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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.

MOTOR NOTES FROM GREAT BRITAIN.

@poeial Report to the Hongkong Telegraph by R.A.C.]

Pilot's for London's Traffic. The vastness of London and its traffic complexities are apt to have rather a disturbing effect on some, motorists who find themselves there. Realising this, the mobile Association has made ar rangements whereby, for a small

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find this arrangement an exceeding- ly helpful one.

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Incidentally, the A.A. has just established another record in Bri tish motoring history as the num ber of membership badges issued has passed the million mark. This totai has been distributed in twenty-five years.

MOTORING

SUPPLEMENT.

SATURDAY, MAY 10, 1930.

"The Missing Link.”

BY THE WAY

Lady Chamberlain has just been Senorita Lili d'Alvarez, the 8 speeds forward and two reverse dard parts selected by an A. C. 11. supplied by Rootes Ltd. with a famous Spanish tennis player, en are available.

representative, engine and gearbox Humber Pullman Limousine. The tered her Rolls-Royce in the recent A very interesting order recent being of Sturmey-Archer manufac- Pullman model is in most respects Concours d'Elegance at Cannes, ly received for Thornycroft vchi- ture, similar to the Humber Snipe, a car where it was awarded a Grand cles is from a foreign railway com- which the Prince of Wales used Prix. The body, a saloon landau-pany for a fleet of the latest types during his visit to Cape Town, but lette by Hooper, is a fine example of the firm's G-wheelers. This rail- It has often been said that a a longer wheelbase is employed. of modern development in luxury way company have been much im vast field for the motor cycle trade 1. H. the Maharanee of Baroda coachwork. It possesses a landau-pressed by the possibilities for the to exploit is to be found in the has selected a 25 h.p. 6-cylinder let hood and two sliding roofą. commercial development of dis ranks of pedal cyclists of which An outstanding car that has tricts beyond their rail system by there are reputed to be some & Sunbeam with enclosed drive-lan- daulette body. This is a 7-seater lately been delivered is the Daim- the provision of road transport millions in Britain alone. The car with two folding occasional ler 50 h.p. Double-Six underslung operated in conjunction with their new Triumph Junior, a lightweight who drives a car?"

"Papa, what do you call a man seats in the rear compartment. chassis with a semi-sports-touring railway service,

2-stroke with a 1.72 h.p. engine "It depends on how close he The outstanding example of this and 2-speed gearbox has been comes to mo." Some New Season's Cars.

Many leading figures in various body by Thrupp & Maberly for realms of sport are possessors of Captain Wilson. There are few is the case of the South African specifically designed to suit those The new season has opened with fine cars; Jack Hobbs, for in-smarter colour schemes than black Railways, which acquired a fleet of millions who at present cycle to and

case the Thornycroft vehicles some 5 years from their work. nuiaber of important personages tance, on his return from Australia and red and in this

A. J. S. motor cycles are to take, second place for these have been produced for the past, 32 years.

Trouble-Free Touring.

A motorist driving through a

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taking delivery of some particularly last year took delivery of a 16 h.. finish is black cellulose with red age and have repeatedly added to In such cases first cost · is ob- small country town, was pulled up line cars. Sir Austen Chamber-Sunbeam, while W. R. Hammond, wings. Combined with the ex- them until to-day they are operat- viously of great importance and at for excessive speed. charge, its members can be met on

Foreign Secretary, he well known Gloucester and tremely low overall height made ing some 400 vehicles of this make a cost of £24. 17, 6., complete with "Didn't you see the notice, 'Dead be piloted or driven to their dess for some time been a Humber England player, is the owner of a possible by the underslung chassis, the outskirts of the Metropolis and lain, the late

An Astounding Performance, Jelectric lighting and accessories Slow?' asked the policeman. car this car is particularly striking in tinations in London or the suburbs. owner, his last car being a 20/55 3-litre of the same make a

it should certainly All the bill."Of course I did, but I thought A British motor cycle has again particularly as very useful arrange it meant your town!?! Many visitors from Overseas will.. saloon. Following his lead, capable of very high road speeds appearance.

made history. The 500 cc. Dunelt ments for payment by instalments machine which set out to cover are in force. That well known mo Daimler chassis with 100 h.p.distance equipment to 50 Tourist tor expert, Professor Low, has "Where has your car been for 6-cylinder sleeve-valve engines and Trophy races over the Isle of Man described the machine ILS "The the last two weeks?" most luxurious Pullman limousine course, under ́A.C.U., observation, Missing Link" and, this seems a "I'm having a one-day paint job bodies are employed for the new auccessfully completed its purpose very good name for a machine that done on it." Daimlerways Continental tours, despite terrible weather conditions can be run 2 miles for a penny and which facilitate European travel and a narrow escape from disaster be bought by instalments for ls. 4d. and even operate in North Africa. in collision with a car towards the a day.

