From the Rolls-Royce experimental archive: a quarter of a million communications from Rolls-Royce, 1906 to 1960's. Documents from the Sir Henry Royce Memorial Foundation (SHRMF).
Page from a 1940 motoring magazine with articles on wartime motoring activities and a general knowledge quiz.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 170\1\ img088 | |
| Date | 20th September 1940 | |
| The Autocar, September 20th, 1940 257 EVERYWHERE whereby further possible damage from "dragging" is likely to be avoided. The Smith Group Spitfire DURING August the S. Smith and Sons (Motor Accessories), Ltd., group appealed to all their work-people for contributions to a Spitfire Fund. The sum of £5,000 was aimed at. The fund was duly closed on the last day of August and there has been handed to Lord Beaverbrook the sum of £6,563 8s. 4d.! This fine response came entirely from workpeople's, staffs' and directors' contributions, and 'no sums were added to make up this total by either the parent company or any of the associated ones. The contribution of the K.L.G. Company was especially worthy of note. Munitions Transport ASKED in the House of Commons how many letters he had received claiming that the production of munitions was being hampered and made more costly to the nation by the Government's insistence on their transport by rail, the Minister of Supply replied that some letters had been received on this subject. The rationing of liquid fuel had necessarily resulted in a certain amount of traffic (including munitions traffic) going by rail which might otherwise have gone by road, but he was satisfied that this had not substantially hampered the production of munitions. Account had also to be taken of the saving of shipping space and foreign exchange which resulted from the rationing of liquid fuel. Image Caption: The King inspecting a car in a wrecked garage in a London suburb. The owner, if he is like the majority of Londoners, will console himself with the thought that the bomb might have hit something more important. Diagram Labels: RUBBER PADS, HOLDING DOWN CLIPS HOOK UNDER GUTTERING, ASH CROSS BAR Image Caption: (Left) Cooper's A.R.P. stretcher carrier. The Motor Trade in the H.G. SCOTTISH motor engineers are getting down to a new task in the organisation of Home Guard mobile companies in all parts of the country. Special duties of these units involve the patrol over areas assigned to them, and also the maintenance of emergency transport. Much of the personnel has been drawn from men in the motor industry who, by nature of their employment, are reserved, but who have felt for some time that they might do some active work in addition to their daily employment. Mechanics and engineers of all ages are now in these new mobile units and are making splendid progress. A 13 Stretchers On the Roof AN attachment that allows the light type of A.R.P. stretcher to be carried on the roof of an ordinary car is made by Cooper Motor Bodies, 253, Putney Bridge Road, London, S.W.15. This rack is neat, and easily fitted without calling for holes to be drilled in the body. The securing clips hook under the rain channel, and are tensioned by bolts. Rubber pads prevent damage to the roof. Removal in the future is not difficult, or, alternatively, the racks could no doubt be adapted in normal times as the basis of a roof luggage carrier, the large capacity of which would be of great value. The price of the set is 30s. Mental Tune-up How thoroughly do you read "The Autocar"? Here is a series of questions of motoring interest. The answer to every one of them will be known to those who read last week's issue thoroughly, and in any case they will test your general knowledge as a motorist. To save you the trouble of hunting through the issue of September 13th for the correct answers, they are given on page 302. 1. A poppet valve: Revolves; slides; reciprocates. 2. It is compulsory by law to immobilise a car left unattended. Does this apply to, say, a rowing boat? Yes; no. 3. In what counties are (a) Cheshunt and (b) Melton Mowbray? Cambridgeshire; Bucks; Herts; Leicestershire; Hampshire; Oxfordshire. 4. Last week a Formation Shop was referred to in connection with the manufacture of:— Engines; pressed-steel bodies; aircraft; batteries; synthetic mouldings? 5. If a graph is drawn of the equation "y=x²," the resulting curve is called a:— Hyperbola; a s y m p t o t e; catenary; parabola; cycloid; circle. 6. The Purma, referred to by "The Scribe" last week, is a:— Wild animal; make of car; make of camera; method of hairdressing; native dance. 7. When a tyre is being vulcanised, heat travels through the rubber compound at about:— 1 in. a minute; 1/16 in. a minute; 1/64 in. in five minutes; 1 in. an hour. 8. The maximum gradient of the Stelvio Pass is about:— 1 in 25; 1 in 15; 1 in 10; 1 in 8; 1 in 6; 1 in 4? 9. What is the official type name of the "Three-three" Bugatti? Model 40; Grand Prix; 2-litre; Type 57; Brescia; Gold Bug; Type 75S. 10. Now that driving tests are no longer held (a) Is a provisional licence still obtainable? (b) Must "L" plates be carried? and (c) what does it cost a novice per annum to quality for driving? 11. A two-cylinder engine of 78 x 80 c.c. would be rated at: 5 h.p.; 7 h.p.; 9 h.p.; 11 h.p.? | ||