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A New

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, MOTORING SUPPLEMENT. - SATURDAY, AUGUST 1926.

Light Weight Overland

The

"Whippet

We have pleasure in announcing that the Willys Overland Co. is now in production on an entirely new type of small, light cur, FAST, POWERFUL ECONOMICAL TO RUN, LONG LIVED.

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Very aptly has this addition to their already fine line of models been named the "Whippet," it has more speed than the greyhound with all the tenacity of the terrier.

Absolutely new design.

Speed, over 66. miles per hour.

Acceleration, 5 to 30 miles in 13 seconds. 28 or more miles to the American'gallon.,

250 miles to quart of oil.

20,000 miles to a set of tyres.

Four wheel mechanical brakes.

Irreversible Steering.

66 inch treead.

Conventional aprings.

29 x 4,40 Cord Balloon tires.

Engine developing 31 horsepower.

Remarkable acceleration.

Low hul body of very pleasing lines.

Finished in Blue' lacquer,

Ample room for passengers.

Plently of clearance for rough roads.

This car is produced after exhaustive experiments with European Bight cars,

it combines the best practice of Europe and of the United States. It has the specifications of a large expensive car with reduced measurements. It creates a new standard of value. You want the latest improvements and can't afford to buy a new car until you know all about what Willys Overland hus designed.

THE FIRST TWO OF THESE CARS WILL ARRIVE SHORTLY}

Full Particulars from :

THE UNIVERSAL AUTO SUPPY CO.

61, Des Voeux Road Central.

ATTENTION

FORD OWNERS

Arrangements have now been completed whereby Ford Owners Harellenabled to purchase. GASOLINE and TYRES

[ATEREDUCED PRICES.J

ANDREW HARPER

AUHORISED FORD DEALER

6, Queen's Road Central Chatham Road, Hunghom...

Tel. C.4895.

.. Tel, K.1216.

MICHELIN TYRES

GENERAL AGENTS & DISTRIBUTORS FOR SOUTH CHINA

The EUROPE-ASIA TRADING Co. Ist. Floor, Pedder Building, 12, Pedder Street.

Ask for them

NEW MICHELIN PRICE LIST Showing Latest Reductions

NEW STOCK EVERY WEEK

HINTS FOR

THE

MOTORIST

ALBERT L. CLOUGH

STUCK PISTON RINGS.

The offects of carbon deposits collooted largely or become hard- in producing koooks in ongines, baked and should be repeated by causing prematuro ignition or aftor each 500 milos of service. raising the compression pressure

conduction of heat through the slight mufflor explosions, when I and in leading to onginos over- FIRES IRREGULARLY,

walls of the cylinder-head to the hot up the accelerator, with my heating, by rostricting the .M. S. aska What causos cooling water, are well realized, car running at 20 m. p. h. or ao? with piston-ring action are less times stall, when the clutch is but their effects in interfering Also, why does the engine some- generally recognized,

thrown out?

FREEDOM OF MOVEMENT.

Answer: Apparently, your oagine missos explosions, when

In order that a piston-ring may it is fully throttled down, for always expand against tho otherwise, unburned gas 'would cylinder wall, throughout its not be exhausted into the muffler eutiro circumference and thus to explode there, and if it firod form a perfect seal against thorogularly, it would not be likely paysage of gas past the piston, it to stall, whon the must be free to move in its stopped. Just why this missing car was grooves, as the piston varies in occurs, position relatively to its cylindor probably certain oylinders have wo don't know, but walis and meets inequalities in leaky, valves or piston-rings and boro diameter. If such freedom perhaps there is lonkago of air of motion is lost, a portion of a into the intake passages of some ring may, at times, fail to roach of them. Maybe you cannot stop the cylindor wall, leaving a space these mufflor oxplosions, until through which a part of the you make permanent repairs; by unburned chargo can oscape slightly enriching your carbura during compression or burning tor idling adjustment or even by gases leak out during the power increasing the idle throttling stroke, entailing loss of power opening a little, should reduce and fuel waste.

the likelihood of stalling...

"

HOLDS ITS COURSE BADLY,

HOW RINGS BECOME STUCK.

piston-rings, they nocessarily raveer toward the right and the There is alwaysoil surrounding H. B, writes: My car tends to used is of such a quality as toward the same sido, when the very hot and, especially if the oil rear and sometimes awings to- leave a heavy solid rosidad, when tyres bounce on rough-surfaced subjected to heat, gummy or even upgrades. Front wheel alignmont lack and side surfaces of the tracking of axlos have, hoon hard deposits will form on the and parallelism and correct grooves and the rings themselves, checked up and found O. K. Can filling the clearance spaces and you help me eventually sticking the rings fast difficulty?

