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FASTEST MOTOR-

CYCLIST.

80 Miles an Hour.

ULSTER GRAND PRIX THRILLS.

A young English rider, Mr. Graham Waler, of Enfield, Middle- res, riding a 499 e.c. Rudge. won the 600 ce. class in the Ulster Motor Cycle Grand Prix races at! an average speed of 80.63 miles an hour.

This speed is unbeaten in the history of motor-cyclę road racing, L. H. Davenport (Wolverhamp ton), on a,346 c.r. A.J.S., secured the prize for the first rider to finish, and also won the Grand) Prix for muchines up to 850-c.c, at. 76.23 miles an hour.

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The trophies for cycles 250-e.c. was carried off by F. A. Longman, of London, on a 249-c.c. O.K. Supreme at 67.21 miles an hour.

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In the course of the race C. E. "Nott (Coventry), an Rudge lowered the olrcuit record at 8236) miles an hour. A few minutes. later

an A.JS. smashed the 350-c.e. lap record at 76.24 miles an hour.

S. A. Crabtree, on a Velocetie, had a nasty fall and was rushed to hospital with head injuries and a broken arm.

Nott also crashed in the later atages of the race and was taken. to hospital with head injuries.

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. MOTORING SUPPLEMENT

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CAR TOP OR WINDSHIELD.

By throwing back the metal top of this convertible "coupe, as pictures uhai, we may have an open roadster with windshield protection for those in back. It is the invention of B. B. Ellerbeck of Salt Lake City.

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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1929.

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ALBERT L. CLOUGH

IS YOUR ENGINE OIL SATISFACTORY?

no matter how cheap it is to buv.

The following questions may be of help in answering the query which forms the title of this article.

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NEW TRAFFIC RULES FOR TOKYO.

Apply to Pedestrians is Well as Motorists.

In cases

In an effort to unravel present; provides that an automobile or unsatisfactory truffle conditions jother vehicle approaching a tram [and provide for future lucrease of stop or safety island when passen-. traffic volume, the staff officials of gers are boarding or alighting the Metropolitan Police, Bureau from cars, must drive slowly and met recently with various repre- cautiously at least 12 feet away- sentatives of privata and, civic from the island or street platform. jorganizations to discuss numerous As soon as the tramcar proceeds to which have been a safe distance the automobile There is oil and oil-most of other makes, a heavier grade is measures.

may resume its original speed, pro- summer than for advanced for traffic relief. It remarkably good but some specified for

Not only will the rules to beviding as much space as possible pretty poor. The use of the latter winter? I get better results by kind resulta in unsatisfactory using a heavier grade than recom- shortly adopted include motorists between the tramcar and automo- engine operation, annecessary mended, in my Ford. Should I do but the pedestrian also will come bile when passing. bother. and excessive wear and this? I think the oil in a Ford in for regulation. No longer will where there is no safety island or It is ultimately exponsive, engine thing quicker on account the pedestrian be permitted to platform, the automobile must be of the flywheel running in it so wander at will on the highways brought to a stop behind the tram and byways of Tokyo and suburbs car and must not procecd until fast,all the time.

Answer:-Using different olland likewise the motorist will not the tramçar moves ahead.

The amendment to Article 14; for summer and winter is less com- be permitted to indulge in hier How About Withstanding Heat than formerly because it has favourite pastime of playing "hid Clause 5, Section 2 prohibits the

seek" with. become recognized that engine and

street-cars. motorist from turning and pro- Does the oil you are using retain operating temperature can be con- bicycles, excarts and the like. If ceeding in the opposite direction. its viscosity or "body" when the trolled to about the same value in the new regulations are evon half at any points except regular street.

by the engine is heuted up? If not, you all, seasons,

use of enforced, the lives of motorists crossings. notice may

those thermostats, shutter-fronts and and pedestrians alike will un

The Stop and Go Signals... symptoms. A larger oil consump radiator covers and with the same doubtedly be more peaceful..

