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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, MOTORING SUPPLEMENT.

Whiz

TOP

DRESSING

Whiz Top Dressing (for closed car) (Pint)

Whiz Khaki Top Dressing (Pint) Whiz Black Liquid Tyre Cover (Pint) Whiz White Tyre Enamel (Pint).

H.K.$2.00

2.00 1,50

1.50

Whiz Auto Body Polish (Pint)

1.25

Whiz Aubo. Body Polish (Quart) Whiz Brillinut Polish (Pint)

2:00

1.00

Whiz Lusterlze Pollah (8 oz.)

1.25

Whiz Metal Polish ( Pint)

.40

Whiz Metal Polish (Pint),

.80

Whiz Solloff (8 oz.)

.95

Whiz Roadside Hand Cleanor ( Pint)

..60

Whiz All Rubber Patch Outfit No. 1

.60

Whiz All Rubber Patch Quilt No. 2

1.20

Whiz Gasket Cement (2 oz.)

.25

Whiz Stop Leak Radiator Company

2.00

Whis Top Patch Outat

1.60

Whiz Top Patch Cement

,60

Whiz Rubber Cement

.26

Whiz Valve Grinding. Company 2 oz.

.00

Whiz Valve Grinding Compound 4 oz. con

80

Whiz Soapstone

.50

Whiz Nickel Polish (1⁄2 lb.) ̧.

1.00

Whiz Cleaning (Radiator) Compound (14 oz.)

1.60

THE HONG KONG HOTEL GARAGE

Tel. Central 4769,

25 Queen's Road Central

Tough Stuff

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Miller goes to the ends of the earth to find the finest rubber grown for America's First Scientif- ically Correct Balloon Tires. Then by the most modern methods known to the industry, combines finest rubber, 'finiest cotton, finest of everything. Tough stuß-in these Miller Tires. 'You'll find none better-none easier on your pocketbook,"

A. LUNG & COMPANY.

Sole Agents: 19, Queen's Road, 0, Phone 0, 1810,

A TOIMMUJNA 2.

FORD DESIGNED TRAMTYRĖSLIMNO!

Something About Their

Manufacture.

When the Ford Model A was de signed it was found necessary, to procure for it a tyre in keeping with its ability to perform - over the roughest of roads at high speeds; -16 was found that tyres of standard construction failed re- peatedly to retain air; that is, they blew out under these conditions

Research work resulted in the drawing up of specifications to Insure the Ford owner more tyre value than ever before given any buyer, except of the largest make of card The tyre that fa stan- dard equipment on Model A is the product of months of research and Experimental work. The problení was distinctly a new one, for the Model A la capable of starting quicker, of riding more safely at higher speeds over rough road beds, and of stopping more sud- denly than any other car tear a weight.

CAR OUTPUT FOR 1928

Likely to be Lower.

Forccosta made early in the year which placed the total automobile production for 1928 at about 5,000, 1000 vehicles, have been revised downward, largely because of the difficulties which the Ford Motor Company has encountered in ita manufacturing schedules.

Now that five months have pass- ed, the industry, with a fair Idea or the total output in that period, is somewhat doubtful as to whe ther the previous record of 4,503,- 362 units, established in 1926, will be equalled this year. It all de pends, upon the success that attenda. the Ford company's efforts toward mass production during the re mainder of the year.

Ford Aim Is 5,000 Cars A Day. "At the present time Ford is the puzzling factor in the general nu- 'tomobile situation. That manu- facturer's aim is understood to be an output of about 5,000 cars a day. The present daily production. in understood to be slightly mora than 2,500 cars a day. It is known, . As a consequence it became however, that he is stepping up his necessary to build Into a small production rather rapidly, and au tyre everything that had previous.tomobile interests consider it rea- ly been considored on only the sonable to assume that his aim of 5,000 unita n-day' will be realized Inrgeat of tyres. Tyres of stan-within a few months. dard construction for cars of even greater weight, than the Model A failed when tested on this car.

