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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, MOTORING SUPPLEMENT.

SATURDAY, JANUARY 14, 1928.

CHRYSLER

IS HERE!

CALL AND SEE THE

LATEST MODELS AT

A. LUNG & CO..

19, Queen's Road, Central.

STUDEBAKER

IN every part of the world, Studebakor

cars have demonstrated their

superior performance by Botting notable records for spoed, endurance and climbing. The table below shows Home. of the most important: records established during the past five years.

July 13, 1925-DENVER TO SALT LAKE CITY Special 6. 585 inilos in 12 hours 56 minutes Aug. 28, 1925-BRISBANE-BURKETOWN AND

RETURN

Special 5, S/Roadster 3,000 miles in 100 hours April 12, 1926-LOS ANGELES TO SALT LAKE Big 6, 781 miles in 16 hours. 17 minutes April 1926-OAHU, HAWAII

Standard, 682 miles in 1 hour 55 minutos June 14, 1926-ACROSS U. S. A.

.

Big 6, 3,471 miles in 80 hours 20 minutes' May 20, 1926-RIO DE JANEIRO, PETROPOLIS

"Big 6, 85 kilo in 1 hour 9 minutes July 1986-PROVĄ WASHINGTON EUIS"

BRAZIL.

Big and Std. B. 1.180 kilo.

June 4, 1926-SAO PAULO, R.,, DE J. & RETURN

Standard 5, 1,314 kilo in 48 hours a

Oct. 4-5-6, 1926-SAN. FRAN. PORTLAND & RET. Big 6. S/Rd. 1,456 miles in 37 hours 2 minutes Nov. 20, 1926 -BUENOS AIRES-ASCUNSION

Standard 6, 1,000 miles in 24 days

'1926-PIÜRA-CHICLAYO, PERŲ

Big 6, 252 kilo in 6 hours

April 15, 1997-CULVER CITY, CALIF

Commander, 5,000 minutes in 4,908 minutes. 22 secs.

Other Models are

Equally Good.

All Reasonably Priced.

HONGKONG. DELIVERED PRICES. f Nett. Cush).

ERSKINE

H.P. 16.54 R.A.G.-107" WHEEL BASE

Tourer

Sport Roadster

Bugsy Coupo

Custom Compe

Custom Sedan

5 Seater

G$1,150

11

4 Seater

1,201

2. Seater

1,200

4 Seater

1,254

5 Seater

1,250

All Erskine with wire wheels.

H.P. 27.34 R.A.0.-113" WHEEL BASE

DIRECTOR

Custom Tourer

5 Seater

G$1,450

Sport Badster 5.

4 Septer

Duples Pharon

6 Seater

1,435 1,430

Custom Tourer

7 Seater

1,300

Custom Compe

2 Seater,

1,575

Custom Sedan Plush

5 Seater

1,575

Custom Coup

A Seater

1,676

1,676

Custom Sedan Mohair

& 5 Seater',

1,675

Citatos Victorin

4 Natur

COMMANDER

H.P. 36.04 R.A.C-120° WHEEL BASE

Sports Beadster

4 Seater

2 Seater,

G$1,835

1,676

4 Seate

1,875

5 Senter

1,875

4 Seater

1,006

1.005

6 Seater

1,905

4 Seater

Custin Coupe

Custom Victoria

Custom Sedan

Regal Coupe

Regal Victoria

Regal Sedau

PRESIDENT

H.P. 36.04 R.A.C.-127 WHEEL BASE

Custom Tourer

Custom Sodan

Custom Limousine

7 Seater

G$2,200

"

7 Senter

2,435

7 Beater.

1,005

All prices include 4 wheel brukes spare wheels, tyre and tube, windshield wiper, hintview mirror bumpers, extra, horn, tools, etc., etc

THE HONGKONG HOTEL GARAGE

25, Queen's Road, Central,

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A SERIOUS SMASH AND A MORAL.

This is a picture of a car smash which recently occurred at Cleveland, U. S. A., but it might have happened anywhere. One street was specified by local ordinance as having priority over the other, but even so, the carelessness of one driver brought about disaster. Deciding the guilty person however, does not heal broken heads or repair dainaged cars. Possibly the driver who had "right-of-way" was to blame, in which case it is emphasised that right is not worth very much if we fail to defend it with caution and forethought.

BRITAIN'S TRAFFIC PROBLEM.

about

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TYRE CARE.

Many Useful Hints. London, Nov. 29th.-Great Bri-close and not much more room is tain, with only one-tenth the num-left for highways.

Yet the average rate of in-] [By Israel Klän.] ber of automobiles that are in the United States, in already crease in, automobiles is

200,000 cars a year. Five years Automobile tyres, it is found. worrying about saturation.

But Great Britain has a far from now will see a million more give us 27 times the value we used. different situation than that which vehicles on the road with no addi-to get a few years ago." tional milence available. exists across the Atlantic.

