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AT SAMPS
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611 RHK
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The
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for your car. DIMENSIONS IN INCHES
L. W. H
41X31X
PRICE
REPLACEMENT
CXC
$19
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$45
611 RAR
WOOD
5.0
69 KPIL
DO
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$52
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RUBBER WOOD DO
30X63X 9
152
10X7X 91
565
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274
CAD
80
$70
M/C M/O
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A-613 BH
A-615 SEL
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& Auburn 5, Buick M, Chundle, Hudson, Jordon 8. Oakland, Tem, &c,
MOTOR CYCLES:
FEEBLE TRONT BRAKES.
MOTORING SUPPLEMENT. SATURDAY, AUGUST 14,
One who has spent many years on research work was chatting to me recently and grousing about front-brake inefficiency. Not that: the brakes themselves are wrong
except, perhaps, that a few of them are not grown up." onough for the rest of the machine-but
the operating mechanism is tho limiting factor.
We were standing in the.de or of-public garage at the time and ho led me up to a bunch of motor- cycles to prove his contention. We' "squeezed" a good dozon front-brake lovers and I had to confess, says "Carbon" in Motor Cycling, that in almost overy CASO the full-on position could be felt, and then the lever would spring a little. When shous and drums are comparatively small it is his vlow that this "give" robe the
WHERE FIAT CARS ARE MADE.
Above is a sketch of the great Fiat. Works, at Lingotto, com- posed of a five-floor reinforced concrete building 1,675 feet long, 275 feet wide, cover an area of 304,000 square feet; the utilised surfaces in the various floors are 1,622,000 square feet.
To this area has to be added the one of the track constructed on the roof of the building. On this elevated track chassis are tested under the immediate control of technical supervisors.
The factory is one of the largest motor car factories in Europe,
rider of the power of obtaining EXHAUST-PIPE DESIGN“ full pressure, and most sets are on the small side.
A certain amount of the spring lay in the bandlebar levers, but the remainder was, stuted my companion, in the outer casings of brake controls, which, being
Hupmobile, Marmon. Packard, 2. Paige, R& V-Knight, Willy's Knight &c. open just a fraction when no pull
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HONGKONG HOTEL GARAGE
· (THE HONGKONG & SHANGHAI HOTEDS, LTDA
25, Queen's Road Central
Tel. Central 4759.
Do you know this?
LIGHT
ELEGANT
ROOMY
BELOVED BY MOTOR
CYCLISTS.
It is confidently asserted by men whose business it is to sell
motorcyles that the shape and size of the exhaust pipe is often was applied to the cables. So the determining factor in the soon as load came on, the casings choice of a machine. The bigger were pulled up solid, resulting in and more obvious the pipe the the springy feeling in the con-more it is beloved by a certain trol. To obtain the smoothest type of motorcyclist. That a braking, in the view of the situation could arise in which it grouser, this give" should be becomes necessary for designers, eliminated, when smaller and in self-defence, to create the most consequently cheaper sets would obtrusive of exhaust pipes aoems give results now obtained by big ridiculous, but the fact remains ger and more expensive, ones that we are already almost in The idea provides food for that situation. thought.
FIAT
12
FIRM
SILENT
FIAT - MODEL 503
SURE
c
HUDSON, ESSEX SET RECORDS.
Retail sales of Hudson and Essex cara are at the highest point in the history of these automobiles, it is declared by the
Hudson Motor Car Company of New York, distributor. In attain- ing its peak of sales locally, the Hudson organization with the associated dealers placed over 23 per cent. more Hudson and Essex cars with buyers here in April than in April of 1925, which was itself a month of unusual activity. Hudson-Essextotal sales through- out the world ran more than 35,000 cars, or around 30 per cent over the provious high re- cord established in March.
For ourselves. says Motor Cycling, we must confess that, apart from all other questions, they do not, perhaps, always we think it very bad polloy to increase the. noise. We trust, make the exhaust system, more therefore, that fashion will soon noticeable than is necessary. change in this respect and that Public and police prejudice on we may shortly see machines on the ground of exhaust noise is which the exhaust system is already sufficiently serious Re-
falmost invisible, even if the splendent exhaust pipes of
large
not diameter exhaust noise unnecessarily
almost increase this prejudice, although inaudible.)
