MOTOR TRADE ITEMS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18565, 24 November 1923, Page 12 (Supplement)

MOTOR TRADE ITEMS.

The art of "window dressing is not confined to the soft goods merchant:?, for I noticed a, very fiuo display in Miller s Garage this ■week. The background is a painted scene of Milfovd beach and a car in the foreground, with a picnic out fit spread out on a shell strewn ground, gives & very realistic summer marine effect. The making of motor springs is quite to intricate business, and to ma 'e em satisfactorily, it is necessary to have them evenly tempered throughout. To obtain this result the . Nicholson Engineering Company have installed ena^)les asr* asr - * and equal to the" imported article. For a car to proceed up Queen Street on three wheels >« an and this feat ™ recently accomphshed by ° Rugby. On inquiring at Messib. U P "elf Motors. Ltd., 1 ™> to Iho Dura til cars, which, nUude tn. T uebv have an exclusive in L™ »ti,e d«*j ™ IS a hollow steel cylinder, riveted throng i flanges at each end to the second aim time, cio. members of the frame. . rhe.se K ' cml ' cannot work out of position, and they force the side frame members to remain ! a rail el to each other at all times. As I result., all the units of the chassis, and the body mounted on it. are' maintained on an even plane at all times, regardless of road conditions.

Several American car manufacturers have adopted the permanent or standing top and I learn that probably more wift adopt it shortly. Touring with the top down l.as gone out of style over theie. Riding with the. top down is uncomfortable, dusty and strains the eyes. At ' is estimated that 99 per cent, ride tho top alwavs up thus decreasing the need for a. folding top. A stationary top can he made more cheaply, better, , and the material can bo so stretched that both top and , rear curtains will hold their shape for a greater length of time than the collapsible top. The advent of plate glass windows of generous dimensions has also improved the rear vision and th« fitting of curtains to standing tops can bo more easily and quickly accomplished.

To meet the growing demand for accommodation of motorists, an extensive oarage is being erected in Queen Street, opposite the Town Hall. The showroom will be large and capable of displaying- a full range of cars. It will nave 45ft. of pi ate glass windows, and at the rear will be a suite of offices with up-to-date equipment. The garage will equipment. The garage will consist of three floors, each 90ft. by 50ft., and is being built of ferroconcrete throughout. The absence of any woodwork will make it thoroughly fireproof, and being constructed without internal pillars will make it commodious. The approach will be by a 13ft. right-of-way. Messrs. S. E. Moo 'and Co., expect to be able to take possession early in the new year, when they intend to institute a continuous serviceday and night.