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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,

COME TAKE A DRIVE

Whatever the standards. may be by which you judge car quality and value, you'll find them met be yond expectation in this "Fine Car of Low Price." Get behind the wheel. Notice first the luxurious finish and completeness of appointments and then the roomy comfort of smart Fisher bodies.

How easily the car starts! How smoothly, silently, swiftly you speed away from other cars in traffic-throt tling down to a walking

pace

when necessary, and accelerating

from 5 to 25 miles in 814 seconds in high gear! Here's generous power for spar

speed kling performance

to meet every emergency and every desire-exhila rating and easily controlled. In its fine car balance of all features from luxurious, artist-created bodies to new 55 horse power' high- compression engine-you'll agree that this new Oldsmo bile Six is two years ahead. Come take that drive today.

Let your experience show you why thou sands of buyere are choosing Olds mobile.

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PARIS FINSHES WITH TRAMS.

ROYAL PERMISSION.

In order to facilitate the move. In order to help solve the traffic problem many of the Paris tram-ment of traffic through Windsor, way routes are to be abolished and the King has consented to the re- no further lines are to be laid in moval of the Queen Victoria.statue

rom the bottom of Castle Hill, the city or its environs.

SYMPATHY,

When a motorist was summoned for causing an obstruction in

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MOTORING SUPPLEMENT,

SATURDAY, JULY 14, 1928.

INDIANAPOLIS - RACE.

Unknown Driver's Victory,

IF ENGINE OVER-ed, causing some of the burned gas to be loft In the cylinder and HEATS

heat up the engine.

If the platons and rings aren't properly fitted, some of the un What to Check Up.

burned fuel will seep into the Failure of the cooling system crankcase, dilute the oil and ren- is the first cause to check up der it less effective as an anti- when the engine overhents. The friction Alm next is the engine itself.

Scored cylinder walls also fur- The engine, the carburetor, thenish pathways for the unburned ignition, the clutch, all these have fuel to reach the all in the crank..

case, their parts to play in overheating of the engine, if they fail to work

A youngster just 23 years old, Elliott, who has since retired, and Lou Moyer of Los Angeles, won a year ago rode a few Inps in the the 500-mile automobile race over Indianapolis race as relief driver the Indianapolis motor speedway for Wilbur Shaw. on May 30, defeating the crack: The race really was won in the drivers of the nation, while a re- last 30 miles when it suddenly cord breaking crowd of from developed into a see-saw affair Gleason, 135,000 to 150,000 roared tribute. with Meyers, Jimmy

The boy from Los Angeles win-young Philadelphian race driver, properly, ning his first, major race, rodo the and Tony Gullota fighting it out entire distance without relief, for Brat place. Meyera snatched finishing with a lead of about two the lend from Jimmy Gleason on and one-half miles over Fred his 468th mile and from then on Moore, whose car at the finish was he stepped on the gas,. holding it being driven by Louis Schneider, until the finish. Gullota, always relief pilot. George Souders, dangerous challenger suffered a former Purdue University student, stroke of misfortune whan within winner of the 1927 race, pulled up a few miles of the finish his gas in third place about five miles be-line became clegged on the back hind Meyer.

atretch, and there he was stalled, Ray Keech of Philadelphia,

Favourites Out Early. holder of the world's straight- away record for the milc, was Gleason who led the race for fourth, trailing about 25 miles be-miles and seemed certain to have hind the flying leader. Fifteen of victory in his grasp, also fell a the original 20 starters finished victim of misfortune in the closing the punishing grind but with all miles of the race when his motor of the pre-race favourites hope-gave him trouble and he was lessly out of it. All cars to finish forced to quit.

Firestone were equipped with Balloons.

gas and water.

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The carburetor should be ad- If the engine has been freshly justed to furnish the proper mix- overhauled, it will most likely be ture, not too lean ar too rich, in tight, with the result that it will order to keep the engine running produce an extra amount of heat smoothly and avoid overheating because of friction between the from this spurce. Sometimes too Oll much heat is applied to the mix- pistons and cylinder walls. cannot get. in easily, with a tight ture, thinning it down excessively and causing it to ignite before it engine, to reduce this friction.

