GARAGE GOSSIP

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 337, 24 April 1928, Page 6

GARAGE GOSSIP

All the A.A.A. road signs will be made slightly larger in future, making them clearer to read at night. * # • At a complimentary dinner at the Piccadilly Hotel, London, given by racing motorists to Mr. W. H. Pauli, technical director of the Dunlop Rubber Company, it was remarked that one competitor in 1901 had raced a distance of 200 miles with eight spare tyres on his car, and all of them had been used before the finishing-line was crossed. Against this, Mr. and Mrs. Bruce have this year driven 15,000 miles much faster without experiencing anything in the nature of tyre trouble. Major H. O. D. Segrave remarked that the Dunlop Company had no doubt concerning its ability to design and construct tyres to be run next year at 230 m.p.h. * * • A light airplane, the Avro-Avian, with four-cylinder Cirrus engine, is quoted in Sydney at £685. This brings the light airplane into direct competition with motor-cars for some class of pleasure-seekers. * * • The day was very cold, the car was very old, and when the proud owner parked he tenderly covered the hood with a blanket. Small Boy at Kerb: “Too late, mister; you can’t hide it. We all saw it when you pulled up.” The annual prize-giving of the Sports Motor-Cycle Club will take place this evening, when a social function will be held in the Orient Tea Rooms, Newmarket. The trophies, medals and championship ribbons won at the recent hill climbs, speed tests, etc., will be presented to the winners of the various events. Twenty cars are wanted on Saturday afternoon to provide an outing for the inmates of the Blind Institute. Motorists willing to assist in this work should advise the A.A.A. office. Holmes: “A slow town, is it?” Watson: “Slow! The speed cops there ride bicycles.” Vertical radiator shutters are becoming quite a common sight round town, as the new Essex is coming into wider use. Such shutters were rarely seen until adopted by the Cadillac a few years ago. The A.A.A. is at present equipping a truck for use by the officer employed erecting signs. The truck should be in duty within a fortnight. * * # The new route across the Arapuni dam wall is now open for traffic, and motorists should avoid the old Arapuni- Te Road, which runs along the cliff above the power-house site. Care is necessary on the old road, as the protecting fences are down in places.