DURABILITY

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 237, 27 December 1927, Page 8

DURABILITY

Striking evidence of the durability j i l 7 ’ e fsasb has just been brought ‘ ; under notice. One of the earliest fCasb [ r: ' :x touring cars, brought to Australia jin 1918, was purchased by Withers i Bros, converted to a 12-seater sightseeing char-a-banc, and to the end of last year wan engaged in conveying parties to all parts of Australia, includmany trips in Tasmania. During this service it covered hundreds of thousands of miles. When the wheels and other parts were n 0 longer considered serviceable the engine and gear-box were placed in a much younger two-ton truck chassis, fitted with a closed-in omnibus body. This outfit weighs three tons 15cwt., and it ; is a tribute to the workmanship and material in the much-used nine-year-old Nash engine that it still is capable of propelling this heavy omnibus, i carrying over 20 passengers. After its ' city week-day work, Sunday finds it j conveying trippers in the hills. When inserting a new inner tube I or replacing the old once which has been repaired, the inside of the casing should first b e wiped out with a damp cloth to remove any sand or grit that may be present. A single sharp- j pointed grain, of sand between the ! casing and the tube is very likely to j ! fore© its way through that tube, caus- ! | ing a puncture. This is the real cause j [of many a mysterious puncture, 4