MODERN WILLIAM TELL

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 686, 11 June 1929, Page 6

MODERN WILLIAM TELL

STANDS BEFORE RACING CAR A remarkable act was staged at a Wellington motor garage on Friday night before thousands of spectators. With his back against the garage wall stood a burly figure of a man cool, patient and confident, while a murmur of tense excitement w-ent through the throng. Away at the other end of the garage one heard the murmur of a motor-car engine—the projectile which was to be aimed straight at the waiting figure. Suddenly the noise of the engine swelled until with a roar the car was seen careering toward the human target. Twenty, thirty, thirty-five miles an hour —until only a car’s length separates car from figure. Then follows the zip of rubber tyre on concrete as the brakes expertly applied bring the car to a standstill. There “is a gasp from the crowd — a few, trembling, turn away. It was a hair-raising stunt carried out to impress the public with the safety braking of the modern car. Time and time again the feat was repeated, a superb test of efficiency in hydraulicbrakes. All present agreed that it was a still more remarkable demonstration of the sales manager’s confidence in his expert’s driving. FORD URGES CARE OF TYRES The care of tyres is becoming so great a factor in the economical running of a car that the Ford Motor Company recently featured an advertisement in American papers pointing out to Ford owners the necessity of tyre-care, says an article in the “Goodyear News.” This announcement stressed the importance of proper mounting of tyres with drop centre rims; correct placing of valve stems in balanced tyres; maintaining proper inflation; regular alignment; and care generally. Every car owner who wishes to cut his general upkeep costs down to the minimum, by getting the maximum mileage from his tyres, should regularly inspect his tyres for the above causes of premature wear.