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No other tyre will give you the same safety. mileage & comfort
as
DUNLOP
CORD BALLOON
TYRES
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THE COST NO MORE THAN
--- OTHER TYRES.
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The now
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"COMFORTS."
MICHELIN
· Authorised Michelin Agrats;
J. GIBBS & CO.
BANK OF CANTON-BUILDING FIRST FLOOR." 'Phone C. 704 and C. 4532.
Light, silent, and economical, the Model 503 with its metal- frame, combines elegance and comfort.
Its metallic, frame, electrically welded, is firm and cannot be distorted, thus ensuring a perfectly silent car.
Insulating material is inserted between the body and the Chassis, deadening every sound and eleminating creaking
The metallic body members are very light and strong, rendering
the whole car very light and sturdy.
Let us show you this fine car.
Engine 4 cylinder 15/30 H.P.
Speeds: 4 forward, 1 reverse
General equipment:- Speedometer, clock, 4 wheel brakes, Balloon tyres, sparewheel and tyre, Headlights (self-dimming), metal parts nickelplated.
The very best you can get for your money.
Flat Model 503 5 seater Torpedo Sports
Announcing
the
new
70
WILLYS KNIGHT
... a car of unparalleled efficien
cy, outperforming anything ever built of its size, or type, or class!
Its remarkably low price, plus its many dis Bactive advantages, undoubtedly place, the 70" Willys-Knight Sir In the front rank as the, outstanding value of the world in the aix cylinder 'field,
Utilizing the principle of high-speed engine construction in a Knight type sleeve-valve motor, with a 2 15-16 inch bore and a 434 inch stroke, the power plant of the New "70": Six develops greater power, per cubic inch of piston displacement, throughout its complete range, than any other stock American motor- car engine.
-Speed-capacity is in excess of 60 miles on bour. Its acceleration is startling in its accom- plishment. Its power on hills is a revelation.
5 2700
2
"
$ 2800
1.
5
+7
De Luxe
$ 2850
5
Saloon
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$ 8500
2
Cabriolet
$ 8600
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Agents:- for Hongkong and Canton
Societa Italiana Imp. Esp. Estremo Oriente, Ltd.,
Managers
GOEKE & COMPANY
3rd Floor, China Building.
Tel. C. 2221.
Tel. C. 2221.
Revolutionary Results
6
yours is a comforting sense of security much as you have rarely experienced in any car The aasioat of all ateoring The steering facility of this phenomenal car la literally amazing. Eight Thnken bearings cradle the steering mechanism with the utmost absence of friction.ANAS
A remarkably beautiful body-For style and amartness, inside and out, this fine car is
Other Distinctive Features 2 Absolutely positive mechanical four- wheel brakes—the perfected braking system of the most advanced cars of Europe and In epced and power the New "70 Willys America a system regarded by the best Knight literally out-performs all other stock
engineering practice as the most dependable cars of comparable size. It combines the
and most neatly infallible of all brakes" S Knight eleeve-valve engine in its utmost per fection, with the finest and best achievements Anew conception of road-stability—Scien of brilliant engineers on both sides of the tific engineering has developed for this car à¦. unrivalled by any other automobile of its class.": Atlantic. This car presents an unparlicted particularly low center of gravity which grow. engine efficiency, a super-efficiency possible of duess a truly remporkable road-stability. Atall attainment only in the Knight type of engine. speeds you are impressed by its perfectly Ithan long, racy effect, with moderate actual stable equilibrium, and a complete absence of length. Here, too, is an economy of weight.”: all road shock. Driving, you enjoy a contin,¦ never before achieved in a motor car of itstype.uously agrecable feeling of solidity. Riding, Full Particulars from:
The interior has been designed with such scien- tific exictuirso that all waste space common to other cara has been eliminated. While compact" to the last degree, this new and advanced “*70* Willys Knight. Sit is revolutionary in fis roominess and comfort.
THE UNIVERSAL AUTO SUPPY CO.
Des Voeux Road, Central.
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