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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, MOTORING SUPPLEMENT. SATURDAY, APRIL 13, 1929.

MR. PEPP'S TRIAL RUN.

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A Few Leaves from Mr. Pepp's Diary. By Arrangement With the forris Owner)]

Up betimes. Expecting the arShe has lately taken to the new rival of my friend Parker, who fushlon of lipsticking, which I re- hopes to sell me one of the new gard as bad taste. After all, wo fashioned petrol vehicles, and has man is but a vanity-baggage, as promised to take me for what he have told her often. When my wife calls a trial run. As my travels at length appeared, clad in the have hitherto been behind horses (brief haberdashery of those giddy or in a sedan chair (for I am of a pated times, I said it was surprise seduntry disposition), I regard the ing how long a time it took to don new method of transit with mingled a skirt so short, which amused pleasure and perturbation. How Parker mightily but did not amuse

my wife,

ever.

Parker arrived punctually at my house in Soho at nine of the clock. As it was a somewhat cold morn- ing, I greeted him with a pleasan- try, "Parky this morning, Mr. Par- ker!" to which he replied, "Peppt Pepp!" and tootled his motor horn, at which we were both mightily umused.

Enter Mrs. Pepp. Walted for two hours while my wife dressed herself for going out.

thought so too. "Funny thing"" he said. "She always starts at the first touch." I believe a man who

FIERCE STRAINS.

wants to sell a ured car alwaya Modern Motors Tasks.

says that

The Start.

for

LUBRICATION

PROBLEM..

Parker then went to the front of the car and waggled the start- ing handle. Still the engine main- tained a cald reserve, and Parker, looking more serious than ever, anid

A contrast of the motors of ten again, "Funny! Very funny" and years ago with the pwerful motora my wife laughed. Parker lifted the of to-day shows natounding bonnet, flooded the carburetter, al-

progress, From power unit tered the throttle and changed the of the sume aize, comes ignition over from D to M. (mut- four times the power: from tering something beginning with D und ending with M the while). He every gallon of fuel, afty per cent. then turned the starting handle more power is obtained; pistons travel three, four and five times as vigorously. five minutes, "Cold!" he remarked, at the same fast as they did a few years ago, tinc mopping his brow and taking and acceleration is 75 per cent. Parker said, "I will now show you off his coal. "You

faster. in the combustion chamber, mean you're how quickly she starts from cold-hot 7" 1 asked. "No," he and, "I'm gas is compressed twice as much meaning the car, not my wife. He hot, but the engine is cold. Mira. with correspondingly higher tem pressed a button on the dashboard Pepp, would you mind telling orie Peratures and pressures. several times, producing a gurgling of the maids to heat a flat-iron, 80 "All these improvements have' sound, but the engine did not start, that it can be placed upon the in- created a great task for lubri

A Says..

statement.

он Vacuum

trend The petrol vehicle was standing "and knowing the by the kerb in front of my house, design we commenced, two years would and while we were waiting for the age, to develop oils which fint-iron a constable arrived and provide better lubrication and grea- said, "Now, then, sir, get a move ter factory of safety under the more an. Yer carn't leave the car here exacting conditions. This is the all day. I've been watching you reason for the Improved Mobiloil." for two hours."

which amused my wife mightily.duction pipe? Then we shall not cants,"

from the

though it did not amuso Parker. be long." Which shows that bumps of humour are not standardised in this world. Though Parker had not smiled, he said, "That's funny." And

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Mrs. Pepp came out with two hot Ant-irons. Parker cranked again and asked me to press the accelera- tor when he said "When!" and the result was that the engine started. I asked Parker whether it was a ways necessary to carry a couple of flat-irons and a primus stove in the toolbox for starting purposes, but he assured me he had "never had any trouble with her before" and that it was "very funny." And so away.

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Two independent authorities are quoted on the subject of modern lubrication:-

Mr. H. C. Mougey, chief chemist of the research division," Gentral Motors Corporation, sald:—

"Recently there have been many changes in automobile design, driv ing conditions, fuels and oils. Balloon tyres, shock absorbers, en- gines more free from vibration, four wheel brakes, better roads and modified speed laws, are some of the factors that make higher speeds The Non-Stop Wife.

more common. In addition, the en- "She'll go all day now." saldgineers, without increasing the size Parker. "Once started, there's of the engines in proportion to car no stopplag her." "Like my wife," weights or without increasing the auid L And this amused Parker crankshaft revolutions per miles mightly but did not amuse Mrs. have greatly increased the power of Pepp at all. Which just shows, their engines.

We drove miny miles into the country. The sun shone, the birds sang, the bees buzzed, the trees bur: geted-whatever that means. The milestones flew by, and before we knew where we were, we were there, I agreed with Parker that it was the poety of motion and that it beat a sedan chair into a cocked bat.

Engine fuels and oils which were satisfactory two or three years ago may be very unsatisfactory under some of the present day conditions.

CARS OF THE FUTURE.

Power from Radio!

G. M. Williams

of Marmon.

Many on Same Wave, "It may be said that the alloça- tion of a aufleient number of ware- lengths, to care for each automo- bile throughout the country will be impossible. But there is no roa [son why many cars cannot operate on the same wavelength, provided, however, that there are not too many to overload the particular | wavelength, to which they have been allocated. In other words, the chief problem would be' to guard · against the creation of too high ́n peak load,

"Aside from the many specific ad- vantages of radio-operated automo- biles from the standpoint of their individual utility and easier opera- tion, there is every indication that the advent of auch ears would re-` sult in major economies concern- ing our national wealth. Elcient production of power by central power stations will effect consider able savings in fuel, taking into consideration the fact that the av orage automobilo owner does not run his engine to its maximum eco- nomic efficiency. It has been esti- mated that fall 10 per cent, of the gasoline used in this country today in wasted by Idling-motore.

