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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, MOTORING SUPPLEMENT

A Privilege for YOU

Unless you live. right "in the blue " you are within the "Territory" of a Morris Dealer.

That Dealer has contracted to give every Morris Owner in his territory Morris Service.

Thus you can be certain. of

(a) A progressive firm who knows

that

good service is good business:

(b) Good stocks of spares; (e) Mechanics practised in Morris

work.

within reasonable distance, the mo ment you are. a Morris Owner.

MORRIS

"the Wheel of the World" from £190.

HONGKONG HOTEL GARAGE

(The Hongkong & Shanghai Hotels, Ltd.) Car Sales and) Phone Servico

Phone Accessories C. 4759 and Parts C 4602

MUM

HINTS MOTORIST

FOR

THE

"AN ACCESSORY NOT OFTEN THOUGHT OF

SATURDAY,

PACKARD OI

PUMPS.

MAROH -26, 1927

AVIATION.

| DODGE - KROTHERS PASSENGER, CARS

Recent Long-Distance Roadster

Flights.

Special Roadster

Feature of Engine. It is significant as showing the Rumble Seat Sport Road-

reputation, of the Napier ongine

stor

G$1,100-

1150

1,2501 1125

-1,175,

1,210

1,820%

1,370*

1,296

1/885 1,836

-1,386. 1,618

aero engines, and those machines Sodan went from Cairo to Cape Town Special Sedan- and back to England without any The De Luxe Sedan mechanical trouble whatsoever without oven a top overhaul-the GRAHAM BROTHERS COMMER- total engine mileage was 56,000, and it was the first time that a flight of machines had essayed Chassis.only. (ton). this difficult journey,

CIAL CARS,

ALBERT L. CLOUGH

A novel feature of both thee British Royal Air Force, Touring (5-passenger) Packard Bix and Eight ongines is that during the last few months Special Touring (5-pas- HOW IS YOUR FIRE PROTECTION ?

the arrangement of the oil pump,

senger). Presumably you carry a fire ground and now pistons and tings which, with the filter, is located three long-distance flights have extinguisher on your car, but if fitted and had still another art of at the lowest part of the crank been carried out at Service axer. The Sport Touring (6) not, you are taking unnecessary rings installed in. this particular case. The bottom portion of the diso, atd on sach occasion the Touring (7-passenger)

The frat was by 4 Fairey ma-Coupe negligence in increased Insurance rapidly. What is wrong with over the wall.. For lubricating 0 ohines fitted with 450 h.p. Napior Special Coupe chancon and are paying for your oylinder. The crankcaso oil thing pump forms an inverted chamber ongines selected were Napiors. Special Touring (7)

to onlor the pump it must first rates.

thia oglindor?.

Anawer If the plug becomes-entor the woll around the bottom foulad with oil and the ringe. are of the skirt and then pass upward, Have you inspected your ex- really wall fitted, you may find through the screen before it tinguisher lately? If not, you that the connecting rod bearing reaches the inlet. That is design should do so, as they sometimes bushing in this cylinder has too ed to romove water which might develop locks which allow the much clearance, with its crank collect in the well after the engine liquid gradually to escape and pin, thus allowing such an excess has stood overnight. Tho small practical jokers have also boon of oil to escape there and splash quantity of water moves upward, known to playfully empty an ox-on the cylinder, walls, that the roaches some of the houted sur. tinguisher and return it to its rings on not wipe it down face and is vaporized. placo leaving ita. owner un-effectively. If the fouling ap conscious of his lack of fire pro- poare to be due to unvapourized toetion. The serviceability of an gasoline, you may find that the oxtinguisher can be tosted by dis-manifold gives unequal charge]

OIL PRESSURE QUERY. charging its contents into a ro-distribution to the several cylin

Question: Tho oil gauge of my coptacle and then pouring it back. ders, for some reason making the car shows only two Such a try-out familiarizes one mixture in No 3 overrich. An pounds pressure, after the oil with detaching it from ita support air-loak into some other part of gets warm. If I stretch the and with operating it and con- the intake manifold sometimes spring in the by-pass check-valve atitutos a valuable fire.drill.. calls for so rich a carburetor ad- it shows higher gauge-presauro, justment that the mixture in one but does this mean" higher pres- cylinder must be very "fat" in sure on the entire line and botter order that the other cylinders lubrication?. muy receive ignitable charges.