So many people are put off end of the test.

Added comfort is a feature of foreign touring by the amount of Including all stops, a distance of the motor cycle of to-day and with detailed arrangement that is neces-13,000 miles was covered at an road surface still far from ideal sary. Without a knowledge of lo average speed of 34.8 m.p.h, and in the question of springing is of cal languages and customs, there riding time of 16 days. This is paramount importance. In the are certainly obstacles to enjoy.& truly magnificient performance Matchless "Silver Arrow', which ment, apart from the question of when the conditions are realised for boasts a patent spring frame, the section:

Flapper to cop at busy inter-

What's alternated between rear portion is hinged behind the lights here?

the ides, no expense. The Daimlerways scheme, the weather therefore, by which for an inclu-snow, rain and fog and the course gearbox and moves against the sive charge seats are booked and was in no way closed to ordinary action of two large barrel type com light at this corner, lady.

Guardian of the law; I'm the all arrangements made throughout traffic.

pression springs situated under the tour, is being found very at- The machine

His Majesty:. Then turn green Was a 496 e.c. the saddle. This design insures so I can cross! tractive, for the very

essence 0. H. V. type built up from stan- labsolute lateral rigidity and free-

The Rise of the Small Car.

The colossal growth in populari- ty of the small car can well bel estimated by an examination of the Triumph Co's work in the Midlands. Eight years ago an additional fac- tory was bought at Stoke, near Coventry, in which to manufacture the then new Triumph car. Since that date, however,

extensions

have been made annually, with the result that the Stake works are now seven times as large as they were in 1922, yet they are to-day utilised; for the manufacture of car bodies only.

A recent week proved to be a re. Ford in the history of this partien- lar company, the output being ever! 160 per cent, greater than the weekly average for the 1929 sou

son.

Mr. George Stevens, managing director of A. J. Stevens & Co. has corrected rumours that were rife concerning the new A. J. S. 9 h.. car. These coupled the new car with the old Clyna, factory and name but Mr. Stevens has made it plain that the new production has been designed in the firm's Own drawing by their own men, the only association with the Clyno Co. being the purchase of a number of valuable patents.

It is good to know that the mar keting of a car does not mean that

The Humber "Snipe" used by the Prince of Wales in South

Africa. Al the entrance to the Castin, Cape Town.

If you should lift the body of every car

and

in Buick's field- compare the chassis-

then you too would choose

The New BUICK

If you were to lift the body from the chassis of any one of a hundred cars-and compare the vitally important details of chassis de sign and construction-you would find Buick so outstandingly superior in all phases of fine car engineering that you would almost laevitably make Buick your choice. Here is what you would see in this famous chassis:

Buick's great new Valve-in-Heed engine- developing 99 horsepower in the 124- and 132-joch models, and 80% borsepower in the 118-lach modela. Unapproachedła sturdiness, all-round performance ability, reliability and

economy as well.

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Buick's new Controlled Serve Enclosed Mechanical Braking smooth, pósitiva, with minimum pedal pressure. And--because fully protected against dust, dir and water-operating at minimum efficiency la say weather.

Buick's new frictionless steering gear and new Road. Shock, Eliminator-twio advancement late duced by Buick. The Buick wheel offering effortless control throughout its catire turning zrage-and the now Road Shock Eliminate assuring complete freedom from annoying Jolta and jars.

Brick's new, longer rear springs, and sew

114" Weelbase Marquette Models

118*

124'

132*

Buick Modole

Buick Modelu

Buick Modals

Larcjoy Draduale Black

Laserbary front

and rear. Combining to check both bound and mbound, and providing a degros of riding cass without pacallal anywhere.

And, finally, much crtablished Buick mperiorities ss the famous double-drop frame of toughest steel '. . . the massive side and 'cross members reinforced a polats of stress to insare greatem long life the celebrated sorque tube driv Balck multiple-diac durch, self-lubricating differential, and numerous other features.

When the list of Bulck's chassis feamres— entirely aside from this irresistible appeal of Buick now Faber Bodina--readi ́like a roll-call of all that is soundest and best in foe car engineering and when, is addition, you can buy a Buick for as little $1273, Lo. b. factory as a what wonder that all comparisons lead to Buick! What wonder that more than 2,000,000 people have invested choir money in Bricki-sad that from two to five times as many are purchasing this new Buick xa xay other automobile peload above $1200!

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of a holiday is that is should be trouble-free. No longer need the beauties of Central Europe, Spain) or the Dolomites remain unexplor-¡ ed by the discriminating traveller; the modern motor coach is playing a very large part in breaking down barriers of insularity.

For Safety and Comfort.

