1908 (Part 1) The Autocar: Index

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A B 761 (letter), 99
A. B. (letter), 966
Abyssinia, Motoring in, 231
A. C. A. Car-testing Machine, 136
Accessibility, Rolls-Royce Engine, 838, 928
Accessories, Motor, Markt and Co.’s, 192
— Some, 274, 496, 543, 565, 680
Accident at Brooklands, 46, 102
— Delagrange’s Flying Machine, 685
— Extraordinary, Sunbeam Car, 478
— Miss Muriel Hind’s, 654
— Motor and Furniture Van, Damages Claim, 469
— Car, at Brighton, 777
— to Rover Car, Irish Trials, 883
Accidents, Daily Papers and, 662, 664, 782
— Horse and Tram, 85. 613
— Motor Car, Analysis of, 917, 964
Accumulator Box, Useful, 79
— by Motor Accessories Co., 182
— Charging, Primary Batteries for, 72
— Industries’ Catalogue, 664
A.C. du Rhone Meeting, 969
Acetylene Lamps, Frost and, 72, 75
A. C. (letter), 537
A.C of South Australia, 977
— Hill-climb, 126
— Victoria Reliability Trials, 127, 550
Adams Car, 10 h.p. Car (illustration), 68
— 40-50 h.p. Car (illustration), 258
Adams Manufacturing Co.’s Sixteen-cylinder Petrol Motor (illustration), 240
— Works, Flooding of (illustration), 734
— Phaeton, Mr. Oliver Stanton’s (illustration), 662
Adjustable Spanner, B.S.A., 541
Adjusting Valve Tappets, 441, 555, 671
“ Ariel Navigation,” Paper by Herbert Chatley, 256
Aeronautics, by A. J. McKinney, 774
— (letters), 808, 843, 890
— Paris Exhibition, 962
— Practical, 501
— The Aerial Derby, 860
Aeroplane Developments, 22, 58, 202, 140
— M. Farman’s (illustration), 430
— Prize, Michelin et Cie., 382
— v. Flying Machine, 202 Aeroplanes in 1908, 58
A.G.A. Agents, France (illustration), 763
Agricultural Hall Motor Show, Report of, 470
— Show, its Rise and Decline, 482
A. H. M. (reply), 253
A. J. B. (queryhL108
Albert Brown Competition (illustration), 809
— — Trophy, 704
Albion Car at Calcutta (illustration), 78
Albion Motor Car Co., Ltd. (letters), 425, 579, 846
Alcohol Engine Trials, 276
A. (letters), 284, 384
Alford and Alder (letter), 322
Algeria and Tunisia, Motoring in, 410, 450
Alldays Car, 214, 253
— 20 h.p. Car in Natal (illustration), 29
Allweather Body, Limousine, by Messrs. Mullet, 447
Alps, To the, and Back, 6, 25, 61, 97, 132, 169, 205, 244, 285, 323, 349, 371, 386, 427
Always Willing to Help (letter), 458
Amateur Drivers, 497
— Motorist, The Reliability Trials I Want, 961
— Patrolling, 591
— Racing at Brooklands, 518, 925
Amateurs Competition, Irish A.C. Trials, 413
— Motor Racing for, 335, 338, 499, 537
Ambulance, Motor (illustration), 103
— in France, 445
America, Forthcoming Races in, 248 y
Grand Prize of, 962
American A.A. and A.C. of America, 889
— Grand prix Car (illustration), 857
— Motor Racing Matters, 837, 899
Hotter), 926 /]
A. M. (letter), 321
A. M. P. (query), 253
Analysis of Motor Car Accidents, 917, 964
Anarchy on the Road, France, 647
An Enquirer (letter), 730
Anjou Cup, 970
Annual General Meeting, Royal A.C., 339
An Offer, 540, 580
Another Enquirer (letter), 771
— Man of Moderate Means, 617
— Tester (letter), 926
A. N. P. (reply), 72
Anti De Dion (letter), 134
Anti-freezing Mixtures, 97, 185, 658
— Mixture for Lamps, 185
Anti-red-Tape (letter), 732
Anti-rust Process, Mr. T. W. Coslett’s Patent, 736
Anti-skidding Devices, 520
Appeal to Motorists, 440
Appeals to Quarter Sessions, 20
Appearance Numbers, 86, 87, 109, 335, 365,
— and facing pages 346 and 382
April Experience, An, 679
Arctic Regions, Motors in the, 488
Ardennes Circuit, Light Car Class, 970
Ardens, Jehu (reply), 214
Argentine Republic, Motor Racing (illustration), 724
Argyll Car for the Syrian Desert, 7 60
— 14-16 h.p. Car (illustration), 504
— Doctor’s Cab (illustration), 224
— 12-14 h.p. Four-cylinder Cars, 72, 142
Ariel 30-40 h.p. Car at Oswestry (illustration), 885
— 60 h.p. Car. F. A. Bolton’s (illustrations), 818
— 20 h.p. Car (illustration), 67
— Motors, Ltd. (letters), 64, 323, 658
Ariel-Simplex 20 h.p. Chassis (illustration), 195
— 30-40 h.p. Doctor’s Car (illustration), 291
Armstrong, G. (letter), 617
Army Ambulance Car at Southsea' (illustration), 468
— Motor Reserve, 777
Annual Dinner, 158
Arnold’s Gear Lever, 506
Arnold Wind Screen, 123
Arnott, H. R. (letter), 99
Arrol-Johnston Engine (illustration), 47
— Tourist Trophy Car (illustration), 665
Ascot, Car Accommodation at, 737, 818
Ash, A. E. (letter), 963
Ashcroft, Sidney (letter), 427
Association Scheme, R.A.C., 48, 98
Atherton, Percy (reply), 72
Atholl Car, 25 h.p. Car, Description of, 676
Attempt to Attain Car Speed on Rails, 933
Auction Sale, New Cars at, 135
Austin 40 h.p. Car at Linares (illustration), 38
— Car Drivers for Grand Prix (illustrations), 484
— Driving an, 832
— 18-24 h.p. Car (illustration), 138
— 60 h.p. Car (illustrations), 592
— 40 h.p. Car, Run on, 110
— with Limousine Body, 816
— Two-seated Car (illustration), 478
— Drop-frame Chassis, 213
— Grand Prix Racers, Description of, 632
— Measuring, 787
— H., 928
Australia Customs Tariffs, 858, 937
— Darracq Car’s Record Run, 9
— Motoring in, 99, 126, 583, 968
— Talbot Successes in, 126, 127
— The Motor Industry in, 351
— Motorphobe in, 926
Australian (letter), 926
Austrian A.C. International Competition, 493
— Imports and Exports, 103
Author (letters), 61, 169, 245, 385
Autocars of 1908, Buyer’s Guide, 86, 87, 109, 335, 365, and facing pages 346 and 382
Autoclipse Lamp, Description of, 854
Autocrat, The, My Ideal Car, by, 352, 376, 526, 642
Auto Cycle Club’s Quarterly Trials (illustration), 687
Auto-lubricator, Klinger, 922
Automatic Carburetter, Invention of G. H. Skinner, 514
— Oiling Signal, to Announce Failing
Lubrication, 330, 349, 358
Automobile Association, 463, 781, 804, 899
— (query), 72
Auto-slip, The, 290
Auvergne Circuit, Permanent Track, 123, 266, 698
Avenue des Champs ElysSes, Paris, 613, 695, 730
Avery and Roberts Accessories, 565
Aviation, Aero Club of France, 91
A. W. (letter), 658