EDUCATING THE FAMILY.

Do the other people who drive your car know where the ex tinguisher is to be found, how to remove it from its bracket, how to put it into action and how to attack a fire in the most effective manner? If not they should be instructed in those

| fully.

particulars.

KEEP YOUR EXTINGUISHER ·

LAYING-UP DIRECTIONS.

Question: I want to put my sedan away for the winter. Plonso tell me in detail just what to do with it so that it will be all right until next April.

.GB 925 Chassis, and Cab com

plote

Truck

Truck

1,055.

1,840.

1,365

Side Салору

Sido Canopy

1,380

1,390

The next flight was that by 21 Supermarine "Southampton "dy-Express Body Truck com-

plete ing boats, oach fitted with two body and hood with a dust ox-450 h.p. Napier aero ongines. Canopy Body Truck com-

plote. Thoso machines flew from Ply- cluding cloth cover.

mouth to Alexandria and back, a Screen total engine mileage of 27,600. Again on this trip not the slight-Panel est trouble was experienced.

The third was carried out by 2: Vickers Victoris troop carriers, nach fitted with 2 Napier engines. Flying from Cairo to Adon and back, the engine mileage totalled. 18,000.

Answer: This is a circulating splash system, in which the pump delivers jets of oil from nozzles in the delivery pipe, to pockets over the main bearings and splash troughs undo: the connecting- rads, and there is no pressure Answer: Drain the engine acting on the oil, at lubrication lubricating system and refit points: So long as these pockets HANDY.

with fresh oil. Pour a couple of are kept full of oil-which they *Is your oxtinguisher carried in the most accessible place? It ounces of oil into cach cylinder will be so long as the pump is

through. should be, for every second Draw every drop of water out of lubricant is assured. The gauge the spark plug hole delivering it-good circulation of a gasoline fire the cooling system including the is in no sense a measuring in- starts. If you are unfortunate radiator. pump-housing and strument, but merely an in- enough to have your car takowater-jackets. Block the clutch-dicator to show that the pump is fire, don't be afraid to fight it podal so that it will stay at its moving all against the resistance vigorously and you will probably extreme forward position. Remove of the spring check valve and the win out.

the battery and take it to a friction of the piping. As long as PLUG FOULS PERSISTENTLY,

battery service station for storage, your pump shows any pressure Question: The third cylindor Socuroly jack all four whools at all, there is no occation for of my

six-engine fouls clear of the floor. Lightly coat worry and there is nothing to be its spark-plug, although I have fail exposed bright parts of the gained by increasing the strength had all the cylinder-bores re- car with vasolino. Protect the of the spring in the bypass valve,

counts, when

PROGRESS OF BRITISH AUTOMOBILE

GRAHAM BROTHERS 1-TON. MOTOR; TRUCK CHASSIS-

AND COMPLETE VEHICLES:

Chassis only

.G$1,190

1,255,

1,820

Body Truck

Body Truck

Body Truck

1,515

Again no mechanical trouble was experienced!

Another achievement showing Chassis with cab seat... with complete the aetounding reliability of the Chassis

cab Napier engine is that of a 891- Express- plane competition in Germany. complete This was to discover the best German Commercial soaplanc, Canopy and out of 17 entrante, only three completed the stronuous trials. Stake The machine to be awarded the first prize was the Heinkel, fitted

Engine in the competition. with the only British Napier Lion

completo

1,000.

1,596,

complete GRAHAM BROTHERS '1-1/2-

TON MOTOR TRUCK CHASSIS This machine has since obtain-

AND COMPLETE VEHICLES. od two World Snaplane Records Chassis only ........ .G$1,640 Carrying a load of 500 kilogram- Chassis with Cab Seat... mes, an altitude of 31 miles was Chassis with complete reached, whilst with a load of 1,000 kilogrammes & height of 24 Express Body Truck com- milos was attained

Such feats of reliability have Stake Body Truck, com- placed the Napier engine in an unassailable, position at the load of the aero engines in the world.

INDUSTRY.

„Cab

plete

plete

1,700

1,770

2,020

2,080

GRAHAM BROTHERS 2-TON MOTOR TRUCK CHASSIS

AND COMPLETE

VEHICLES:

Chassis only

.G$1,760

Chassis with cab seat

1,816

Chassis

with complete

cab

1,895

Farm Body Truck com-

plete

2,200

Stake Body, Truck com-

plete

2,200

Hydraulic Hoist. Dump

Body Truck complete

1-1/2 cubic yard capa- city)

2,560

ESSEX SUPER SIX MOTOR CARS.

