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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.

Economical Transportation

Four Wheel Brakes

HONGKONG DELIVERED PRICES.

SERIES A. B. "NATIONAL”

S.A.E. Horse Powor Rating 21.7

PISTON Displacoment

*** CHASSIS À TON

** TOURER

COUPE

Brake Horse Power 35 at 2200 Revolutions 170.9 Cu. In. Whoolbase 107 inches PACKING.

NETT WEIGHT

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F.O.D. EXTRA.

FACT:

NETT

SHIPMENT NETT CABII DELIVERY HONGKONG

1765 lb.

G$375

G$21

Q$184

G$ 580

ROADSTER 2 Passenger

2100

.495

56

219

770

5 Passenger

2160

495

56

219

770

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* Солон

5 Passenger

2430

585

45

270

900

2 Passunger

2305

595

45

270

910

21

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** CABRIOLET 4 Passenger

2340

665

45

270

980

11

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* SEDAN

5 Passenger

2505

€75

45

270

000

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* LANDAU

5 Passenger

11

19

2475 ..

719

45

270

1020

longkong Fries includes sparo zitu Tire &'Tebo, Bumber, bulb Harn, Drali Deck Top, Right Hand Drive.

• Hongkong Price includes spare rin Tire & Tube, Dumber, bulb Harn, Right Hand Drive.

SERIES L, O.

CAPITOL"

S.A.E: Horse Power Rating 21.7

... Hongkong Price includes spare rim Ura & tubo, Right Hand Drive,

Brake Horso Powor 35 at 2200. Revolutions Wheelbase: 124 inches.

Piston Displacement 170.9 Cu. In.

2130 lbs. Chussis 1 Ton nett weight Chassis 1 Ton with Cab weight 2500 1s

Hongkong Price includes spare rim, Tire and Tube and 4. fenders.

G$493 610

0$40

40

G$185 185

THE HONG KONG HOTEL GARAGE

25'Queen's Road Central

Tel. Central 4759.

G$ 720

860

There is no Performance like Chrysler 72 Performance

Demonstration Will Prove it to You

There is a new performance sweeping the land-Chrysler 472" performance-obsoleting everything in its field today af completely as did the first Chry Bler four years ago,

75 h. p. from an engine of sup. prisingly small size for such Capabilities, through Chrysler special genius in design and pré- cision manufacturing. 74, 42 miles and more an hour —

now made still more smoothly, more easily because of the counterweighted 7-bearing crankshaft.

In traffic, it whisks to the fore laa way that out Chryslers even Chrysler. Mountain grades liter ally melt before it.

You owe it to yourself to know this superb Chrysler perform ance. A demonstration entails no other obligation,

A. LUNG 8 CO.

Sole Agents

19, Queen's Road, C.

RIVI

Phone C.1219.

MOTORING SURFLEMENT

SATURDAY, MAY 26, 19

- WOMEN DRIVERS THE TRANSMISSION.

EXCEL

Their Excellent Sense.

Some Explanatory Notes.

POWER-WEIGHT RATIO.

Intricate Term Explained.

Are women motoriéta a monaco? Working with the clutch, in the Some are-but, then, so are some

process of making the engine

As the average traffic density on men. All who have studied this move the automobile, is the trans-the roads increases, so does the

mission. question with an open mind agrea

need for rapid acceleration be- that the large and over-increasing This consists of an arrange- come more and, more pressing. number of woman drivers are du- ment of gears by which a car may With fourwheel brakes (and servo |veloping a very aure and very pick up speed in gradual steps, or motora with which to operato

back up when desired.

them) the stopping powers of 4 bound road sense.

car are now better than those of Many of them cannot say why work may help toward elimina inconveniencing other road users, Knowledge of how these gears any other vehicle, so that, without they do the right thing at the right tion of the scraping noises we the driver whose car

will ac- moment; but, then neither can a good many other efficient (workers.hear when poor operation causes colorato rapidly can often pass In everything woman acts more them to clash. In fact, it may others and get back again on the. by Instinct than by reason-a most avoid the possibility of stripping near side of the road in safety valuable asset to any driver, male some of the teeth from the gears where the same mangenvre, at- or female.

and, so making the entire trans tempted on a slower vehicle, would mission worthless.