Back Axle, Detachable, M. and B., 541
— — Troubles, 696, 731
— Axles, Cleaning, 479
Baillie, G. H., R.A.C., Paper by, 758
— — Some Features of 1908 Engines, by, 179 215
Baker, Fred. W. (letters), 578, 771
Balfour, A. J., Napier Car for, 331
Ball Bearing Steering, 421
Balloons, Motor Cars v., 686
Banning of Hill-climbs, 24
Barber, J. W. (letter), 806
Barclay, James W. (letters), 499, 694
Bargain Hunting, 258
Baroness Campbell Von Laurentz, Article by, 236
Barthou Law, France, 533, 584, 611
Barton, J. Kingston (letter), 64
Bayard-Clement Car (illustration), 773
— Grand Prix Racer, Engine of (illustration), 934
B B 212 (letters), 283, 458
Beard, W. T. (letter), 538
Bearing Metal, 72 Bedfordshire A.C., 34
Beeston Humber 20 h.p. Car, 178
— -— Car on Coast Track, 5
Belfast A.C., 101
— No Speed Limit for, 613
Belgium, New Police Regulations, 466
Bellamy, Fred. A. (letter), 846
Bell, H. G. (letters), 384, 427
— W. Raikes (letter), 540
Benevolent Fund, 47
Bennett and Wood, Ltd. (letter), 693
Benz Car for Grand Prix Race (illustration), 509
— 15 h.p. Car for 2,000 Miles Trial (illustration), 899
Berkshire A.C., 668
Berliet Carburetter, 279
— Catalogue, 653
— 22 h.p., in the Snow (illustration), 630
— Marche Mixte, Six-cylinder, Description of, 76
Berlin, Some Impressions, 33
Bertin’s Flying Machine, 202
Bess, a Mere Mare (letter), 730
Bevel Wheel, Beeston Humber Car (illustration), 957
“ Bibendum ” at a French, Fete (illustration), 494
Binks, Charles (letter), 62
Birmingham University Power Station (illustration), 184
Birtwisle’s Invention, Dust Collector, 689
Bishop, L. F., 324
— of Southwell and his 20 h.p. Renault Car (illustration), 220
B. J. (query), 294
Blackheath A.C., 143, 975
Blomstrom Motor (illustration), 495
Boat, Motor, Racing, International Conference on, 218
Le Bourbon, for Monaco, 276
Boats, Motor, at Olympia, 505
for Customs Service, 339
Bodies, Car, Three Uncommon, 788
— Detachable, 888
Body, Car, for Town or Country, 22
— Design, an All-weather Body, 447
— Trend of, 282, 322, 424, 538, 577. 788 899
Boehm, Edgar (letters), 61, 580
— Sir Edgar, Article by, 238
Bogus Claim against a Motorist, 735
Bombay Gymkhana, 507
— Reliability Trials, 316, 388, 503
— to Calcutta in 5J Daye, 241
Bonus Scheme for Drivers, 603
Bosch Dual Ignition, 842
— Magnetos, Chart of, 857
Bosworth, W. J., Colonel, 127
— and Sup., by Seymour Lucas, R.A.
Bourchior-Moxon, P. (letter), 694
Bournemouth, Motor Union Meet, 784
Bowden, Harold (letter), 691
Bowers, S. (letter), 59
Bradford A.C., 252, 332, 779
Brady, Chas. M. (letter), 25
Brake Drums, To Clear Oil from. 39
Brandauer, Fred. C. (letter), 171
Brentford, Beware of, 888, 925
Brewer, Robert W. A. (letter), 805
Briarcliff Trophy, Race for the, 663 (illustration), 706
Bright, H. (letter), 96
Brighthouse, J. P. (letter), 888
Brighton Road, Persecution, 655, 733
Proposed Alteration, 19
Bristol and Gloucestershire A.C., 701
Britannicus (letter), 387
British-American Co. (letter), 97
British Divisible Rim, 448
— Gladiator, 18-24 h.p. (illustration), 530
— Motor Boat Club, 34, 66, 252, 293, 548, 627, 667, 702, 742, 780, 862, 902, 939, 975 977
Brodtmann, Paul (letter), 692
Broken Studs, Withdrawing, 147
Brooke 40 h.p. Car, Description of, 414 B
Brooke II. Motor Boat (illustration), 973
Brooklands, Amateur Racing at, 518, 925
Brooklands Automobile Racing Club, 100, 264, 371, 435, 474, 634, 683, 793, 859, 924
— Racing Rules, 264, 615, 660, 692
— Criticisms and Suggestions, 655, 691, 768
— Distinguishing Colours at, 617, 694
— Easter Meeting Entries, 572
— First Impressions, 617
— Handicapping, 579, 925
— Impressions from, by H. C. Lafone, 719
— Notes, 718, 896
— 1908 Programme, 1, 7
— Race Meeting (illustrations), 740
— Racing at, 302, 594, 716, 892, 933
— Over 121 Miles an Hour, 933, 961, 966
— Rating, 239, 265, 579, 843, 929
— Records at, 46, 98, 197, 280, 311, 403, 563, 933
— Record Tablet (illustration), 665
— Standard Class Races, 502
— Training Notes, by H. C. Lafone, 803, 847
— Trip-gate at (illustration), 593
— What it has taught us, 467
Brown Car, 40 h.p. Car for Australia, 175
— Harold H. (letters), 23
— Kenneth and Co., 387, 462
Brussels, Automobile Accident at, 433
— Procession of Illuminated Cars, 344
— Show, 55
Brutality on the Bath Road, 25
B.S.A. Adjustable Spanner, 541
Budapest Motor Exhibition, 433
Buick 15-20 h.p. Four-cylinder Car (illustration), 936
Burberry’s Motor Garments, 310
Burke v. Cocks Action, a Bad Fit, 497
Bury and West Suffolk A.C., 251
Business Outlook in France, 494

