INVALUABLE MOTOR BOOK

Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 948, 15 April 1930, Page 6

INVALUABLE MOTOR BOOK

“THE CAR—ITS CARE AND MAINTENANCE” I ! Commercial publications along scientific lines have, up to date, found little place in New Zealand commercial literature. A pleasing note has been struck in this respect with the publication by the Shell Company of New Zealand of a scientific treatise called “Your Car, Its Care and Maintenance,” dealing with a dozen different aspects of motoring. Each aspect has been thoroughly dealt with by a world-renowned expert in that particular branch of motoring, as a glance at the index suffices to show. An article on driving is contributed by Captain Malcolm Campbell, the well-known racing expert; an article on electrical equipment by J. L. White, of the Joseph Lucas Research Laboratories; one on brakes by E. J. Field, of Ferodo, Ltd., and so on. The booklet has been prepared, as the introduction states, with the object of assisting the owner-driver in obtaining the utmost efficiency from his car, and the numerous illustrations demonstrate in a practical way the theories of correct driving, correct adjustment of chassis, and 'the importance of correct lubrication. The last part of the book contains an up-to-date lubrication chart for every type of car on the road in New Zealand, with special reference to seasonal requirements, and giving full consideration to the different lubrication requirements of the modern high compressioned engine. A decidedly novel note is struck on the last page in a list of recommendations for the lubrication of the different aero engines in popular use. The publication, though prepared by specialists in different phases of motoring, is non-technical and easy to read, and should prove of much value to those people now entering the sphere of motordom.