no temperature tion and possibly more smoke than jacket

Article 17, Clause 6 provides. Some of the Provisions, is the case with the same kind of seasonal change in oil viscosity is

that automobiles or other vehicles engines having equally well fitted required. The thermosiphon cool- Article 8 Clause 1, as it appears must obey the stop and go signals pistons. Does the oil-guage reading system, tends toward uniform-in the new rules and regulations, where provided and when in ing drop off Easter, as heating urly high water jacket temperature does not particularly apply to operation by an officer. If no progresses and reach a lower final and this may be a factor. in the ordinary motorists as it covers officer is present however, the value than do the oil-guage red-recommendation always to use the only trucks, passenger buses and motorist should slow down at the ings of other identical cars? same grade of oil in the Ford similar conveyance of tramway stop-line and proceed slowly after Does your engine have even better engine. The oil in other engines tracks. Ordinary passenger cars first ascertaining if other vehicles power shortly after it is started ja "heaten" fully as hard as in the and motor-cycles may use such are approaching. cold than after it has fully Ford with certainly no less ten-tracks as heretofore.

Amended. Article 20,. Clause, 8 warmed up? If so, there is dency to thinning from this cause. Article 9, Clause 2, applies to prohibits entering the larger or ground for reasonable suspicion If the use of heavy oil in your pedestrians and prohibits all such principal streets from amallor that it does not withstand heat engine

gives

trouble During the first six months of

at from crossing a street immediately horoughfare without first stop- .1929, commercial car and truck)

well and you may decide to switch starting, there is probably no in front of or in the rear of a ping to determine if the street to registrations in Indiana increased)

to another and better kind. objection to it..

street car, automobile, motorcycle be entered is clear of traffic and ur other moving vehicle.

enter. it is safe to

Vehiclea Superchargers not Marketed. ' almost 70 per cent, over the same

Carbon Forming Qualities. period of 1928. Totals for the two

The amended Article 2; Clause travelling in either direction on A metal top coupe convertiblefventional in shape and elegant in

Question: Can superchargers Does your engine carbonize 'un- 1920, 022; 1028, years were:

cars be 3, Section 2 applies to all moving the principal streets have the right into an open sport roadster is the appearance.

fast-quicker than applicable to existing 1778.

invention of B. B. Ellerbeck, of "Second, the lower, edges of the reasonably

Article 20 Clause 20 provides Salt Lake City, after six months of top are fanged outward, this other like engines do? If this is obtained? How much increase in vehicles and a strict enforcement of way.

tion provides that all vehicles that any vehicle approaching a study, and designing. The inven- flange pressing up against rubber the fact and your engine has speed and power can be expected will be made. This new regula- tion is designed to allow motorists strip to make the job waterproof normally tight pistons and is not from the use of a supercharger

Answer: No, they cannot. The must come to a complete stop when school; children's playground, bos- to drive with the top lowered for and rattleproof, and also in allow-run on too rich, a fuel mixture. the summer, or to obtain protec-ing proper rotational clearance you can fairly infer that the oil increase in power developed is approaching a railway or tramway pital, athletic grounds, parks or on cross such tracks. Crossing to Le proceed slowly and with caution. tion of a metal top coupe when between the top and the forward you are using is of such a com- large, sufficient to make the use of crossing, if it is the intention to where crowds are gathered, must. While the rules and regulations. position that it does not evaporate the supercharger general, winter comes.

edge of the deck surface. This convertible feature 15 "Third, the pivotal connexiong off the hot piston-heads as cleanly racing car engines, the piston dis- made only after it has been ascer

to the public as official, The Japan gained by dropping the top partly between the top and body allow as it should, but leaves too much placement of which is limited to tained that no train or tram is given here have not been released Article 14, Clause applies to Advertiser has been assured that into the body, the forward por-both rotational and linear move-solid matter. Perhaps some other a certain number of cubic inches, approaching. tina of the roof extending above ment of the top, therefore allow oil would prove less objectionable Obviously, it is only with wide

open throttle that added power is automobiles and is designed as a new rules and regulations sub- safeguard for street-car passen-etantially as quoted will be issued the body and serving na a wind-ing it to be properly positioned in this matter of solid residue.

sought by supercharging. shield for the rumble seat. A when lowered. transverse window is placed in Lasts as Long as Cur.

Running With Slapping Fiston.gers at tram stops. The new rule within a very short time.

Question:-One of the pistons this part of the top.

