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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,

The NEW BUICK

is the NEW STYLE

A triumph in individual beauty... a refreshing and radical departure from the tiresome commonplace a new style, a richer style, a more alluring style than the world has ever known!

THE

SILVER ANNIVERSARY

BUICK

Only one completely new motor car style in the pust twenty-four months-only one truly original and beat- tiful development in body design-aud, as the whole world realizen, it is the Silver_Anniversary Buick with Master- piece Budies by Fisher!

Will Matterylove Bodies By Faber

Here is an entirely new scheme of body lines and contours--arresting new color combinations-mutchiess new interiors- new appointments of eufort and con- venience unapproached by any other automobile of the day!

Here is true distinse them welleftupend

ine good taste. Here is a new style-a richerstyle-a more alluring style than the nio- tor world has ever known. And here, too, is tremen- doux increase in power, in flexibility, in responsiveness --so outstanding as to amaze even Lhose motorists why here long been familiar with: Back's superior përformance. That is why America is abcording the Silver Anniversary Buick the most en- thusiastic receptínu every enjoyed by any fine car. That is why this beautiful new Buick has already become a country- wide vogue!

THE DRAGON MOTOR CAR CO., LTD.

Telephone Centarl 1246 or 1247.

33, WONG NEI CHUNG ROAD, HAPPY VALLEY.

WHEN BETTER AUTOMOBILES ARE BUILT

NEW

FORD FEATURES.

No. 4.--The Generator.

Among the distinctive features contributing to make the new Ford car an outstanding automobile is the new type generator.

Although extremely simple in design it is a railleal departure from the conventional tpye. It is designed to eliminato generator trouble, while at the same time ils efficiency is greatly increased. With average care, it will outlast the life of the ear.

The armature is mounted on two oversize ball bearings, one on the pulley and another just beyend the contre. There is no bearing on the commutator end. Grease Contained in a reservoir between the bearings lubricates both, and thus eliminates the possibility of oll reaching

the commutator, which heretofore frequently caused gumming-up and shorting. One filling of lubricant is sufficient for the life of the generator.

The armature coils are fully

PDB, 19. PAT, DIF, ÓTA, BY NGA BERVICE, ME

BUICK WILL BUILD THEM,

FOR SAL

CHEAP

MOTORING SUPPLEMENT.

and

15

IN EARLY DAYS.

You may buy a car for a song, but somebody has to furnish the notes.

'CORKSCREW' CLIMB.

Interesting Event in

Norway...

A few miles outalde Oslo, the capital of Norway, which the re cent Artic drama has rendered famillarovon to those whose strong point is not geography, at Frognerseteren the annual Hill Climb organised by the Norwegian Royal Automobile Club took placo on September 29th. The leading European and American makes of cara were represented, amongst the entranta being; Bugatti, Amfl- car, Chrysler, Flat, Reo, Stutz, | Cadillac, Ford, etc.

The weather being fine, a largo crowd assembled and the loading motorists also came out from Oslo for the occasion. The race was a brilliant affair from start to. finfsh, the competing cars attack- ing the climb with rent dash and verve, which was sustained all the way up.

In the 1,500 c.c. class the results were as follows:-

1st T. Rasmussen on 501 Fiat

In 2' 41.1/6".

2nd B. Johannesen on Bugatti

in 2' 47.4/".

course, there is a remarkable differ. ence between the wire wheel of tho late '90's and today. In the carlier period the automobile inherited its wheels from the bicycle. Fragilo: and subjected to a host of troubles, these wheels got by because they did not have an enormous torque to absorb.

Even multiplo disc clutches were used in motordom's dawn. Back in 1906, a newcomer on the market boasted not only of this feature but also that he offered engine, clutch and transmission built as a unit. That, too, has a familiar ring in 1928.

In thinking over the features that the early ears certainly did not have, ono is almost certain to light upon the rumble seat. But, even this guess is wrong. Except for the fact that it was called a fold- ing seat "espable of carrying two extra passengers," the ramble seat was to be found on the 1906 run- about of a famous car maker..

As To Materials,

An to materials used in car con- struction, the automobile advertis- ing of 1898 and 1929 reads much alike. The specifications of most of the latest models descriptive of the front axle read:

"Drop-forged, 1-beam."

They read that, word for word back in the first years of the pros- ent century,

High carbon steel also was tho special boast of the early motor car mnker. He used it in shafts, gears,

Features That Remain, and in other units, just as it is bo-

As for the radiators of the early motor cars one of them was round and the others of proportions that would look ridiculous today, never- theless they were of honeycomb and cellular types just as are the nar- row, deep, graceful fronts of to day's automobiles.

Motor enthusinsta who are manling used today, although it must be admitted, not with the same excel- festing admiration for the splendid- tent effect. ly advanced new model automobiles may not believe it, but it is true, nevertheless, that some of the fea tures that seem so fine, so modern nd so radical, were to be found on the cars produced from 1896 to 1906, the first deende of the automo- I've Industry. These features as Dhey appeared in the early horseless carriages were not, of course, of the A foretaste of the speed of the same degree of refinement and they flying 1928 models was obtainable vero hidden under body designs as early as 1906. One prominent that might best be described by the word "bulgy,"

But there they were, just the

jame..