be fraught with danger or evan disaster. And while many and The gears are so arranged in various are the views held by the transmission that, when the motorists concerning controversial lover is in neutral position, they topics, such as suspension, steer- do not mesh. All that happening, and types of bodywork, it ing, while the engine is running would be difficult to find any one and the clutch is engaged, is the who did not relish a quick-gate- revolution of the main driving away as a feature in the per gear on the engine shaft and the formance of his ear. A lively and countershaft gears with which responsive machine which, at a contact is made to those on the touch of the throttle, surges for- ward with rapidly increasing propeller or drive shaft. :

speed is a possession greatly to be Since the operating gears aro not meshed, the

clutch may be prized. engaged. But when the lever la to

Indeed, woman'a 'mental make- up exhibits just those qualitics which the good driver should pos- sass. Which she takes to motoring her chief aim is to learn to drive She concentrates her whole atten- tion and her enormous enthusiasm on mastering those details which make the perfect motorist.

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She may not care a bit for gears, and the other platons, magactos griely details about which more man concerns himself. She is out to achieve results, and those results are almost invariably good.

Power-weight Relation. Woman has a natural aptitudo be thrown into first, to mesh the In speaking of rapid accelera- for driving. Her touch is delicate; large sliding gear on the propel- tion most people naturally think of her sense of fitness very strong, ler shaft with the smaller one on engine power as being the most She does things properly because the running countershaft, the important requirement, whereas It comes naturally to her to do so: clutch must first be disengaged only a little reflection should be She is not content just to "pick completely-the foot podal must needed to show that the weight things up" she studies driving be clear down to the floor board of the vehicle has an equally its live- with keennesÁ. The result? Itor there will be a scraping of potent influence upon can be observed on all our roads | gears, a straining and possibly linesa. Acceleration, in fact, is to-day, provided one has the eyes stalling of the engine. That, too, exactly proportional to what Is and will to s00.

is how gears are stripped of their known as the power-weight ratio,;

and this ratio can obviously be bet teeth and rendered useless. There was

time when the sight

tered by increasing the power or of a woman at the wheel alarmed

This is what happens when the by reducing the weight. In many all who witnessed it. Men drivers

jamall cars of medium size the gave her a wide berth. The fact lever is shifted:

engine may develop about 40 h.p.. that she was a' woman was accept- -The engine has been running at and the total weight will be about ed as sufficient excuse for most sinsa, normal speed, while the lever is one ton, giving, in round figures, of omission and commission. That in neutral and the car is standing a ratio of 2 bhp, per hundred- spirit lingers still, in spite of what still. While this is going on, how weight. To get a better accelerá- women drivers did during the war. ever, the engine is driving the tion than is possible with auch a But modern motoring Eve does gears on the countershaft at the car the designer has two methods not care for that sort of thing. He speed it is going.

available; to increase the output Rightly, she is a driver first and a

of the engine, or to reduce the woman second. She is on the road the engine la separated from the weight can be cut down to 16cwt., When the clutch is disengaged, weight of the vehicle. Thus, if the because she has a right to be there countershaft gears and leaves the acceleration would be exactly -because she can drive well. She these to revolve on the momentum the same as though the weight neither asks nor expects preferen- it has given them. While they had remained unchanged and the |tial treatment, though a signal of

distress is atill sufficient to bring are revolving, at a comparatively power had been increased, to 59 slow speed, the low gears can be

h.p. meshed with the sliding gear on the propeller shaft, the clutch may then be let in slowly and the car started.

masculine assistance to her side.

What woman is not proud? It is that pride-pride in her own ability that is makin her the perfect driver. When sho is on the road she is far more concerned with her driving than the effect she is creating on the passing male. It in here that she excels. Ono job at a time is enough for her.

In the ballroom or the restaurant she is in her kingdom. Then she expects the homage which is hor due; but on the road--not a bit of ith She is just a unit in the army of road-users, courteous to others and expecting the same in return..

