TRUTH ABOI^pOTORS FLUSH WITH KEROSENE but no_divvy i. t oi. \V7L D l rv Morris Made Over It Is oafe When Froperly Done A Million COME owners Who d.O their OWII Overhaul WOrk make a practice Of Morris Motors last year made a flushing 1 out their engines with kerosene after draining the old. profit of £1,334,907 after making o ji ' . . v " Provision for .depreciation of * \ . - assets and all possible continHTmS practice is quite sound if care The drain plug should then tie re- c ' e f' I is taken to remove all vestiges of moved, and the engine . kept turning J-HJi. directors recommended that no kerosene after the cleaning pro- over slightly until about half amin- dividend be paid on ordinary cess is finished. ute after the oil guage shows zertx. shares, and that the whole of the It must be remembered that kero- T he crank case should then be available profits be' used to strengthen sene has no lubricating value m a thoroughly flushed out with kerosene. 2® 6 w^ Pa 1 !^' lt and c motor engine, and, its presence m. the Whfen , ast of this has drained Tl^QObl G bU " P tO oil considerably reduces, the lubricat- away> a pint and a . nal f O f new oil ' ' ' • ■ ■ _ M , , ing properties. .■■.;■ ■ should be placed m the sump, and the In addition, j £224,781 has been. When an engine gets really , dirty, engine started up and allowed to. run carried forward. and the oil has been reduced to little for a f ew minutes, until the oil has Evidently Morris Motors are preparbetter than a mere sludge-^it should C i rcu i a ted throughout the engine. ing for a big move, and it will probnot, of coui-se, toe allowed ■ td^ get to ■- , ■ . . . • ably be m the direction of making a this stage — it is advisable to thor- This, then, should be again dram- • small car m the 7to 9 h.p. class, which oughly clean out tlie whole system ed off, and it can be usedi m. many j s enjoying"an enormous sale m the. Old with kerosene.. >. ways about the engine for ordinary Country, and is fast becoming popular •r« .»„ »,.* *u» ;«u .ff^Hwoi,, oiling purposes.. m New Zealand. . 1 sSSSrS?^ A -^— jjft^wssftrs! inVill hL hoin LShCi ntii introduced with the knowledge that it thusiastic over his car that conversaengme has been run standing until . . .., .. h . alfnnqt a hnrp the water is boiling. - will serve its full purpose. , . "on with mm almost a ooie. .iiimimiiiimimiiiiiiimmmiiiiim tiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiuiiiiiiiiiniit I imimilimim mm iiiiiiiiiimiimiii iiiiiiimiiiiiiiii i l!" 1 "!"!"!"!;!"!!!!"""""!!"!'!"!!!!!!"!!"!!! 1^ 8 ~~ ' 1 Keep You, EyeOn Radiator || VACUUM BRAKE ft 00 little water is evaporated and wasted nowadays by the cooling || JrOpUlStrity tjOOlXllllg II « system of an engine, that motorists are inclined to overlook the H : ii fact that the level should be made up occasionally. This, of course, || \\ speaks well for the cooling system,, but none the less, slowly but y The uge of engine suc ti o n m the II surely, the water level falls a little. y operation of brakes has gone II If it is allowed to fall too low,, over-heating will result, more || ahe ad with great strides m EngII petrol will be consumed, and the- engine will become sluggish Then y | and and the Continent during the ii probably the motorist who has forgotten that the radiator needs if |g . |1 occasional attention will be at a loss to understand the trouble. || '""'"" . .. h Therefore' make^ t h e Examination of the water level m the radiator II CVERY month seas fresh cars added, M a part of the daily routine inspection of the car. || *-• to the list of those which use 3ome = » ' %l form or other -of vacuum operated r „ " brakes. . . As happens with nearly every new T TMTAT TT 1 /^/"^XTCnPOI Tf'TTT/IXT invention or idea, improvements napidI \M( II IP V I Jl\^ I rvlJL^llvJlN ly follow /O n the first introduction,: and VJiIIV^UJ-J X^V^l VKJ 11V ,y V * v * . this has! occurred m connection with ' , . — : ; " . the vacuum brake. \ . A serious disadvantage of some V s £i • T^ 1 "O •1. T i^\ ■ methods of operating the brake was ir*Yf\T\T rinflV rSllllt 111 V /IIP tti^*«-- hould the engine stop, very lCtUry. Kj/IA LJ\J\J.y J-^Ulll. 11l \«/liV heavy foot pressure was needed, either ; . . ' .. to v apply the brakes or hold them •.' . '. P, 1 T^* • • • . ■•■•■■ .down:,/- ' .