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Opinions from Others.

29th May 1913, Page 25
29th May 1913
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Page 25, 29th May 1913 — Opinions from Others.
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Which of the following most accurately describes the problem?

The Editor invites correspondence on all subjects connected with the use of contour ial niutors. Letters skoleid he on

one side of the paper only, and tyPe-written by preference. The right of abbreviation is reserved, and no responsibility for views expressed is accepted. In the case of experiences, names of towns or localities may be withheld.

Practical Experience of Benzole.

The Editor, THE COMMERCIAL MOTOR.

[120b) Sir,—I wish to give a fe-w points, some of winch may not be new, arising from my own experience as a user of benzole.

Benzole, having a much heavier specific gravity than petrol, theoretically in all float-feed carburetters it should be necessary to weight the float to prevent the supply being cut off too soon, or in other words to keep up the level in the spray nozzle. From practical experienoe, I have not found this always. necessary ; in fact, in some cases where I have weighted the float in order to give the same level, I have had to take the weights off again, as I found the engine gettingtoo rie.h a mixture. I advise all intending users to try this spirit without any adjustment of the carburetter whatever. If the engine is found very bad to start, or if it will not run at slow speeds, then slightly weight the float to get a, better supply.

I have been using benzole on delivery vans for the past six months, with extremely satisfactory results. I get quite as much power, no trouble from sooted plugs and a saving of over 30 per cent. As an example, a certain delivery van did 200 miles on 12 gallons of benzole ; this same distance, proved by thousands of miles' running, would have taken lak gallons of petrol. I find also that the engines run cooler, and do not require So much lubricating oil.— Yours faithfully, TYKE."

Systematic Lighting of Road Vehicles.

The Editor, THE COMMERCIAL MOTOR.

[1209] Sir,— All good things in the early days 0r the road locomotive were generally oopied from the office of the railway locomotive superintendent, and probably the lighting of road vehicles may in the near future follow the methods of the railway in having various arrangements of lamps to denote various locomotives and their loads.

I have put my own suggestions alongside for comparable indications in the case of road motors.

The agreed railway locomotive lighting is as follows : Commercial Motors and the Streets.

The Editor, THE COMMERCIAL MOTOR.

[1210] Sir,—One interesting result of tire growth of motor transit, and particularly of the commercial motor, would seem to have received less than its due share of attention. In the streets, to-day, there is a new and refreshing note of brightness and variety which is doubly welcome in an age in which sombre hues have held too long and too insistent a sway.

It wanted the advent of the horseless carriage to snake it clear to all whom it might concern that even a vehicle intended for the most utilitarian of purposes can be made attractive and pleasing to the eye. Experience has shown, moreover, that these qualities can be attained without any extra expenditure either of money or of effort. It is pleasant to record that this truth is being realized in ever increasing degree by builders of motorvarne with a cumulative effect upon the aspect of the streets that is really good to note. The modern motorvan, apparently, cannotbe dowdy or dull. It must carry, no matter what its builders and owners 'nay do to prevent it, a certain inseparable effect of smartness. However dark might be its colours, however matter-of-fact its lines, its very efficiency makes it impossible for it to be totally unattractive. But, as already remarked, there seems to be an amicable conspiracy to make the very best of the artistic and attractive possi bilities of the commercial motor. Not. only is it better to look upon at the outset than was (or is) the average horsed-vehicle of the same category, but is RS a rule better maintained. This means that the brighter streets which it has given us will remain.

Thus the goods-carrying motor can claim something more than a mere work-a-day glory. With its, in many cases, exceedingly graceful lines, its happy variation of harmonious colours—such as one never saw in the pre-mechanical days—and the glint of polished metal, it has brought back to Us some of the, pageantry which, it is said, was the leading characteristic of street life in medifeval times. Add to the ordinary merchandise vehicles the motorbuses with their brighter schemes, and the richer effects of private and pleasure cars and the pictureis coinplete.—Yours faithfully, Croydon. H. G. TURNER.

This correspondent endorses an opirion to which we gave expression some years ago ender the title at " The Importanp.e nil Paintwork."—E.o.]

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