after the test to round out his pictorial record of the interesting demonstration. At the conclusion of the trial... the photographier was more amaz- ed at the terrific acceleration of the car than he was at the suc cess of his experiment. "It didn't. think there was a car made that could accelerate so rapidly!” he exclaimed.

The car is a stock Terraplane 6 cylinder Sedan, the exact dup- licate of which is found on any Terraplane and Hudson sales room floor. No special gears were employed. and the standard cylinder head, giving normal compression, was used.

TORSION

MACHINE

TESTS

High Standard Of The Wolseley

For years past it has been cus- tomary for, motor manufacturers to test the tensile strength of matais in machines which stretch samples to breaking point, The Wolseley engineers, however, want- ed to carry out tests of resistance. to twisting atresses, using not samples of metal but complete parts as fitted to Wolseley cars.

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A front axle is nevar stretched by uae or accident, but in the lat- Ler case particularly it la often twisted. So in order to measure accurately the degree of reals- tance to the twisting of the axe] and other parts of the axle and other parts of the car, such as the "propeller shaft and differential shafts, the Wolseley engineers have designed and made a special torsion machine, which twists components in as methodical and cold-blooded a manner as any in- strument of the Spanish Inquisi- tion, though its capacity for over. coming resistance is far beyond the limits of mediaeval ap- paratus!

Eyen the Wolseley designers. however, were surprised "during their first attempt to carry torsional test to the point of destruction. A complete front axie was bolted in place, and the "törsioner," which. is geared down

kept relentlessly at work Slowly 500 to 1, was set in operation and. the axle began to twist; it still

had not broken after it had twist- eq a whole" turn, so the test was two continued. Finally, when

been complete revolutions had made, the axle was removed and examined. In appearance, it was "now like "a giant corkscrew, but the closest inspection did not re- veal the smallés; crack,

Few of us would care so to ill treat the components of our cars, but this indication of the enor mous stregnth of such vital parts is comforting, to say the least.

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