■'..■,. i! '.".' ■ ' ' • I^IGGG A remedy has been found for this K^WVy\>A * ivw m the addition to the vacuum system . . , of a cylinder, which holds its vacuum • for many minutes after the engine has This year has seen the introduction of many beautiful rakish stopped, so that should the engine , , .. J _ „ .„_ •■ ___ .'■•.■ cease to revolve, the driver would be DOdy Styles lOr motor-cars. . . g iven amp i e warning before his brakTN none that we know of, however; is use is built up m much the same way s t y v stem would begin t0 give him I there such unique construction de- as a composite body is constructed. «uuuei.y. " ' tail as the Dodge: Brothers tV Victory There is a framework of wood, or of An additional safeguard is the gj x .:'. metal, the steel being used more. as a provision of a red light, which The body is electrically welded into covering than as a reinforcement. flashes on'when the engine stops, one piece and bolted to the frame m The Victory Six, therefore, is uniqiler This light can be put out of comthe same manner as a steel bridge or m that the wooden corner-posts have mission when the car is not being battleship is put -together, while a disappeared. used to avoid waste of current, frame of unusual strength is curved to |n their p]ace re d rawn an d with th i s improvement the vacuum follow the line of the body. . f o |d e d steel; cowl, roof, sides* and brake will probably become still more Ti,»vi«fni.« <4lv hoastß a riaiditv dash are welded electrically into popular, as it well deserves to be. So The Victory bixDoasts a ng.airy piece of steel. The doors are far, no American car has introduced of construction that is unequalled. algo Jn ope psece< . any of the vacuum sys tems, but it is There are ' seven cross members, Outstanding, though, is the fact that only a matter of time before they will every point of stress being reinforced, , tne body j s o f double construction a °. so -' . „ ' and the side frame: members are th r OU ghout and bolted to the frame, ". Amer lea ns are . not^usually very far "arched," on the same principle as the wJ^ ich follows its every ' curve, with t> e^nd, ,butj ccas o nally m matters "arching" of bridge-supporting . mem- tf wen ty-three bolts set m three direc- SUC J? " * h ?| e> * heir . m^ ss P roductlon bers, for maximum rigidity. tions. methods hold them back. y , The reason for this rigidity is that The, absence of cornerrposts and ' ■ , a chassis frame lacking ' this quality i3 eam s gives increased interior space - • ' sets up a weaving or twisting action and a iio W s greater latitude m con- Lock, stock, and barrel — leave packwhen^the car travels over rough or un- gtruction. ing and transport to N.Z. Express Corneven roads. » The last — and most unexpected — pany, Limited. No matter how short This twisting frame bends the. body, feature of this car is the lightness m the notice or how great tlie distance, with the result that the bodies crack or we ight which has been achieved by. possessions will be delivered on time, break at joints: Hence the importance tne introduction of a one-piece all- safely and economically. Estimates of a firmly braced chassis frame. steel body. \ given at all our offices. All work unIn the matter of bodywork the Dodge Most certainly It should present der the care of experts. If you get engineers have gone even further. plenty of favorable features to the sudden notice of transfer, call and see The so-called steel body m general trade and motorists m general. ' us.— N.Z. EXPRESS CO.. LTD v .* i a A • I sß^ Mr I tNAtJFLS An Americaii ,- / wA. a\\ S!™rsends, to. England ■ ' '^. ■ ■ for 'Ms ..Tobacco.' ; ■■ '/?^ '■•.■ ** ' Sending Tobacco from England tc ' fl[«W m^ !^- America Joes sound rather like ,^Br^WMMI3& A€• V * " taking Coals to. Newcastle." ♦ ! / . « America grows Tobacco. Yet there I , Wh^n. an £™*£™^** teSnicalf^Sin going is something about honest North- ;V" ' ' ' ll ' 1 11 l fat mSSThaJthiekScd into" stifTpaste so that Country Barneys, and its big brother .q.. f you cannot use it. : . ' • Punchbowle, which wins homage fi? K&& . ROBBIALAC, unlike many oriinary enamels, does not; horn the land Which grows the leaf: . ' Tour, initial go fat. 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