"

ear manufacturer of that year, now out of business, advertised with great emphasis that his product was guaranteed "to run from five One of the basic features that all to sixty miles an hour." There was tars have in common today-save the important difference, however, for two stock car exceptions- between that car and today's model, selective type transmission with that when the former carried its three speeds forward and one ro- full complement of passengers- verse. In the first one-cylinder eeven-its top speed was boldly de- havnes car that was absolutely clured: "Will do thirty miles an guaranteed to run one and one hour with seven passengers." half miles without a alop," Today's car does not suffer such the producer proudly pro-a loss of speed merely because it is Lead in Registration. claimed that his product had heavily laden. nelarity, each brush being capable According to figures of the Auto- three speeds forward and one of earrying the full load. The mobile Club of Southern Call- reverse. The one-cylinder engine

One of the most interesting com- front cap fe easily removed for fornía, Los Angeles leads all cities! was somewhat of a handicap to this inspection or adjustment.

Jin Increase of registration of type of transmission, which works Power is transmitted to the motor vehicles and traffic control so well today with the smooth, ba-parisons between the carly car and generator by a V-shaped belt porsonnel during the past ten anced modern motor, But apart its lineal descendant is in the mat- which requires a minimum tension, years,

The increase in registra from refinement, the principle is theter of over-all height. Today all thus eliminating strain on the tions has been 1,280 per cent, and me.

the Increased control 475 per cent. bearings.

ventilated, resulting in a compara- LOS ANGELES CARS. tively cool generator even at full load..

There are two brushes for each

THE BEST

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Tel. C. 4821

HAVE A TRY

AND BE

One of the things about which definite one hears today with a sense that it is distinctly new, la "the growing use of aluminum in engine units." As a matter of fact, the present application of aluminum is new, but it was used in motor car buliding as early as 1894. To- day, it appears in pistons and con- necting rods, Then It was used in cylinders and the crankcase.

Nearly Eight Feet High.

manufacturers are engaged in feverish attempts to get their cars as close to the ground as possible. The situation was quite different when the sun rose upon the first Automobiles. The higher they were, the better they were. Height and class went hand in hand, ap- parently,

A foreign manufacturer who was trying to crash the American mar- ket with a $3,500 product took ea- pecial pride in pointing out that the top of his limousine model was seven feet nine inches from the ground. Ninety-three inches! To day, some of them are nearly three fect lower.

They Were "Patterns."

Twenty Years Ago. Automalle spark is regarded by the motor buyer of today as the product of the last three or four years. Yet, the 1903 models of one of today's finest straight eights boasted of an automatically con-

It is interesting to note, in paas- trolled spark. Furthermore, this car is regarded by engineers as Ing, that when the 1900 cars were having one of the most effective being exhibited for the first time central chassis lubrication systems, they did not refer to the different They called The 1903 model had "a central oil types as "models."

CONVINCED box with tubos leading to all vital then "patterns"! In those days.

A. GOEKE & CO. DISTRIBUTORS, FIAT - GARAGE DEPOT.

One of the most outstanding fen- units to assura positivo lubrication

4ures of the 1028 crop of automo- at all times."

biles is the high compression ex- Commentators on the latest caragino, As high as the compression point to the increased use of wire ratio is to-day It still falls short! wheels. The car that did not have in niost cases of the ratios that wire wheels in the first decade of prevalled when the "one-lunger" motordom was a novelty to be lunged over the streets and high- called to the public's attention. Of

WAYS.

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER

1928.

The

Firestone

TYRE AUTHORITY

in this Locality

The Mark of Quality

We, the Firestone tyre dealers in this locality, have been especially chosen for our knowledge of tyres and our ability to render service, beyond the ordinary meaning of the word. We make it our business to provide better tyre values and see to it that they give motorists extra mileage for the money. You can safely trust in our hands all the details of service, such as fitting, inflation, inspection and necessary repairs. Pull up some day for a friendly chat on tyre economy, and Firestone quality.

MOST MILES PER DOLLAR

Firestone

THE DRAGON MOTOR CAR CO., LTD.

Telephone Central 1246 or 1247.

33, WONG NEI CHUNG ROAD, HAPPY VALLEY.

Chrysler 65-75

AT LAST-The Modern

· Now Chrydlár "65" 4Dece

Car Style for the Modern Age

THE NEW Chrysler Sixes-"65" and Tuggy we so far ahead from every

point of view that Chrysler once more out-styles everything else that runs,

For sheer artistry of design, for luxury of grooming, for behaviour that out- Chryslers even Chrysler, for down- right value at their lower prices-- Chrysler has once more wiped out

every existing standard by which motor cars have been judged,

At a single bold stroke, it has initiated the style that re-styles all motor cars.

Chrysler

A. LÚNG 8 CO.

19, Queen's Road, C.

&

Tel. C. 1119.