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MOTORING SUPPLEMENT. SATURDAY, JUNE 2, 1923.

ability, and the conditions Just NEW FORD SPEEDO FORD REAR AXLES. Model A frame with springs and mentioned hold good for these fou-

intures also.

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car over 12,500 miles, the

wheels. It was found possible

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shock absorbers, and the car motor la, replaced by a forty horsepower We will just state briefly

electric motor. The weight of the tho · Average results of. Remarkable Accuracy. How They Are Tested. Lody and passengers is transmitted The first of the new Fiat model drive with an enclosed drivo car celeration only, obtained in direct

to the rear by approximately 1,000 The speedometers of the new An ingenious testing machine de-pounds of lend. The speedometer "620" has now arrived in Hong-carrying four passengers: from 6 Model "A" Ford cars have shown vised and built at the Ford High shaft is attached to a speedometer song and will be on show at the to 26 m.p.h. in 12 seconds and in remarkable accuracy in the mea-land Park plant has recently been on the instrument board where a Fiat Showroom, Des Voeux Road distance of 99 yards, from 5 to aurement of spoeds,

placed in service in the rear axle rheostat regulates the speed of the Central, to-morrow.

37 m.p.h. in 21 scconds and in a Designed and bulit to maintain department. Through its use, rear motor.. Between October and November distance of 220 yards, from 6 to 60 an accuracy of within three miles axles are subjected to every condi- ast the Fiat terminated the long m.p.h. in 39.1/6 seconds and in a fast, at seventy miles per hour, ion, Incurred under actual road

Each of the rear wheels rests on series of careful and exacting ex-distance of 440 yards.

driving. theso speedometers of the new

rollers approximately 16 inches in Jeriments commenced in the first

The stopping power, as is only Forde thus far have shown, in

dianietor and 3/8 inches off contro.] few months of 1927 on the now natural, varies greatly with the tests, an average accuracy of not the actual mileage of the test, repower generators.

A standard speedometer registers These drive individual 15-horse- THE HONGKONG AUTOMOBILE model "620" chassis, by a decisive rond, the best results being ob-more than one and a half miles gardless of the driving speed. The turns the rear wheels at various As the motor test, taking three of that, a Tourer,tained on a perfectly dry and a Saloon and a Carbriolet, for very dustless road, when braking ener: fast at seventy miles per hour, or machine not only determines the speeds, the resistance in each gen quality of the differ-erator is varied approximately long trips in Italy, Franco, Belgium getically but without locking the just one-half of the tolerance al wearing and Germany. The Tourer

ential gears, but also of the tyres, every second or oftener. lowed,

Whea, a entrusted to Mr. Bergese, chief

The allowed tolerance of three bearings, spring, shock absorbers, resistance la reduced on one genera- tester of the Firm, who drove theto como to a stop from: 15,3 m.p. Imilos fast at a speed of seventy universal joint and all welds in the Itor it is stepped up on the other shd} Itinerary, including all the best in a distance of 12.8 yards, 44 miles per hour means, translated band and axle housing, spring vice-veran, the process being con- known Alpino passes as well as mph. in a distanco 81 yards, 58 into terms of average driving hangers and radius rods. The tinuous with wide variations. some of the Appennincs.

m.p.h. in a distance of 50 yards. speeds, that if the apeedometer on 5,000-mile test corresponds to 5,000 This

If one wheel is retarded, the full }{ It is undoubted that these results the car Indicates a speed of twen-mical zigzag driving over rutted course, which was covered com- pletely twice, includes all sorts and could not be bettered, unless somety-four miles per hour the actual and choppy roads at changing driving power is transmitted from at speeds up to 50 miles per hour. the motor through the differential conditions of, read and every substitute for rubber is found hav-rate of travel of the car

not leas

Axies are selected for the test at gears to that wheel, this being lãm- miles per

tical with that of turning a corner. hour, random. variety of climatic condition, from ng greater qualities of adhesion that time is

The differential' contacting of the the mild climate of Central Italy At any rate, they were obtained twenty-three

speedometer If the

Bofore being tested, the axle aagears thus resembles zigzag driv to the snow storms of the Stelvio with the sole use of the brake pedal or and other passes in the high Alps which acts directly on the four shots for more, the car actuaren sembly is attached to a standarding.