The figures on total automoblie production in April are not avail-'| able, but estimates, made, by It became necessary to get to well-informed Wall Street In-

the place basic principles and build up terests

· produc- that month in the spécifications whereby tyre manu tlon for facturers could produce a tyre United States and Canada at worthy of the car. Every con- between 11,000 and 42,000 cars and structional and material feature trucks. The March production was of the tyre is cheeked. A special-430,203. On the basis of the, April ly developed tyre-tenting labor.- estimate the production during the tory thoroughly analyzes, both first four months of this year was chemically and physically, each about 1,420,000 vehicles, or less tyre proposed as standard equip-than the output during the anme ment, and shipments received are period in 1927 and 1920. The total production during the first third of aubjected to testa.

1927 was 1,424,784, while in the corresponding period of 1926 it was 1,627,694. The output during the first four months of 1926 was a high record for all time.

Take the cotton, for example, The company now specifies the length of the fibre or cotton staple that is used in the production, of the cord. It checks the twist per inch of these fibres to produce the fine yarns; also the further twist ing of these fine yarns into cords. I specifies the number and size of the yarns that make each cord, so that in reality it controls the number of fibres por cord.

According to automobile execu- tives, It is a safe assumption that production, now that Ford is get- Ung into his stride, will soon begin to run ahead of last year, if it has not already done so. The total pro duction in 1927 was 3,673,812 units, and no one in the industry doubts that the 1928 total will exceed that figure. There is, however, con- aiderable doubt as to whether it will surpass the record production of

It can then specify the minimum strength that each cord must have. Strength, however, is not all that is desired; for clastlelty is neces-1926. sary and this is obtained by con- trolling the twists per inch in the fibres and yarns,

When building these cords into tyres the number of corda per inch is specified.so that a definite cot tón strength per lineas inch of tyre section is maintained.

April, 1926, Was Record.

1.

The largest production in any one month was 462,800 vehicles, U- ported for April, 1926. March, the best month of the present year, fell short of that figure by about 32,000.

According to Wall Street infor-. Further, each cord must be mation, the tots! 1928 product on thoroughly insulated from its of automobile manufacturers other neighbours by a covering of com- than Fort will optru obrad of pounded rubber. This rubber last year. This prediction taken. serven several purposes. It helps into consideration the 'fact that the to keep the fibres of the cotton General Motors Corporation and from untwisting; it helps to pre-certain other large manufacturers vent the chafing of cotton against are almost certain to produce more cotton in ndjoining cords, and it

curs than they did in 1927. The view is held, however, that the gen nets as a heat insulator.

eral market for automobiles ding not Further, the company specifies expanded as rapidly as was an!!- the adhesive strength of this rub.cipated earlier this year. For this ber; that is, the minimum load runson, the Ford production be necessary to separate ply from ply, comes the main consideration In any calculations as to the total out-

On especially built test ma-put for 1928. |chines it determines the rate of It was pointed out in Wall Street tread wear, the ability of the recently that the average; produc- heads to withstand repeated flex-tion for the first four months has ing as is produced when turning usually been about 86 per cent, of corners at high speeds. It also the year's total: According to esti determines the amount of heat that mates considered reliable the pro- develops within the side walls of duction during the first four nonthe the tyre during flexing test.

of this year will not represent more This is important, for it is heat than 30 per cent, of the year's out that causes the majority of tyre fallurex, and care must be taken that the tyre when used normally or side wall reinforcement and does not produce an excessive double #ippers or bead reinforce ment Bach chaffer and flipper is Bruine break tests have been higher than in any other tyre and developed so as to produce aide each is insulated by strips of gum This in- wall braise breaks in tyres not up rubber at their ends.

amount' of heat.

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pilt.

to specifications. These bruise fercases the strength of the side breaka, or, as they are often, call-walls and produces a tyre that ed, atone bruises, are the result offeren greater resistance to of striking the tyres so hard as bruise breaking and a tyre, that actually to pinch the side wall be-holds the road at any speed bet tween the rim of the wheel and ter than any tyre yet produced.... the object struck.

