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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, MOTORING SUPPLEMENT.

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Whiz Top Dressing (for closed car) (Pint) Whiz, Khoki Top Dressing (Pint)

II.K.32.00

Whiz Black Liquid Tyre Cover (Pint)

. 2.00

1.59

Whiz White Tyro Enamel (Pint)

1.50

Whiz Auto Body Polish (Pint)

1.25

Whiz Auto Body Pollah (Quart)

2,00

Whiz Brilliant Polish. (Pint)

1.00

Whiz Lusterize Polish (8 oz.)

1.25

Whiz Metal Polish ( Pint)

.40

Whiz Metal Pollah (Pint)

.80

Whiz Solloff (61⁄2 oz.)

.36

Whiz Roadside Hand Cleaner (Pint)

.60

Whiz All Rubber Patch Outfit No. 1

.60

Whiz 'All Rubber Patch Outft No. 2

1.20

Whiz Gasket Cement (2 oz.)

.25

Whiz Stop Leak Radiator Company ·

2.00

Whiz Top Patch Outfit".

1.50

Whiz Top Patch Cement

.60

Whiz Rubber Cement

25

Whiz Valve Grinding Company 2 oz.

.60

Whiz Valve Grinding Compound 4 oz.

.80

Whiz Soapstone

.60

Whiz Nickel Pollah (1⁄2 lb.)

1.00

Whiz Cleaning (Radiator) Compound (14 oz.)

1.50

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Renders may remember the Answer: Your old car has first or speed forward and roverse back on system of "evaporativo" "team" cooling of engines, which the left side, while on this now car was brought out about three years reverse_ia forward and firat is ago and noticed in these columns. back. If, in driving the now car, Its essential points are the main you forget changed conditions and tenance of a nearly boiling tem-allow established habits to assert perature in the engine jackets, for themselves, you may attempt to effelency

the start your car forward and find purposes, and utilization of the radiator as a con- that it moves backward Instead This would, of denser, to return to the system, as (and vice versa). water, the large amount of steam course, involve serious risk, produced, which otherwise would would be advisable to put in con- be lost. A new form of radiator, siderable pinctled' in shifting the known as the cross-flow type new gears on an unfrequented and embodying

ex-road, before attempting to drive in After doing so, there tent

feature traffic. the condenser and other characteristics of the should be little danger of a blun- vaporative type, has been intro- der, unless you "get rattled." duced on certain recent models. should "din" it into your In this radiator water circulation sclousncas, never to try to start is not from an upper tank down-ahead, with the shift lever forward ward through the core passages and never to atart in either direc- to a bottom tank or header, but is Lion except very slowly and gently. from a vertical header on the right Perhaps the manufacturer of your elde, In a horizontal direction, car has devined. a "reverse lock- through the core passages to out" or some other safety device, vertical header on the left side. to overcome this particular hazard, The left or outlet-side header is You might inquire as to this. extended to form the upper tank, which is of conventional form. Hot water from the engine enters the right side header, at a point about halfway up the radiator, and water la returned to the pump and as formerly. It seems to be yo jackets through an outlet in the quick in veering, that I have to be extreme bottom of the left side very careful. With the smaller. header. Circulation is thus most tyres, it would hold the road at any ly restricted to a crosswise move-speed. The spring-bolts have all ment, through the lower half of been tightened and the wheel allg.- the radiator only, the water in the ment is found to be perfect. Can upper half of the core and top tank you help me to overcome being comparatively inactive. trouble?

Oversize Tyres Affect. Question I have put oversize card tyres on the front wheels of my car and since doing sỏ, 1 and that It does not steer as well

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This relatively Innetive water nets] Answer: We wonder if this car: na a reserve of cooling ability when was originally atted with fabrie required and as vapour carried tyres (you do not state the year of In from the jackets, must bubble manufacture). If so, changing to un through it before it can reach larger size of cord tyre would be and escape through the overflow, expected to affect the steering ad- which is conventionally connected versely, as the area of road contact to the upper tank, there is every of the new tyres-particularly if a likelihood that it will condensedow Inflation pressure were used...... and be retained in the system. This would be very considerably in- prevents loss of water. Since

creased and the tendency for them circulation can take place although to "pull over" on the road, would the radiator is but partly full it be greater. Very likely the steer is possible to operate on a reduced ing gear may be less irreversible volume of liquid in cold weather than that used on later cars. thus reducing the warming-up Have you noticed whether the period.

centre of the area of rond contact of the tyres is somewhat to the rear of the perpendicular dropped through the centre of the hub-cap. This should be the case, in order to make the wheels tend to come back to the straight ahend position rather than to deflect still further. An adjustment of the mounting of the axle on its springs, by the use of ahims, is sometimes useful in ziving the knuckles the required' "rake." You may Gad that higher inflation will help you somewhat.

