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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.

MOTORING SUPPLEMENT.

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HOW AN AUTOMOBILE IS MADE.

Lead the way on a B. S. A.

I

Machines Surpass Man in Making Parts.

[By Israel Klein for the Hongkong Telegraph.]

A mount

you will

be proud

to

own

"B.S.A. reliablity has, been proved beyond all question, hy outstanding success' gained in open competition. 1927 B.S.A. Motor Bicycles are the greatest motor cycle value in the world, embodying every modern feature and every part maintains that high standard of quality for which B.S.A. is world-famous.

SATURDAY, JUNE 11, 1927.

ESSEX COACH

The low prices which have made Hudson and Essex fam- ous have largely been achieved through the simple procesa of using inventory materials quicker and getting a greater out- put from plant machinery than is commonly done in Industry. Mechanical conveyance of materials has been developed to an unusual degree. So quickly are materials consumed in the unusually efficient manufacturing processes of the Hud- son Motor Car Company that the public actually goes riding in Hudson and Essex Cars before the commitments for most of the raw materials are due for payment.

ESSEX SUPER SIX MOTOR CARS.

Let as demonstrate the features to you.

THE SINCERE Co., Ltd.

Sule Agrats.

MOTOR

INSURANCE

SPECIALISTS

For full particulars apply to:

THE UNION TRADING CO, LTD. Prince's Building.

Phone C. 587.

CHINA UNDERWRITER, LTD.

FOR

ALL CLASSES

OF

MOTOR INSURANCE

WRITE FOR PROSPECTUS

HEAD OFFICE:-

ST. GEORGE'S BUILDING, HONGKONG,

TELEPHONE:

C. 1121-2

THE FRANCIS BARNETT

The unusually low seating position instinctively inspires confidence and for this reason, the FRANCIS-BARNETT - makes an ideal ladio's mount.

The Groat Outdoors with its health and happiness-aro yours, with a

MODEL-4. FRANCIS-BARNETT

Stocks carried by

Alex. Ross & Co., (China) Ltd.

HEA

Swinging in, out and around, this machine cuis the teeth of an entire gear without the aid of ran. Liset shewa a set of gears on test in the silent rooni.

This is the fifth in a series of atories on how the modern auto- mobile is made.

How Carburetor is Made.

The clutch, too, is tested on the shaft of a motor for ease and poși- One reason why your dollar goes tiveness in operation, after its farther in the purchase of an many intricate parts have been automobile than any other contested" individnally,' » " modity these days is the use of Even finer is the carburetor in labour-saving and time-saving its manufacture. Here is perhaps machinery.

the most complicated part in the entire car, and the most sensitive. Every measurement, every angle and thread must be accurate to make it an efficient mechanism.

....

This was seen in the manufac- ture of the parts that go to make up the engine-in a lathe, that takes the place of 10 men, in another that takes the place of six. in instruments that eliminate the human element of error.

The modern carburetor, with its thermostatic arrangement, its fly valve for backfire control and all its other useful gadgets, goes This is further brought out in through 43 distinct operations" in | the manufacture of the remaining kits manufacture. parts of the car. Heavy, cumber

The simplest operation here some machinery is lined up along night in some respects, become the foers of automobile plants complicated and precise. In one nowadays, each working electri-ease a large monitor lathe takes cally, cach doing its share auto-s maupulations to bore a umail matically, accurately and without hole and cut a thread in the car- the slightest difference among the harelor. One man handles this, parts turned out.

where formerly several had to

There is onc geur cutting over the operation, or it took one machine, for instance, that rany times as long. quires only a man's, supervision.. Quick Work on Chassis, It goes through four different One of the greatest labour operations,” moving first this way, savers is a gang drill, which drills then that, cutting a tooth to shape as many as 92 holes at the same and size, then moving on to the time; all of varying sizes, into cach next.

channel bar of the chassis frame. After being cut down, the gears The chassis itself, especially in are ground down to exact size and the higher-grade cars, is electri- microscopic instruments used to en-ry welded or riveted, as re-. sare 'exactness of dimensions and quired. After this, there is the angles.

completion of the radiator and fenders and the construction, of Hardened by Heat and Oil. the body, to have all the parts Gears, because of the heavy necessary for the final assembly.

The rear transmission and axle strain they must underge, are "heat treated." That changes are first put together and tested

structure and a dynamometer. They are put:

into the chassis and this part takes its first run along a floor Heat treatment includes putting conveyor through î serica of

their crystal

hardens theth.

a part into a furnace and bringing assembly operations that bring it

it up to a definite. temperature, ap in the end a complete chassis, when the metal becomes red hot needing only the installation of It is then dipped into an oil bath the engine.

where it is kept for a definite time

to satisfy the demands for harden- Engine Assembly and Test,

ing.

The engine assembly, is sepa The gear at the end of the cam

bare shaft has to be hardened by heat rate, going along from treatment, but the shaft itselfrankense and cylinder block, in must remain tough and compara- slow stealy line through the tively soft and tensile. So all of process of installing crankshaft the shaft except the rear end island runghaf!, gears and pistons copped coated by an electroplating and condceling reach" stop process. This protects the shaft being cheeked for trueness. The itself from the process of harden-ignition System, usually bought outside, is attached by electrical

ing.

After the gears are buished and ports, and the Gnishing touches heat treated, they are set up in are put on the whole engine. experimental transmission enses.) Before the engine is attached to in small enclosed "rooms. Here the chassis, it goes through a cuch transmission set is run by afdynsmumeter test. It is rus, in a motor outside, to be tested for irre, high-vaulted airy room and allenço,

junder natural gas as fuel. After The lea noise is detected wid run of eight hours the engine located, the motor is stopped andis turned over, and tested again the gears Aro ground down for excessive wear or play in the further by means of a portable moving parts,

The chassis gets a similar grinding machine. They are also tested for play with an instrument, dynamometer test of even longer similar to hundreds scattered duration, and when the chassis are together the through the plant, that multiplies and engine any deviation Trom the true tens entre assembly is taken out for a fold.

test run of from one to five hours.

EVEN DAZZLE WORKS.

Ingenious Dipper.

the varying.

conductivity of selenium. A seleniam cell is fix- ed to the ear in such a position that the light from the headlamps of an approaching car can strike it. The cell is wired up with a high tension battery and a relay, Many different methods of over-and the result of light from otber coming the glare of car headlights headlamps meeting it is to offeet have been introduced during the past few years. The latest device to be patented opens up a new avenue of research in this con- nexion.

current flowing through it and through the relay, which in turn, completes a second cireult through the car battery and an electro- magnet. The latter automatically operates the dipping mechanism The new device is based on the and alters the angle of the lamp fact that light has the effect of aciting.

Touring

6-seater

G$1.150

Conch

-seater

G$1,150

Sedan

5-seater

G$1,250.

HUDSON SUPER SIX MOTOR CARS.

Touring.

7-senter.

G$1,600

5-senter.

G$1,775

5-seater

G$1,880

4-senter

G$1,390

5-scuter

G$2,080

5-senter

G$2,270

7-seater

G$2,375

Conch

Sedan

Roadster Brougham

De Luxe Sedan

De Luxe Sedan

The above prices are for delivery at your door in Hongkong or Kowloon. All prices subject to change without notice.

THE DRAGON MOTOR Car Co.,

LIMITED

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