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Article about an asbestos garage, a portable upholstery cleaner, and various tools for the garage.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 161\1\ scan0028 | |
| Date | 3rd November 1936 | |
| The Motor 696 November 3, 1936. Housing the Car An easily erected asbestos garage with a steel frame and slide-aside or double doors THE Rubery Owen steel-framed motor houses are of a type which should make a wide appeal because they are of pleasing appearance, constructed of fire-proof material, comparatively simple to erect and, finally, are not expensive. The smallest model, which is 12 ft. 8 ins. long, 6 ft. 5 ins. wide, and provides a door opening height of 6 ft., costs £13 10s., in its standard form. The largest (18 ft. 9 ins. by 10 ft. 6 ins. by 6 ft. 6 ins.) costs £24. There are certain items of additional equipment available, such as extra windows, double doors, and so on, but the prices of these are moderate. The standard equipment includes roll-aside doors. Steel framework is used throughout, with asbestos panels for the walls and roof, the latter being coloured red. Ventilation can be controlled by means of flaps fitted in the eaves. Being constructed entirely of incombustible materials, the Rubery Owen motor houses are permissible for erection close to dwelling-houses under the model by-laws of the Ministry of Health and under the municipal by-laws of most cities. An owner-driver could erect the garage himself. All parts are supplied marked; all holes are ready made, and an instruction book gives very clear and concise directions for assembly. It is recommended that it be erected on a concrete bed, for which purpose the manufacturers supply a base-plan showing the positions of the holding-down bolts for the framework. Further details from Rubery Owen and Co., Ltd., Darlaston, South Staffs. The Rubery Owen steel-framed motor house: of good appearance, it is also fire-proof. The slide-aside doors fold flush with the inside walls. For Cleaning Upholstery A NEW type of portable cleaner, ideally suited to the upkeep and preservation of a car interior, has been put on the market by the General Electric Co., Ltd., Magnet House, Kingsway, London, W.C.2. Known as the “Little Wonder” electric brush, it is made throughout in England and is built on the same principle as the bigger G.E.C. floor cleaners; it is a miniature, however, weighing only 3 lb., and is fitted with a revolving brush. Its handiness, ease of control and fine balance make the scope of this cleaner almost unlimited. It can be employed for normal household purposes such as upholstery, curtains, clothes of all sorts and so on. It has a combined sweeping and suction action, but by a simple adjustment the cleaner can be converted into a blower thereby increasing its range of uses. It is sold at five guineas. Easy to handle—the G.E.C. “Little Wonder” vacuum cleaner, suitable for use on car upholstery. Two Useful Tools for the Garage A GOOD ratchet screwdriver has just been put on the market by Gamages, of Holborn, London, priced very reasonably for a high-quality tool at 5s. The screwdriver, illustrated herewith, has a loop round the handle; thus one can hold the wooden handle in one hand and use the loop as a lever with the other. A trigger serves to work the ratchet either for screwing up or unscrewing, or may be left in neutral, with the loop slipped downwards round the wooden handle, so that the tool becomes a normal screwdriver at will. The immense purchase and power obtainable with the ratchet in use is just the thing for those obstinate screws which drive normal motorists to frenzies. A second tool from the same concern which will find a home in many a tool rack is a pair of tin snips at 3s. They differ from the normal type in that the jaws are set at a cunning angle to each other, the effect of which is that you can cut a straight line as long as needed without any jamming and that exact curves can be cut as easily as with a pair of scissors and a bit of paper. (Right) The Gamage ratchet screwdriver, fitted with a loop that can be employed as a lever. Radio Prices Down THE price of the Marconi car radio installation has been reduced from 20 guineas to 12 guineas. | ||