WHO CAN BUT ACKN©WUsjME WHIPPET SUPERIORITY AFTER SUCH OOTSTAHMHfi PHtFfflfiMAi*® IN THIX OPEN COMPETITION — Qr , c P.O. BOX 1792 Telephone - 41-89© . Canadian Knight & Whippet Motor Coy. « W Co O K ST R £ E T_‘. MmW/ \ AUCKLAND. ' » W WELLINGTON. ' rf^* s **** t — 30tb rilv 1939 * „ TH • CABLES » TELEGRAMS: I ’l -carward." The South Island Motors Ltd., I N I coot useo>' CHRISTCHURCH. 1 I "BENTLEYS" 1 y—% *V* SG t \o^ e W L AB.C.BTHEO.T.ON HH n ■ 1 0 „»'•7»« a ' Wta» mS& — M " 81ro > ’O ZlUskn’o""' BBimi BAOiro OH Tm.BFßggm: « B tbe a« a ' ..= oi ' V oU S^' u whippe” ra Co- _ Avl as yjee’o falcon knight. 0 have to thank you for your telegram of 1 V ftO k' wX "\ STEAR cars N,6MT congratulations yesterday. Ho doubt you were keenly j» at <r\\vV ct ’ G- Su aeeV^ e . thornycroft interested to hear about the success of the Whippet Four. jMk TVO li> \ v.-' v -' v "'\ A » oV \\et, tb ' Y ANO Unfortimately there was a little hitch over the closing ©vent .gEmUk , Aat e& t n’s cut5 ’ willys knight which rather cramped our style from a spectacular point of I jgggg JlMlia ae • Axe A VA • 13se«- A - ea p trucks __ r A s yi^ n Ca r# AftA Jvan view. s ,M°e * v ye X °Xe a In addition to the two races in which we cams fl rot n .x\ s eV t v^ -0 ?,\ I s c " v ‘ a cr ' aad second, we undoubtedly won the closing event, but It was ' u \' a y6 a^ c vV \a not until 11 o’clock last evening that the committee finally XoY \U cC ’keY en aA A v* ctt ’ cote V ■ g 5170 their decision in our favour. Wo actually won this event r \° p s cVlxU ' \ap bc ;. cY i WBMg by approximately half a lap; poming in.so much ahead, the Judge alagea.lS. ® ' \aA v Ac eXA o^o° ucY , 5 * Actually th® Whippet has put up th® most outstanding Wg tveiot tX ' e ?A teoW op a iSSW record for reliability and all round performance ever achieved IfcO . d^ cVl \, tt t vt .-, c y n\xG vB “ wiiw! by a stock model gar in the annals of New Zealand Racing. iVse ’ Ac sets? e - * ThQ tippet was a stock model, no alteration whattaC e- ~o ^e °„ ever was made to the compression ratio or the camshaft, or in Wk & tca eN e V. /i-aye ol> c o^ se ’ Wl any way to the motor, excepting the manifolding and the extra Wk V aS A-ae- XV e |O . carburettion. Th® body of course was a light body. |wl 0^ eV s"un>” AtlC w A feature of the Racing was the Whippet’s wonderful 'wk Tiot °. pS “T he roadability. It was that, together with her wonderful £&c\ o re u v acceleration and efficient oiling system, which really won th® ’W race. There is no doubt that the Factory have achieved soma11 c ° thing outstanding in th® design of this motor. It is just 1 so^ e v astonishing where the power comes from. Yours faithfully, CANADIAN KNIGHT & WHIPPET MOTOR COT. MOTOR RACFS I ■ [si Small Bore 3 l-Bin., Long B nJ Stroke 41in„ High-efficiency g The greatest success ever achieved . | Larg O e°Drilled Crankshaft. | by a stock model car in the annals HI Full Pressure Lubrication. M of racing in New Zealand was I' Bronze-Backed Main |1 gained by a stock model— H Bearings (Chadwick type). f?| z j | 13^“ ms Ta“t I WIHHPPET 4 |j Pump Circulating Cooling J With local body, stiaight-through exhaust, K.' / t System B and fitted with one extra Stock Carburettor \v z/A // / W (\/ I E X V 2ie Tappets - fu,,y | Secured TWO FIRSTS and ONE I fo°ng d C o C n y neet d ing Rod S . i SECOND in the three Open Events \ / Wx chrome Silicon EXha u s tW FIRST in the 10-lap Classic Event. J®!\ Valves. FIRST in the 6-lap Open Event for first-class cars. M ’ SECOND in the Final Handicap. ||| W.'(| Qhe new supetiot mj ■ gif mil H ' |H ■ . H I»HW7 kWR WML JWW HBnSML jMk south island motors, ltd., mwMBB Bm »X LSSWBW f ; ' Ebße* I** 1 ** 100 'Vi f!k E^3w‘J? Christchurch and Dunedin. ffiSmSSgiy iXsai XifciHa. lahMriaggatf ifaHMiSM’ 1 ' AGNEW, GRIEVE & CO., LTD., Garage, King’s Hall, Clyde Street, Invercargill. F. J. HUTTON & CO., Gore. J. A. McKINNON, Riverton. WALTER MACLEAN, Winton.
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Southland Times, Issue 20773, 14 May 1929, Page 12
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