Aucusr ll,rH, r906,

THE ALITOCAR B 3ournal pubtrebeD in tbe intereetg of tbe mecbanicallu propelleD roaD carriage.

EDITED BY H. WALTER STANER.

No. 56s. Vor. XVII.I SATTTRDAY, AUGTIST r8rn, 19o6. [Pnrcni3o.

TIIE AUTOCAR. the o.utside gaiter is quickly worn alvay, and when this suppo,rt is removed the strain on the internal

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ga,itcr is so, great that it verv soon gives rvay, and the tvre bursts agaiu, the ser:ond burst usuallv causing a mr.rch larger rent than the lirst, irreparable on the roa<1.

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Tyre Gaiters. Notes. It is a pitv that rro trials have ever been held for tyre gaiters, and, lar:king them, it rvill be verv interest- ing to have a ferv recorrls, from 1 >rivate owners, of the di:stances they have lreen able to nrn rvith them. At the moment we are referring to that tvpe knorvn as an outside gaiter l'hich is strapp,ed o,r laced oler a cover :rfter a burst. When no spare cover is available and a burst occrlrs, the rrsrral procedrtre is to start bv solutioning an intental gaiier or support marle of a verv strong canvas into, the cover. Then when a new' tub,e has been p,ut into p,osition and the cover partially inflated the outside gaiter is strapped on and the tyre blorvn up,to its full pressure. If the rvork is carefullv do,ne. this makes a verv good temporarv repair, but it is only a tempora,ry one, ancl as a mle

It will be urged that the mo{torist should nLever travel lvithout a spare cover, and this is a very safe statement to mzrke. At the sam'e'time, it is necessary to remember rvher-r the tvres a,re getting old one spa.re cover mav not lre enough. We have known cases in which the sp'are has been fitted and then a burst has occurred to the t1're ,of another wheel. It is then that a really reliatrle gaiter is so badly needed. It is a.ll r"en' u'eil to sav that the mo orist should drive to the nearest town and buv a new cover, having made shift lry means of internal anc'l external gaiters to get to a J)lace where he could buy a nerv cover. It is very easv nowarla)s to olrtain the standard sizes of the bestknown makes, lxrt there a-re good t1'res which are not at all u,idelr. tlistributed, ancl then aga,in, there is the question of expense, bet--ause many burst tyres can be properll' repairetl lrv the makers, and motorists who are not verr. n,ell o,ff wo,uld be most grateful if they could 6nd a reallv reliable gaiter which lvould stand 3oo or 4oo mi)es 6f nrnrning it least.

'l'here mar, be such gaiters, but tve mus;t confess that we have not forrnd 'one; in fact, we have never fo,und a g:riter u'hich u,ould run zoo miles. Of course, it is very difficult to make one rvhich will stand a long drive, because it is i.mpossible to make it as thick as it ,sh

Motor Torpedo Craft. On another page we publish an illustration of the Yarrorv-Napier torpedo boat, rvhich has been taken over l)l-.the Admiraltv. We are particularly pleased to do this. because it afforrls a pictoriat reco,rd, o,f *hat rve believe will pror,'e to be tie first step in a, moet important naval develol)ment. Long ago we pointed out that owing to-their speed and comparative-cheap- ness internal combustion bo,ats lvere eminently suited for naval ryo.rk. anrl particularlv for w,ork of the hornet class, the idea heing that a nurnber of these little boats would form in manv instances a far better means of attack o,r defence than a comparatilnelv few vessels of larger size at much ,greater co,st. F.o- rvhat rve hear, this fact hls Iatelv rlawned upon the French Admiralty o,fficials, and it"is stated that their i