WHO CAN BUT ACKNOWLEDC E WHIPPET SUPERIORITY AFTER SUCH OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE IN TH If OPEN COMPETITION T£LEPHONE.-*4l-896 P.O.’Box 1792 CAnadiXn Knight & Whipbet Motor Coy. ||J X C 0,0 KMaIT. R E 6 Tj, Wwl 1 ’ Y- if « W jHI Wellington. f 1 ‘ Hi _ 30th *rll. 1930. *| 1 ‘ i 1 “carward.*' The South Island Motors Ltd>, gW ■ * -£. I CODE USED: CHRISTCHURCH. 1 L fil ggj \L ’■ -a wi aa \ B,lur Birs » DISTRIBUTORS FOR: Bz%ZO? 11 vk* aa7- willys knight WHIPPET RAM MG ON THE SPEEDWAY: Oi H VA«t rA ca* 3 ° X OA WHIPPET. ' “ gZggg 1 W &l *8 SESVSSi -»• *«* » rou flegr;. of |j J ajo, e t” Aat ei CARS congratulations yesterday. Mo doubt you were keenly $/%> jHk t . thornycroft interested to hear about the success of the Whippet Four. IS c^ w ’ AN ° Unfortunately there was a little hitch over the closing event JnHk ac ®» h ® S^ 6C I. 9 \3s ee - j£caV I S WIL trucks GHT whlch rsthor cramped our style t from a spectacular point of g|W JE a3c#t 1 viBW * ® c nt, 'k 0 a WWt 7P t 7 etitt^ 9 ’ In addition to the two races in which we came first ffi E LL-ra^® 4 \-«er c ° t ; tW* Ho and 8eoond » »• undoubtedly won the closing event, but it was gW J|SSnU|H S ot 30secs> - t^ a not until* 11 o'clock last evening that the com it tee finally Og a. « &ac t<At *° c& rta.te'b WBKz|| gave their decision in our favour. We actually won this event eV 7 0 oa e w s vert by approximately half a lap; poaing in so much ahead, the cav3 ;tes’ sVoJ „ eo^ a at Judge mieeed it. W Mm a Actually the Whippet has put up the most outstanding ttW *it ' sa3 tai \ tto g ■ tfp , record for reliability and. all round performance ever achieved uK ; a ee, . v „a A b Y a Btoclc ■Wtel.oar.inithe annals of New Zealand Racing. O W , . nuo ° u Le^ e G/vtitf' -The Whippet was a stock model, no alteration whatgreat T e\ e1 *' rf aS 'v? rtS®, ever was made to the compression ratio or the camshaft, or in l T>a ?c ' c<V o V* 5 ” iAie cOV an y wa y t 0 toe ®°tor, excepting the manifolding and the extra W M crtuTOLtlon. of.oouz..— . u g b. bod,. « ’ WA V aS,Se c>-nVy \ ® The S’**’ . A' feature of the Racing was the Whippet's wonderful YA a tV e f a n ve roadability. It was that, together with her wonderful \jAOi d tV e v e& l3xo acceleration and efficient oiling system, which really won the ■ ■? ia A c 0516 race.* There is no doubt that the Factory have achieved someI ■*ike> a ’ F thing outstanding in the design of this motor. It is just ■ astonishing where the power comes from. Yours faithfully, W CANADIAN KNIGHT & WHIPPET, MOTOR[OOY. MOTOR_RACES I 0 alTothe E rcaSs mangerespeedway J » Small Bore 3 1.8ta. ( long AUCKLAND, SATURDAY, APRIL 27th | . lUg Stroke dim., Hlgh-effleiencx succesg Large Drilled Crankshaft. . by a stock model car in the annals Full Pressure Lubrication. of racing in New Zealand was Bronze-Back eld Main gained by a stock model— Bearings (Chadwick type). r Timing A R Br s^ cked camsha,t wnirriLi CT»jwapi Pump Circulating Cooling With local body, straight-through exhaust, \/l\ \l/ / \ V 1 // System. and fitted with one extra Stock Carburettor \V t />A JF~J\ v (x / Removable Tappets—f ull y \\ \ Y Pf\ ' 1/ J'S l\ ' H o a «Ure. feoJ^°tFT T^ and ? N f J M t J h Va> es Sl,i "“ 1 E^haust jF FIRST in the 10-lap Classic Event. jrnlF | g ■ H ( * FIRST in the 6-lap Open Event for first-class cars. ■! At | SECOND in the Final Handicap. W j uS Qhe HOW SUp&LLO'L WHIPPET t"!W ■■ Christchurch ■■ WEST COAST REPRESENTATIVE: — J. S. LEE. Send Enquiries to DISPATCH FOUNDRY GARAGE, GREYMOUTH. BETTS MOTORS, LTD., Westport. J. OSBORNE, Reefton. WILD & BASSETT, Hokitika. * A. T. WARD, Runanga.
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Grey River Argus, 14 May 1929, Page 3
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