"The idea of making the for-

Two-thirds of the total of 17- The top is pushed down into the ward part of the top with a win- When you drain your crankcase, of my engine is somewhat

Will any 311 passenger automobiles in Cey- body against the action of a dow in it, and allowing this por-after the recommended mileage loose in its cylinder. cushioning spring under

the tion to serve as a deck windshield, interval, does the oil seem thinner damage result from running the lon, on January 1 of this year were American built, according to the pivotal connexion at each side also is an important feature of and more densely, black than you engine in this condition?

Answer: No.

U. S. Department of Commerce, When the top is down it has the getting a practical construction" think it should, although your fuel same backward tilt as the forward! The inventor also points out mixture is properly lean and does winter when windshieh, giving the rumble seat that metal top w last as long it especially in occupants forward vision, bat pro as the body, and not be liable to there is likely to be more water lecting them from excessive ruin as quickly as follable cloth present-look somewhat foamy tops. Further, a metal top is and have black sludge in it? If it When the top is up and the door lined just the same as any coupe does, its quality is open to suspi windows raised-for winter use and is snug and warm during cion and you may be justified in the car is transformed into severe weather. Yet the top may trying something different, coupe, conforming in appearance he lowered in a few seconds ind with modern body lines,

Just as easily as a deck seat is Resistance to Low Temperatures. Has Conventional Shape. thrown open, with the result that "There are three fundamental the visibility and airiness of the features which make this a prac-uncovered roadster is obtained. tical construction," says Elferbeck. The top is supported by springs "First, the top is only partially which may either be coil or leaf. housed in the body when lowered. Thus, its weight is cushioned and Thus the top may be entirely 'con-operation is practically effortless.

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USING MORE GASOLINE.

Gasoline consumption in the United States for the first seven months of 1929 increased 14.6 per cent over the same period of last

Exports year,

the" of increased 13 per cent.

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TAKING THEIR TIME.

Ring Sealing and Non-Emulsifying Qualities.

When you try, to start your car, with your garage very cold, does the starter almost fail to turn the engine over and is it a long time! before your oil-guage indicates If this is the what it should? case, it is no sign that your oil is poor; but it may raise the ques-" tion as to whether you could not find an oil which would withstand cold without thickening so objec- tionably and still lubricate satis- Seasonal Changes in Of Quality, Question: Why is it that the same grade of oil is recommended for use in a Ford engine, the year around, while in the case of most

According to the US. Depart-factorily. ment of Commerce, more than 80 per cent of the motor vehicles are marketed in Latin America purchased on the deferred pay ment plan.

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SPEED-BOATING.

The New Holiday Thrill.

SEASIDE SPORT. Those enterprising people who, know the profitable prospects of catering for public amusement have been quick to recognise the money-making possibilities speed-boating, as exemplified by the new Thornycroft Sea Hawk motor boat.

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Although only introduced at the commencement of this year, quite a number are running at the principal seaside resorts, where they have proved an immédiate success with holiday folk, who were quick to take the opportuni ties of enjoying the thrille of skimming the water at high speeds.

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These boats are designed to ac- commodate 12. passengers and driver, and, as may be expected, of Thornycroft. productions, essentially seaworthy, and safe in auy Bep, which assurance also applies to their Thornycroft RB/6 type 140 h.p. six-cylinder marine. The exhilaration of a fast run in a Sea Hawk boat is to be expori- enced before it can be bolleved, and it can safely be predicted that the popularity of these boats with British holiday folk and the profitable possibilities for, their} owners will soon find them in! demand for service overseas.

They can, of course, be alter- natively equipped for private ownership, giving gonerous accom- modation for individual use,

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About 10 per cent, of all the gas- oline used in the United States is with tetraethyl lead, treated resulting in the ethyl grade sold at gasoline stations.

She Says- "HOW CHIC"

HE appeal of the Nash "400" is to those with an intu- itive regard for that which is manifestly smart and correct... Here is refinement without affectation; long, low-swung classic lines devoid of unnecessary ornament;. colour to delight the most critical; upholstery that is luxury!

With beauty, Nash engineers have combined mechanical features usually associated with cars that cost much more. Twin ignition engines add power, save fuel, give greater, smoother performance. Centralized chassis In- brication oils 21 vital chassis points at one touch. Qut» board mounted hydraulic shock absorbers level and cush ion every road. A new steering mechanism affords the world's easiest driving control.

There are no "extras" to buy, other than a spare tyre. Everything from bumpers to tyre locks is included in the moderate price.

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