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New Zealand Herald, Volume LIX, Issue 18275, 16 December 1922, Page 12 (Supplement)

STANDARD CARS FOR 1923. The latest 13.9 R.A.C. rating 4-seater Standard, which earned the reputation of the most popular light car in England, has many interesting features in th*e 7325 models. The car has been designed to meet the most stringent overseas requirements, the wheelbase has been increased to 9ft. Bin, track 4ft. 6in., ground clear-" anco lOin. The springs have also been greatly improved, being much longer and wider. The 76 m.m. by 110 m. overhead valve motor has sufficient power to take tho car over all ordinary hills on top gear, with ease, and this, with a petrol consumption of 30 miles per gallon. The modifications which will probably be the most widely appreciated are those applying to the all-weather hood. It need hardly be said that the special side panels that open with tho doors, a feature introduced by the makers" of Standard cars, have been retained. But they are found in considerably improved form. There are now four separate transparent panels with leather covered steel frames on each side of the car, instead of three arranged as two units; the additional panel takes the place of the opaque hood material which has hitherto extended from the hack as far forward as the rear doors. Thus the interior of the car in it« closed form is considerably lighter, and the separation of the panels renders them more convenient'v handled, i.e., fitted, removed or sto""*! away in their snecial compartment. To pervenfc draughts from entering above the side panels, the rhnllow and detachable inner valance of the hood has been superseded bv a deeper one pprmanentlv in position, tlioneh its lower *J<jp, C an he secured flat, nr»W f ne "cei!rn<r" of the hood Tiv fmivinl fpff7>n e r S w.h«n if i s not, rertm'red. have hp en •"'minafnrl as a mean«; of holdincr tn(ref>, er the valance and panels alongside the "•'"its. a clip and two srml" "-.rackets always in place on each side affording a more ricrid and convenient means of anchoring those details at the top. The Inrfo tmnsnnrent panels, to'o. are now provided with a vertical steel strip, gur>--Mn-trng them at the centre of their length to prevent flapping or drumming when a high wind is blowimx.