1926-07-10 — Page 10

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, MOTORING SUPPLEMENT. SATURDAY, JULY 10, 1926.

FIR 509 DOUGLAS.

10 H. P-2 SEATER Equipped with Ballon Tyres

34 MILES per GALLON

Domonstration Model

for Sale

Price $1850.00

For particulars apply to:--

That

Good Cycle!

TO ARRIVE SHORTLY

Messrs. Societe ItalianaImp. Esp. Alex Ross & Co. (China),

Estremo Oriente, Ltd.

Managers:-

A: GOEKE & CO.

3rd Floor, China Building

· Telephone. Central 2221,

แ

Limited.

Bank of China Building.

A SCENIC

ROADWAY.

SINGER

Specially Geared for Hongkong

YOUR SEATER

ह

£265.0.0.

DE LUXE'

For Full Specification and Particulars apply to

GILMAN & CO., LTD.

HONGKONG BANK BUILDING,

Puch Motor Cycles

MADE IN ENGLAND We put these words on

DUNLOP TYRES

for your protection.

They are made at Fort Duulop, Birmingham, and they are recognised to-day as the Standard by which all Tyres are judged.

Local Distributors: Hongkong Hotel Garage, Tel. C. 4759.

'MALTER

TARDEL

Local Branch Offie: 169, Des Voex Road Central.

* Tel. C. 4554.

Good roads have opened up the scenic attractions of Colorado. The above picture gives à striking view of a Colorado highway, winding its way up a mountainside and„

overlooking vast prairie land.

"

BODY DESIGN CHANGING. that hutomobile designers all over influencing sales in the auto-

י.י

WOOD BEING REPLACED BY STEEL.

of its

heritance.

the world are" dissatisfied with composite wood construction and | are following new paths.

"Designers," he said, are dis- satisfied with the old combination

mobile field to a marked degree, is evidenced by the enormous production of those manufac-

this type of body. turers, who are standardizing. on

Dodge Brothers, Inc., for ex- The automobile industry is of wood and metal bodies. In their ample, who use only the all-steel rapidly discarding the last vestige quest for a suitable one, they body, are enjoying the greatest

horse and, carriage

in-have taken opposito paths, one volume of business in their his

(the European group of designers, tory. They were first to break Since the first buggy was equip-to a body of wood with a alath entirely away from the time-worn ped with a gasoline motor, car covering that is flexible in every wood or composito hodics and riage builders methods have part, and the other (the American enter the field of thoroughly directed body construction. The designers) to a steel body design-modernized construction-the all- contour has, of course, changed ed to remain inflexible. Which ostal construction. radically since those early days. will become the final type, time But in many cases bodies are will tell, but the less freakish, still built around a wooden frame, all-metal body would seen to over which is placed a thin sheet have the superior handicap ". of metal, a compromise between Of the steel body, he said: the carriage and the modern

motor car.

The modern trend is discussed by Mr. J. B. Edwards, writing in the Automobile Digest, who said

PACKARD "REPUTATION

is.

never earned -it is always being earned."

A champion must at all times be ready to defend his title.

Each year come new contenders.

Reputation arises only from re- peated victory.

Through the vicissitudes of twen- ty-five years of quality car manu- facturing, Packard has emerged again and again acknowledged leader of its class.

The Dragon Motor Car Co., Ltd.

33, Wong Nei Chung Road, Happy Valley. Tol. C. 1246 or 1247

Hongkong.

ONLY PACKARD CAN BUILD A PACKARD

steel, much less of this material "Due to the greater strength of

nood be used. Moreover, steel is} a more tractable material than wood, and it can be formed into sections that provide even greater strength for the amount of material used than is apparent from the relative strongths of steol and wood. A. pillar or beam can be constructed of steel that will not only bo stronger than a similar ons, of, wood, but also lighter.

י,

Thus bodies may be built with steel framing that are both stronger and lighter than similari bodies built upon a foundation of wood. This feature not only makes possible a lighter and, stronger body, but also allows many of the body parts to be made smallor, providing moro room inside the body with the same outside dimensions.

4 The pillars between the doors in closed bodies, and between the doors and the windshield, may also be made amatler, allowing clearer vision. More than one. accident has occurred because al portion of the road was concealed; from the drivor by a wide strip of body between the front door and the windshield.

"It is in the frame joints, how- ever, that the biggest advantage in the all-motal frame is to ba had. With metal these joints. may be riveted or welded to-, gether, making the several parts as firm as if they were actually of one place. There are no screws to loosen under repeated strains and twists or from swelling and shrinking of the wood under s08- sonable changes.

"From the standpoint of safety, the stoel body leaves little.. to be desired. The principal reason for the modern all-steel railroad coach is the safety to passengers it affords in case of a wreck. There is no reason why the all- steel automobile body should not furnish a proportionate amount of safety in case of an automobile accident, particularly cases in- volving a turnover of a closed body job. A modern all-steel body has suficient strength to support its chassis in practically any type of turnover, excepting, of course, ja drop down over the side of a procipice, and even in such a caso it should furnish more protection than a body whose principal framing is of wood."

Thint the degree of safety found only, in all-steel construction is

3-H.-P.

In order to introduce these excellent little machines, we are making a special offer. 5330 CASE ...;

$350 TERMS Call and make an early inspection at our office. LEYSECO CHINA CO., LTD.

4TH FLOOR, BANK OF CANTON BUILDING 6, DER VOEUX ROAD. CENTRAL,

PHONE: C. 1221

Explorers Use This Car Because It Is Dependable

Pioneers and explorers, whose lives. depend upon the reliability of the trans- portation they use, employ Dodge Brothers Motor Cars almost exclusively.

Stefansson used Dodge Brothers Cars through the uncharted deserts of Central Australia. Dr. Roy Chapman Andrews, on three different occasions, penetrated the innermost wastes of Mongolia in a Dodge Brothers Car.

The car's dependability is proverbial; and its exceptional riding comfort permits long travel over bad roads without fatigue.

Dodge Brothers.inc.DetrOM

THE DRAGON MOTOR CAR CO., LTD.

33 Wong Nei Chung Road, Happy Valley HONGKONG

DODGE BROTHERS

MOTOR CARS

Page 10Page 11