The only remedy for this state should. The hot spot therefore, . of affairs is to drive slowly and if there is ene, should be removed, carefully until the newness or or the valve closed, tightness has been worn out of the

Overheating of the engine may bo caused also from improper igni engine.

In this event, the motor meter lon-badly pitted breaker points, should be watched carefully and

shaft, fouled or improperly sat the water system be kept filled a worn and wobbling igalter cam oven to the point of draining the plugs, a weak breaker spring, the hot water and replacing it with automatic advance stuck or operat fresh, cold water.

ing, too freely, or the ignition it.

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The result will

The trio of favourites, Leon'

The lubricating system must be self improperly timed.

"Any of these may cause the Duray, Los Angeles, Cliff Wood- Moyer, bumping over the

bury of Chleago and Cliff Bergere, in good condition, so that there perilous two and one-half-mile another Los Angeles entry, wound will be the lenst amount of frispark to occur at the wrong mo- mit igniting and exploding all the track, making only one stop, cover-up in disaster early in the race;tion between the moving parts of ment, or to be too weak to per- ed the distance in 5:01:33.75, the victims of motor trouble. the engine. The oil pump must

the proper time. avaraging 39.482 miles an hour. Duray at the outset set the same be kept in good shape to circulates injected into the cylinders at He stopped once for two minutes dizzy pace he showed in his all to all frictional surfaces of the be a remainder of hot burned and and fifteen seconds to take on oil, qualifying round and burned up motor, and the oil itself must be unburned gases in the cylinders,

the course as the leader for the fresh and undiluted. Meyer, who a week earlier didirat 162 miles.

If the oil is too thin and dilut diluting of the oil and overheat- not have enough money to buy a

ed, the film on the cylinder wallsing of the engine. Bergere was forced out with a

will car, was enriched to the extent of

A slipping clutch also $35,000 as a result of his victory, broken distributor shaft before will be broken and friction bet He only succeeded a week ago in speeding 50 miles and Woodbury tween pistons and cylinders, will

there will be difficulty in distribut-overheat. It should therefore be Anding a Boston friend as his was declared out on his 137th mile result. If the oil is too honvy, cause the engine to overwork and angel to furnish the money to par-because of a broken timing gear,

Daray found solace in the fact,ng it evenly over all frictional adjusted or repaired before the ehuse his car. The machine really

the car stops alto. gether. is an old timer in the racing game. however, that he had won $5,800 in surfaces, so that some parts will motor itself is injured from over. Other bauseX of engine over- It was used by Anthony Gullota lan prizes, with Gleason picking up run dry. Resulting friction will heating or in finishing third in the race a year $2,000 and Babe Stapp, another cause excessive hent.

one of the early challengers $1,900,

Sometimes the valves are in-heating "will be taken up next uga

Given a coat of red paint with They were rewarded with $100 for a huge No. 39 painted in black cach lap of the race they led, properly timed, or aren't well seat week. on the hood and tail, Meyer was Gleason, Meyer and Gullota, how- ns proud of his car as if it had ever, did not share in the lap prize just come out of the shops. money because the distribution

Meyer was of the first ten from ended after the 144th lap. start to finish. After trailing from ninth to fifth position for the

How First 12 Finished.

first 250 miles, he suddenly moved, This is how the first twelve up into second place and there-leaders finished in Indianapolle after he was never worse off than 600-mile automobile race, together third place,

Meyer broke into the racing with their makes of cars, times and game as a mechanic for Frank miles per hour average:

Pos..Driver..

1. Louis Moyer

2. Fred Moore

8. George Souders

4. Ray Keech

5. Norman Batten

6. B. A. Stapp

Car

Miller Special

Miller Special

Time M.P.H.

6:01:35.76 99.482 5:01:36.75 90.482

State Auto Insurance Special 6:06:01.04 99.039 Simplex Piston Ring Special 6:21:28.48 93.320

Miller Special

Boyle Valve Special

Miller Special

7. William Arnold

9. Fred Comor

8. Fred Frame

City street, the Lord Mayor Baid 10. Anthony Gullota that he would only fine him 103.11. Loula Schneider

12. Dave Evans As he appreciated the difficulties.

Change Oil Every 1,000 Miles Reason Number 5-Repairs

A dismal trip to the repair man

is in store for your motorcar if you

do not drain the crankcase oil every 1,000 miles, at least.