Cadillac 20 h.p. Car (illustration), 974
— Run on, 390
— Cars in New Zealand (illustration), 507
— Clutch, New, 378
— Standardisation Test, 204, 269, 336, 370, 431, 654
— R.A.C. Certificate, 654
Cairns (letter), 349
— T. Munro (letter), 26
Cairo Motor Race, 454
Camber of Roads, 397
Cambs and Isle of Ely A.C., 176, 252
Cameron, Wm. (letter), 427
Campbell, Colin (letter), 767
Canada, Motor League of, 722
Canadian Motor House (illustrations), 88, 89
Can I Afford to Keep a Car ? 63
Canopy Removal Tackle, 355
Cape Cart Hoods, 112, 242
— Hood Material, 195
Capel Cure, Francis (letter), 616
Capt. H. B. (query), 72
— Pretoria (query), 333
Carburetter Adjustment, 147
— Ailments, 297
— Automatic, Invention of G. H. Skinner, 514
— Claudel-Hobson, 920
— for Napier 80 h.p. Car, 761
— Jackets, Frozen Pumps and, 75
— Jet Treatment, 631
— Longuemare, with Single Lever Control, 582
— Patent, Important, 687, 770
Carburetter, Scott-Robinson, Description of, 589
— Well-designed, 26
Cardiff M.C., 176, 293, 742, 809, 901
Carette (letter), 134
Carle, L. (letter), 281
Carless, Capel, and Leonard (letter), 928
Carleton, Dudley (letter), 892
Carrier, Tyre Cover and Spare Tube, 544
Car Supply Co., Ltd. (letter), 888
Case-hardening, by G. Shaw-Scott, M.Sc., 586
Castle Coil, 974
— Horns, 759
Casual Visitor (letter), 617
Cattle on Roads, 965
Cayley, Arthur (letter), 25, 730
C. B. (letter), 133
C. D. L. (letter), 462
Central India, Motor Trial in, 968
Certificates, R.A.C. Non-stop Runs from London to Edinburgh, 203
C. E. W. (letter), 62
C F 300 (letter), 461
C. F. S. (letter), 500
Chain Case for 1907 Daimler Car (illustration), 351
— Drive (letter), 286
— Fitting Tool, 544, 615
Chairmanship of Royal A.C., 483, 743
Challenges, 173, 237, 371,. 585
Charge of Stealing Drawings, 491, 536
Charges for Repairs, 2
Charlesworth Bodies, Ltd. (letter), 322
Chassis Prices, 462
— What does it include ? 693
Chauffeur Difficulty, Sidelight on the, 71, 99
— (letter), 538
— or Mechanic, 240, 616, 730
— Question, 730, 771, 888, 927, 964
Chauffeurs’ Competition, 621
— Proficiency Competition, 86
Chaytor, H. S. (letter), 965
Cheap Repairs, 91
Cheshire A.C., 742
Chinese Mandarin’s Car (illustration), 139
— Star Car (illustration), 858
Chirurgeon (letter), 887
C. H. T. (letter), 963
Churchill, J. R., Patent by, 562
— Winston, at Manchester (illustration), 664
C. I. C. (reply), 142
Circuit d’Auvergne, Permanent Track, 123, 266
— des Ardennes, Light Car Class, 970
Circularising Pest, 537, 580
C. J. (letter), 501
C J 390 (reply), 108
Claudel-Hobson Carburetter, 920
Clark, Geo. H. (letter), 59
— W. A. (reply), 253 •
Clarke, Geo. T. (letter), 771
Cleaner (letter), 243
Cleaning Gear Boxes and Back Axles, 479
Clement 35-45 h.p. Car (illustration), 203
Clement-Talbot, Ltd. (letter), 616
Clever Conversion (illustration), 112
C L 32 (letter), 62
Club Chairmanship, 483, 743
— Doings, 34, 66, 101, 143, 176, 213, 252, 293, 332, 513, 548, 582, 627, 667, 701, 741, 778, 808, 861, 901, 938, 975
Clutch (letter), 96
C N 14 (letter), 324
Coach, Mr. Vanderbilt’s (illustration), 639
Coates Ford (reply), 333
Cobb, Reginald A. (letter), 206
Cochrane, T. G. (letter), 501
Cozens-Hardy, Edward H. (letter), 617
Cold Snap, The, 37
— Weather, To Assist Running in, 111
Collex Detachable Rim, 532
Colonel W. J. Bosworth, 127
— and Sup., by Seymour Lucas, R.A.
— (query), 214
Combination Car, 749
Comfortable One (letter), 61 —
Comfort on the Car, 123
Commercial Travellers’ Cars, 253
— Traveller (query), 253
Commutators, Distributers, and Coils, 142
Commutator, Trigger, F.H.S., 542
Comparative Tests of Petrol and Alcohol, 515, 552
Comparing Prices, 629
Compensation Claim, Damage to Motor Car, 973
— Motor Car Accident, 970
Competitions for Amateurs, 145
— on the Public Highways, 153
Competitor in First Run to Brighton (letter), 282
Compound Magneto and Accumulator Switch, 661
Compressed Wood Fibre Tyre Tread, 813
Compression, 837
Compression Taps, 927
— Valve, United Motor Industries, 842
Compromise in Design, by Bertram C. Joy, 199
Continental Notes and News, 28, 55, 90, 122, 167, 201, 236, 275, 314, 343, 430, 466, 493, 533, 573, 611, 647, 684, 725, 772, 839, 882, 969
— Touring, 371 Facilities, 78
— Tyre and Rubber Co. (letter), 660
Controlling Motor Traffic, 24, 95, 131, 170
Conybeare, H. G. M. (letter), 577
Coop, F. (letter), 321
Cope, F. Swaine (letter), 209
Cordingley’s Annual Motor Show, Report of, 470
Correspondence, 23, 59, 95, 131, 169, 205, 243, 281, 319, 347, 383, 423, 457, 499, 537, 577, 615, 655, 691, 729, 767, 805, 843, 887, 925, 963 Corroborative Police Timing, 171, 205
Corseted Tyre, McConechy’s, 281
Coslett Anti-rust Process, 736
Cost of Motor Spirit, 500
— Tyres, 59
Costs of Running, 62, 65, 97, 135, 170, 320, 386, 500, 657, 929
Country Smith (query), 333
Coupe de la Presse, 239, 882
Courtesies of the Road, 303
Courtesy (letter), 925
— or Obligation, 691
— on Road Signs, 655
Coventry Engineering Society, Result of Racing on Design, 180, 217
— Humber 10-12 h.p. Car, Description of, 114 (illustrations), 31, 113
-15 h.p. (illustration), 357
— M.C., 101, 582, 840, 861, 901, 940
— Meet (illustration), 446
Covering the Bonnet, a Warning, 39
Cowell, F. B. (letter), 247
Coward and Sons (letter), 462
Crank Chamber, Emptying the, 111
Craven, Malcolm M. (letter), 247
C. R. G. (reply), 178
Critchley, J. S. (letter), 767
Crombie, C. R._ (letter), 385 ’
Cross, A. (reply), 108
Crossley Car, Accessibility of, 493
— 40 h.p. Car, Earl of Dunraven’s (illustration), 329
Croeswylan Stone at Oswestry (illustration), 885
Crow, J. (letter), 60
Crowley, Reginald W. (letter), 692
Crystal Palace A.C., 293, 332, 548, 778, 855
— Flexibility Trial, 558, 714, 778, 855
Cuninghame, John, J.P. (letter), 386
Currin, Sydney A. (letter), 579
Customs Service, Motor Boats for, 339
C. W. K., Tientsin, N. China (query), 108
Cylinders of Germain Grand Prix Cars, 852

