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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, MOTORING SUPPLEMENT.

OLD CAR PROBLEM. an extent that make them

Should They be Taken

Off the Road? Discussing editorially a sugges tion that "cars of a certain age or of a degree of mechanical in efficiency should no longer be al- lowed on the road," The Motor

almost indefinite service; Indeed the age limit of useful service of such cars would be difficult to define

menace to their owners and to all other users of the road. A more absurd contention, could not pos- sibly be advanced. The condition "Even assuming that old cars of a ur, say, five, or six or even have in some cases been Indiferent eight years old depends largely ly treated in service and infre upon the way in which it has been quently reconditioned, the number. driven and the attention that has of such instances of neglect is not been given to its maintenanca sufficient to justify a suggestion Referring to British cars in partie that might necessitate the setting calur, there are many of reputed up of an elaborate system of in- make which, in the hands of care- spection and the appointment of a "The supposition is, prosumably, ful owners, capable of maintaining horde of new officials to examine that all cars reach a period when them in good order, or periodic and report upon them and gener their mechanical efficiency is supally submitting them to an expert nlly to harass their owners.

"Why, again, should it be as.. posed to have become impaired to mechanic for overhaul, will have

remarks

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[N the new Chrysler Stxén the "75" and the "65"-- Chrysler now sets striking new measures of beauty, when the artistry of an industry wan seemingly at its height-new measures of performance, beyond even the sparkling Chryslers of other days ---- new measures of value-lower prices ..It is expected of Chrysler that it shall provide the public with new style, new performance, new quality, new value. For it is the outstanding genius of Chrysler engineering, re- search, and manufacture that periodi. cally they produce new extraordinary

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offerings, beyond anything else the industry provides in performance and style. It is natural therefore, that the public has acclaimed these" new Chryslers as surpassing all that has gone before-as ushering into exis- tence an entirely new motoring style that re-styles all motor cara... ¶ la view of the unique degree of beauty, power, speed, luxury, comfort, effi clency and value of the new "75" and "65,” it is not at all strange that the whole country is today more than ever Chrysler-wild.

--bematful couð moulding and coul lampaneus, longer chassis and longer, wider, roomier bodies new arched windowsilhouette--new "airwing" full-crowned wings -- now internal expanding Chrysler hydraulle four-wheel brakes, unaj fected by weather condtions-Lovejoy hydraulic shock absorbers, front and rear - sining enda anchored in live rubber, instead of metal shackles.

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FOR THE

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1928.

MOTORIST

by

ALBERT L. CLOUGH

SECRETS OF THE MORRIS MINOR

50 M. P. G.

M.PH.

BEING PRODUCED

4185.

IN TWO MODELS.

Two important motoring dis closures were made recently. Equipment Includes head, alde | and tall lamps, speedometer, electris

iper The first yields the details of the born, automatic windscreen IMPROVED LUBRICATION FOR OIL ENGINES.

Morris Minor,

mirror and G-radiator more generally driving Among the most notable addi- Answer: Among the causes of spoken of as the Baby Morris, thermometer and spare wheel. tions made to the equipment of rapid wear are the following: which is to be sold at #125 and A feature of the price list that. will doubtless occasion a good deal Intocar models are means for Use of brushes of insufflefent cross The other announces sensational of comment is that the popular aafeguarding the quality of engine oil and hence of reducing engine section, thus providing Insufficient cuts in the prices of Wolseley cara, Morris Cowlby models which have wear. These include devices for contact area. Unsuitable brush also controlled by Mr. Morris. No had their prices progressivaly re- preventing access of solid abrasive material, Incking in wearing less than £200 has been knocked duced for somo years past are to matter, water and unburned fuel qualities or in lubricating pro-off the price of the "Straight be slightly dearor next year

Eight saloons hitherto sold at No Need to Sacrifice. to the ull and of continuously re-perties capable of reducing fric-$750. moving from it such contamination. Roughness or unevenness Secrets of the engerly awaited This is explained by the fact that

· 48 may enter it. Alr

cars-or Morris in the past certain sacrifices in cleaners, oil Altors and rectifiers of the commutator, caused by high Baby Morris and crankcase ventilation devices mica insulation or otherwise and as they are officially termed aro coachwork had to be made in the aro included in this class and their remediable by turning down the revealed in the Morris price list attainment of the lowest possible

for 1929.

* price. With the Morris Minors in commutator surface or sanding it

The car is available in two the market this policy is no longer, into a smooth condition. Too models, a four-seater fabric saloon necessary, and the new Cowleys are heavy pressure of the brushes on with four sliding windows and a greatly improved cars with better the commutator. Excessive spark- four-senter tourer with rigid side coachwork and finish, pressed-steel ing dus to some electrical defect screens and all-weather equipment. panel work, lowered chassis with in the armaturo. Wo suggest In each case there is one door on improved springing, dipping head- that you have the commutator cach side. Both types are available lights and bumpers fore and aft. smoothed and install a set of in blue or brown,

tlons

Short Lived Brushes.