Changing to Different Gearshift.

Question. The manufacturer of mycar has changed the gearshift un his new model from that which they have always used hitherto, to the regulation arrangement used on practically all other ears. want one of these new cars, but am afraid that if I buy one. I shall get into trouble with this. new shift What is your ke as to this and can you suggest anything?

MOTORISTS IN A HURRY.

PONTIAC PROTECTS AGAINST THIEVES.

Impatience with the New Type of Outside

Dawdlers.

Door Handle.

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Whitsuntide driving on the roads: A still higher margin of protec was well up to standard for a holi-tion against car theft is now pro- day period, says a Home motoring|vided buyers of Pontiac sixes correspondent. As usual, motorists through a new type of outside door were divided into two classes-handle which cannot be forced by those who wanted to dawdle, with the cleverest thief.

n objective, and those who want- The new door handle is.90 de- ed to get somewhere in a given signed that the customary method time and any bad driving that of forcing with a wrench or a see- one saw was due to the conillet betion of iron pipe will not give the Tween thest two sections.

thief entrance to the car. When

1 suppose that, as long as motor such extreme pressure is applied in exists, the slow driver will alto the handle it merely turns with- ways drive in die centre of the out releasing the door catch. A road, and the faster driver will al-few seconds af attention at any ways lose his temper with him and Pontiac service station will restore do silly things in the heat of the the handle uninjured to its ori moment.

ginal position. On Saturday on the Watford by- Thus General Motors has raised pass I noticed that if a car was an almost impregnable first line of going under the legal 20 miles un defence, hour mit it was sure to be in the ·Should a thief effect entrance by middle of the road or on the right breaking a window or because tlie hand side, while any vehicle which owner forgot to lock the cur, he was going at all fant would be eer-still would be confronted by equal- tain to be well on the left, unlessly secure second and, third lines actually engaged in passing.

of defence. These are provided

The faster, drivers were always by the semi-coincidental lock ready to correct their more stald which locks both the ignition and brethren by word of mouth, which the transmission with a turn of the is dangerous and only wastes the ignition key." The transmission is timo which those in a hurry decm locked from the dash by an ingeni- so precious.

ous sliding plunger which moves

I saw this illustrated in Bond-inside an armoured cable extend street yesterday morning.

ing from the ignition key down

A chauffeur, who was driving a finto transmisalon. Targe American car, with moro

The Pontiac slxes, with their

than a treak of vulgarity in its ap-effective lines of defence, are said pearance, was apparently annoyed to be as nearly theftproof as any by a little two-seater in front of car now made;

him, the driver of which signalled

that he wanted to turn into Burling- ton-ardens.:

miles of Charing Cross.

The chauffeur put his finger on Having overtaken the other car the button of his electric horn for, he leant out and spoke to the driver, about half a minute, making a thereby delaying the traffic. This raucous noise, which may have been la the sort of thing that ought to in keeping with the appearance of be stopped, and does not make driv the car, which ought to have beyning any, easier, either in town or forbidden anywhere within a country.

SATURDAY, JULY

1928.

a remarkable ARRAY OF FEATURES

LOSHUBICE

The new Oldsmobile Bix has built into it one of the most imposing selection of features ever found in a car of comparable price.

The well known officiency of the engine is in- creased by a new type crankcase ventilation, which aliminates excessivo dilution-by oil filter, air cleanor and a specially controlled cooling system.

The engine is notable for remarkable rigidity of crankcase and oylinder block. It rides on a newly discovered rubber cushioned mounting.

There are four-wheel brakes, specially selected springs. Hydraulic shock absorbers make riding like gliding.

A now rubber core clutch adds softness to the clutch engagement. The frame is rigid and made of heavy gauge steel, braced with five sturdy croBs. members.

New vertical shutters, thermostatic charging, fall automatic spark and, engine temperature on instrument panol all add ease and enjoyment to year around driving.

Nothing has been left undone to make the Olds- mobile Six the fine car of low price. We invite your inspection at your earliest convenience.

THE DRAGON MOTOR CAR CO., LTD. Telephone C. 1246-33, WONG NEI CHUNG ROAD. Telephone C. 3500-33, DES VŒUX ROAD CENTRAL.

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Firestone has shown the motoring world that Balloon Tyres, scientifically designed. for low air pressure, are giving more mileage than car owners ever before received. To add extra strength for the flexing strain of Balloon Tyres, and also insulate every strand of cord with rubber Firestono dips the cords of the carcass in a rubbor solution. Mordover the Firestone Balloon Troad is designed to provide extra rubber rig:t where the weight and wear are grestest, in addition to non-skid safety. Come in and let us tell you about Firestone quality and the helpful service we are providing in this locality.

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Telephone Central 1240 Telephone Central 8500.

39, Wong Nei Chung Road: 83, Des Voeux Road Central: