GARAGE GOSSIP

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 740, 13 August 1929, Page 6

GARAGE GOSSIP

According to medical men, petrol its an ideal emergencx antiseptic, and can ward off lockjaw.

Of the Staff of General Motors (N.Z.). Ltd., at Petone, 99.25 per cent. are New Zealauders.

Tests are being carried out by the French War Department with a Diesel oil engine in an army tank.

Cabled advice hiars‘ been received that; Sunbeam motor cycles won the Belgian and the Hungarian Grand Prix.

North: Yes, cellgggnly I uhderstand women.

West: ‘Vell, what do they mean when they hold out their hand in the car ahead?

Valve bounce is the failure 01? the valves to return properly to their seatings when the engine is running at high speed. This is usually due to weak valve springs.

“How was the scenery on your motor trip?” “Well, the tooth-paste ads. were rather better than the tobacco, but there was more furniture than anything else."

—lndigent Holiday Maker: Good gracious, two miles to the sea! Why your letter said you were within easy reach of the sea. Landlady: I know, sir; but I never dreamed you ’adn't a car!

The term “back pressure” is used to denote that undesirable pressure caused by an obstruction in the exhaust system. If excessive this may cause overheating and poor running.

In the London-Edinburgh trial 1929 Matchless motor cycles obtained 100 per cent. result. Four Matchless motor'cy‘cles entered, gaining four gold- medals and special silence prize. This was ”a. great pertormance.