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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, MOTORING SUPPLEMENT.

We sell the chosen cycles of the day 1926 and fully equipped.

A NEW GERMAN INVENTION.

A. J. S. 21 and 4,98 H.P.) TRIUMPH MODEL P. & S. D.

INDIAN PRINCE and SCOUT

(3TOCK CARRIED)

DON'T FORGET SERVICE AFTER.

SALES, AND MUCH OF IT

FREE!

WE TRY TO PLEASE OUR CUSTOMERS.

Alex. Ross & Co. (China), Ltd.

Show Room No. 1A, CHATER ROAD,

OPEN SATURDAYS AFTERNOON GII 5 o'clock.

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1925,

NEW ALUMINIUM ALLOY.

USED BY CADILLAC COY.

A new type of aluminum alloy casting for bearing caps, formerly used only in aviation engines, is now used by the Cadillac Motor Car Company on the three main bearing caps of its crankshaft.

Former practice was to use an alloy of aluminum with copper,

bronze and brass foundries. which had the required stillbess,

Even the analysis of the annd and but needed to be reinforced with

control of its quality has a vital a steel plate. In the new prac-square inch.

effect upon the quality of the tice a quality of aluminum known

"The process," he continues, "is castings and in the amount of sub- As Y-metal, with a mixture of one of the methods by whichsequent work required in the nickel, copper and magnesium, is Cadillac has been able to produce manufacturing processes.

cast in a steel die Instead of In the new car with better quality sand, a far more accurato method.and less cost," Afterwards it is heat-treated. In The metallurgical department this process the chips ro cast of the Cadillac Motor Car com- much closer to size, are more pany is a gront laboratory In uniform and require less finish- which tests are mode of all ing, thereby reducing cost,

materials used in the ear and in "Only within the last five or which now and improved classes six years has the heat-treating of of metal are discovered for use. aluminum, the same as of steel, To-day in the new

Cadillac become a production method and foundries even the sand is care- it is not yet in general use," uc- fully analysed. Five different cording to A. Danse, Cadillac kinds of sand are required for metallurgist. "With the process work in the iron, aluminum," used in our hearing caps it is possible to obtain a breaking strength up to 45,000 pounds per

Rudge-Whitworth FourValve.Four Speed

11925

MOTOR CYCLES

NEW STOCKS ON, ILAND,

3.46 H.P. $485.00

ALL ELECTRICALLY EQUIPPED'

--4.99 H.P. $525 4.99 H.P. Combination $775.00

RUDOLF WOLFF & KEW, LTD.

54. Queen's Road, Central.

Phone C. 173.

Bosch

ROSCH SPARK PLUGS:

Mada in many different types and admirably adapted to the varying designs and operating conditions of ngotor cars and motor cycles: r11 18 mm fur cycles.

1616 for Fords. 1616 e

$1.00

$100

m motor cars... $1.00 2212 e 18 min for motor cars $1.000) 2218 18 mm far motor cars $1.00 BOSCH PRECISION SPANNER:

A tad pe puired by overy driver aud machinie. faws opened and adjust-

ed with one hand, Lock nut fixes position of laws. Positive stop pre- Vents opening spanner on wide.. 3-inel: Platinum Paints (B) For Motor Cycles Saor.

$2.10

Long

$1.00 $1.00

Platis am Points (2) For Motor Cars: Short Long

$7.50 $7.50

THE DRAGON MOTOR CAR

COMPANY, LIMITED. Telephone Central 1246, or 1947.. 33, Wong Nei Chung Rd., (flappy Valley.)

Pay close attention to the name of ROBERT LOSCH

and this

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The Aeromobil: This new German invention is a com- ination automobile and aeroplane. After a light the propellor can be removed, the wings folded up" and the plane driven to the family garage.

FIRST AUTO IN U. S.

26 MILE RUN IN 1892.

TRIUMPH CYCLES.

"IMPROVEMENTS IN THE

-MODEL "I"

Elwood Haynes' bid to fame na the first American automobile de

No other motor cycle has been signer and chauffeur has been

favoured with greater popularity challenged by Dr. David Starr than the model "P" Triumph, in- Jordan, chancellor of Stanfordtroduced at the beginning of the |University."

1925 season, and output has reach-

Kokomu, Ind., exhibits as here jod phenomenal · figures, It has of the first tour a little consump-been eriticised from more than

The famous non-stop dash of one mile and a half took place on- July 4, 1894.

tive "bug" built and driven by one quarter, but such criticisms Haynes in that cily..

we are afraid, in the majority of cases, have been inspired, as it is generally conegded by owners that

one of

the fiest machines that has been turned out by the Triumph factorg. This in spite of its extremely low price. Comain improvements for 1926 have been effected, dictated by constant experiments and road ex- perience. These are of a minor nature, barely noticeable from a casual glance, but in the aggre- gate they combine to make a bet- ter machine and better value than

First Auto. According to Dr. Jordan. the first regular going machine was built in San Francisen and its first ambitious hop was through the Santa Clara ralley and up to the top of Mt. Hamilton, a dis- tance of 24 miles and a height or 4,400 feet.