Under a powerful microscope, the apparently smooth metal cyl- inders of your engine appear as coarse as sandpaper. The polished surfaces look like jagged, teeth-like peaks.

Fresh, clean, full-bodied oil forms a protective cushion between the rough surfaces of pistons and cyl. inder walls, permitting the irregu» · 'lar peaks to glide over each other amoothly, with little or no wear,

But old engine oil; in use for 1,000 miles, has been weakened

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Changed Recently

GARGOYLE

Mobiloil

Make the chart your guida,

and diluted by benzine and water. Old oil flattens out under the relentless engine pressures, allows exposed cylinder and piston sur- faces to meet and grind and wear.

Your engine motor makes 2,000 or more revolutions every minute. When unprotected engine parts meet in metal to metal contact, you may be sure that the mail man will soon bring you a large, un- necessary bill for engine repairs and overhauling,

Protect the life of your engine. Prevent the need of repairs. Every 1,000 miles, drain off the danger- ous, used oil, refill regularly with correct grade of Gargoyle Mobiloil.

VACUUM OIL COMPANY

5:21:47.51 93.228

5:23:50.41 92.638 5:29:16.91.91.111

State Auto Insurance Special 5:33:02.38 90,075 Boyle Valve Special Stutz Special Armacost Special

Boyle Valve Special

5:35:42.12 89.366

6:37:30.11 88.888

5:41:02.84 87.064

5:43:14:81 87.401

BETTER BRAKE ADJUSTMENT.

Accuracy Insured by Present Methods.

One of the most interesting and important motor car maintenance developments of the moment is that throughout the country brake ad- justments are becoming increasing- ly precise. Service statione every- where, are adding equipment which enables mechanics to get away from the Inefficiency of teating brakes by hand.

Precision has And why not? long been a justifiable boast of the automobile industry. To-day, the nboratories in which constantly better motor cars are being made are calculating their measurements in thousandths of an inch and even less, and the makers of precision instruments are kept busy produc- ing devices to determine the accur- acy with which finely machined parts fit together.

Precision has made the motor car popular. Now, it seems well on the way to making its brakes much safer by giving the mechanic and car owner accurate information re- garding the car's decleration equip ment. This development. reaching fruition, has been on the way for some time. Many surprised that it was so long in reaching its destination.

CAR LONGEVITY.

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The Autocar recently gave some Interesting comparisons of the life of automobiles in different impor- the United cant countries. In States; it appears, very few curs remain in service for longer than five years, whlie in France statis- ties show that out of over 300,000 passenger cars, one was built in 1909; two had been running for 17 years; six for 101⁄2 yeare; 45 For 15 years; and 140 for 1445 years. Commenting on the life of British cars, the journal indicates he recent practicat demonstration fforded by the commemoration run from London to Brighton last: November, an event which it is proposed to repeat on the recur

of rence of the anniversary Emancipation Day aart November.

Ground Clearance

that is exactly right.

You

may have thought that the ground clearance of British cars was too low for your country. Forget it for it is not true.

Time was when American cars were high, unwieldy and unstable; so theirmakers talked of ground clear- ance as a selling point. Steering, stability and safety they talked of not at all.

To-day all that is changed; they talk of low lines, cornering without sway; of safety models. And so one makes the interesting discovery that between the ground clearance of the average British and American car there is not one inch of difference.

Literally that,

Let us make comparisons. Three of the best-known American cars have a clearance of nine inches; that of the 11.9 HP. Morris Cowley and 14/28 H.P. Morris Oxford is 8 inches; on the 15.9 Morris Oxford model the clearance is 9 inches. Does half an inch one way or the other make the slightest difference? We doubt it.

Therefore, we say, when they talk to you of ground clearance-let them-and forget it.

MORRIS

MORRIS MOTORS (1926) LTD, COWLEY, OXFORD.

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