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On your next trip to Lendon, visit the Packard

saltiroom, 198 Piccadilly

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, MOTORING SUPPLEMENT.

PACKARD

FREQUENTLY, when two col-

lectors enter an art gallery one buys an original painting -the product of a master while the other pays nearly as much for a mere copy. Only one is permanently proud of his purchase.

The true connoisseur of motor cars knows the difference between price and value. He seeks a product having Reputation-and finds it where mastery of the craft has been long established.

For a quarter of a century Packard motor cars have been creating Packard prestige-and making per- manent friends!

THE DRAGON MOTOR CAR CO., LTD.

Te'ephona Central 1246 or 1247.

33. WONG NEI CHUNG ROAD. HAPPY VALLEY.

ONLY PACKARD CAN BUILD A PACKARD

THE B. M. W. TOURING MOTOR CYCLE

121B.H.P. MODEL R42 500 c.c.

The new B.M.W. Touring Model represents the latest and most progressive form of engineering development applied to motor cycles.

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In designing the R.42 model, it has been the maker's endeavour to procure with all possible expediency, every step of technical progress and every item of riding experience for the benefit of a wide circle of clients. The outcome of this endeavour has been to produce--

The most modern. Touring Motor Cycle of the highest quality ener put on the market.

A FEW NOTABLE FEATURES

Engine entirely water and dust proof..

Double Frame throughout.

Increase of engine power to 12 brake horse power.

Rims suitable for normal or balloon tyres.

All gearing effectively enclosed in oil-tight casings. The universally recognised advantages of shaft-drive.

Bosch head and rear lights-Speedometer-Horn.

All spare parts in stock in Hongkong.

May we give you further details of this super-motor cycle?

If you are interested in the most luxurious two-wheeled machine in the world, please call or write for full specifications and particulars.

PRICE H.K. $880.00

Sole Agents--CHIEN HSIN ENGINEERING CÓ. First Floor, Asiatic Building.

SATURDAY, JUNE 18, 1927.

STOCK CARS CREATE 24-HOUR SPEED RECORD.

Indianapolis, Ind., May 12th, For the first time in the history of automotive speed, two stock sedans of the same make have set down à record above 60 miles an hour for

a contínuous stretch of 24 hours.

For this pioneer feat, the Stutz Motor Car Company, builders of these cars, wins the trophy set

TRIUMPH DESIGN.

down by Mr. Sam Stevens, veteran than 1,600 miles, makes such speed racer, for such event.

a historic record. " atinging and blinding rain storm The test was made through a during the night, so that they had to be slowed down considerably.

There's nothing unusual in driv ing cars beyond 60 miles an hour, for stretches of a few miles. But this continuous grind of 24 hours, along the most exacting course ever laid down and for a stretch of more

BRITISH CARS.

The New Type Spring The Latest Sunbeam

Forks.

cent years.

Model.

The entire run included many stops for fuel and only one atop each for the tightening of a bolt.

ROAD DUST AND OIL.

Washington, May 9-Under severo operating conditions, road dust in the lubricant of an auto- mobile will considerably increase friction losses, while at light loads, little difference will be noted,

There are probably few noises When the 16 h.p. six-cylinder more worrying to the motor cyclist Sunbeam car made its first public than the metallic crack produced by appearance at Olympia last Octo- the spring forks of a sidecar ber, it immediately attracted atten- These facts were discovered by: machine when negotiating a corner. tion, not only from its very pleas- the United States Bureau of This noise, which has been knowning design but also because it is Standards which has completed a to cause riders to dismount and the lowest priced car the Sunbeam series of laboratory experiments examine their fork girders in vain Company has produced during re-to determine the effects of road for signs of a fracture, is caused

|dust on lubricants of automobiles. by side-play in the forks which, of in the chassis, although most of the There are many points of interest course, becomes apparent more rapidly in neglected forks than in well-tried features of Sunbeam de- those which receive adequate labri-sign are retained, the cantilever cation. Even the forks of the rear springing being an instance, of this. The chassis frame is excep- most well-cared-for machines, how-

tionally wide and the rear springs it. This enables an improved type are positioned directly underneath of attachment to be used for the springs, and also adds to the general neatness of appearance noticeable throughout the chassis..

ever, are sure to develop side-play eventually if they are of the con- ventional type.

The design of the new Triumph fork, however, not only delays the development of play, but also makes

MIRRORS FOR MOTORISTS.

Large mirrors are being erected Bonn, Germany, April 29--- at the elbows of narrow L-shaped streets so that motorists can see

it a simple matter to take up such Most of the Sunbeam agents. the approach of an automobile play when it becomes apparent. Loverseas regard this 16 h.p. model

around the corner.

With this fork, it is not necessary as a type of car for which there is The mirrors, used to lessen the to take off the links put on washera a good demand in their respective danger of collisions, are known as of the correct thickness and replace countries. It cannot, of course, | "traffic spies."

the links, as the necessary adjust compete with the low-priced for-

ment can be made by merely tight-eign vehicles which have flooded the

ening the shackle bolts.

overseas markets in the past, but

The forks are now included in the as a high grade British product, specifications of the Triumph Cycle with a fine road performance and a Company's T.T, N., Q.A., and W. reliability which will ensure years models, the forks fitted to the vari-of. service, it is bound to attract a ous mounts differing only in weight large number of car buyers. There and details.

is lately a noticeable tendency on the part of many experienced over- scas motorista to select the higher- grade British cars rather than low- priced foreign products.

Separate girders are employed in conjunction with bridge type links of robust proportions, and large woven asbestos washers are placed between the bearing surfaces of the fork girders and forward ends of the links. A single-barrel type a headlamp will in no way detract tension spring is employed its from the ease with which the lower end being anchored to a pro-grease gun may be applied. This jection on the crown lug, while its is a good point, which encourages upper extremity is attached to a the owner to use the grease gun lug able to rock on the centre por frequently-the life of far too tion of the top front shackle bolt. many spring forks is unduly eur- The head clip lug is of massive tailed by lack of lubrication, a re- proportions, incorporating at its gettable state of affairs which, in rear, the bases of the clamps many cases, could be remedied by securing the adjustable handlebar. merely changing the positions of The threaded top of the stem the nipples, thus making the appli- tube projects through the head clip cation of the grease gun almost a lug in the usual manner, but it is pleasure instead of a struggle, of interesting to note that it carries ten involving the removal of acces a locking ring in addition to the [sories. usual adjusting ring, while the ad- justment of the head is further secured by a pinch bolt through the head clip jug,

A further point, indicating the thoroughness with which the whole design was thought out, is the man- iner in which the nipples are fitted. The positions of these afford easy access for the grease gun and the two foremost nipples are inclined at such angles that the fitting of

Yourguarantecofab- solute battery satis- faction, of low initial cost and minimum repair bills,

The Dragon Motor Car Co., Ltd.

Furme U. 1345 or 1347,

33. Weng No! Chung, Road Happy Vailay,

Columbia

Storage Batteries

Never get so hot you boll over.

FOR LADIES ONLY.

GIRLS! Put away the knitting needles, get out on a Francis-Barrett sólo cycle and spend your week-end at the beach. Remember. It is health plus sport..

The Francis-Barnett is the ideal cycle, cheap to buy, costing only £30.10.0., and runs 200 miles to the gallon of gasoline.

It can be bought on the easy purchase system.

ride

If you can ride a "push-bike "you can

a Francis-Barnett, so easy is it to learn.

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

Prince's Building.

2 floor,Ice House St. Entrance.

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