We can get even more value by Out of the 178,000 miles of taking proper care of our tyres First, the island which takes in

road here, only 24,000 miles are The best of them will break down England, Scotland and Wales covers an area of 88.745 square considered of the Class 1, or best,quickly under ruthless wear and

type. These roads permit of four inattention. miles, which is about one-thirty-or more vehicles abreast, two go- Afth the size of the United States.ing each way. Since its 2,000,000 automobiles are

in the remaining mileage. there] One of the most important items only one-tenth the number in are 43,000 miles of Class 2 roads in the care of tyres is the matter America, the number of automo- which permits of three lanes, one of proper inflation. biles per square mile is far greater roing one way and two the other. Balloon lyres especially. must in Great Britain than in the The rest are either two-lane roads, carry the right amount of air in United States.

or are not as well paved or main-them or they will break down Lained as the other two classes, quickly. Their walls are thinner The result is that the bulk of and the loss of a few pounds of he 2,000,000 vehicles on the the slight inflation they do get island move over less than 70,000 will cause the walls to buckle and miles of the road in a congested break under the weight of the stream that is almost at a stand- car. still around the greater cities.

If the tyres are underinflated, Efforts are being made to re- also, constant flexing of the walls lieve this situation and

to fore under the heavy train causes atall the congestion that is sure to undue heat to be generated. come if conditions remain as they separates the plies of the fabric!

That morsaire) Japan/

Widening of highways and and opens it to quicker breakage. The result is that the 2,000,000 bridges or tunnels are advised at keep the tyres properly inflated, streets is urged. Cross-over The obvious preventive is to automobiles scooling over the 178,- 000 miles of road here are more reat traic junctions.

New through routes are being checking up on them every week. congested than the 20,000,000 motor cars on the 3,000,000 miles ing greater use of minor roads. planned, with the eye toward mak-

Another important item is the of road in the United States, Elimination of dangerous cross-adjustment of brakes. Most of those curs, as in the Unitedings, blind corners, bottle necks, Brakes that are uneven result in States, congregate on a small pro-railroad cressings and other ob dragging of one wheel over the portion of this road mileage, which stacles to regular traffic flow is pavement when they are applied makes the problem of traffic con-demanded. And finally, specialists and the continued, revolution of gestion so much the more difficult. are being sought to make a study the other.

The United States can double of the entire situation to-day and one tyre wears down faster than The outcome is that its. roads mileage and just about in the future, and to keep the coun- another, approach the situation in England. try prepared for further emergen For here distances already are eles.

Second, and most important, the total road mileage in this country is, 178,000 miles, while that in the United States is over three million

miles. In this country, there are two miles of road to every square mile of area. In the United States there is less) than a mile of road to every square mile of area,

are.

When one wheel locks sooner than the other, because of uneven- ly adjusted brakes, there's danger of a serious skid on wet pavement. For safety's sake, if not for

IMPROVING THEM. BUY 7 MILES OF CARS economy, brakes should be check-

New Windscreen Wipers.

Every week New Yorkers buy 7 miles of automobiles, or some- thing like 3.000. Chicago and Detroit both buy about 1,000 new

As was bound to happen, wind-ears a week. screen wipers are now receiving the. attention of improvers, who have

ed up regularly for equalization.

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Wheels that are out of align neat cause uneven wear on the lyres. So do loose wheels.

This is all a matter of regular and careful attention to the im portant parts of the car. It is a important as keeping the engine well lubricated,

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discovered that a partly-clear screen screen, and connected with a pair is sometimes as dangerous as one of links, which are pivoted to nuts wholly, clouded.

carried on a double screw shaft. Two new types have been con- When the shaft is rotated by structed in England. One has two means of a flexible drive from, the alone the entire body. That's to Quick stopping hurts tyres, let wipers, both operated by the same engine or transmission, the wiper be resorted to only in emergencie valve, which work slowly but power is moved up and down over the yet many drivers have a habit of fully, and clean the whole of the screen. It can be arranged" to keeping the throttle down hard to top section of the screen.

clean the screen only when descend the last possible moment and then The second has a horizontal wiper ing, thus forcing water downwards jamming on the brakes. It's hard extending right across the wind-and out of the way.

on the entire car, and especially hard on other drivers..

SKYSCRAPER GARAGE GOING UP.

The first unit of the 85-storey Book Tower in Detroit is: this 12-storey garage building, making room for 1,200 automo- blles. The garage will be ofene modern ramp type, with separate up and down ramps, and will have many improve- ments and refinements not found in the usual public garage.

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Then there is the matter of keeping the tyre trends properly repaired, especially when appear. They can be filled with a prepared rubber compound'or, vulcanized where the cuts are more serious.

This lengthens the tyres life considerably.

Another life lengthener is a weil lubricated spring. Lack of resiliency in "the springs is com pensated in a way by the tyres. Since that is a job for the springs, and not so much for the tyres, It ndds an additional burden and greater wear on the rubber.

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The spare tyre should be taken off occasionally and put to use. Lack of use, heat of the sun, decay of the air within cause the tyre to deteriorate fast.

Rubber requires use to keep it alive and fresh. Therefore the unused tyre should replace an- other at regular intervals, so that all five tyres may have equal wear. Altogether, proper Inflation, equal wear on all wheels, filling of tracks and proper attention to brakes, springs and wheel align- ment will keep the tyres in ̈good| shape for a long while.

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