MY GENERATOR · BRUSHES ALL WORM!

uso tends not only to longer engine Ilfe and less frequent need for repairs, but to economy of oil and reduced labour in draining and refilling engine lubrication sys tems,. Fortunately, some of these) oil-safeguarding devices, appear- ing as improvements on now engines, can be applied to old engines and when ao installed go far toward bringing them into line with the latest practice in lubrication. Both ofl-puriflors] and air-cleaners are now offered, 2.5 accessories, in considerablo, variety and applicable to so widel

brushes obtained for this genera- The saloon model costs £136, and tor from the concern that built it. the tourer £10 less.

The four-cylinder engins is of Question: My Ford Car has no nominal eight h.p. (tax £8) and has storage battery and its engine is overhead valves and camshaft. very hard to start. The lights are hardly bright enough to see them, while the horn will not sound at

A Weak Magneto?

ND SO HARD TO START TOO

THES HORN WILL NOT SOUND !!

Ita performance includes a spoed.

of 66 m.ph. and a petrol consump tion of 60 m.p.g.

The car has wire wheels and the Iradiator is of the standard Morris Įtype.

Pressure Lubrication.

Both models have seating room for four adults. The two front seats, adjustable and of the bucket type, are each 17 inches

The full price list is as follows:-

Morris Minor.

Saloon Tourer Morris-Cowley. 11.9 Saloon

2-seater Coupe ..... 4-sentor Morris-Oxford.

14,28 Coupe

"Saloon

2-dontor

Fabric Saloon.. Tourer

Saloon de Luxe

16.40 Tourer

"

Saloon

32

Now Old

Price Price 51887

125

190 6185 100 -142 10: 180

.255 280

Fabric Saloon...-820

17.7. Baloon

wide, and the back seat measures Morris Six. 13 inches across.

Other details Includo pressure ubrication

throughout, gravity

810

878 895

Coupe... 805 883 Apart from the Marris Minors,

ced from 51⁄2 gation petrol tank, ali models have dipping headlights hrea-speed gear box, fourwheel as standard fitments, and closed brakes, bumpers fore and aft, coll cars have locks on the doors. Bun gaition, and long semi-elliptical pers are standard on the whole springs, as in a big car,

range of cara.

SOME LAWS DO GOOD..

FEW CARS IN RUSSIA.

a variety of conditions, as to it all. The wiring has all been gone most existing engines. The in- ever, plugs cleaned and valves stallation of an air-cleaner is well ground. What do you think is

wrong? worth considering by every motorist who. drives much Answer: It may be that tha over dusty .ronda and the magnets of the magneto are weak. adoption of an oil purifer, either You better have the strength of of the straight filtration type or the magneto tested and have the one employing heat for water magnets renewed or recharged if and fuel end elimination, is an necessary. Also seo that the Automobile Chamber of Commerce bered only 21,000 automobiles attractive proposition for every magneto contact-spring in the top saya that Detroit, through strict within its borders last year, This owner who is looking for engine of the transmission cover makes a enforcement, has reduced its is even less than the cars regis improvements. Many of the fac-good contact with the magneto motor fatalities. 27 per cent. for tered in Nevada, which has the tories have only Intely adopted air winding.

the frat five months of the year, ¡lowest registration of all statos,

and all-cloaning devices as stan dard equipment on engines which have remained practically un- changed in design for several son- sona and, can inform their cus tomers what devicos are best adapted for installation on each of their earlier engines as were not; provided with these auxiliarles. Crankcaso ventilation, arrange- ments are a newer development than air and oil cleaners, but are of such a character as to lead to the hope that they may provo adaptable to Installation on cara originally not fitted with them. By the provision of available oil- safeguarding devices, in conjunc- tion-with adequate Intake heat supply and means for maintaining circulating water properly warm, it is often possible to double or even trable the safe useful servico of a single charge of engine oil.

Question: The brushes of the generator on my car wear out after 1200 miles of service. What is the 'cause of this and what the remedy?

WORST OVER.

Capetown-Stockholm Tour.

Cables from Calro have ́‚an- nounced the arrival in that city on August B of the Chevrolet Expedition which is travelling from Capetown, South Africa, to Stockholm, Sweden, a ten thousand mile tour.

the

The arrival at Cairo Is culmination of a journey carried out over almost impassable coun- try, where streams have been flood- ed and tracks obliterated by torrential rains, Although never before has such an arduous trip bean undertaken in light stock) cara, Captain Lacey, leader of the Expedition, telegraphed - from Cairo that the sedan and truck are both in excellent mechanical con- dition.

The journey was overland all the way, with no recourse to tran- sit by either boat or rail.

sumed that there is a sufficient - large number of motorists who ava foolish enough to risk their own and their passengers' lives on In- oficient old cars to justify any sug gestion so drastic as the compul- Bory scrapping of perfectly sound vehicles when they have reached a cortain age?":

A report from the National

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