Touring.

$1,200

Coach (2-door)

1,250

Sedan (4-door)

1,300

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Prest-O-Lite

Batteries designed for your car-Stocks Carried for your convenience.

Säkosaanaaca| VOLTS

AMP. HOUR

AT 5 AMI'S

89862708880 CAPACITY

TYPE

The

Prest Olite

Battery

for your car DIMENSIONS

L. W. H..

41X31X

PRICE

EACH

ENGRACEMETN

CYC"

IN INCHES

CASE.

63 MR.

RUBBER

64

611 NUK A-613.3P

DO

BA

A 611 SH

DO RUBBER

nu

9AXTIN 93

112

A-615 TV A-613 BH A-615 SHI

DO

10 XTX 91

$70 $70

13 37K 0

$80.

12X7X

$65

$75

7N

17X7X 0

305

1

6 135

1:2 02

615 JKI-2

A-41781 A-127 SII

1211 AIS

1211 SUK

DO WOOD RUBBER DO WOOD, .DO

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GROUP

No.

Prest O-lite

1 Studebaker Light & Std Sixes, Reame"; Nash, Gardner, &c,

ft

2 Studebaker lg & Spec, 8ixas, too, Pieces Arrow, Packard 6,Chrysler &e

3 Case, Cole, Cunningham, Franklin, GMT, Oldsmobile, &c.

4 Auburn 4. Buick Std, Chevrolet Cleveland, Essex, Ford, Overland. Mo.-

6 Aabaru 6, Brick M, Chardier, Hudson, Jordon 8, Oakland, Tem, &c,

6 Hupmobile, Marion, Packard 8. Paige, It V-Knight, Willys Knight &

7 Dodge, Andner 8, Graham Dron Truck, Franklin 22, &o.

12 Locamobila, Mack Truck, Stenrus, Rolls & White

Cad Special Cadillac Battery

Cyo Mator Cycle Battery-Hinrley Davidson, Indian, Hondarron, &c.

M/C MORRIS replacement Battery.

Prest O-Lite

HONGKONG HOTEL GARAGE

(THE HONGKONG & SHANGHAI HOTELS, LTD.)"

25, Queen's Road Central

Tel.. Central 4759,

!!

The chassis assembling shop of the Morris motorcar worke at Cawley, Oxford, where some. 200 cars are boing constructed.daily. It was announced recently that Mr. W. R. Morris had purchased the Wolseley motor-car business. (Times copyright).

HUDSON SUPER SIX MOTOR

CARS..

Touring (7-passenger)

...G$1,600

Coach (5-passenger):

1,960

Brougham (5-passenger)

2,260

Sedan (B-passenger) Sedan (7-passenger)

-2,440

2,560

PACKARD SINGLE SIX MOTOR CARRIAGES

(Model 426):

Phaeton (5-passenger)

G$3,200

Roadster (Rumble soat) : Sedan (5-passenger).

8,800

5,830

PACKARD SINGLE BIX

MOTOR CARRIAGES

(Model 433)::

Touring (7-passenger)

Coupe (1-passenger).

G$3,410 8,440

Olub Sedan (5-passenger) 3,480

Sedan (7-passenger)

Sedan Limousine (7-pas-

songer)

8,570

3,670-

· PACKARD STRAIGHT EIGHT

MOTOR CARRIAGES (Model 336):

Phaeton (5-passenger)

G$4,400

Roudster (Rumble Seat) 4,500

Sedan (5-passenger)

5,500

PACKARD STRAIGHT EIGHT.

MOTOR CARRIAGES (Model 348):

Touring (7-passenger)

..G$4,660

Coupe (4-passenger)

5,640

Club Sedan (5-passenger)

5,780

Sedan (7-passenger)"

5,900

Sedan Limousine (7-pas-

senger)...

6,000

The above prices are in U.S. Currency and are for delivery ex garage Hongkong.. All prices subject to change without notice.

THE DRAGON MOTOR CAR CO., LTD. Telephone Central 1246 or 1247. 33 Wong Nei Chang Road, Happy Valley