COMPARISON PROVES HILLMAN ih hvx: io h -p- if ■I h) t * le jl ' j ; GREATEST VALUE I|J| LBS 11 in the : z: >'■ >*l Bw il LIGHT CAR CLASS! £2BB FOR COMPLETELY EQUIPPED 4-DOOR SALOONS with more outstanding features than any other light car When an impartial comparison is made of all 10 h.p. cars, the’l939 Hillman Minx—with its magnificently finished interior, its unparalleled beauty, and its many features — stands revealed as undoubtedly the finest value for money of them all I And behind the external superiority of the Hillman Minx is the unseen QUALITY that is the result of clever designing, brilliant engineering, and painstaking development. ALL the features you wont ore in ONE car — the HILLMAN MINX MECHANICAL FEATURES: Hardened steel removable valve seat inserts. Super cooled valves of special Valmax steel. 4-Speed, synchromesh silent gearbox with instant oil check. Special silent rear axle. Bonded rubber engine mountings. World’s most reliable type of engine, developing 33 b.h.p. COMFORT FEATURES: "Smooth-ride” suspension, 4 full-length Big-Car Springs automatically variable to load and road surface. “Contour-correct” luxury seating. 5.00 xl6 tyres. Ample room for 4 adults and child. Big-Car comfortable steering rake. Gear lever clear of driver’s and passengers’s knees. Fully opening front windscreen. Recessed door handles. Side scuttle ventilators for better ventilation. ECONOMY FEATURES: New f ~ carburation. Petrol economy of over / 48 m.p.g. on Auckland to Invercar- Uli I MAN gill N.Z. Official Test. In England IT ILLI IHII over 47 m.p.g. on R.A.C. Test and aiifciw over 54 m.p.g. in Australia on MINX R. A. C. A. Test. 4- Door, fully ■■ ■ equipped saloon for £2BB, delivered V anywhere in N.Z. Petrol tank 7 i fcVVNUIVIT gallons capacity. Entirely automatic vacuum operated ignition. Low up- OVER keep costs due to outstanding mechanical features which prolong the life of the motor. SAFETY FEATURES: All-Steel AB Body. Safety Glass. All-Steel Roof. " Box-girder chassis frame. Steel «.;| ae „nllnn wheels. Low centre of gravity. Wide miles pe g < track, 481 in. Wide section tyres. A„oi-innri Hand-brake operating on 4 wheels. 0 n official test from * ■ to Invercargill, a stock model GENERAL FEATURES: Spare Hillman Minx averaged 48.76 wheel and tools in compartment m.p.g. for the whole journey entirely separate’from luggage. Un- o f §29 miles. In England, equalled luggage capacity inside and R A C test the Hillman out. Beauty of line and perfection ' ’ of finish beyond compare. Many Minx averaged 4i.0l .p.»., distinctive colour schemes. “Easi- and in Australia, 011 R.A.C.A. lift” jacking system. Quick action 547 m.p.g. "snap-on” petrol filler cap. Moulded facia unaffected by' climatic conditions. HILLMAN MINX—A CAR OF BEAUTY AND A JOY FOR MANY YEARS MASTERTON: MIDLAND GARAGE | " (MASTERTON), LTD., Bannister St. I TODD MOTORS LTD., CARTERTON: R. H. EVERY, Garage, | PO Box 2 002, Wellington. High Street. B Please send me, without obligation, MARTINBOROUGH: L. A. CAMP- K details of the 1939 Hillman Minx. BELL, Garage. B FEATHERSTON: V. VENNELL, Gar- M Name age Service Station, Fox Street. I Address I GREYTOWN: A. G. RHODES, Garage, M ms / Main Street. a N.Z. Distributors: TODD MOTORS, LTD., Wellington. ' Also at Auckland, Christchurch and Dunedin.
Royal Blue Bus Service. Telephones: MASTERTON, Office 2234 MASTERTON, Private 2282 Proprietor: A. J. SNELGROVE. TIME-TABLE. Depart Masterton to Carterton: 7 a.m., 7.30, 8, 8.30, 9, 10, 11, 12, 12.30 p.m., 1,2, 3, 3.30, 4,5, 5.30. Friday only, 9.15 p.m.; After Theatre Bus, 10.15 p.m. Saturday, 6.35 p.m.; After Theatre Bus, 10.15 p.m. Sunday Time-table: 9.30, 10 a.m.; 1, 4.30, 7, 9.30 p.m. Depart Masterton to Greytown: 7 and 8.30 a.m., 12.30 p.m., 3.30 p.m., 5.30 p.m. Sunday Time-table: 9.30 a.m., 7 p.m. Depart Masterton to Featherston: 8.30 a.m., 3,30 p.m. Sunday Time-table: 9.30 a.m., 7 p.m. Depart Carterton to Greytown: 7.20 a.m., 9 a.m., 1 p.m., 4 p.m., 6 p.m. Sunday Time-table: 10 a.m., 7.30
p.m. Depart Carterton to Featherston: 9 a.m., 4 p.m. Sunday Time-table: 10 a.m., 7.30 p.m. Depart Greytown to Featherston: 9.20 a.m., 4.20 p.m. Sunday Time-table: 10.20 a.m., 7.50 p.m. Depart Featherston to Greytown, Carterton, Masterton: 9.55 a.m., 4.55 p.m. Sunday Time-table: 11 a.m., 8.15 p.m. Depart Grey town to Carterton: 7.40 a.m., 10.20 a.m., 1.20, 5.20, 6.20 p.m. Sunday Time-table: 11.30 a.m., 8.40 p.m. Depart Greytown to Masterton: 7.40 a.m., 10.20 a.m., 1.20 p.m., 5.20 p.m., 6.20 p.m. Sunday Time-table: 11.30 a.m., 8.40 p.m. Depart Carterton to Masterton: 8 a.m., 9, 10, 10.35, 11, 1 p.m., 1.35, 2,3, 4,5, 5.35, 6.35. Friday only: 7 p.m., 9.45 p.m. Saturday only: 7 p.m. Sunday Time-table: 10.30, 11.45 a.m., 1.30, 5,9, 10.0 p.m.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 17 June 1939, Page 10
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