1923-09-29 — Page 14

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH MOTORING SUPPLEMENT.

HUDSON

Why Hudson Owners Buy Hudsons Again and Again

Most Hudson owners remain Hudson owners. They find nothing to tempt them elsewhere. Some have owned five, ten, sixteen successive Hudsons.

They have found each succeeding Hudson a better, smoother, finer car.

Those who drive to-day's Super-Six call it the greatest Hudson ever built. Its price makes it conspicuous not only among cars of comparable fineness, but even among those that you never classify with Hudson in quality.

4-Passenger Phaeton $3,900.

7-Passenger Phaeton $4,000

These Letters Typical of What All Say

The wonderful service I "I have owned seven Hud-

have had from eight pre- vious Hudsons, including all models, operated under all conditions, has just re; sulted in the purchase of my ninth Hudson."

JOHN F. GLYNN, Jr. The Penn Mutual Life

Insurence Che

New Orleans. La.

sons in succession. The fact that I have stuck to Hudsons for so many years indicates their service."

excellent

J. C. BILLINGSLEA.

Chicago. III.

"We have owned four Hudsons in succession. Our next car will be a Hudson. There are, cars that cost more money, but I am sure

give they cannot

more satisfaction than the Hud- son Super-Six.

ALEX. J. BAXTER.

Selenectady, N. Y.

Hudson Also Builds THE ESSEX.

THE DRAGON MOTOR CAR CO.,

Latest Models on view at nur Sales and Service Station

Wong Nei Chung Road. Happy Valley.

MR. CAR OWNER!

Why not send us those LAMPS, FITTINGS, etc. from your ear and let us make them like new?

THE ELECTRICAL DEPARTMENT

(OF THE BONGKONG HOTEL CO., LTD.)

EXPERTS

IN PLATING.

THE MICHELIN MICHELIN

"CABLE CONSTRUCTION

Increases the mileage of the tyre and improves the running of the Car.

AGENTS-

LTD.

Telephone Central 3950.

SUPERCHARGING MOTURS.

The Aim and Efeci.

WHY A MOTOR CAR NEEDS OILING.

Some Remarkable Figures of Unobtrusive Work.

MEANING OF HORSE- POWER.

Explanation of Little

Understood Term."

The car manufacturer is always This article is written by al very insistent about the careful writer in a Home paper in an lubrication of the chassis, says a swer to a lady correspondent. writer in a Home paper. In his who asks "What-exactly-is instruction manual he tells you horse-power, and what does the how often to lubricate every-word mean in relation to a motor- thing. And, except for attending car engine?" He says.- to the engine, very few drivers do! It is probable that many readers as they are told.

are not fully acquainted with the

More or less obviously the subject, so I will endeavour to reason for this is the fact that explain it in a simple manner. the chassis can be ill-treated The word horse-power was ori- from the lubrication standpoint ginally adopted by engineers to and will not make any drastic indicate the power of a horse!) complaint. We attend rigorously: That's quite simple!

to the oil needs of the engine -- Į But it was an unfortunate. because we know there will be choice, in that the power de trouble if we do not.

veloped by our equine friend

But gearboxes, buck axles, uni-varias enormously. Take, as ex- versal joints, steering cannec-jamples, extremes of a powerful! tions, and so on, continte to give cart horse straining up hill with good service even though we a heavy load, and a hunter trot- ignore the instructions for their ting lightly home with, say, my Cure. Does this fact justify us fair correspondent astride its! in neglecting to give that cure? back.

The former is probably exerting Iten times the "horse-power" of

the latter.

AN IDEAL IDEAL

If you want a plain answer to a plain question. I must say "No." But as one who is a "bit of a sinner myself." there are two sides to the question.

Very frequently the manufac- turer overdoes his lubrictions. In

THE POWER OF A HORSE, But in the mechanical world; we have laid down bitrary quantity done

of

**

Br.

work

represent one horse It is the quantity work which is equiva-

a way he draws a red herring Power. across the trail of his own fail-of ings, and he passes on responsibil.lent to raising 33,000th through fits to the buyer.

The ideal car should have one!. place, and one place only, into which the driver should have to pour oil-ie, the engine or a tank above the engine, and the whole of the chassis should be lubricat ed from that central reservoir.

one foot in one minute.

When we speak of the horse- power of an engine we mean the ate at which it does it work. Power is the rate of doing work.

