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AUGUST 3RD, 1907.
THE AUTOCAR B 3ournal publisbeb in tbe interests of tbe mecbanicall~ propelleb roab carriage.
EDITED BY H. WALTER STANER.
No. 6r:; . Vor.. XIX. : , ,, SATURDAY, AUGUST 3RD, 1907.
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N OTES USEFUL HINTS AND TIPS: SKILFUL DRIVING-SOME CRITICISMS
AND S UGGESTIONS . , THE MOTOR YACHT CLUB (ILLUSTRATED) .. AT THE R.A.C. DUST TRIALS (ILLUSTRATION) POLICE-TIMED ROADS (ILLUSTRATED) ..
BROOKLANDS AUTOMOBILE RACING CLUB . .
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SCOTTISH RRUABILITY TRIALS-EXTRACTS FROM THE! REPORT .. 182-195 ON THE ROAD. BY OWEN JOHN 196 CORRESPONDENCE .. THE POLAND PARAFFIN CARBURETTER AN INTERESTING FRICTION DRIVE
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CONTINENTAL NOTES AND NEWS: THE CtRCUIT DEsrARDENNES
(ILLUSTRATEDj-THE LIEDEKERKE CUP (ILLUSTRATED) .. 203-205 CAR BODY DESIGN (ILLUSTRATED) . . . . 2c6-207 ROYAL AUTO~fOBILE C LUII DUST TRIAL~ (ILLUSTRATED).. 207 FLASHES THE MICHELI N DETACHABLE RIM ( ILLUSTRATED) . . 208 . . 209-210 AN htPROVEMENT TO THE 6 H.P. ROVER CLUTCH (lLLUSTRATED) 2IC CLUB DOlNGS THE HERTS COUNTY A.C. HILL-CLIMB (ILLUSTRATED) . . LONG-DISTANCE TRIAL'S- A TOLL AND How To Mt~s IT .. T HE IRISH A.C. HILL-CLIMB . . THE M OTOR YACHT CLUB RELIABILITY TRIALS
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/ Notes. The Scottish Reliability Trials. By the courtesy of an advance issue 0f the offici al report of the a bove trials we are now able to lay before our readers th e major portion of the results of the labours of the Trials Committee in making the awards and allotting marks to the ninetysix cars concerned . In introducing la t year 's report we characterised that effort as one of the most complete documents of the kind which had ever come under our notice. It is difficult, therefore, to find words adequate to the complete and painstaking- we had almost written tupendous-work which now lies before us, and which, so far as its most important and salient points go, 11·e reproduce in similar form. No intending purchaser of an automobile should fail to consult this most replete and searching record, fo r, apart from the details of the ca rs which did superlatively well, information confirmative of the sterling character of many others of which knowledge may be desired will be found ready to hand.
:\'ine gold medals were awarded this year amongst the se1·en classes of ca rs to the seven gold medals in the six classes of a tweh·emonth ago.
Of the nine golds , seven have gone to British and two to foreign built cars.
With the highest possible set at 1 ,ooo marks, we find the 28-38 h.p. Ariel-Simplex going nearest to the perfection total with 995 .4 marks, whi le the very lmnst number scored by a gold medallist is the highly respectable total of 964.2. The Mass cars secured gold medals in two classes.
The manner in which the tota l number of marks was apportioned differed somewhat from that of last year. In r907 we have 750 marks for reliability, as opposed to 800 in 1906; roo for hill-climbing, the same; 100 marks for fuel consumption, the same; the novel feature in connection with the present trials being 50 marks for starting. Subject to certain deductions as per rules, the system of marking for reliability was as follows: (a) For each stop not exceeding five minutes, one mark clecluctecl for every minute or part of a minute. (b) For each stop exceeding fiv e minutes but not exceeding fifteen, ten marks ded ucted for the first five minutes and three marks for each succeeding minute or part thereof. (c) For each stop exceeding fifteen minutes, forty-five marks deducted for the first fifteen minutes, and fou r marks for each succeeding minute or part thereo f. Cars that were pushed or assisted, including the hill-climbs, or which at any time did not carry t heir full complement of passengers or equivalent weight were ineligible for non-stop awards; marks were ded ucted in such cases. Thirty minutes, as against twenty minutes last year, were allowed for replenishing and lubricating befoTe starting for each clay's. run.
The four hill-climbs were Glencroe (Rest and Be Thankful), an innovation; Cairn o' Mount, also an innovation; T rina four; and Loch na Craig, Aberfelcly, as last year, but di ffe ring in distances.
Stops for tyre troubles were not taken into account unless more than one hour in the aggregate during the whole trial wa occupied in tyre repair, when a l I excess times over same were reckoned as involuntary stops, and one mark for each five minutes or part thereof of each excess was deducted from and counted against the car in its reliability marking or medal award .
Brake, stopping, an<l starting tests were imposed upon one of the hill s, and marks were deducted in the event of fai lure to restart either fo rwards or backwards within thirty seconds, or in the event of the brake power being insufficient. The fol lowing cars were seen in the Scottish Reliability Trials for the first time : 8 h. p. Jackson , 8 -9 h .p. Laurin-Klement, 18 h.p. Buick, 15 h.p. Ford, ro h .p. Chambers, 15-20 h.p. Calthorpe, 18-20 h.p. Ailsa, 10-12 h.p. Leader, 12-16 h.p. Vauxhall, 18-22 h.p. C.C.C., 12-14 h.p. Unic, 20-24 h.p.