Daimler Car in Australia (illustration), 468
— the Snow (illustrations), 674, 700
— Upkeep of, 142
— 40 h.p. Cars, Runs on, 509
— Cars for Hire in London (illustration) 492
— Chassis with Special Roi des Beiges
— Body (illustrations), 599
— Landaulet for King Edward VII.
— (illustration), 698
— No. 4 (letter), 578
— (letter), 770
— Limousine for Sultan of Zanzibar (illustration), 102
— 42 h.p. (illustration), 329
— 42 h.p., with Special Limousine Body, 447
Daimler-Italian Car, Description of, 712
Daimler-Mercedes Patents, 733
Damage by Self-ignition, 745, 767
— to Motor Car, Compensation Claim, 973
Dangerous Driving, Suppressing, 781, 863, 887, 942, 963
— Path (illustration), 585
Darracq 40 h.p. Car (illustration), 198
— 15 h.p. Car (illustration), 539 (letter), 253
— Car with Side-entrance Body (illustrations), 435
— Car’s Record Rim, in Australia, 9
— (letter), 846
— 50 h.p. Six-cylinder Car (illustration), 856
Darwen, Jack (letter), 205
Dashpot Effect, 178
Davey, George (letter), 131
Davis, Messrs., Inventors of Stepney Wheel (illustration), 622
Dawe. C. IT. (letter). 386
Dawson. Philip (letter), 132
Deasy 45 h.p. Chassis (illustration), 455
— H. H. P. (letter). 64
— 25 h.p. Landaulet (illustration), 619
— 35 h.p., with Limousine Body (illustration), 391
Death of Founder of Belgian A.C., 30
Debole (letter), 617
De Dietrich Enterprise, New, 957
— 14-18 h.p. Landaulette, 634
— 100 h.p., Chas. Jarrott’s, on Brooklands Track (illustration), 2
— Motor Ambulance (illustration), 103
De Dion, 10 h.p., 253
— Car at Brooklands (illustration), 250
— for New York-Paris Race (illustration), 251
— Mrs. Weguelin’s (illustration), 440
— 18 h.p. Car, Miss Forrest-Smith’s (illustration), 817
— 12-14 h.p. Four-cylinder Car, Description of, 232, 270
— patents, 652
— Twelve-cylinder Rotary Motor (illustration), 140
De Dion-Bouton Challenge, 338
De Freville, G. P. H. (letters), 246, 459, 731
Defries, Cohn (letters), 246, 351, 503, 695, 926
De la Croix (letter), 209
Delagrange Aeroplane, 575
De la Rue, Stuart (letter), 925
Delaunay-Belleville 40 h.p. Car (illustration), 847
Delhi, Kashmir Gate (illustration), 648
De Luca Daimler Car, Description of, 712
Denmark, Motor Touring in, 5
Dennis Car, Good Running of, 837
— 35 h.p. Landaulet (illustration), 899
— Limousine (illustration), 341
— with Detachable Tonneau (illustrations), 290;
Denny, A. (reply), 142
Deposits in Cylinders, 63, 135, 205, 324
Deputation on Taxation, 304
Derby A.C., 332, 938
De Reuter, E. (reply!, 142
Design, Car, and Dust, 926
— Compromise in, by Bertram C. Joy, 199
— Influence of Racing on, 146
— of Car Bodies, 282, 322, 424, 788, 899
— the Automobile, Paper by F. W. Lanchester, 392, 436, 475
— Result of Racing on (letters re), 243, 284, 287, 348, 387, 426, 428, 459, 500, 579, 694, 731, 806, 927
— Paper by S. F. Edge, 180, 217
— Designer (letters), 458, 964
Desondi (letter), 660
Detachable Back Axle, 541
— Bodies, 888
— Flange Wheel, Watton, 190
— Rim, Collex, 532
— Rims, 178, 214, 253, 294, 448, 616
— Changing, 660
— v. Detachable Wheels, 537, 578, 579, 616, 729, 770
— -— and Wheels, Particulars of, 600
— Wheels, 284, 537, 578
— and Grand Prix Race, 134, 144, 173, 175, 201, 207, 245, 285, 314, 320, 344, 462, 503
— Wheel, Humber, Ltd., 498
— New, 273
Devon and Cornwall A.C., 702, 902
— Motorists Oppose Taxation, 341
Dewar Challenge Trophy for 1907, 139
Disappointment and how to Avoid it, 669, 807, 926
Disc Clutches, 928, 964
Disgusted Driver (letter), 963
Dissatisfied (letter), 578
Distilled Water for Cooling, 660
Distinguishing Colours at Brooklands, 617, 694
Distress Signal, 349, 384, 425
Distributer, Lacoste, 662
— (letters), 538, 580
Dixon, Chas. F. (letter), 319
D 1617 (letters), 170, 319, 384, 503, 655, 696
Do Cars run Better at Bromley ? 503, 538, 579, 696, 730
Doctors’ Motor Cars and the Income Tax, 247, 283
Does a Car run Better at Night ? 25, 61, 208, 243
Dogs and Cats, 62
Dog, The Tale of a, 157
Do it Now (letter), 323
Donelan, Thos. C. (reply), 72
Doolittle Detachable Rim, Particulars of, 408
— Patent, 687, 770
Double-action Tyre Lever, Motor Accessories Co., 274
Double Cone Clutch, 506
D. (query), 294
Draining Undershields, 745, 767
Driver (letter), 428
Drivers, Incompetent, 963
— of Mors Cars in Grand Prix (illustrations), 726
Driving an Austin, 832
— Furious, Against, 781, 863, 887, 942, 963
— over Wet Ice, 39
— Selfish, 696, 890, 925
Dropped Chassis and Low Bodies, 281, 321
— Frames, 931
Drury Medhurst Tyre, 930
Dry Batteries, 214
Dual Ignition, Bosch, 842
Du Boulay, E. (letter), 60
Duckham, A. (letters), 63, 205, 503, 888, 966
Duckworth, A. C. (letter), 807
Dunhill’s Axle Wrench, 496
Duplex Two-cycle Motor, 355
Duroy, Paul Louis (letter), 285, 386
Dust, An Appeal, 890
— Car Design and, 926
— Collector, Mr. Birtwisle’s Invention, 689
— Trials and Experiments, by D. J. Mooney, 644
— 1907, Judges’ Report, 464
— R.A.C., 790, 819, 926, 957
— (illustrations), 620, 791
Dutch Garage (illustration), 389
Dutrieux Shock Absorber, 483

Easter Meeting at Brooklands, 572, 594
— Reliability Competition, 663
Eastmead, Frederic (letter), 731
East Surrey A.C., 548
— Sussex (letter), 142
E. B. B. (letter), 696
E C 10 (letter), 24
Edge, S. F. (letters), 97, 245, 286, 348, 350, 503, 659, 694, 732
— Result of Racing on Design, by, 180 217
Editor the ‘Motor Cycle’ (letter), 768
“ Effect of Motors on Roads,” Papers, 723
Efficiency Temperature, 350, 426
Egerton, Hubert (letters), 208, 246, 284, 286
— J. Reginald (letter), 502
Egypt, Experiences in, Motor Transport, 188, 227, 287
— The Motor Car in, 524
E. H. H. (query), 178
E. H. (letter), 845
E. I.C. Ignition Specialities, 567
Eisemann Magneto Adjustment, 756
E. K. (letter), 135
Elastes Co. (letters), 694, 731
— 3,000 Miles Trial of, 546, 554, 665
Elastic Spring Tyre, Mr. Ritson’s Invention, 507
— Wheel and Tyre Trials, 28, 575, 611, 647, 684, 725, 806, 890
Electrical Exhibition, International, at Marseilles, 699
Electric Cars, Silvertown, Description of, 491, 702, 845
— Ignition Devices, by S. F. Walker, 650, 729
— Lamps, Polkey, 921
— Lubricating Tell-tale, 330, 349, 358
— Vulcanising, 135
Electro-magnetic Trembler, Peto and Radford’s, 588
Elliott, F. H. (letter), 889
— Motormeter (illustration), 49
— Speed Indicator Trial, 635
E. M. C. (reply), 334
Enfield 18 h.p. Car, Hood Arrangement (illustration), 328
— 18-22 h.p. Car (letter), 99
Engine Braking, 128, 243
— Efficiency Tests, 194
Engineer (letters), 693, 889, 965
Engine Lubrication, Smoking Test, 821, 925 963
— Motor Car, for Lathe, 178, 214
— of Bayard-Clement Grand Prix Racer
— (illustration), 934
— Weigel Grand Prix Car (illustration), 900
— Protection Crossing Fords, 631
— Racing through Road Slip, 380
—• Sheffield-Simplex (illustration), 928
Engines, Rotary, Inventors’ Fruitless Efforts, 934
— 1908, Some Features of, R.A.C. Paper, 179
English Fiat Works, 204
— Lorraine-Dietrich Works, 557
English Patent Law and French Makers, 648
Enquirer (query), 294
Epsom Summer Races (illustration), 898
E.R. Detachable Rim, 421, 448
Erroneous Impressions Abroad, 336
Esnault Pelterie Seven-cylindered Petrol Engine, 581
Essex County A.C., 667, 701, 779
— M.C., 940
— Motor Boat Club, 780
Evaporine, 977
E. V. (letters), 132, 616
E. W. (query), 294
Examination Experiences, 88
Exhaust Cut-out, 515, 655
— Gases, 801
Ex Parte, 26
Experience with Frost, 131
Exports and Imports, 67, 155, 241, 545, 566, 759, 890
— Motor, in France, 649
— Eyesight, Motor Driving and, 889
Eyquern Sparking Plug, 94
Eyre, G. F. (letter), 282