You should know however, that a normally strong horse doing! sustained work can only ac

A

Was

This ideil may not be practi-complish about 22,000 foot-pounds cable at the moment. but many per minute. The excess cars are much nearer to it than adopted by the inventor of the fimous engineer, others. For example, in some ter the cases you only have to lubricate Watt and it has stayed with us about half a dozen points. In ever since.

similar excess of rating. others you are supposed to attend to three dozen and even more. obtains throughout the world.

though it varies a little in dif L'atil we have the ideal car. huwever, we re ust try and adopt ferent countries. For example) a French horse power is only 98 the happy me hum. And it may help gun if I give you few per vent of ours, the figure sed quantity gure to show how in that country being 32,552 foot-1 much work these oft-page-tel: ponds per minute. parts have to accomplish.

SOME ASTONISHING FIGURES,

THE TIME FACTOR, And now, of course. gud want me to explain what a fuot-pound Shall we she with the front really means. The "foot-pound" wheel? the rescines bok after the British Unit of work. It is themselves if you attend to the the equivalent of one pound back axle. The frat ghost of wight avoirdupois ruised one foot your car on an averse for high

milac, revuive

it And sow i must try and mike -100,000 times a wedd. Hal ters you anoreciate the difference he- earn fubrication attention, say, tween the word "power" and lonce in -ix months?

of power" The idea terweg" involves the element off

The propeller shaft, with itm

For example, 33.00) foot

of work may be acrome in a minute an hour, or a

In each case it is -if) av bot-pound-

་

But note now that "horses. power" involves the performance of 50,603 foot-pounds în a minute

thotime factor cornes in.

In calentering the amount of work done, therefore, try now to realise that the time factor does!

center into our calculations

power..

WHERE THE LOWER GUA,

maf

In the motor competition seal universal joints, and tearing for luke. son that has come to an end, the small level or worth gear.unt with the uption of track ring will revolve, from, say, 259,900 to part

11 at Wageringe and a Mina, in tres a wick. will be cidered that one of the talentes tabelbution

gevens novelties of 1923 Na-clean the pastically in one cars as permission. the the first time, 62ard the forward end, and in

must regards the rear en 1. superchargers to be used in conj nektion with entites figuring laj. We take the engine a rerwin- the American Bluz Ribbon.

ing attention, but may note in The object of Supercharging.pa-ing that the pistons travel,! which can be done by various ag, 4000-odd miles a year. means one of which has been

-But what of the fan spindle developed vet to the pitch at How olen do we think to crew a certain quantity of work, done which it man he standardised with down the greaser or replenish it, in a certain time, means the dere- the assurance that it will be re-with grease? Yet the fan has to lopment of a certain amount of liable, as are other Jong familiar revole, perhaps, 750,000 times a features of engines is in fect. week for normal driving. to give the pilot the power to vary

And what of the magneto? Do jhis cylinder volume. Hence the you occasionally quench its thirst Let me try to make this clearer

puzzle of introduring any such with two or three drops of oil as If you were six times as strung: device into motor-car racing as a reward for its 300,000 revolu-jas a normally powerful man (a) long as it is conducted on the tions per week?

can exert one-sixth of present basis of classification by

WHERE DUTY STEPS IN.

horse-power, you could raise: limitation of cylinder capacity.

133,000 152 of weight a foot high The magneto is a very good in one minute. And that would Most folk understand what is friend. and oft neglected. Yet ine the development of one horse meant when one discusses the the course of a year's running it ceiling" or the "roof"in con-generates enough high tension) nection with flying. They realise current) wonderfully harnessed raised one foot high in half a But if half that weight were that the higher you rise the less to your needs) to make a light-minute--it would still be nge dense the atmosphere. Roughly,ning flash some 15 miles long. horse-power.

It is a difficult system of designing an engine of oil occasionally. Finally. suffices. But higher the compres-do

non-technical readers, but I hope sion is lowered to an extent out what vitally important service understandable.

ever stop to think have made the general idea of ratio to the reduced resistance the steering connectors on your to flying. If, as you flew higher. car render? Do they not carry horsepower of the average cer . And where does the 10.or 20 you found the reduced resistance safety and that of the passengers Ko? Its two chief uses are to to forward travel maintaining a in your car?

overcome the road resistance of And how often do we see there the car, and the air resistance. of the air, then there would be gofall rusty and totally uncared for? The former is normally the more need to supercharge. Un Neglect your gearbox, back axle, important factor. fortunately, there is No auch fan clutch shaft bearings, and 50 maintainance of proportion in on if you have a mind to. But do

Air resistance is very important practice. Therefore, when you not neglect your steering joints. scholastic days should enable Your at high speed, however. want to rise, as is often needful. You have a moral duty not only you to understand me when I say several miles in the air something to yourself and passengers, but that air resistance increases as must be doat to enable your also to other road users. lengine to continue to give at those t altitudes the same amount of power that it develops at ground level Many means have been;

power.

