Umbrella Dust Screen.

Progress, Volume I, Issue II, 1 September 1906, Page 310

Umbrella Dust Screen.

Messrs. Alfred Dunhill Ltd , London, are one of the foremost houses for motor accessories. Their umbiella dust screen, here illustrated, fastens to the door of the tonneau on the back of the car. The frame folds compactly, and opens and shuts as easily as an umbrella. When not required it can be easily detached, the only fitting being a small plate fixed with three screws. The frame is extremely light being of aluminium, and is covered with a strong, thin material.

landaulet. The former, particularly built with a side-entrance body is a typical town carnage, and although the cheapest car manufactured by the Company, it embodies so many of the features that have been instrumental in achieving the wide popularity enjcved by Argyll cars that a brief description will be of general interest. It has a two-cylinder engine of 95mm. bore by 140 mm. stroke, with a normal speed of 1,100 revolutions per minute, and developing 14 b.h.p. Th Govan patent gear is employed, giving speeds of about 6^,13 and 26 miles per hour, with a possible acceleration to about 30 m.p.h. The cylinders are cast separately to facilitate accuracy in manufacture and to simplify subsequent handling. The inlet and exhaust valves are on opposite sides of the engine, and are mechanically operated. Ignition is high-tension electric, but high-tension magneto can be fitted if desired. The carburetter is the standard Longuemare, with automatic attachment. In common with all Argyll models, the drive is by cardan shaft and live axle, and the major portion of the clutch is leather lined. Cooling is effected

by honeycomb radiator with fluted tubes and fan. There is no pump the circulation being maintained naturally on the thermo-syphon system. The Argyll Company have as is well known, had an extensive experience of this system, and the fact that it is retamed in the 1906 model may be taken as a proof that they have found it satisfactory. The steering is irreversible, with an enclosed lock. The body is of stamped sheet metal on Roi dcs Beiges lines, upholstered m leather, and all the fittings are of fiist class quality. Artillery wheels of 32 in. diameter, with staggered spokes to increase lateral strength, are fitted, and the pneumatic tyres are 810 mm. by 90 mm. The chief dimensions of the side-entrance model are : wheel base 7 ft. 9 m. ; width of track, 4 ft. i-| in. ; total length, 1 1 ft. 6 in. ; the total width, 5 ft. 3m. The tonneau pattern is 15 inches shorter the wheel base being 18 inches less than the figures given. The price of this car, in tonneau form, is £350, or with the more fashionable side-entrance body, /380 — English prices. To those who frequently, or even occasionally, indulge in long journeys the single landaulet is a type of carriage eminently suitable. Closed, it is a particularly smart and elegant little cab, while in fine weather the top can be folded down,

•giving a roomy and handsome side-entrance car of the most modern design. The landaulet is made with engines of various powers ranging from 10-12 to 26-30. The details of the former are largely identical with those of the 10-12 h.p. car already described, with of course certain necessary modifications. The engines fitted to the various models vary somewhat in detail, but not sufficiently to require separate description. That employed on the 26-30 h.p. landaulet is a four-cylinder motor, bore and stroke 105 by 140 mm , governed on the inlet, and with mechanically operated valves. Eoth magneto (high-tension) and electric ignition are fitted, the magneto being gear-driven. To this engine, as well as to some of the intermediate powered motors, a pump is fitted, and the radiator is designed to afford the maximum of •cooling surface. Lubrication is on the splash system, with pressure drip-feed to main bearings. The clutch is metal to metal, and the Govan patent gear is fitted. The dimensions of the different models vary considerably, but the minimum and maximum are as follow -—10-12 h p., wheel base,

S ft ; width of track, 4 ft. 1^ in. ; total length, 12 ft. ; breadth, 5 ft. 3 in. ; height, 7 ft. 2 in. 26-30 h.p. ; wheel base, 9 ft. 8 in. , width of track, 4 ft. 6 in. ; length, 13 ft. 10 in. ; breadth, 5 ft. 6 in. ; height, 7 ft. 4 in. All models are seated for two inside and one beside the driver, and the prices run from for the 10-12 h.p. to for the 26-30 h.p. model. It is unnecessary at this time to enlarge on the liigh qualities of the Argyll cars, as all the world knows their wonderful record for durability, speed, ■silence, and accessibility of mechanism. An Argyll car holds the famous British End-to-End record, and last January, after a most exacting four days' trial in Western India, Dr. Deane, an amateur driver, won the Union's Challenge Shield ■on his 16-20 h.p. Argyll Non-stop runs were in every trial m which they have been entered The Buchanan 'Shield and Australian Blue Ribbon, and a vast number of outstanding victories stand to their credit, emphasmg m unmistakable manner that in all the qualities to be desired by the intending motorist the Argyll sets a high standard to the rest of the world. With the opening recently of their great new factory at Alexandria by Glasgow, the production of Argyll cars will be very much increased, and it will now be possible, without -waiting an inordinate length of time, to obtain one of these famous vehicles, with which the pleasures of motoring may be enjoyed to their fullest extent.