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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,

THE QUESTION WAS

HOW TO REDUCE HIS PETROL BILL.

Then he had a bright idea and bought an

AUSTIN SEVEN.

You too can enjoy motoring at a Cent per mile.

ALEX. ROSS & Co., (China) Ltd.

Prince's Building." 2nd floor-Ice House St. Entrance. STOOKS CARRIED

MOTORING SUPPLEMENT.

WHAT OF THE FUTURE?

Developments Pending in Car Design.

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1928.

ing the whole of the rear of the chassis of machinery, give wonder ful facilities to the body-builder, and enable the floor of the car to be brought very much lower. Un- fortunately for this particular do- velopment, all the tendency of late has been towards six-and eight- cylinder engines, and when these

Present-day car construction has minds of men who are working on long power plants have to be push- reached such a high degree of per present-day problems, we finded back to allow a gear box and a fection that it is almost reasonable wealth of new material almost clutch to be put in front of them, to imagine we have attained, some ready to be offered to the critical the space available for bodywork 18. thing like finality of design. Un-judgment of the public

appreciably shortened. The solu- doubtedly the average man buying. Free-wheel devices look as if theylon would appear to be a short V Ja car for the first time tells himself would find favour at a very early typo engine, and it is undoubtedly that he is purchasing something date, and vet the idea is by no the overall length problem more which will not be out of date In two means new. One engineer claims than anyth else which has re- or. three years' time, and which that he built a free-wheel motor car tarded the general adoption of what consequently will not lose its in 1904, and several wore timidly is admittedly an interesting de- váluo.

placed on the market just after the velopment.

Certainly it would be foolish for War. Motorista feared that the We may be really enthusiastic any prospective motorist to defer loss of the engine as a brake would motorists, but as a class we seem the purchase of a car because of be dangerous, but so great is the to have less and less inclination for Impending technial developments, progress made in braking during the dirty tinkering jobs of yore, and but it is, nevertheless, a fact that the last few years that this objec when we have engines, rear boxes, just as much experimental work is tion is insignificant in face of euch and rear axles which are perfectly being carried on at the present mo-advantages ng greater silence, re-lubricated without any attention on ment as at any period in the history duced wear and tear, lower petrol our part, we naturally object to of motoring and that changes and and oil consumption, and easier have to all or grense chassis de Improvements are certain to come. car changing.

Possibly we shall overcome the

tails.

One of the leading European en-bugbear of gear changing by means It will be agreed that the engine Kincora remarked the other day of automatic transmissions, which is the most perfect part of the "It is one of the charms of our in-provide the correct ratio for all motor car, and immediate randical dustry that it has not yet become road conditions. Several of these changes in this unit appear unlike- standardized and stereotyped: We have been produced and are in the ly. Thought is being given to the have no sooner produced what we hands of the engineers of leading Diesel type of heavy oil engine, consider to be a perfect motor car car manufacturers, but it is not to with its greater thermal efficiency than we Bee means of making a be expected that such a revolution- and Ils cheap fuel. These engines better machine, and we know that are change will be adopted without are introducing themselves by the even that better car will be sur-a reasonable assurance that it will back door, as it wern, being used passed by a still better."

be a permanent success. If an au-for stationary work, boats, and lor- tomatie transmission is difficult tories. They are no longer the im- Easy to Prophesy,

perfect, devices which simplify gear mensoly heavy, slow-running, in-! The more perfect a product has changing are less arduous problems, flexible engines of a few years ago, been made, obviously the more dif- and as a consequence have attract Some of them weigh no more than Bcult it is to improve it, and also ed the attention of engineering a petrol ongine, and they have at- the more difficult to get engineers brains with fairly satisfactory' re-tained the comparatively high speed

of 1,800 revolutions a minutes. Pos to adopt Improvements when they sulla.

sibly they will make their appear- are suggested. It is this which

ance on passenger cars within a alves an apparent fixity to present-

couple of years, but their invasion day design, but that fixity is more

is not likely to be sudden. apparent than rehi,

.

promising Lines of Development

.

The public is asking for greater comfort, and an effort is being made

Two Stroke Losing Ground. The two stroke engine has some-

It is quite an easy task to let to provide it by independently one's imaxination run wild in do-sprung wheels. Some of those have pleting the type of car some of un proved very successful, but, as in will be driving in twenty years many fields' of activity, improve-what lost ground, and yet it has time, for the probabilities are that ment in one direction is sometimes much to recommended it in the mat- when this period has elapsed our acquired at the expense of conven-ter of simplicity. One development prophecy will have long been for- fence or efficiency in another. gotten, But, avolding the realme of imagination, and prying into the

Much thought is being given to front wheel drives which, by free

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1000 miles in 984 minutes!

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INDER official supervision of the American Automobile Association.....a strictly stock ́model Erskine Six Club Sedan, fully equipped

will

I see its twin brother here today, maced you 1000 miles in 984 minutes! No other stock model automobile selling near the Erskine's low price, ever equalled this officially certified record, Such championship performance in this Stude baker-built car is not the result of happenstance, The Erskine Six was created by the same engi. neering gealus responsible for The Studebaker

Commander-the World's Champion automobile. Last year Erskine Six test cars were driven more than a quarter of a million miles by Studebaker engineers seeking ways to improve los already superior performance.

No wonder Studebaker can warrant each Erskine Six against mechanical defects for 12 months! With such championship performance at such remarkably low price, is le not surprising that Erskine Six sales are setting how high marks. See this champion Erskine Six Club Bedan here today. A Car for Every Purse and Every Taste Headebaker ballde four car thies of ous-The President The Commander, Che World's Champion Car); The Director and The Eriking. Lach offers championnājā. performance and high value. Each is backed by Boudebaker's 12-KRózek gáznak,

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25 Queen's Road Central.