Fafnir 8 h.p., Dr. W. G. Copestake on (illustration), 901
Fairclough, P. R. (letter), 660
Fair Play (letter), 23
— Trader (letter), 806
— Wages (letter), 964
Faithfull-Davies, R. E. (letter), 133
Fan Belts for Grooved Pulleys, 707, 745
— Dispensing with the, 3
Fanphare Headlight, Motor Accessories Co., 422
Farman Aeroplane, New, 239, 430
— Henry, Circular Kilometre Flown by, 79, 122
Farman’s Accident, 493
— New Record, 466
F. C. C. (query), 178
F. C. (letter), 927
Features of 1908 Engines, R.A.C. Paper, 179 215
Fellows, Percy WT. (letter), 729
Feng (letter), 424
F.H.S. Switch, 682
— Trigger Commutator, 542
Fiat 35-40 h.p. Car for Johannesburg (illustrations), 353
— Cyclone Car in Ormond Daytona Beach
— Races (illustration), 377
— 90 h.p. for Brooklands Race (illustration), 820
— Motor Car for Indian Prince, 358
— Works, English, 204
— 15 h.p. (letter), 281
Fifteen Thousand Miles for £ ? 237
Finance, Motor, 315
Fire Extinguisher, Effective, 924
— Station, All-motor (illustration), 357
Fittings and Accessories, Car, 680
Flashlight Sparking Plugs, 585
Flat Country (query), 72
Flexibility Trial, a Fiasco, 559
Florida, Bridge in (illustration), 289
— Races, 30, 86, 345, 367, 465
Florio Cup, 168
Flying Experiments, 773
— Kilometre Race at Le Mans, 969
— Machine Accident, Delagrange, 685
— Aeroplane v., 202
— Records, 575, 611, 839, 962
Flywheels, Gyroscopic Action of, 24, 59, 96, 132
Foley-Baker Wheel, 680
Forced Feed Lubrication, 207, 244, 247,324, 502
Forthcoming Trials, 490
Foster, T. Scott (letter), 805
— (reply), 214
Foul Exhaust, Accidental, 963
Four Inch Race, by F. Strickland, 672
— Tourist Trophy, 64, 407^, 439, 440, 572, 672, 849
Foxe’s Puttees, 123
Franco-British Exhibition, 276
France, Motor Car Holidays in, 738
— On the Road, 484, 528, 538, 560, 624, 636, 694, 721, 770
— Trade in, a Rumoured Combine, 882
Frederick Street (Edinburgh) Gradient, 244, 284, 321, 350
French Automobile Industry, 649 882,
— Body on British Chassis (illustration), 250
— Customs, Automobile Association and, 547
— Form, 354
— Manufacturers’ Association, 32
— Motor Ambulance, 445
— BiU, New, 533, 584, 611
— Exports and Imports, 649
— Mitrailleuse in Morocco, 56
French Road. Administration, 674 1
— Roads. Condition of, 284, 319, 384/460
— View of English Grand Prix Entries,'276
— Voituretto Trials, 57. 535
From the Riviera Home, by Sir Edgar Boehm, 238
“Front Driving,” Papers at Institute of Automobile Engineers, 144
Frost, 151
— and Acetylene Lamps, 72, 75
— Experience with, 131
Frozen Pumps and Carburetter Jackets, 7 5, 97
F. R. S. (letter), 423
Fryer, F. E. (reply), 294
F. T. J. (letter), 60
F. T. R. (query), 142
Fuel Consumption and Power, 220
Furious Driving, Against, A.A. Scheme, 781, 863, 887,942,963

Gaal, A., and Co. (letters), 658, 731, 889
Gabriel Horn, 583
Gambier-Housfield, Chas. G. (letter), 965
Garage Charges, 770, 846
— Proprietors, Responsibilities of, 599
Garages, 211, 539
Garrard, C. R. (letter), 616
Gas Analysis and Carburation, 26, 63, 96
Gay Gordons’ Company Motoring (illustration), 562
Gear Boxes, Cleaning, 479
— Box Lubrication, 966
— Changing, 196, 243, 281, 319, 347, 355, 383, 427, 539
— Lever, Arnold’s, 506
— Quadrants, Straight-through, 783
— Ratios, Need for Low First Speed, 941
— Tests, 26, 64
Gearing, Toothed Gears and, 26, 96
Gemmell, R. L. (letter), 927
Generator (reply), 253, 355
— The Ross, 71
Gentlemen Chauffeurs, 888, 927, 964
George and Jobling (letter), 246
Germain Ball Bearing Crankshaft (illustration), 34
— 18 h.p., Round France on (illustration), 585
German Government and Motor Cars, 683
— Motor Yacht Club, 862
Germany, Motordrome in, 275
— Motor Licenses in, 430
— Restriction of Output, 772
G. F. E. (letter), 133
G. F. (letter), 888
G. H. C. (letter), 349
Gilbert, W. S. (letter), 730
— on Cadillac Car (illustration). 699
Gilchrist, W. (letter), 458
Gladiator 45 h.p. (illustration), 570
Glidden, Chas. J., World’s Tour, 468, 527, 547
Gliding Motor Boat for Monaco, 382
Gloucestershire, Bristol and, A.C., 701
— Its Beauties and Associations, 379
G. L. (query), 108
Godfrey, Stuart H. (letter), 462
Godin Electric Horn, 681
Goggles, How not to Store, 745
Gold Medal Won by Lanchester Cars (illustration), 665
Good and Bad Cars, 183
Goodwin, A. (letter), 131
Gordon-Macleod, A. (letter), 60
Gordon-Stewart, J. W. (letter), 693
Gould, Ernest (letter), 461 (reply), 334
Governing Bodies, Our, 384
Gower, C. Leveson (letter), 351
G. P. (replies), 108, 253
Graham, Philip (letter), 26
Grand Prix, 58, 90, 167, 173, 175, 201, 239, 275, 466, 612, 852, 959
— Car, Thomas Flyer (illustration), 857
— Course, 30
— for Aeroplanes, 328
— Germain Car (illustration), 924
— Mercedes Racers for 1908, 422
— Mors Cars, 533, 970
— Practising for the, Renault Car (illustration), 685
— Preparations for the Race, 959
— Race, Detachable Wheels and, 134, 144, 173, 175, 201, 207, 245, 285, 314, 320, 344, 351, 385, 387, 462, 503
— Drivers of Cars (illustrations), 484, 485
— Racers, Austin Cars, Description of, 632
— Details of the, 487
— Measuring, 787
— — Racing Chassis, the Weigel, Description of, 340
— Weigel Racing Engine, Description of, 312
Grand Prize of America, 962
— Trunk Road, On the. by R. L. Jefferson,
— (letters), 133, 385, 428, M I 500, 659
Grant/E. J. Robertson (letters), 24, 459
Graphic Challenge Trophy Race, 715
Gravity (letter), 925
Grease Lubricators, 783
Greathed, E. A. (letter), 349
Gregoire and De Dion Cars, 333
— 10-14 h.p., Description of, 148
Grieg, C. Gordon (letter), 537
Gunner (letter), 655
Gyroscopic Action of Flywheels, 24, 59, 96, 132, 925
Gyrostatic Action, R.A.C. Paper by Prof. Watson, 382

