Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1910-01-18
Local and Coast
Auto Doings

One OF the most notable trophie,
land indeed the one signifyins
triumph in the most rigorous con.
test-among those to be exhibited a,
the New York Automobile Show, Jan
s-i5. will be the Dewar trophy
which was awarded to the Cadilla,
by the Royal Automobile Club o.
England.
The Dewar trophy, which is 4
handsome silver cup. was donated b,
Sir Thomas X. Dewar, NJ. p. To b,
A, awarded by the Royal Automobil,
Club each year to the car which
should successfully compete the mos
meritorious performance or that fur
thering the interests and advance.
ment OF the Industry. II was award
cd to the Cadillac In RECOGNITION o
the standardization test which TOOK
place in London and which is re.
garded as the most severe test OF me.
chanical accuracy ever applied to q
motor car.
A committee OF mechanical ex.
perts appointed by the club selected
three Cadillac cars at random from
the London store room. These carr
were driven to BroOkiah ds speed
course and were run % miles on the
track. Then they were entirely dis.
mantled. even to the removing OF
every nut. bolt and screw. and the
paris were mixed In a conglomerat.
ed heap. To add to the severity OF
the test. eight-nine parts In which
extreme accuracy Is most essential
were discarded and locked up, and
duplicate mixed Unfortunately with
the others.
! Three sets OF parts were then Sc
lecied from the heap to reconstruct
three cars regardless OF the carr
from which the parts were origin
ally taken. The mechanics. still un'
der the eyes OF the technical COM
mittee. set about rcassembling and
were allowed the use of only span
ners and screw drivers. After the
reassembling was completed the three
cars >were driven for 500 miles OF
the Brooklands course. At the enc
Of The trial there was not 200. yard
between them.
To add TO the laurels already earn
ed. one OF the cars, upon the com
pletion OF the test, was placed un'
der lock and key until the start OF
the 2.000-mile reliability trials sew.
eral months later. without further
attention II entered the trials and
won the r. A. c. trophy.
The exhibit OF the Packard MOtoI
Car Company. In the commercial We
hicle section of the Tenth National
Automobile Show. Madison Square
Garden, New York. January to 10
consists Of one Of the several truck
recently built for John wanamaker
This IL good example OF the pro
gress that has been made to meet
business requirements In body de
signing AZ well as In the mechanical
construction OF trucks. The Packard
three.tOn truck Is manufactured az Q
standard chassis In two lengths. Il
each OF which may be fitted a long OF
a short platform. There IN an extens
i've line Of optional bodies and the
Packard Company is provided with
designs for a great number OF spe
cial bodies. In addition. any othel
type Of special body will be designed
1 and hnIlt Tn
pacity OF the Packard truck IL three
miles an hour. The price Of the stand
ard chassis IL $4,000. and the price
OF the complete truck with standard
tans and the maximum speed twelve
body and equipment. is $3.50.
The fourcylinder vehicle motor I.
under bonnet on the front end OF
the chassis. II develops "a brake
horsepower at $50 revolutions. The
Packard water-Jacketed carburctor 1,
used and also the regular Packard
Ignition system, which IL by jumI
spark, the current being supplied b,
an Efsemann magnetic with storage
Tor reserve and starting On the spark
fabrication Is by splash from the
crank case, to which is Is fed by DOS
Tive pumps from a warmed reseryoi,
between the cylinders. There are
eight feeds on the dash. The water
cooling system includes n cellular rad
iator and positive circulation by cen
tr'fugal pump. The speed OF the mo
tor Is automatically controlled by q
governor which acts directly upon the
throttle and spark advance. There
Is secondary throttle for the reeu
iation of the speed within the limits
OF the automatic control. This Is Oh
Grated by a hand lever on the steer
Ing wheel and by a pedal.
Transmission Is through Packard
dry plate clutch. OF the same prin
ciple as that used In the 1910 Packard
motor car. A Packard type OF SLIDING
gear transmission is combined with
the diherential gear. making a couu
tershaft unit within a rigid housing
1t provides tire forward speeds and
one reverse The final drive IA b,
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