Qut of this in their grooves. When this occurs, the cylinders leak gas so that the engine loses much of its

pop.

PREVENTIVE MEASURES,

Answer: If thero is much lost motion in the steering gear, a car always tends toward the right, when travelling roads that are distinctly crowned." There is the natural inclination to sook To furostall this situation, the the low part of the road and with primary requisite is the use of ani stack in the steering gear, this is oil of a quality which will distill yielded to before it can be correct- away with the least permanent, od with residuo or al loast with

the steering wheel. a Differences in the size, read-form minimum of hard deposit, but and inflation of front tyros 8018- something can be accomplished times cause, a drug toward one

B

to prevent these accumulations side or the other. When rear tyros by frequently dosing each cylin-bounce, there is der with a small amount of toward the lower part of the tendency kerosene or liquid carbon remover road-the right side under normal while the engine is hot and driving conditions, Running rear letting it act as a solvent over tires somewhat softer and the use night. This treatment must bo of snubbera, may be found to begun before the deposits have reduce the bouncing.

THE TYRE OUTLOOK.

WEAKNESS IN CRUDE RUBBER IN U.S.A.

TRAMCAR OR MOTOR- 'BUS.

A GLASGOW EXPERIMENT. The weakness in the crude rub. ber market has complicated the terest in the news that a tramcar There is more than ordinary in- situation as it has created the im- is being built to compete with the pression among consumers that tyre prices are about to be cut,ance. Hitherto the competition motor-bus for passenger, convey- and forestalled buying.

The general impression, how the motor-vehicle which has had has operated, the other way; it is ever, is that tyre prices will be to fight for recognition, pitting maintained as nearly all rubber its mobility against the greater ac- companies are still using 70 cent commodation given by the other us rubber. C. W. Barron, the well- a decisive factor. The reversal of known financier and publisher of the competitive conditions is some financial newspapers and maga-indication of the development of zines, recently summarised the the more mobile vehicle. situation as follows."

The new traincar is being built

"The tyre manufacturers are by the Glasgow Corporation at having conferences and are gen- their own workshops; it is evident- orally standing together to get a ly an experimental vehicle, design- fair value for their goods, al-ed to complete with the motor-bus though nobody seems to know over the longer routes, for if it what Firestone may do. If the is found to be satisfactory in manufacturore stand togather, service some fifty more will bo tyres will not be sold on oither built. the basis of 50 cents. for rubber of the single-deck type, and is to The new tramcar is to be or $1 for rubber; at least not un- be capable of doing twenty to til such time as the inevitable thirty miles an hour. The seats dollar rubber comes into existence will be fixed transversely, and a before 1930.

small vestibule will give room for 60,000,000 A YEAR.

standing passengers. The body is to be wider and longer than the "We are now making 60,000,000 standard double-deck, type used tyres per annum in this country, in Glasgow; the car will be carried and if we do not restrict the use on two trucks, each fitted with two of rubber in some way we will motors, and the accommodation require two-thirds of the world's will be for thirty-six passengers. rubber production to make those The passengers will enter from tyres.

the rear and will leave at the made front by a'door controlled by the showing the date on which we driver. These details suggest will very likely be making and advanced practice, and it is evident using 90,000,000 tyres, and it is that much care has gone into the not so very far away. Tyres are designing of the vehicle. Which boing worn out in this country as may be read as suggesting that the naver bofora..

Glasgow Corporation are taking Tyres have got to be bought, the competition of the motor- and in increasing quantities, and vehicle very seriously. agyot there is no known sub

"Figures have been

stitute for rubber. Tho com-Now of course we don't say panies carrying the biggest in-when it is time to buy rubber or ventories will in the ond makowhon is the time to buy tyres, or the biggest money. A tyre com- when it is time to buy motore. pany has got to carry a big in- But we must gather all the facts ventory, as it requires five months and put thein chronologically and to run rubber and goods through logically, and let the facte be the inventory.

clear to both buyer and seller."

Are you driving

a second choice

among all motor cars."

CAR?

Leadership to-day belongs Buick because so many people make.

it their first cholce

They have discovered that other cars, priced the same as Buick, are not even close to. Buick in value.

Volume production enables Buick to give you a lot better car for a very moderate price.

Do not be misled into driving a second-choice car. Compare the new ca offered you to Buick, "before you let go of your money!

The Hongkong and Kowloon Taxicab Company, Limited.

33-35, Des Voeux Road

Tel. C. 1030.

the Better Buick

PACKARD.

You need not be a millionaire

to own a Packard limousine.

The fact that Packards predom- inate in the homes of million- aires simply means that money cannot buy a better car.

Judge critically each feature of design, test carefully every performance claim, compare throughout with

any other car.

Then ask the price!

The Dragon Motor Car Co., Ltd..

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

Hongkong.

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