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Evening Star, Issue 23374, 18 September 1939, Page 5

IO GALLONS way • • f win take you a in the new AUSTIN *lo’ This entirely new Austin *lo* is a beautifully proportioned, handsomely-styled modern car with generous room, sparkling performance and improved road safety and comfort. The lively 1,125 c.c. engine with aluminium cylinder-head gives consistently high engine power and low running costs. The deep luxurious seats, upholstered in real leather, ample head-and-lcg room and good all-round visibility, make this new Austin a pleasure to ride in as well as to drive. Everything about the earns sweeping lines from die-cast chromium radiator to tail, its light responsive steering, its road-holding, its luggage roomwill appeal to you. The knowledge that behind it all is lasting Austin Dependability, will convince you that the new Austin ‘io’ is a genuine investment from every point of view. tSnu k li miss V# y,* SPACIOUS INTERIOR OF THE NEW AUSTIN ‘lo’ * m WVRMMP Wf X 1 m ■i&i&C* INTERESTING FEATURES Look at the wide doorways and windows and big sit-back-and-cnj oy-your-sclf seats. The back scat is particularly wide (a' more than any other ‘Ten’) and comfortable with ample head-and-Icgroom. The shoulder-high backs of the front seats are hinged to tilt forward and are instantly adjustable. r ,i 25 c.c. engine with aluminium cylinder-head developing 32 b.h.p. Special engine camshaft and large barrel-type tappets for silent operation. Large air cleaner. Down-draught carburetter. Air-cooled dynamo with compensated voltage control and 12-volt battery. Pressed steel floor. Special method of bodymounting forms rigid box-section, resulting in a light chassis of remarkable strength, which increases road holding. Four-speed gearbox with synchromesh changes on 2nd, 3rd and top. Girling brakes. Flexible spoke steering wheel. Large dial instruments, including an electric clock. Wide opening DIMENSIONS OF THE AUSTIN ‘lo’ CHIEF o INDEX TO DIMENSIONS nern ;/r. 'V s windscreen and door windows. Sound insulated steel panelled body. Large luggage compartment. Luvax piston -type shock absorbers, extra-low-pressure tyres on easyclean pressed-steel wheels, safety glass in windscreen and all windows, foot-controlled dip and switch headlamps, dual windscreenwipers, illuminated, automatic-return direction indicators, new handbrake conveniently placed between the front seats, new, easily fitted and operated Rachet Jacking System which is attached to the bumper bracket, and rubber cushioned over-riders. THE LUGGAGE COMPARTMENT is exceptionally spacious for a io h.p. car giving 7 cubic feet of enclosed luggage space, the width being sufficient to take golf clubs. The lid opens down to form luggage. a sturdy platform for extra THE SENSATIONAL NEW iiksiiki THE HANDBRAKE is in a convenient position between the seats ready to hand yet comfortably out of the way enabling easy access to, and egress from the front seats on either side of the car. THE LID-TYPE BONNET is controlled by the chromium-plated radiator ornament which acts as a lifting handle and is fitted with a safety catch. The bonnet sides are also detachable. Note case of access to the battery. JACKING is a simple matter with this new system which uses bumper bracket locations. There is no need to stoop.to use this jack. IO AUSTIN MOTORS (Otago) LTD. 483-490 SOUTH PRINCES STREET DONHHNo Direet Factory Dw4riba*OM for the AUSTIN MOTOR SO. LTD., el E«otami. AwMmkltf Aawife Pwrftrw-ft. X CHtUGS, OAMAftU; i. G. LECKIE LTD,, MILTON; AL©K StMWM & GO. {4S3«| LTD,, RANFWRLY, WM.SOM ELLIOTT LTD., BALGLWTMA.

DUNEDIN JOCKEY CLUB. ' SPRING MEETING, 7ih OCTOBER, 1939. IVTOMINATIONS CLOSE on TUESDAY, i ’ 19tb September, at- 5 p.m. FORFEITS for M'LEAN STAKES and DUNEDIN GUINEAS DUE same day. L. G. HILL, Secretary.