"In the interest of acientific arcuracy," says Dr. Jordan, "1 fhave undertaken to correct a story that the first automobile ride Look Irlace in Kokomo in 1894.

"I recull a day in October, 1892, when in San Francisco I was given a lit from the depot by a man name Elliott in a self-juta- pelling vehicle called by the name which still sticks to it, automobile. "He had built it from designs in a French technical journal.

"Elliott wanted to test it on a long trip and up-hill. He asked Jane to go with him to the top of

Mt. Hamilton and I agreed.

Starts Journey. ́ ́

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uver,

The most observable alteration is the adoption of an internal ex- panding front wheel brake. This is far more efficient than the old form of contracting band, and a short description will probably in- terest all Triumph riders:

Within the drum lies a continu- ons spring steel band faced with friction material. One end of the band is fixed to an anchor plate, whilst the other is expanded out- wardly by, the brake operating lever. When the brake is applied the rotation of the wheels tend to expand the band even harder against the drum, thus giving a powerful yet sweet braking action.

The clutch also has been modi- tied, It remains of the multi-

One October morning he called at Stanford and picked up Pro-plate dry type, having flouting fessor A. W. Smith, head of our mechanical engineering depart ment, and myself.

"Nothing exciting happened on the long, winding road up the I mountain except once.

On a sharp turn near San Isabel, Elliott nearly unact us.

"I jumped out to be prepared to

friction rings, but the control in-i stead of being by means of two eam levers working in opposite: directions, is now by a lever operating a push rod which passc8| through the centre of the main gear shaft. A steel ball between the push rod and lever takes the thrust. In order to prevent oil from the gear-box from renching the plates, a special oil-retaining thimble has been added within the body of the clutch.

grab the vehicle and keep it from rolling down the canyon.

There were numerous stops for waler and time to cool of. The engine remains as before,

"Coming down WIN

valve easier, with the exception that except that I remember we wore

guides are now fitted, and the out all the brakes and arrived at front forks, backstays and stand the bottom brakeless and breath-have been strengthened.

legs.

"But we made the trip up and back in a day and had proved that a horseless curringe could keep up a long journey and climb a mountain 4,400 feet high.

Queer Machine,

"Elliot's machine was a queer little affair, made of a one-seated buggy, with small wheels. It was devoid of anything fancy like a top or rubber tires.

"As I recall it had two cylinders and a very troublesome, steering apparatus."

FOR ALL, THE GAS.

When you, want all the gas you can get, going up a hill, use the hand throttle.. The floor board may stop the pedal control from giving you maximum feed,

HIGH EXPORT TRADE.

There la no account of Elliott's Sale of American automotive car in current works on the early products abroad reached 12 per days of automobiling, and Dr. cont. of the total production fast Jordan's challenge rests upon his year. American automobiles and unimpeachable reputation n B trucks bought abroad amounted to world-famous scientist.

456,000,

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The Five-Passenger Essex Coach

The Five-Passenger Essex Touring

= =

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$2,000 $2,000

The world's largest production of 6-cylinder closed cars now makes possible the finest Essex ever built, at the lowest price in Essex history. Built by Hudson, Essex not only shares the advantages of the famous Super-Six patents, but also the value-building supremacy of their enormous combined production. Only among far higher priced cars will you find comparisou for Essex quality, its long-lived performance and riding ease.

Hudson-Essex, Now

World's Largest 6-Cylinder Cars

THE "DRAGON MOTOR Car Co.,

LIMITAD

3 WONG NEI CHUNG ROAD

HAPPY VALLEY

The fittest survive!

The fittest survive! Neither men nor machines, if they are unfit, çan long withstand the crushing strain of an exacting existence. Buick Valve-in-Head motor cars are built on principles that were established when the motor car industry started, and that these cars survived without change in their fundamentals is convincing proof that they are constructed on basic principles that are correct, In the making of Buicks there has been no yearly shifting from one set of engineering and manufacturing principles to an entirely different set. The Buick Valve-in Head principle was right in the beginning, and it has been right ever since. Each passing year finds this great principle more firmly and securely established in the estimation of the motoring public.

The Valve-In-Head principle is the great reason for the survival of Buick motor cars. If this principle had not been correct, Bulok, too, would have found it necessary to jump from one kind of engine to another in a ceaseless effort to find something that would stand the grilling work a motor car is called upon to do. The Buick has survived every test that more than a million and a quarter users could devise in the most exacting conditions of worldwide service. There could be no better proof that Bulek is the fittest among motor ears.

BUICK

VALVE-IN-HEAD MOTOR CARS

Please call or Telephone C. 1036.

HONGKONG & KOWLOON TAXICAB CO., LTD.

33 & 35 Des Voeux Road Central.