16-20 Argyll Car.
This cai was specially imported for Mr. P. R. Sargood, of Dunedin and it is exactly the same in all particulars as the one which ran so well in the Tourist Trophy race with the exception of the wheels The engine is a very beautiful piece of work, showing a very fine finish, every part being extremely accessible, and the \yhole working as quietly as possible It has four cylinders, bore and stroke being 95 x 130. The cylinders aie all cast separately, with the valves on opposite bides. Double ignition is used with high-tension coil and high-tension magneto ignition. The car is equipped with 35 x 5 Palmer cord tyres It has the usual handsome Argyll Rois dc Beige side-entrance body, finished in deep carmine 1 lie machine has lots of road clearance and is \eiv speedy It also has the latest Argyll design in back axle with ball bearings at four different pomts Ihib machine seems to require little or no effoi t to make it run on the load
ihe Smgei Motor MiLiufuCiuimg Co , of Coventry, England aie shortly to be represented by an agency in Wellington for the Australasian colonies. Then motoi cais arc well known throughout the world foi then reliability.
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Progress, Volume II, Issue 5, 1 March 1907, Page 171
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20916-20 Argyll Car. Progress, Volume II, Issue 5, 1 March 1907, Page 171
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