Haddon, Herbert and Co. (letter), 770
Had this been a Motor Car, 770
Hallen, A. C, (letter), 615
Hamilton, Lindsay A. (letter), 888
Hampshire M.U. and New Forest A.C., 741
Handicap, A Good, 145
Handicapping, 516, 732, 767, 966
Harmer, Oscar (letter), 843
Harrisburg Reliability Trials, 776, 817
Harris, F. H. (letters), 243, 349, 460, 580, 806
— H. H., Number of Tyre Sizes, by, 614
Hartlepools A.C., 293
Hartridge Pneumatic Tyre, New, 967
Haute-Savoie (letter), 424
Hawkes, H. G. (letter), 97
H. B. (reply), 142
H. C. L. (letter), 347
H. C. (reply). 334
Heating of Motor Houses, by J. H. Lester, 8, 615 (letter), 59
Henfrey, George (letter), 617
Henri De M. (letter), 286
Herefordshire A.C., 862
Herkomer Tour, Lessons of the, 269
Her Majesty the Queen at Aldershot (illustration), 756
Herts County A.C., 213, 549, 701, 741, 780, 861, 940
— North A.C., 101
Hewer Sporting Body on Ariel Car, 818
H. G. (letter), 927
— (reply), 108
H. G. R. (letter), 730
H. H. D. (reply), 214
H. H., Leicester (reply), 72
High Compression, 130, 294
Highway by the Sea, 248
Highways Act, Proposal to Amend, 757
— Committee of Herts County Council, 699
— Proper Use of the, 932, 971
— Protection League, 5, 642, 666
— Public, Competitions on the, 153
Hill-climbing, 170, 281, 319
— Contest in South Australia, 610
— Exploit (illustrations), 618
Hill-climbs, Banning of, 24, 289
— Open, 226
Hill-climb, Sharpenhoe, Motor Cycling Club Competition, 675, 738
Hillman-Coatalen Racer, 697
Hints and Tips, Useful, 3, 39, 75, 111, 147, 185, 221, 259, 297, 337, 368, 399, 441, 479, 517, 555, 593, 631, 671, 707, 745, 783, 821, 865, 905, 943
— to Prospective Motor Tourists, 753
H. I. W. (letter), 385
H. J. (letters), 281, 355, 383
H 2840 (letter), 387
H.M. the King in Motor Car (illustration), 744
Hodgkin, J. E. (letter), 27
Hoffman and Co. (letter), 927
Holidays, Motor Car, in France, 738
Hollands, Sidney H. (letter), 502
Holtec (letters), 24, 61, 95, 132, 170
Hope, R. (letter), 730
Hop Pickers’ Medical Mission, 966
Horn Bulbs, Motor, 441
— Motor Castle, 759
E. J. Hardy’s (illustration), 661
“ Scout,” 849
— Wagner Electric, Description of, 156
Horse and Tram Accidents, 85, 613
— Decline of the, in Paris, 210
Horseless Carriage, Ship on Wheels (illustration), 686
Horse-power and Wind Resistance, 36
— at the Road Wheels, Testing Machine, 640
— Formula?, 694, 767
Hostile Counties, a Suggestion, 963
Hostility, The Root of, 564
Hotchkiss 16-20 h.p. Car (illustration), 635
— Racing Car (illustration), 92
Hotchkiss Six-cylinder Chassis with Limousine Body (illustration), 855
House of Commons and Motor Cars, 204, 242, 268, 311, 336, 381, 398, 440, 497, 519, 630, 670, 705, 744, 852, 904,»967
Housing of Cars, 337
How Cars are Treated, 219
— to Obtain a Motor, 578, 617, 696
H. (query), 108
H. S. (letter), 347
Hubbard, Philip Egerton (letter), 247
Humber 10-12 h.p. 1908 Cars, 214<*i|
— Cars, Hints and Tips on, 337, 368
— Car Towing New Chassis (illustration), 141
— with Detachable Spare Wheel (illustration), 897
— Factory, New, Opening of, 372, 417
— Ltd., Detachable Wheel, 498
— Speed Tests at Brooklands, 345
Humphris, Frank (letter), 96
Hunt, F. L. (reply), 214
Hutchinson Tyre Tread, 813
Hutt, A. E. (letter), 890
Hutton 26 h.p. Car, 886
— J. E. (letter), 322
on 26 h.p. Napier-built Hutton Car (illustrations), 971
H. W. (query), 214
Hydra Sparking Plug, 65

Ice, Wet, Driving over, 39
Ideal Car, My, by the Autocrat, 352, 376, 526, 642
— Motor Car, 354, 383, 423, 458, 616, 659, 732, 788
Ignition and Extra Air Control, Interconnection of, 263, 321, 328, 425, 539, 579
— Devices, Electric, by S. F. Walker, 650, 729
— Specialities, E.I.C., 567
I K 323 (letter), 172
Illar (letter), 539
Imports, Exports and, 67, 155, 241, 545, 566, 759, 890
Impressions from Brooklands, by H. C. Lafone, 719
Improvised. Funnel, 135 Incidents at Olympia, 62, 98, 134, 170
Income Tax, Doctors’ Motor Cars and, 247, - . 283
Incompetent Drivers, 963
Inconsiderate Driving, 696, 890, 925
India, Central, Motor Trial in, 968
— Home from, 563
— Motoring in (illustrations), 309, 686
— Motor Tour in, on the Great Trunk Road, 52, 82, 117
•— Oh the Heights in, 845
— Speed Trials in, 124, 152
Inflation of Tyres, 385, 428
Influence of Racing on Design, 146
Inglis, Lionel (letter), 385
Ingram, Harry M. (letters), 319, 427
Inquirer (letter), 540
— (query), 178
I N 85 (reply), 294
Inrig, Gavan (letter), 659
Instantaneous Rim and Flange, 682
Institution of Automobile Engineers, 51, 358, 409, 666
— Papers on “ Front Driving,” 144
— Paper, “ Design of the Automobile,” 392, 436, 475
Interchangeability Trial, Cadillac Cars, 204, 269, 336, 370, 431, 654
Interchange of Experience, R.A.C. Trials, 863
Inter-club Racing, 553
Inter-connection of Ignition and Extra Air Control, 263
Interested (letter), 729
International Conference on Motor Boat Racing, 218
— Electrical Exhibition at Marseilles, 699
— Motor Yacht Association, 176
— Touring Car Trial, 80, 125, 224, 272, 291, 320. 345, 428, 431, 456, 477, 490, 501, 525. 715, 757, 819, 822, 869, 883,903,906,944,965
R.A.C. Paper by Mr. Claude Johnson, 510
— Union of Chauffeurs, 168
Inventors’ Exhibition, Paris, 344
Iris Car in Canada (illustrations), 88, 89
Irish A.C. Trials, Sketch Map of Course, 584
— Reliability Trials, 89, 292, 354 413. 455, 458, 490, 570, 703, 794, 850, 853
— Details of Cars, 703 Report of, 794, 850, 898
— Trials, Scenes round Killarney (illustrations), 762, 775
— Swift Cars (illustration), 882
Iron and Steel Institute of Vienna, Paper, 586
Irving. Bell, Record Drive, Bombay to Calcutta, 241
Isle of Ely and Cambs A.C., 176, 252
Itala Automobiles, Ltd. (letters), 731, 769
— 20-30 h.p. Live Axle Car (illustration), 939
Italian Daimler Car, Description of, 712
Italy, Law’s Delay in, 460

J. A. C. K. (query), 355
Jack (reply), 178
Jameson, W. B. (letter), 25
Jarrott, Chas, (letters), 207, 284, 695, 732
Jarrott’s Record, 247, 249, 283
Java, Garage in (illustration), 583
— Royalty Motoring in (illustration), 19
J. B. C. (query), 72
J. C. (letter), 658
J. C. M. (letter), 691
Jefferson, R. L., On the Great Trunk Road, by, 52, 82, 117
Jeffreys, W. Rees, 351
J. G. (query), 178
J. H. F. (query), 294
J. H. L. (letters), 98, 170
J. I. E. (letter), 964
J. (letter), 387
J. M. (reply), 108 g
John, Owen, On the Road, by, 45, 151, 229, 267, 303, 342, 379, 418, 446, 484, 528, 560, 624, 636, 721, 762, 853
John Rot (letter), 730
Johnson, Claude, R.A.C. Paper by, 510
— C. (letter), 769
Jolly, A. (letter), 131
Jones and Co. (letter), 350
-— J. E. Stacey (letter), 205
Joule, Percy E. (letter), 579
Journalistic Methods, 628, 695, 730
Joy, Bertram C., Article by, 199
Joynson-Hicks, M.P., Interview with, 754
J.P. on Justices’ Justice, 887
J. T. H. (letter), 24
Junior A.C., 548
— Institution of Engineers, Paper, “ Aerial Navigation,” 256
J. W. T. (reply), 108