**

WE SAY HAUL

BY

TRUCK

THE DRAGON MOTOR CAR Co., Ltd.

TELEPHONE YOUR | ORDERS - TO—

KOWLOON 226

CENTRAL 3950

HONGKONG MOTOR TRIALS.

Fuel Consumption Test.-Sanday, Sept., 30th.

All cycles and Combinations must be at the lunetion of Taipo and Lai Chi Kok Roads not later than 9.30 a.m., and Cars not later than 10.30 a.m.

Car owners are asked to see that plugs at bottom of tank can be easly removed.

Each car must carry at least Three Adult Pas- sengers and a Driver.

Cars and cycles can be parked overnight on Saturday at the Railway Garage. (old China Light and Power Building).

Competitors must make their own arrangments for tiffins.

NOT A BY-PRODUCT.

*NLIKE 9 out of 10 oils offered you, Gargoyle Mobiloil is produced from crude stocks chased primarily for their lubricating value-not for gasoline yield. This distinct Specialization in lubricating oils has won for the Vacuum Oil Company its world-wide recognition 25 the outstanding authority on correct lubrication.

USE ONLY

GARGOYLE

Mobiloil

Make the chart your guidè

NERACAR

SAFETY

FIRST.”

Für Safety, Reliability, Strength, Cleanliness and Economy the NERACAR" stands unrivalled.

The NERACAR" was not built for excessive speed.

[up to about two miles the normal Give it its hard-earned dropimatter to explain this question tol on plain level roads, it will give a speed of 35 miles, whilst

LEPACK & CO., LTD.strict ratio to the lowered density

52 Queen's Rd. Central.

WHY DON'T YOU OWN A CAR?

Why walk or pay car hire when you can have a car of your own on easy payments?

The following cars are in excellent condition :-

OLDSMOBILES

STUDEBACKERS

ESSEXS ESSEX SEDAN

5 Seaters, at $1,800,00

5 Seaters, at $1.500.00

5 Seaters, at $1.800.00

5 Seaters, at $1,500,00

5 Seaters, at $1.500.00

5 Seaters,, at $3.000.00

Write for full particulars to :— P.O. Box 635 or Tel E765 (After 7 p.m.) DEMONSTRATION TRIPS ON REQUEST.

(tried, including variations, of

you

100 M.P.H. IN PORTUGAL.

the square of the speed, and at high speeds, nearly as the cube of the speed..

NOT ON THREE CYLINDERS.",

should

be

stroke in the engine, which is one In winning the speed champion- way of varying the volume of the ship of Portugal on an o.h.v. cylinders, otherwise the compresa Brough Superior, Alvaro Andrea If a sparking plug oils up, or sion. It is generally accepted as attained the wonderful speed of for any other reason goes out of

result of extensive and extra- 101.52 m.ph. His actual win-action, the fault ordinarily varied experience, that ning speeds in the championships remedied at once. Ruming supercharging, otherwise forcing were: 99.43 m.p.h. (solo) and 82.03 engine under load with a cylin gas into the cylinders by supplem.p.h. (sidecar) over the flying der "out" puts very severe and mentary means, mostly of the kilom, electrical timing by two uneven strains on the crankshaft blower type, promises to be the official timekeepers being em- and bearings, and will in time

ployed: most practical method.

lead to fracture.

or bills such as the Chin Wan Hill-it will give a speed of 20 miles per hour, as proved in the recent trials. Considering that most people rarely go motoring at more than 30 miles on level roads or 20 miles up hills, the

"NERAGAR " bas a reserve speed which is quite ample.

The "NERACAR" was specially designed and built to meet the needs of people who, in their daily avocations and pleasures, find that what is really required is a reliable, fair priced, light two-wheeled motor car that will carry them about safely, economically, at a fair speed and without the risk of having their clothing soiled by dirt, grease and and its gasoline consumption is one gallon to 100 miles! oil. The "NERACAR" answers all these requirements

Write or call for demonstrations

De Sousa & Company, Limited. Sole Agents for South China. 2nd Floor, St. George's Building. Telephone C. No. 1284.

NOTICE - TO ADVERTISERS. Firms desiring to avail themselves of the publicity facili ties presented through this supplement, are requested to send copy not later then the Wednesday preceding publication.