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Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXVII, Issue 19671, 13 December 1933, Page 8

CONTINENTAL “BEACON” CAR IS A SNAPPY FOUR Latest Arrival Has Many Very Interesting Features REMARKABLY flexible, silent, and singing of power, the engine of the Continental Beacon model, a four, would deceive any experienced motorist into thinking that it was a six-cylinder unit. This new car, which has Just come to Timaru, is equipped with the famous Red Seal engine, which has made an enviable name for itself overseas. A half-hour at the wheel of the Continental Beacon over good and bad roads at speed or idling, and a glide up a steep hill on top, followed by a space in traffic, is all that is necessary to test the feel of this extremely comfortable safe and snappy performer. Tbe car is a delight to handle, whether just rolling along at walking pace or sliding along at anything up to well—never mind! Its maximum speed is said to be 70 miles an hour, and you will not disbelieve it. Proof of the wise springing and the efficacy of the shock absorbers is given in slow or fast running on rough and bumpy roads. The bumps, holes, and corrugations do not seem to exist. This handsome saloon does not give the slightest impression of drumming. The interior fittings are in full keeping with the substantial modern design of the whole car. There is ample seating room, and the comfort is impressive. The body lines are extremely smart, and accord with the latest streamlining trend. The radiator and guard arrangement is particularly smart, and the windscreen view of the bonnet and the road is pleasing and comprehensive. The Beacon is a full-sized car of standard 56in tread. It has winged power, the restful riding sensation produced by the new Continental 3point live-rubber engine mounting that cushions engine torque and vibration. The semi-elliptic, transverse front spring is fixed on the left side. The shackle on the right is the only one on the car, an exclusive Continental feature. Continental is the only manufacturer using double cantilever rear springs. They are anchored to the cross member instead of to the frame and are fastened at the rear above and below the rear axle housing. This spring construction eliminates sidesway and axle chatter and is an important factor in giving less unsprung weight. The weight is carried by the frame and not by the axles. This is the nearest approach to racing car practice in unsprung weight and also the nearest to independent springing as developed by European manufacturers. The chassis is mounted at three points—at the centre of the front tranverse spring and at the two rear springs. The four-cylinder engine of 17 h.p. has 3 Sin bore and 4in stroke. Carburettor silencer and air-cleaner are regular equipment. There are steel draulic four-wheel brakes, a safety glass windscreen, all-steel body, hydraulic shock-absorbers, and a host of other features contributing to safe, comfortable and economical motoring. The South Canterbury Agents are HORWELL and OSBORN "In New Zealand," .says Major PLUME the most popular motor spirit is VACUUM New Zealand's Highest Quality Motor Spirit Plume’s popularity is the direct result of the recognition, by motorists, of PLUME S Supreme Quality PLUME is supreme for all-round performance combining starting, acceleration, power and mileage. •r<W: &. ii W»Y •- r -I vacuum PLUME A I &£tM. J VACUUM OIL COMPANY PTY. LTD.