Kalmucks, The, and Automobiles, 556
Kamac for Motor Hoods, 855
Kearney High Speed Railway, 933
Kempshall Motor Tyres, 333, 626
Kendal Application for Speed Limit, 23
Kendon, Samuel (letter), 966
Kennedy, Thomas (letter), 966
Kensington A.C., 977
Kent A.C., 143, 667, 809, 940, 976
Kentish, H. E. (reply), 333
Kettering’s Oldest Inhabitant in Motor Car (illustration), 531
Kindler, C. W. (letter), 658
King, E. G. (reply), 333
Kirkstone Pass, 209, 246
— — (illustrations), 174
Klinger Auto-lubricator, 922
Knocking, 72, 108, 142
Knowles, G. J. F. (letter), 692
Kronprinz at Dieppe, 314

La Buire Car, 24-30 h.p. Car, Description of, 222
— Car for Bombay, 58
Lacoste Distributer, 662
— Petrol Gauge, 280
Ladies’ A.C., 252, 293, 901
— in Royal and Scottish A.C. Trials, 251, 282
Lady Driver (letter), 965
Lafone, H. C., Brooklands Training Notes, by, 803, 847, 892
— On the Trials, by, 916, 958
Lambert, Frank L. (letter), 500
Lamp Generators Freezing. To Prevent, 72, 75, 185
— The “ Roadlite,” by Rotax Co., 274
Lamps, Metallic Reflectors for, 598
— Paraffin and Acetylene, 543
— Side and Head, Combining, 707
— Side, Orto. 166 Lancashire A.C., 702, 742
Lancaster (letter), 843
Land, H. (letter), 283
Lanchester 20 h.p. Car, 72, 142
— Landaulet, Mrs. Edgecombe’s (illustration), 864
— 16 h.p. Car, 294
— Cars, 386
— Gold Medal Won by (illustration), 66 ,
Lanchester, F. W., Paper by, “ Design of the Automobile,” 392, 436, 475
— Limousine (illustration), 549
— 12 h.p. Mail Van, 199
— Method of Carrying Spare Wheel (illustrations), 739
— Motor Co., Ltd. (letter), 64, 324, 616
— with Detachable Top (illustration), 309
Lane Driving on the CXX., 802
Lansdown Hill, Bath, 108
Larger Tyres, 387
Launching the Wolseley-Siddeley, 325
Laurin-Klement 14-16 h.p. Car (illustration), 917
L. B. (letter), 730
L C 5457 (letter), 517
Lea, S. T. (letter), 321
Leechman, Douglas, Articles by, 69, 93 (letter), 384
Lee, W. H. (reply), 72
League that is a Failure, 5, 61
Leicestershire A.C., 741, 901, 975
Le Mans Flying Kilometre Race, 969
Leng, C. D. (letter), 320
Lester, J. H- (letters), 135, 244, 615
The Heating of Motor Houses, by, 8
Letts, W. M. (letters), 246, 283, 286
Lever Spring Suspension, 551
L. H. D. (letters), 61, 170. 320
Licensed Cars, 96, 133, 171, 208, 243
License, Production of, 317
Liedekerke Cup, 92
Life of Tyres, 501, 616, 731
Lighting of Villages, 27, 62
Lighting-up Tables, 739
Lights on Vehicles Act, 20, 289
Lincolnshire A.C., 66, 101, 213, 513, 940
Little, E. Cuthbert (letter), 696
Live Axle Lubrication, 39
Liverpool M.C., 252, 332
— Motorists at Mersey Ferry, 664
Liversedge, J., and Son, Ltd. (letter), 99
L. M. M. J. (letter), 283
L N 1625 (letter), 133
Lodge Bros, and Co. (letter), 62
— Distributer, 65
London Suburban Roads, 23, 59
— to Edinburgh, 165
- M.C.C. Run, 957
— Non-stop Runs, R.A.C. Certificates, 203
Long Distance Traps, 629
Longridge, C. C. (letter), 323
Longuemare Carburetter, New, with Single
Lever Control, 582
Loosening Tight Bolts or Studs, 75
Lorraine-Dietrich 20-30 h.p. Car, Description of, 834, 866
— Works in England, 557
Loss of Compression, 943
Low First Speed, Need for, 941
— Pressure Tyres, 781, 810
L. R. C. P., M.R.C.S. (letter), 247
Lubricant for Hot Bearings, 297
Lubricating Oil, 99
— System, Cleansing of the, 185
Lubrication, An Object Lesson in, 943
— Failing to Announce, Automatic Oiling Signal, 330, 349
— Forced Feed, 207
— Prizes for Chauffeurs, 621
Lucas Electric Lamps, 831
— Lamps, 329
Luggage Carrying Question, 191, 236
L. W. C. (letter), 244
L. W. (queries), 333, 334
Lyddon, R. B. (reply), 355
Lynam, F. J. (letter), 387
Lyons, Racing at, 648

Macdougald, G. D. (letter), 324
Macdonald, J. H. A. (letters), 244, 350
MacLulich, J. M. (letter), 134
Madden, E. M. (letter), 579
Madison Square Garden, New York, Importers’ Show (illustration), 100
Magneto and Accumulator Switch, Compound, 661
— Bosch Two-cylinder, 802
— Experience, 3
— Setting, 221
— The, a Plea for Increased Size, 688
Main Roads and Motor Taxes, 456
Maison Talbot (reply), 253
Maja Car for Briarcliff Trophy (illustration), 391
Maja Concession Co. (letter), 173
Malay Peninsula, Motoring in the (illustrations), 904, 937
Malglaine, Henri de (letter), 320
Manchester A.C., 143, 252, 332, 513, 582, 742, 778, 862, 901, 976
— Motor Shows, 127, 230, 254, 327
—- M.C. Reliability Trial, 932
Man of Moderate Means (letter), 578
Manometer, Manifold Uses of, 519, 577, 616
— Chain Case (illustration), 505
— Grand Prix Racers for 1908, 422
— Six-cylinder Engine, Description of, 121
Mervyn O’Gorman Trophy, 66
Metallic Reflectors for Lamps, 598
Metallurgique Cars, 108, 142, 294, 306, 841
— v. Napier Match Cars, 841
Mexico, Napier Car in (illustration), 72C
Meyan, Paul (letter), 207
Michelin Tyres, 583 Middlesex (letter), 171
— North, A.C., 213. 513, 667, 779
Midland A.C., 549, 862, 975
— Hill-climb, 341
— Test Hill (illustration), . 3/
Mid-Staffordshire A.C., 809
Military Races and Competitions, Motor, 404
Mills, Fred (letter), 929
Miloscope, 431
M.I.N.A. (letters), 580, 691
Minerva Cars, 178, 214, 253
— Car in New South Wales (illustrations), 545
Misconception, To Avoid, 617, 659
Misunderstandings, 7 3
Monaco Motor Boat Meeting, 166, 430, 534, 573, 611, 625, 645
— — Boats for, 29
Mooney, D. J., Dust Trials and Experiments, by, 644
Moore-Brabazon, J. T. C. (letters), 808, 843
Moore, Henry (letter), 99
— of Brighton, Ltd. (letter), 696
Mordaunt, Frank (reply), 178
More Misrepresentation, 129
Morrison, Stuart (letter), 696
Mors Car for Grand Prix (illustration), 623
— 15 h.p. Car (illustration), 228
— Landaulet (illustration), 337
— Grand Prix Cars, 533, 773, 970
Morton, Richard H., 142
Moseley, D., and Sons (letter), 846
Moss, Arthur E. (letter), 692
Motobloc Candidate for Grand Prix (illustration), 936
Motor Accessories Co.’s Accumulator, 182
— Markt and Co.’s, 192
— Car Commission, Revival of, 533
— Club, 702, 742, 976
— Competitions in South Africa, 95
Motor Cycling Club, 902
— Club’s Hill-climb, 675
— Driving and Eyesight, 889
— Engineering, Universities and, by G. Shaw-Scott, 234
— House (letter), 135
— Military Races and Competitions, 404
— Pinnace (illustration), 315
— Racing for Amateurs, 335, 338, 499, 537
— Roads, 28
— Schools, Ltd., 921
— Scouts and the Police, 57, 96, 133
— Shows, 846 Continental, 29
— Technology at Sheffield University, 168
— Transport for the Colonies, 188, 227
— Union, 51, 94, 139, 204, 356, 357, 697, 698, 699, 737, 739, 900
— Annual Meeting, 492 Chairman, 754
— Conference, 94, 455 on Taxation, 375, 455, 480
— Continental Tom'S, 547
— Engineering Department, 665
Meet at Bournemouth, 784
— of Western India, 722
— Policy, Taxation of Cars, 295, 318 45o> 60Q
Motor Union. Royal A.C. and, 1, 4, 27, 73. 102. 130. 133, 170, 174, 198, 206, 229, 282, 283
— Scottish A.C. and, 591
- Unionist and Member of the A.A. (letter), 537
— Wedding (illustration), 101
— Yacht Club, 66, 143, 213, 252, 293, 513, 551, 582, 627, 668, 701, 742, 809, 682, 976
— Fifth Annual Efficiency Trial, 551
Motors, Roads and Taxes, 49, 97, 277, 295, 304, 320, 346, 350, 365, 375, 456
Motordrome in Germany, 275
Motoring in Abyssinia, £31
Motorphobia in the City, 941
Mountain Pass Climbing, 462
Mouse’s Nest on Beeston Humber Engine (illustration), 688
Moxon, Paul B. (letter), 243
Mrs. H. (reply), 253
Mudguard Improvement, 221
Mud-hook, American Invention (illustration), 701
Muirhead, J. M. P. (letter), 385
Mulliner’s Two-piece Hood, 242
Multum-in-Parvo Plug, The Eyquem, 94
Munn, Walter (letter), 172, 208
Munro, Geo., jun. (reply), 108
My Ideal Car, by the Autocrat, 352, 376

