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SATURDAY, DECEMBER 18,

GET YOUR 1927 AUSTIN SEVEN NOW FOR

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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,

MOTORING SUPPLEMENT.

EUROPEAN LIGHT CARS.

American Engineer's Claim.

35

MILES

35

MILES

PER

即興

GALLON

PER

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The Car of International Reputation.

"HERE YOU HAVE QUALITY WITH LOW PURCHASE PRICE, I WOULD URGE ANY MOTORIST TO INVESTIGATE IT SERIOUSLY.” (H. Massae Buist, "Sporting and Dramatic" 2nd October.)

Four Seater De Luxe

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For the first time!

Only four

oil changes

VALVE-IN-HEAD

Brick

MOTOR CARS

a year

It is no longer necessary to drain crankcase oil every 500 miles. Four changes of oil a year are enough, when you own a 1927 Buick.

The crankense in the 1927 Buick is vacuum cleaned! A vital new im- provement-the Vacuum Ventila- tor-draws all the crank case vapors cut into the open before they have an opportunity to do

harm.

Now, all that is necessary is to add oil occasionally and change 4. times a year, simply as a super- 'caution.

The problem for years has been to stop oil dilution. And now Buick has accomplished iť!

Com in and let us show you the

Greatest Buick Ever Built /

Charles A. Trask of Indianapolis and his "European” car made in America in 1913.

The amall, swift, light car that has become so popular in Europe comes forth to claim an Ameri- can birthright!

Yet Trask wants even a smaller car. He sees its possibilities in service for messengers and others who are now driving larger cars at greater expense.

As early as 13 years ago, an In-

If I were designing another dianapolis firm built a type of antomobile that would make a car for the service that this one successful rival to any of the has so ably performed," be says, midgets running along the Euro- it would have seating capacity pean highways to-day.

for one person only-the driver.

You can secure immediate delivery of an Austin 7 under the terms stated above. Balance is cleared up in a few monthly instalments. It is an easy way to own the 'most wonderful light car in the world to-day.

REMEMBER-When your buy an Austin from us an' exceptional after sales interest is maintained in your car..

ALEX. ROSS & Co. (China), Ltd.

HONGKONG.

and

The Kowloon Motor Car and Cycle" Exchange Co.

KOWLOON.

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One of these, American-made It would be smaller, lighter, pro- machines still is travelling the bably not more than 500 pounds. streets of Indianapolis, perhaps It would have a friction trans-1 the world's original. "European" mission so arranged that at 40 car. It is amall, it is light, and miles an hour on level roads the

Four men, two of whom were drawers" of the furniture and cuc- its cost of operation and mainten" engine would be" running at a

armed with pistols, forced their ceeded in securing various anco is far below that of any very moderate speed...

passbook for standard car in America.

"The friction transmission way into 3086, Point Road, Shang- ticles, including a

$300, to the value of $800 alto- Even its name," Economy car." would permit of instant change hai recently. Whilst a couple gather. No shots were fired and designates, far in advance the to speed ratios suitable for any intimidated the inmates and pre- the alarm was not raised until purpose for the manufacture of emergency or road conditions, vented them from raising an some time after the visitors' de-

Byen into reverse without clash- the European type car to-day.

alarm, the others rummaged the parture. No arrests were made. Charles A. Trask, Indianapolis ing of gears." angineer, is the owner of this car. He has had it for the last 13 years. He has a modern type,, larger automobile, but depends on this little car for his city business and short distance driving.

The car has a 98-inch wheel base, two inches shorter than the shortest standard model in this country. Its tread is 36 inches. The whet.s carry 28 by 3-inch tyres, which have lasted him an average of four and a half years for a set.'

TWO-CYLINDER ENGINE.

The engine is of the two-cylin- der, air-cooled, motorcycle type, with an additional fan and fly- wheel. It's the same engine with which the car started 13 years ago, and on which 'Trask has spent very little for repairs.

A planetary transmission fur- nishes two spoeds forward and `a

reverse.

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The car has a one-man" top. which has been replaced twice. Its entire weight is 700 pounds.

Trask has driven the car 60,000 miles, he says. And it's still as good as ever. It will attaina speed of 40 miles an hour, will make 45 miles on a gallon of gaso- line, and will use up only five gallons of oil in a year's driving.

EFFECTS BIG SAVING.

For city driving, when alone or with one passenger," Traak explains, "it is far superior to my big .car. I got through traffic much more rapidly, usually can find parking space without diffi- culty, and the expanse of opera- tion is less than half that of the most econoínical standard tread

car.

"The saving in depreciation, wear and tear, gas, oil, tyros and repairs on my big car is nearly enough to pay for a small our of this type every year!"

THE basic advantage of the new SUPERTWIST is its greater elasticity-it far outstretches the breaking point of standard cords. Only Goodyear, Tyres

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