Tel. Central 4759.

STUDEBAKER'S

ERSKINE SIX

of real interest is the two-crank- shaft, double-pistol, two-stroke en- gine, one of the pistons uncovering the intake port and the other the exhaust port. With a supercharger such an engno offers wonderful possibilities.

Perhaps we shall hear more of steam cooling in place of water cooling, for by this device the cy- linders are kept at a constant tem- perature, winter and summer; a very small amount of water in car- ried, and there is very little danger of leaks.

Body construction in much less of a technical problem than a gauging of publle taste and desire. The efforts of a technical staff, however, will be directed towards the lug- gage-carrying problem, and the ten- dency is to treat the car and ita at- tendant luggage as a whole, and not to build the body first and tle the luggage on afterwards. By looking at the matter in this way the'genoral outline of care, and par- ticularly of closed models, may be changed.

The saving of weight do an old problem which will ever be with us.

CHEVROLET

HONG KONG DELIVERED PRICES.

NATIONAL SERIES A B" PASSENGER. R.A:O. Hortc-Power Rating 21.7. Brake Horse Power 35 at 2;200 Revolutions Piston Displacement 170.9 Cubic Inch. Wheel-Bare 107 Inches Speed 50 M.P.H.

Madel

Rondstor..... Touror... Conch (2 door).

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Nett Weight

Packing Kelk Factor? Extras Shipping · Hongkond

Trice

Price

2-PORs. 2,000 Lo.

5-pass.

2,056 lbs.

$495 0884 G#210 G#765

405 57

216

765

5.காக.

2,310 lbs.

40 $85

245

890

2.pass,

2,176 lbs.

395

40

205

000

.......................... 5-pasa.

2,990 lbs."

675

40

205

980

2,270 lb.

G95

40

265 1,000

Spese. ·2,390 iba.

715

40

205 1,020

Coupe patien Boden ..... Cabriolet.......... Landau Badan

Hongkong Price includes sparo rim Tire &. Tube, Bumpor, bulb Horn, Right Hand Drive.

4.

NATIONAL SERIES "A B" COMMERCIAL. R.A.0. Horst-Power Rating 21.7.

Benke Harre-Power 35 at 2,200 Revolutions.

Piston Dispement 170.9 Cuba Inch. Wheel-Boke 107 Inchèa. Speed 45 M.P.II.

Half Ton Chassis........

1,615 lbs.

Half Ton Chassis and Cab No. 560 2,015

129 2,280,

$375G$20 G$155

490

$550

20.

7. 215

725

"

530

20- 240

700

103 2,703

370

20

248

853

10€ 2,530 ..

580.

20

205

BO$

203 2,265 ..

600

M

250

670

+

34 2,285,

615 20

255

800

Cab Top Express Truck Screen Express Truck Combination Truck Panel Express Truck Eight Passenger Bus

Hongkong Prico includos spare tid Tiro and Tubo, Right Hand Drive.

CAPITOL SERIES “L O" UTILITY.

2.4.C. Horse-Power Roting £1.7. Brake Horse Power 31 at 2,200 Upvolutions,

Piston Displacement 170.0'Cubic Inch. Wheel-Base 124 Inches.

One Ton Chincuin

14 Ton Chunnia...

2,130 lbm, 2,250 lbs.

G$520 0145 0$165

$730

$20

115

165

800

11⁄2 Ton (146) Chassis... 2,410 lbs.

+ 320 213

185

020

Hongkong Price Includes upare rim, Tire and Tubo and 4 Fendora,

EXTRA FOR BODIES MOUNTED ON 124′ CHASSIS.

Bedan Cab

Cab Top Body....dan Screen Body

Combination ......... Panol Bodygram

12 PARO. Hus ...........

No. 504 400 169. No. 328 775 18. No. 303 950 11 No. 303 1,000 lbs. No. 405 No. 39

04 85. $30 G$ 65 $180

175

30

115 -320

**235

30

145 410

.250

30

145

425

800 lbs.

270

30

125

425

775 lbs.

305

130

435

All Priers and Specifications subject to change without notice.

Efforts are not being relaxed, but THE HONG KONG HOTEL GARAGE

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progress is necessarily slow, and motorists are hardly ever that year by year they are carrying a little less dead weight around with them. It ought to be a real satis- faction to every motorist to realizo that, while ho Has a most wonder- fully efficient plece of machinery at his disposal, fertile brains are át work trying to make the future car, still more marvellous.

MECHANICAL FACTS,

Source of Nash Power,

"The seven-bearing motor which powers all standard six models eudowa Nash cars with a wonder- ful performance ability," says Mr. D'Arcy Jones, of Messrs. Wills fords, Ltd.

"The large bore has materially increased the horse-power. Large crankshaft bearings have brought greater smoothness and longer motor life. Three compression rings are used instead of two, which is usual on most, and á fourth oil regulating ring is spacially drilled to provide for the return of surplus pl to the crank- case. All four of these piston rings are placed above the piston pin, an advanced enginearing practice which assures greater compression and prevents surplus oil from entering the combustion chamber."

New Insulation.

A new insulating material for uso in the manufacture of spark plugs has been produced by a Lon- don chemist. It fa grey, and com- bines the properties of carborun- dum and porcelain, and is so hard that it will turn a knife edge and polish a file,

In manufacturo, it is fired at a temperature of 1800 degrees Centigrade, and a sheet 1-16th of an inch thick withstood the flow of current of 580 volts,

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Tel, Central 4769.

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