MOTOR NOTES.

Shannon News, 4 May 1928, Page 4

MOTOR NOTES.

Called the Air Maze, a new type of air cleaner is fitted to the Reo Fly ing Cloud and Wolverine cars. It consists of a number of oily wire screens of comparatively coarse mesh. It is claimed that while the air is perfectly cleaned, it encounters no resistance at any speed or throttle opening. The screens are easily cleaned about once a year by rinsing with petrol, after which a fresh supply of oil is added.

Notable refinements have been made recently in Packard car engines. The six now develops over 80 and the eight 105.

That the sterling qualities of British lorries are steadily becoming better known is shown by the record profit of £395,000 recently announced by the well-.knowri English firm of Leyland Motors, Ltd. This company also announced the receipt of a record number\of overseas orders.

The 1928 programme for the Moon motor-car is far the most extensive yet attempted during 21 years of manufacturing high-grade motor-cars.

Upon the invitation of Premier Mussolini, the fifth World Motor Transport Congress will be held in Rome in September.

Car manufacturers are equipping cars with piotors of higher power and higher speed capacity. Many advertise, as a talking point, the 'quick getaway." It is becoming the tendency of motorists to accelerate as quickly as possible particularly after being held up at street intersections by! the traffic inspectors and at railway crossings, etc., says an article in the "Goodyear News.”

Quick acceleration of a car is one ofi the major factors in increased tr6ad wear.

Under this high speed the motor pulls on the road before the car is in motion. The tyre often spins. The effect is the same as if the tread was sandpapered.

The Yellow Taxi Corporation of New York has purchased 600 new Buick taxicabs at a cost of more than £200,000 and has taken most of its old cabs off the streets.

Charles S. Crawford, chief engineer of the Stutz Motor-car Company since 1922, has resigned to join the engineering staff of the General Motors Ekport Co.

A motor-car and a tram nearly collided at a suburban tram intersection one day last week, because the driver expected the tram to give him the right-of-way under the off-side rule. Under the new Government regulations, trams are specially exempt from conforming to the off-side rule.

There are now nearly 200 approved hotels on the official list of the South and North Island Motor Unions.

An order for more than 100 cars and commercial vehicles for South America has been placed with Bean Cars Ltd., of England. The sum involved is something more than £40,000 and as several of the biggest American corporations were in the field, this is looked upon as a distinct victory for. British quality and workmanship.