Some stages of this long run, in wheels, without any great effort miles per hour, the car actually is which special tests had to be made of the fact that the rear brakes are than forty-five miles per hour.

being reguired partly on. account travelling at a speed of not less were covered in the company of

Whatever the speed limit allow- one of our Collaborators, who thus of the self-energising type, and had the opportunity of making vari-partly because the brake drums are ed by law, the driver of one of the ous technical observations, the re- of ample diameter and the goar new Forda may be certain that he sults of some of which we are glad watie in the rear axle is well pro-is within that limit if his opcedo- meter indicates exactly that figure to have the possibility of publish- portioned,

The petrol consumption for the which is the legal limit ing. From a summary examina-

run of over 12.600 tion of these, the intrinsic value of whole

The speedometer which is stan-j the new car's performance is fully miles averaged about 15 liters dard equipment on the now Fords per 100 Kms; quite good or a 24 is one of the best known and finest apparent.

Considering first the speed, which liter engine, especially if account

that

than

although not the principal feature is taken of the idling of the engine of makes. It is driven from a gear of a machine, is the characteristic during starts and stops, and of the on the drive shaft and measures which, particularly in our country, fact that much of the journey was speed from the revolutions per mi- is the first point of reference asked over mountain ronds. The average nute of the shaft. The tests of for in a cur, we may say that the speed was fairly high, being about these Instruments that are being made, regularly in the Ford En- 46 Km. (29 m.p.h.).

maximum renched on flat, good, dry

rough in almost every part of the Peninsular.

Some of the special fitments pro- ved extremely useful and practical,

ronds by, the 520 tourer was over It may be added that, as regardsgineering Laboratory at Dearborn 90 Kms (56 m.p.b.). This result fuel consumption, tests made on are interesting. The speedometers was obtained with a standard en-easy roads, almost flat and without are tested against an electric te- give, and it is therefore probable any great variation of speed and chometer, which in turn is checked that the new model will repeat the no stops, such as the classical Cir with an integrating revolution se of the model 601 for which a cult of the Lakes near Turin (50,8 counter, the most precise device. maximum speed of 75 Km. per hourkan.), covered at a steady 43 km. made for determining speeds in

p.h.). was claimed, but which per hour repeatedly gave an aver-revolutions per minute. frequently passed 85 Km. (630xd consumption of about 12 liters mu...).

per 100 km., an uncommon average A feature that greatly interests for such an engine. the public, particularly the Italian During the long and severe trial public, on necount of the differences many qualities which the new in lovel of our roads, is the gradient model possesses in a high degree such as the automatic spark ad- that can be climbed. This depends were noticed, such as the silent Vance, the pre-heating of the mix- on various factors, the most impor-working of parts, the smooth,ture, and the well arranged ven- tant of which is the power-weight vibrationless running of the engine tation of the front portion of the ratio, or rather the excess power at all speeds the excellent suspen- body with a given position of the availablo after overcoming the alon, due principally to the correct wind screen, the grouping together transmission, rolling and air proportioning of the unsprung of all the electrical devices on the automatic steering wheel, the resistances, Naturally, these data weight of the car, the case of steer- are only correct for an in-ing and of gear changing, both up wind-screen wiper control, the crease of speed; and of course and down, due to the lightness of diffused illumination of the instru i will be readily understood the clutch and the easy working ments, tastefully grouped together tint a slight lessening of load will enabled the driver to drive for 48 in one, neat punel, etc. etc. All increase the car's climbing powers days without undue fatigue, almost of which things go to make the 520 Acceleration and pick-up are in consecutively and over roads often not only an extremely efficient car direct proportion climbing difficult and sometimes extremely but also a very pleasurable one to

drive.

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MECHANICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF MODEL '520" CHASSIS.

"En bloc" engine with detachable cylinder head, crankshaft supported by seven bearings, perfectly balanced and fitted with vibration damper-Solex carburettor Petrol feed by auxiliary tank fitted on the dashboard-Ignition by battery and high tension distributor-Lubrication by pressure by means of gear pump fitted with special filter-Water cooling by means of centrifugal pump Single disc type clutch controlled by pedal--- Gear box for four forward speeds and reverse, gear lever fitted in the centre-Transmission shaft fitted with two cardan joints- Motion is transmitted to the wheels by means of conical gears with curved teeth-Left or right steering of the worm screw typé-Hand accelerator and advance lever-4 Wheel brakes of the self-energizing type FIAT patent-Steel artillery wheels for low pressure tyres 14"X45"-Lighting set by means of a dynamo and battery-Two front lights fitted with an additional bulb for town use and anti-dazzle; tail lamp and dashboard lamp-Electric self-starter by means of motor acting on the flywheel, with pedal switch-Suspension by semi-eliptic springs with shock absorbers.

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Cylinders

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Body space

Bore and Stroke 68x103 mm.

Length of the chassis 12' 9"

Total cubic capacity 2244 cm3

Width at front

Wheel base

9' 6"

Width at rear

2 22" 3' 811⁄2"

Wheel track

4' 8"

On view in our Showroom from Sunday June 3rd.

Minimum clearance about 8"

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