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Effect of Overloading. This point is emphasised be cause in many cases the perform ance of a car has been quite spoilt Having picked up enough mo-by overloading it with. cumber- mentum, the clutch in disengaged some bodywork, and then, to the engine bring the acceleration back to mor- again-separating from the transmission-the alid-mal, the designer has been forced ing gear is moved to the next to wring a few more "horsea" from faster countershaft gear, the an unwilling engine, a practice clutch is let in again, and off goes which may enaily make a smooth- the car at a higher speed.

running power unit Into a rough one. Nowadays, however, with light. six-cyclinder chassis and At the highest speed, third, thu fabric bodywork, power-weight engine is connected directly with raties show signs of an all round the propeller shaft, by the same improvement.

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clutch and lever action. For this. It is also worth mentioning that reason, the engine may be slowed when an engine is causing a car That may sound 4 sweep up or speeded up in direct pro- to accelerate it must also provide ing statement, for the old portion with the road speed de- power to increase the speed of the gibe that women know nothingsired. about the team spirit dica hard.

Watch But it is true!

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main rotating parts, such as the But if the car is slowed down flywheel, transmission shafting

a woman in a sports car She too far, there will come a point and road wheels. The rotational doesn't attempt spectacular stunts in the contact where the pull of inertia of these parts is not very to the danger of other people. It's the car will be too much for the great compared with the inartin the young blood, in plus-fours and engine and the motor will stall. of the car as a whole, but never- a college muffler who misuses the To prevent this, the transmission theless makes a difference to the power of the super-ear.

must be shifted back into neutral performance obtainable. The secret of good driving is position, and then into the next

lower, gear. simply the ability to get there in the shortest line and with no dan- ger; to others. If some women haven't learnt it, that's because they haven't had time. The same rule applies men.

There's no inherent reason why women can't become drivers every. bit as efficient as men. They are proving it, not only on the road, but on tho, track, where resource, quick thinking and initiative are constantly demanded.

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For a long time men have been telling women that they can't drive; that they are a positive danger. That fact alone "ig auflicient to make of every woman a super- motorist. It may be her pride-it may be, as others say, her contrari- ness-but Eve is never satisfied with.admission on sufferance to any sphere.

So she sets out to beat man at his own game. She is succeeding every day, and she is influencing the whole trend of moloring, Her presence on the road inspires men to envy. The more women there are the more men will want to be superior. That can only result in a great raising of the standard of road manners- and' greater safety for all.

NO "SECOND-HAND."

The Sydney mobor trade has barred thai,term “second-hand.”. It la thought that used car is more suggestive of value, and this term is not used In all showroom displays and advertisements. Oe« casionally one sees a car on the | garage floor which could be more accurately classified as in “abus- ed car."

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car. At higher speed, the engine In lower' gear, the gear wheel is able to exert a proportionately directly connected to the engine is greater pull on the car through smaller than the one connected to the low gears and thus either the propeller shaft, thus accom- start the car again or keep it pull. modating the higher speed of the ing up a steep hill or in slow engine to the lower speed of the traffic.

TO TRY FOR 50,000-MILE RECORD.

The endurance record for a 50,000-mile run-equal to twica around the earth at the equator may be broken by Lionel Rapson and his son, shown here, when they start out in England

Boon. They will drive an American car, a Marm

ANNOUNCEMENT.

We, the undersigned, have this

day appointed Messrs. A. Lung

and Co., 19 Queen's Road, Central,

Hongkong, China, as our Agents

for our Motorcycles, spare parts,

and Passenger Sidecara.

ROYAL ENFIELD CO., LTD.

Reddith, England.

ANNOUNCEMENT.

We, the undersigned, haye this

day appointed Messrs. A. Lung

and Co., 19 Queen's Road, Central,

Hongkong, China, as our Agonte

for our Motorcycles, spare parts,

and Passenger Sidecars.

MATCHLESS MOTORCYCLE

COMPANY,

Woolwich, England.

ANNOUNCEMENT.

We, the undersigned, have this

day, appointed Messrs. A. Lung

and Co., 19 Queen's Road, Central,

Hongkong, China, as Bole Agents

for our Motorcycles, spare parts,

and Passenger Sidecara.

RALEIGH MOTOR CYCLE

CO., LTD.,

Nottingham, England.

ANNOUNCEMENT.

We, the undersigned, have this

day appointed. Messrs. A. Lung

and Co., 19 Queen's Road, Central,

Hongkong, China, as Sole Agents

for our Motorcycles, spare parts,

and Passenger Sidecars.

NEW HUDSON, LTD.,

St. George's Works, Birmingham, England.

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