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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. MOTORING SUPPLEMENT.

The Peak Garage

IS NOW UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF LANE, CRAWFORD, LTD.

*

OUR SERVICE STATIONS

UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF MR. A.J. ALLISON,

IN CASE OF EMERGENCY

ARE ORGANISED TO RENDER

PERSONAL and PRACTICAL SERVICE.

ALL MAKES OF CARS OVERHAULED

AND TUNED TO PERFECTION.

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1929.

THE ROOSEVELTS GREAT TEST.

[Special Report to the Hongkong Telegraph.]

TRAVELLING SOME,

FOR

The American Motorists' Asso- ALL

elation has figured that each arto-

Imobile in the Unlied' Sutes CLASSES

travelled about 5,590 miles last year. Thoy reached this figure by OF. division of the gasoline consumed by all cars and getting the average consumption and mileage of each

Indianapolis, Ind, July 00-

Stock Car is Used.. The car Representatives of the American

was 'n straight-eight car. Automobile Association and ongi-] sedan taken off the regular line by: neers of the Marmon Motor Car representatives of the A. A. A.

hours. Company here have been inspect- It was equipped with two extra Only a small carbon deposit was

ing every movable part of an auto-wire wheels, tyres, tubes and

and mobile that has been driven for 18 covers, front and rear bumpers, found on the piston tops daye without a stop to see what shock absorbers and trunk rack around the valves.

Wear on the pistons and cylin- happens to the average car that Fortunately nothing happened to has been in operation a year. the tyres throughout the run, order walls was alight. The valvea For the Roosevelt that ran, such an accident would have terre still in good condition, sayi the inspectors, and so are that at the Indianapolis Speedway here minated the test. for a non-stop record of 440 hours) and 30 minutes, has done what any car will do in about a year if driven an average of one hour and 12 minutes a day.

Thus engineers have completed an average year's test in twal

What did end the run was not bearings, ignition, lubricating and the fault of the car. A violent cooling systems. wind storm swept the track. The Unaffected by Vibration. headquarters tent was picked up There is great danger, any auto- and deposited back of the pits,motive engineers; of crystalliza- debris flew in all directions, roofs tion of metal parts as a result of were ripped from grandstanda and constant vibration. The Roosevelt

on test bad to undergo severe vibrations from the brick speed- way, yet there is no indication that crystallization had set in.

The run, In addition was a test of human endurance. A corps of drivers, mechanics, pit men and A. A. A. officials waa quartered in tents, with kitchens and sleeping rooms, in the speedway infeld. Meals were served on the spot, Officials were on hand all the time, Never did a refueling car leave its base without an A. A. A. man in the seat beside the driver.

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This is the day of the eight and here is the first straight-8 in the G. $1000 field

Roosevelt

MARMON BUILT

Refueling on the run was part of the job keoping the Roo- sevelt going toward its record of 440 hours 30 minutes at 1- dianapolis. Photo shows engin cers examining the rear axle for

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We ar.

weeks and a half. Examination the velocity of the wind was so of parts and determination of great that it was dangerous for the record established are subject the drivers to risk continuing the to official confirmation of the event. American Automobile Association and the International Association of Recognized Automobile Clubs, but preliminary figures and ex- aminations show that the car on test went through the ordeal in better shape than the engineers had anticipated.

Many automobile companies had conducted endurance tests of one kind ar another to determine the durability of their products, Two of these texts had incorporated the non-stop feature-one lasted less than a day and the other, a coast-to-coast run, Justed 102

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CHEVROLET

THE

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