All tyres have'n'one-piece tread In tyres having inferior cotton and side wall, removing all pos

sibility of tread cracking at Ford, bruises, develop at compara-shoulders All are built By the tively light blows, but we must not lose sight of the fart that theat method, whereby each cord is pneumatie tyre has not yet been subjected to uniform tension dur- made that will hot fail. If hit harding expansion previous vulcani.

zution/wW MAD enough; and further, the lower the

air pressure within the trye the Vulcanization is carried out in lighter the blow neccasury to moulds that are uniform in size; cause a failure, all other condithat, Ja, no matter what the gen- tions being equal.!

eral bulline of the tyre may, be all have the same total' air volume. Further to control the rate of

Each trh und tube assembly is tread wear the laboratory, maken tensile strength tests on sections balanced and the tyre is marked removed from the tyre treads, also with a red spot on the side wall to checks the specific gravity of the designate the location of the valve trend and chemically analyzes the stem. This is one of the things amount of rubber fillers und plas-that insures the absence of front ties used. Not only is the specific wheel tramping or vibration com- gravity of the tread taken but themon to most cars at high speeds. specific gravity and cubical con- Hent causes most tyre failures, tents of antiro tyres, from onch ignoring those ruined through ac- shipment are determined. ~Each tyre has a double chater Icauses-heating due to increased

Je kan i kodlar elmude rouesnel

Eident. Low inflation.

pressure

SATURDAY, JULY 21, 1928.

GUM-DIPPED

for Extra Quality-Extra Miles

The Firestone process of Gum-Dipping "le one of the most. Important of the many Firestone contributions to more économical highway transportation. Dipping the cords of tho carcass in a rubber solution thoroughly saturates and insulhtósˇověřý: Abre" of every cord with rubber, minimizing friction that fatigues the cords. · As Firestone service dealers in this lochifty, wo befl and service thon extra quality tyres, which are saving money for hundreds of thousands of motorists. Make our shop your headquarters for tyres and service. MOST MILES PER DOLLAR!

Firestone

GUM-DIPPED BALLOON TYRES

THE DRAGON MOTOR CAR CO., LTD.

Telephone Contrar 12461 Telephona Central 3500

REG

33. Wong Nei Chung Road. ... 33, Des Voeux Road Central.

EGARDLESS of what you may intend to invest in an automobile-or what your demands may be in style, size and performance-you can be safe in buying a Chrysler.

Because Chrysler has extended its ex- traordinary standards of speed, power, trimness, dependability and long life to all four of the principal price fields. Today there are four distinctive Chrysler models-"52,""62,""72" and 100h.p.Im perial "80"-in more than 40 body styles -covering the four great price classes.

CHRYSLER

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A. LUNG & COMPANY

SOLE AGENTS

956 GENEW OP

19, Queen's Road, C.

Phone C. 1912.

flexing of tyre section. Excessive true; pressures recommended are del A-drop centre rips, there is aë- heat destroys the insulating rub for the average and too high istually the effect of a much larger ber around the cords. With in-próférable to too low at any time." | tyre éwing to the distance between sulation gone the cords chafe and Remember that when tho car is flanges being greater, jban on stan, fail and separations and blowouts started quickly, stopped suddenly, dard rims. This produces a wider result. Tyres should be kept to a or is speeded over rough ronds all tyre when inflated; in fact, the minimum of 35 pounds.. If one is of the work is delivered, through equal of a 4.75 on a standard ring. in the "habit of driving fast the the tyres, and while the cur, is so resulting in greater air volume tyres should be kept at 40 pounds constructed that, the passengers and consequent ensler riding. Too many people think a balloon are comfortable. the tyres will Also the greater the air volume, the less, charge there is of brales tyre will fail if inflated nboys' re suffer

regards the tyre on the Mo-breaking, Janadi, dufak tef commended présmiren; This le not

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