The tremendous increase in the use of safety glass on all kinds of motor vehicles has naturally at- tracted considerable public. interest in its manufacture. A visit to one of the Triplex Co's factories, for instance, demonstrates the great precautions which have to be taken against dust; for the smal- lest speck' getting between the cel luloid and glass during manufac- ture will ruin it. What a pro- blem when there are thousands of plates of glass all covered with a sticky substance lying about; and so the drying ovens have roller doors at each end and only the operators are allowed in, wearing overalls of a special material. The glass and celluloid come together under a spray of filtered chemical so that any speck of dust is wash- ed clear immediately before the sheets become મ homogeneous whole.

Motor transport has been ros. ponsible for many developments in recent years and with it, as a mora or less necessary adjunct, goes the question of road construction. There is in progress continuous research into methods of construc- tion and towards the ideal surface and there is still undoubtedly a lot of ground to cover before the goal is reached.

On a section of the Great West Road, one of London's most im- portant traffic arteries, the Minis- try of Transport has established an experimental station where dif- ferent types of road surface ure laid down and their behaviour un- der ordinary traffic conditions al served.

A very useful testing machine) for trying out samples of concrete and materials of construction, has lately, been completed by Greenwood & Batley, the Leeds engineers. This is a 500-ton compression test- ing machine for, testing.cubes up to 12 in. square in section and 241 in. long. The load is applied by means of an electrically-driven hv draulic pump, employing oil as the working fluid and 2 tons per sq. in. working pressure.

Independent of Roads,

Where roads are non-existent or very poor, the rigid 6-wheeler has made a great name for itself and is assisting materially in the de- velopment of new countries.

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Combining to a remarkable de- gree the qualities required in a cross-country vehicle and one with hard ya high performance over

roads, one of the latest models of the F. W. D. 6-wheel drive vehicles recently demonstrateci at Slough before a number of interest-: ed visitors. A feature of this ma- chine, apart from the fact that the front wheels are also power driven, Is that the front axle spring sus- pension being pivoted allow difference in level of 12 in. be- tween the two wheels without frame distortion..

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During the test the F. W, D. carrying a dead load of & tons and drawing a trailer with a further 4 tons, negotiated water holes with about 18 in. of water coming to rest with each axle in turn in the deepest part and restarting with- out wheel spin or allpping of the clutch. Really rough country was traversed with narrow ditches and steep banks but the vehicle made light of such obstacles. Later, on its own, it showed its ability to keep up a steady 30 m.p.h. on made road and, in fact, reached a speed of nearly 40 m.p.h. A_6-cy- Hinder A.E.C. engine la fitted and

A Daimler 50 hp. Double-Six underslung chassis with a Semi-Sports Touring body by Thrupp & Maberly recently sup- plied to Captain Wilson of Berkeley Square, London W. This

is finished in black cellulose with red wings.

He held her to his manly brenat theel"

And murmured, "How I love

He had no time to tell the rest--- Hia roadster climbed an elm tree,

Sandy bought two tickets for a raffle and won a Studebaker. His friend rushed up to his house to congratulate him, but found him looking miserable as could be.

"Why, mon, what's the matter w' ye?" he naked.

"it's that second ticket. Why I ever bought it I canna imagine.”

"If the driver is fat, is the gas o-lene?1

"What does the wind shield when the engine weare a hood?"

"If the engine misses fire does the tyre pump?"

"If the tyre chains, do the brakes lock?"

"Does alcohol in the, radiator make the front wheels shimmy, ?**

dom from side play while adjust- able shock absorbers enable the ri- der to adjust the springing system to suit varying road conditions when the machine is actually in mo-. tion.

HUDSON'S

Great

8

Gives you a ride like constant coasting

It is a Totally New Type Eight

Finest of all riding sensations is coasting, Gravity pulls like a magnet. No vibration. Just free smooth travel.

Sometimes you have experienced it in a .motor car-thrown our the clutch at the top of a long, paved hill and coasted down. Motor car engineers long have sought to build cars that would ride that way, up hill and down, on the level road, through out the full speed range. Hudson's Great 8 gives you a ride like constant coasting. A new design principle is responsible. Motor vibration is hardly perceptible. Greater horse-power in proportion to weight increases alertness. It is the same principle as in current airplane develop ment. Motor power thus has real chance

to be effective, saving in fuel and more economical in every way.

There is new smartness-modernistic, dis- tinctive. Radiator, wings, body, contours and paneling reflect it. Inside and out new motif is revealed in line, detail, treatment and finish,

Roof line is lower, yet head room is greater and road clearance Increased. Wider seats

more comfort. See this new car at your Hudson Essex merchants. Drive Hudson's Great Eight yourself and you will im mediately agree that it is a totally new type of car.

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