"The automobile of 1929 is more thon five times as oficlent and economical as the automobile,of 1000. The automobila of 1999 as compared to the automobila of to- day will bear a far greater ratio than this in these essential fac- tors."

TO LIGHT AIRWAYS.

A bill providing $15,000,000 for Indianapolis, Ind. Automobiles to the elimination of all operating construction of emergency landing of the future will be driven gadgets with the exception of the fields at five to ten-mile intervals

electric by

motors and will controller and switch, and the con-along state airways will be pre their power by radio tinued availability of power with acnted to the Pennsylvania legisla.

Iture. directly from centrally located, cut replenishing fuel supply. transmitting stations, each ear owner, being assigned a specific wave length.

receive

Mr. L. H. Pomeroy, vice-president This startling predletion is made of the Institution of Automobile by G. M.Williams, president of Bagineers of England, and general | the Marmon Motor Car Company, mannger of the Daimler Company, in the midst of the nation's auto- recently stated:--

mobile show season featuring thei latest gasolina-propelled vehicles.

In both private and commercial We had reached a remote and applications the modern automóbile more or less deserted village, con- engine fa being asked to work over sisting of a fine old crusted church, a far greater range of speed, load a few thatched cottages, an ivy-and climatte conditions than ever Jend in and ten petrol pumpa | before.

in fast colours. Having park-

jed Che

on the avor

village

green, we visited the church, spent 3 pleasant hour

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"While I do not mean to adopt.

a radical position," says Williams,

I would say that possibly during, the next generation and most cex-

tainly within the 20th century, the present type of automobile, pow- ered, with the present type of in-1 read-ternal combustion engine, will be

ing the epitapha, on the tombstonesas obsolete as the dodo bird, the and another hour in admiring the great auk and the great horn beauties of Nature. Then we went apoon.

to the village inn and ordered lunch.

Wo had just sat down to it when the landlord entered accompanied by the village constable, who snid, "Measter, be yan thy car outside? Thee must shift it. It's been there appards of two hours." "But its not. In the .way. The vil- Inge green is empty." "That's may be," said the 'con- stable. "Regulations must not be broke. Your two hours is hup

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The source of power, for these electric automobile motors will be large central generating stations similar to those which are at pres- ent in use for the generation of electric power for lights and other commercial purposes. This auto- mobile power, however, will be transmitted by radio directly from the central station to the car itself.

"I can foresee with a reasonable degree of accuracy each automo-

and the parking fee is five shlll-bile owner botng assigned a ings." Parker paid. Wo left that village and set forth in search of fresh parks and park fees now, And so away,

specific power reception designa- tion or wavelength and all that will be necessary for him to start his car will be to pull a switch on the instrument board, thereby autom- atically tuning into the power wave which has been agsigned to him. If his in an 80-horsepower motor eur his maximum reception will be 80 horsepower and ears of this power will be controlled by a rheostat used like the accelerator of today..

No Park for Parker. Wo reached a large country town and sought a quiet sido street or blind alley where we might park the car in peace while we partook of dish of tea-not that I care for drinking tea out of a dish, but let it pass. Every by-street and cul- de-sac in that town was marked We Won't Escape Taxi - "No Parking Here." At length we found a private yard with the will be built in different horse- As is the case today, those cars notice, "Purking Done Here," and

used.

so discovered that not only park-power and sizes and will be taxed ing.but Parkers were done there, accordingly. Motorists will not for the charge was extortionate. pay for more power than is used. inasmuch as a metering arrange- Parker paid again. And so awayment will be installed in each car again.

Notwithstanding

these few which, at periodic intervals, will be checked by the power company ineonveniences (at Parker's for the purpose of marking, a скрепва) I Was mightily

charge for the power actually pleased with the ear and, after consulting Mrs. Pepp, I was disposed to purchase it (out of Mrs. Popo's pin money) from Park- er at a reasonable furure. And so back to Town, I told Parker to call at Lombard Lane in order that I inight interview my banker and draw the wherewithal to pay for it, We reached Lombard Lane at five minutes before three of the clock and were about to drive to the bank when another constable told us that it was only a one-way street In predicting the universal use and we must go the other way. of electric motora in automobiles, Parker said, "But we only want to Williams declares electrical engi- go one way," at which I laughed neers would have to speed their af- mightily, not knowing it was aforts toward reducing their weight chestnut. So we had 19. enter | in order to be adopted in automo. the street from the other biles,

"It is an established fact that automotive engineers Jong have at- tempted to attain as great a flex- fbility and economy in internal combustion engines as is possible. to attain in electric motors, hencel the increasing use of the eight- cylinder gasoline engine. The use of electrie motors will attain flex- ibility and maneuverability to a superlative degree."

end. Parker put, in his re- "Advantages which would accrue verse and, after the constable had from this development," he con- taken his name and address tinues, "will be speeding up of for driving backwards, we trafic conditions due to greator

drove round to... the other acceleration and deceleration; end of the strect. By that elimination of noxious fumes; time Bow Bells' clock had struck minimizing of . maintenance conta three and the bank was closed. So due to the relatively small number I told Parker I would age him in the of moving parts in such electrical morning when the bank was open. apparatus as compared to the pre-:

However, by the next morning I sent day internal combustion had seen a car which pleased me engine; complete elimination more mightily than Parker's car, so of the problem of heating bought it instead, and thanked and cooling. exlating in the Parker for giving us a chosp and

present internal. combustion enjoyable trial run.......

engine; 'simplicity of operation due And so home to Soho."

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A mighty tough test of Goodrich Silvertowns

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Beat in the long Run"

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