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Page from 'The Motor' magazine featuring a custom SS Jaguar touring limousine and automotive industry news.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 126\5\ scan0129 | |
| Date | 4th July 1939 | |
| July 4, 1939. 887 Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} 1070 The Motor A TOURING LIMOUSINE on the 3½-litre SS{S. Smith} Jaguar Chassis A FINELY proportioned sports limousine recently completed by Mulliners, Ltd., of Birmingham, for Mrs. J.{Mr Johnson W.M.} P. Black, is shown in the accompanying photographs. Some time ago, Capt. J.{Mr Johnson W.M.} P. Black, managing director of the Standard Motor Co., Ltd., wished to provide his wife with a fast and dignified limousine for her private use. It was not necessary to have considerable seating accommodation, and Capt. Black, therefore, conceived that the 3½-litre SS{S. Smith} chassis would make an excellent basis on which to work; this was, of course, additionally interesting to him because of the close co-operation which exists in the production of these cars between his company and the SS{S. Smith} Company. Mr. Louis Antweiler, of Mulliners, co-operated enthusiastically. The internal fittings are beautifully arranged. It is notable also that the door handles are square in section, curved inwards towards the body sides for safety, and there are Silent Travel locks to each door. There is a single-piece glass for the division, operated electrically by switches placed just above the rear side armrests. The whole of the interior woodwork is in walnut, and there are two flush-fitting folding tables. A clock is placed in the centre and the seats, which are covered with Dunlopillo, are trimmed in black Vaumol leather at the front and in fawn West of England cloth at the rear. Further interesting details are the way in which the ashtrays for the passengers are placed in the armrests and the manner in which these are partly located on the rear doors, thus combining excellent support with the maximum of door width. [Side Articles] Oil in England IT is now many years ago since oil was discovered in England, but so far it has not been found in sufficient quantity to make boring for it a commercial success. Three years ago Lord Cadman, chairman of the Anglo-Iranian Oil Co., said that the answer to whether drilling for oil in England would pay, “lay only with the drill.” In June of this year his company struck oil at a depth of 1,914 ft., which increases the potentialities of deriving oil from our own land. Other oil companies are prospecting, notably in Lancashire. £112,500 for Morris Workers MORE than 16,000 workers in Morris Motors, Ltd., are to share £112,500, which will be paid to them in the course of the next few weeks. Each employee will receive approximately £9. The scheme is additional to that under which holidays with pay are granted to the employees. Increasing Benzole Output THE great demand for British Benzole motor spirit has a far-reaching effect upon the British coal industry, for only about 2½ gallons of Benzole are obtainable at present from each ton of coal. Research is, however, being carried out in an endeavour to increase this yield. [Image Captions] DIGNITY. Mounted on the 3½-litre SS{S. Smith} Jaguar chassis, this special touring limousine (by Mulliners, Ltd.) is a well-proportioned and handsomely equipped car built for Mrs. J.{Mr Johnson W.M.} P. Black. Note the folding tables and head-rests in the left-hand picture and the arm-rest formed partly on the door in the right-hand photograph. Hinged quarter ventilators are fitted to each window and there is good luggage accommodation in the tail. DUAL-PURPOSE. This 16-h.p. Riley is fitted with the smart Redfern saloon-tourer coachwork and costs £590. The hood is hydro-electrically operated in ten seconds. (Makers: Maltby's Ltd., of Folkestone.) c7 | ||