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The Armstrong Siddelay 13 b.p. 6 cyl. Touring sär

Hong Kong Felce £378.

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.

Six cylinder excellence ARMSTRONG SIDDELEY.

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DEN YEARS' EXPERIENCE IN THE MANU-

·FACTURE OF SIX CYLINDER CARS AND

OF AERO ENGINES-KNOWN AND FLOWN. ALL OVER THE WORLD-IS A GUARANTEE

OF QUALITY WHICH IS INDISPUTABLE

THE RANGE OF THIS SIX CYLINDER EXCELLENCE - -NOW EXTENDING FROM 39 hp. TO 12 hp.--BRINGS THIS QUALITY WITHIN THE REACH OF EVERY" MOTORIST WHO DESIRES THE REFINEMENT AND FLEXIBILITY OF SIX CYLINDER MOTORING,

Six Cylinder Range and Hongkong Delivered Prices.

30 h.p. from £1,378 20 h.p. from £479 15 h.p. from £376 12 h.p. from £289

The Armstrong Siddeley 'Self Charging Silent 4 Spood Gear is available on the 20 kp. model

at 35 extra and 30 b.p. model ut £50 extra."

15 h.p. Touring Car £376

12 h.p. Touring Car £289

NOW ON DISPLAY.

ASK FOR A DEMONTRATION.

THE HONG KONG HOTEL GARAGE

Tel Central 4759.

23 Queen's Road Central

MOTORING SUPPLEMENT.

NEW ENGINE DESIGNED.

H. A. Johnston of Redlands, Cal and (above) his donible- piston engine.

Redlands, Calif., Sept. 21-A double cylinder engine, with two pistons in each cylinder, is the In-1 vention of H. A. Johnston of Red- lands.

The unique feature of this in- vention is its design so that two pistons oppose each other in the same cylinder, and the explosive gas operates on them in two di

rections. This is the product if plant in a truck, there would be no about thirty years of thought in need of a reverse transmission. this direction.

Either of the shafts could be engag: ed or disengaged to produce opposite impulses,

Johnston is a plonver engine builde He made the first Peer- less engine, he says, designed most of the mators used on Puget Sound, designed the "carbonic, refrigerating machines now,used on many occan liners, invented a garden tractor and has scores of other mechanical patents to his credit:

The double-piston engine that Johnston has built. and is now operating in his little shop here is being run on gas, but can be operat- ed up any motor fuel, he says,

Has Fewer Parts. Because of the opposing pistons, there is no cylinder head. All the explosive force of the fuel is spent on moving parts, and isn't absorbed

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Kaskets are necessary.

Lists Seven Advantages. According to Johnston, the ad- vantages to be derived from his double-piston engine are:

1. No vibration.

2. Utilization of all the explosive Horec,

Kas.

Engine balanced at all speeds, Double the power per unit of

5. No oil pump, ull holes, pipes or conveyors.

oil

B. No bronze or babbitt bearings, 7. No high pressure gaskets. Johnston is planning a three- cylinder engine with six pistons, embodying the two-piston

in a heavy foundation or a station- idea in each cylinder, but without head. No high pressure fly-wheels. Gyroscopic action is gained by the movement in oppo- First glance at the engine reveals site directions, says the inventor, that it has two flywheels, rotating, so that flywheels will be necessary. in opposite directions. Each is Brake tests of the two-cylinder mounted on the end of a crankshaft. 'model have shown that at 600 re- These crankshafts are operated by ¡volutions a minute, 35 actual horse- the opposing pistons and, though power was registered. This is con- separated from each other by the sidered quite good for a two- length of the engine, are mechani- cylinder motor of this size. cally connected so that the flywheels Lubrication is automatic. and pistons are always in perfect internal mechanical operation in

cludes lifting the oil to all moving From the side opposite the fly-parta, keeping them flooded and so wheels two power shafts protrude. making oll pumping unnecessary; These also rotate in opposite direc- When oil gets to a certain low level tions but are geared much lower the engine is stopped automatically, than the crankshafts." Johnston and it cannot be started until the points out that, for use as a power loif supply is replenished.

time.

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BIG ROAD PLAN..

PROGRESSIVE ISLANDS.

The

New Jersey contemplated spend- The Philippine Islands, one of ing more than $40,000,000 on its the smallest possessions of the roads this year, according to the United States, has a motor vehicle state highway commission. Iregistration of more than 28,425.

JOHNSON

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1929.

THE ARDS RACE

Baby Cars Do Well.

TITANIC STRUGGLE.

Whilst, naturally, the result of the Royal Automobile Club's Tourist Trophy Race recently held. on the Ards Circuit, near Belfast, is a matter of some disappointment at the loss, temporarily, of the famous Trophy, the very greatest admiration is evoked at the tremendous effort" of _the_winning driver and his car in securing for his country the honours of the event.

Possibly, however, nothing has caused such astonishment as the extraordinarily plucky and tena- cious performance of the wonderful [Austin Sevens,"" ала national Ipride in the success of two of these little cars in securing third and fourth positions after a run at the amazing average speed of ap proximately 60 miles per hour is abundantly justified." By virtue of their amazing speed for such tiny engines, they held the lead in the race until within about five laps of} the end, but even when the lead was lost they doggedly fought out the two winning cars and coming the battle, yielding ground only to through the colours and after a performance of race with flying reliability which was unequalled.

Driven by Messrs. A Frazer Nash and S. Holbrook, they crossed the finishing line only six and four minutes respectively after the winners, less than a minute separat- ing the two gallant. "Bubies." As one account of the race mentiona. the announcement that the lap record has again been broken in Class H" (in which Class the Austins appeared) became almost monotonous, and their bulldog tunnelty completely won the hearts of the spectators. Boisterous ap-| plause greeted the two Austin- drivers at the conclusion of thel Race, for these two had shown the world the amazing fact that the smallest British-made car had once again essayed a task which might be supposed to be completely out- side its scope, and had succeeded not only in passing a test of the severest possible nature but, in so doing, had finished well to the fore and had demonstrated in a mest convincing manner the quality and reliability of British Automobile design and construction.

The weather, bright periods alternating with extremely heavy and localized downpours which converted the roads tem- porarily almost into rivers, made the conditions additionally severe, but against them the Austin Super- charged machines fought on to add fresh laurels to their already wonderful achievements.

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1. Austin.

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