DECEMBER 2ND, 1905,
THE AUTOCAR B )ournal publisbet, in tbe interests of tbe mecbanicall\? propelleb roat, carriage.
EDITED BY H. WALTER STANER.
No. 528. VoL. XV.] SATURDAY, DECEMBER 2ND, r905. [PRICE 3D.
THE AUTOCAR.
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CONTENTS.
NOTES: THE SHOW-ON SHORE AND AFLOAT THE FLYING KILOMETRE RECORD R ELIABILITY TRIALS IN INDIA-THE INDIRECT FOURTH ... THI! NUMBER OP VEHICLES AT OLYMPIA To CONSTANTINOPLE BY MOTOR CAR (illustrated) OccASIONAL Gossip, By II The Autocrat" ... SoME COSTS OF RUNNING (continued) RACING FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF CARS. By F. Strickland THE MARINE MOTORS AT OLYMPIA (illustrated)
PAGE 7I5-7I6 ... 717 ... 717 718-719 720-722 ... 723 724-726 ... 727 728-729
CONTINENTAL N OTES AND News: THE FRENCH 1,200 KILOMETRES
VoITURETTE TRIALS (illustrated) ...
730-731
Us&FUL HINTS AND T1Ps (illustrated). By Lieut. Windham, R.N. 732 CORRESPONDENCE: CHOOSING MOTOR GOGGLRS -TOURIST TROPHY
REGULATIONS-SIGNAL OF DISTRESS-To CIRCUMVENT POLICE TRAPS-MOTOR MODELS AT SOUTH K&NSJNGTON-CHAUFFEURS1
COMMISSIONS-CONSlOKRATE DRIVING-GLYCERINE AS AN ANTIFREEZING MIXTURE-INCONSIDERATE DRIVING-MOTORISTS ANO SHEEP-SPRING WHEELS-NUMBER OF CYLINDERS-SHOW lMPRESSIONS-lNTELLIGENT ROAD MENDING-ADVANTAGES VALVE GEAR-SUMMARY OF OTHER CORRESPONDENCE THE A UTOMOBILE CLUB DINNER .. . THE ALBANY WATER CIRCULATING PUMP (illustrated) SOME OLYMPIA AND STANLEY S HOW NOVELTIES (illustrated) THE TRAINING OF DRIVERS . .. FLASHES THE MOTOR UNION DINNER
OF OPEN
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Notes. The Show. Whatever doubts may have been entertained as to the .advisability of holding the British International Motor .Show at Olympia prior to the annual French exhibition must have been dissipated last 11·eek. It is stated on the authority of Mr. Blackie, the show mana'ger, that over r 70,000 people visited the show durinO' the eight clays it was open. There is no question that0 from II o'clock till 6 daih· the show was often too fu 11 to 'be altogether pleasant for the visitors. and it was quite a 11·ork of patience to walk across or down the show.
In fact, on two or three afternoons it was quite difficult to see the exhibits unless one waited patiently in front of certain stands till one's turn came to look at the chassis or whatever the object might be which attracted special attention.
As show promoters, the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders had good reason to be satisfied with their exhibition. As exhibitors, many of them had still better reason for atisfaction. So far as can be ascertained, the majority of firms who were showing good cars and accessories did well. We suppose no show has ever been held in which every exhibitor was satisfied, but the percentage of satisfied exhibitors at Olympia must certainly be very high indeed, as it was bi' far the most successful motor exhibition which has e~er been held in Great Britain.
As we announced last week, the project to divide next year's show and to hold one for pleasure cars only and another for motor boats, and motor vehicles fo r · commercial purposes has been dropped,' and the show of r 906 wil I include both the private and business vehicl e and the motor boat as heretofore. An improvement which might be made would be to keep the motor traction exhibits out of the main hall. As it is noll', the bulk of the private cars are in the main hall, but at the end near the annexe there was a la rge block of motor 'buses and motor lorries. On the ot her hand. in the annexe there were several important makes of pleasure cars which were likely to be entirely 01·erlooked, as they were more or less intermingled with the boats and general overflow from the main hall. That is to say, speaking broadly, the exhibitors of pleasure car - were cut into two sectionsthe principal and unbroken section in the main hall and a fell' others. none the less important. mixed with motor boats in the annexe. It would be considerably better if all pri1·ate cars could be kept in the main building. and commercial motors and motor boats shown solely in the annexe.
Kecessarily the commercial vehicle and the motor boat appeal to a much smaller section of purchasers than the private motor car. Not only so, the exhibitor them elves of these are not very numerous, and consequently they could be placed in the annexe on equal terms. Again. those visitors to the show ll'ho are interested in motor traction or motor boating knoll' what they want. and will take the trouble to find it. for. after al I. the annexe is a part of the main hall. though a part 1rhich. compared 1rith the main building, is much less frequented by the visiting public. It would certai nly be more interesting to visitors if private cars were. as we have suggested. kept in one compact block. There may have been, and probably was, a need to force the commercial vehicle before the notice of visitors a year ago. but that need no longer exists· the public are interested. and will seek it out. make the suggestion in no hypercritical spirit, simply because we think it would result in the ·being a better one and more convenient bot exhibitors and 1·isitors alike.