N.A.G. Car, A Run on a, 129
Naish, M. P. (letter), 767
Naming Racing Cars, 695
Napier, 60 h.p., at Brooklands (illustration), 308
— Car at the Pyramids, 110, 140
— General Milo-Spitzer’s (illustration). 683
— in Mexico (illustration), 720
— 80 h.p. Carburetter, 761
— Six-cylinder Car for India (illustration), 210
— Cars, Sir John Miller’s (illustration), 235
— Dashboard by Night (illustration), 550
— 60 h.p. in Egypt (illustration), 405
— Metallurgique v., Match Cars, 814
— Record Times and Distances, 311
— 45 h.p., Six-cylinder, Miss Levitt on (illustration), 919
Napier-Fiat Match, 897, 933, 966
Narrow Escape, Miss Muriel Hind’s Accident, 554
Natal, 20 h.p. Alldays Car in (illustration), 29
Naval M.C., 582 Nemo (letter). 350
New Cars at Auction Sale, 63, 135
New Engine (Motor) Co., Ltd. (letters), 321, 322, 348, 501, 538, 539
— Forest A.C. and Hampshire M.U., 741, 976
— Motoring in the, 31
— Patents Act, 69, 93, 243, 319
— Pick Light Car, 935
— Roads through Old Lands, by Francis Miltoun, 410, 450
— South Wales, Australia, Motoring in, 99
— Minerva Car in (illustrations), 545
— Racing in, 891
Newton, Frank (letter), 660
New York Carnival Hill-climb, 643
— to Paris Race, 168, 175, 201, 239, 315, 366, 449, 576, 611, 648, 693; 700, 726
— York-Paris Race (cartoon), 508 (illustrations), 211, 212
— Zealand Garage (illustration), 741
— Hill-climb (illustration), 68
— Motor Club, Opening Meet (illustration), 331, 345
— Trials 571
N.H.G. (letters), 387, 459, 500
Nice Week, 92, 495
Nightmare, A, 446
Night Running of Cars, 25, 61, 208, 243
Nilmelior Sparking Plug, 619
N 23 (letters), 24, 95
Noel-Storr, C. E. (letter), 927
Noise at Brooklands, 776
Non-skid, Palmer, 619
Non-skids, 520
North Herts A.C., 101
— London A.C., 66
— Middlesex A.C., 213, 513, 667, 779
Norwood and District A.C., 780
Nottingham, R.A.C. Provincial Meeting, 708
Notts A.C,, 143, 176, 332, 724
— Speed Trials, 814
— To the, Experiences of Cars, 864
Novice (letter), 844
N. R. (query), 294
Number of Things, Their Effect on Tyres, 359
— Tyre Sizes, by H. H. Harris, 614
— Plates, Provision for, 257, 353, 390
Nuttall, Miriam (letter), 243
Nutt, W. Rothery (letter), 655

Oakamoor Inter-club Hill-climb, 938
Observer (letter), 95
O. r>. (letters), 383, 659, 732
Ogilvie, G. Stuart (letter), 502
— R.A.C. Paper by, 104
O’Gorman, Mervyn, Royal A.C. Paper by, 359
Oil Tracks on the Road, 613, 695, 730
Okonite Cable, 204
Obituary, 936
Old Joke, An, 730
— Motorist, L C 6325 (letter), 538
— Routier, The (letters), 169, 285, 427
Oldridge, Sidney (letter), 655
O 2991 (letter), 805
Olympia, Incidents at, 62, 98, 134, ,170
— Motor Boats at, 505
— Show, 1908, Uniform Decoration, 172, 205
— Ventilation of, 249
Onlooker (letter), 457
On the Road, by Owen John, 45, 151, 229, 267, 303, 312, 342, 379, 418, 446, 484, 528, 560, 624, 636, 721, 762, 853, 972
— in France, 484, 528, 538, 560, 624, 636, 694, 721, 732, 762, 770
— Track, by H. C. Lafone, 803, 847, 892
— Trials, by H. C. Lafone, 916, 958
Opel Car for Grand Prix Race (illustration), 509
Open Hill-climbs, 226 Opinions on Cars, 72
Orde, J. W. (letters), 98, 428
Orkney and Shetland Islands and Motors, 391, 458
Ormond Daytona Beach Races (illustrations), 464, 465
— 1908 Meet, 30, 86, 345, 367, 665
Orto Special Side Lamps, 166
Outhwaite, T. Roland (letter), 321
Overheating, Diagnosis and Treatment for, 517
Over 121 Miles an Hour, 933, 961, 966
“Owen John” and Chauffeurs, 45, 240, 616, 730
Oxidising Iron or Steel Surfaces, Process for, 671

Paddon, W. (letter), 97
Paid Driver (letter), 538
Paint for Silencers, 297
Palmer Non-skid, 619
— O. C. (reply), 108
— Tyres, 387
— Inflation of, 810
Panhard Motor Mitrailleuse, 202
Paraffin plus Patience, 111
Paris Salon, 122
— Street Accidents in, 466
— to Moscow, 845
— the Sea Race, 686
Parliament, Motor Cars in, 204, 242, 268, 311, 336, 381, 398, 440, 497, 519, 630, 705, 744, 852, 967
Patents and Designs Act, 1907, 69, 93, 243, 319
— De Dion, 652
Payne, F. Alick (letter), 729
Peebles Motor Co., Ltd., 350
Pelican (query), 142
Pelly, Douglas R. (letter), 62
Perkins Metal, 214
Permanent Circuit for France, 123, 266
Petersburg to Moscow Race, 430
Petition, Suggested, against being Fleeced, 843
Peto and Radford’s Electro-magnetic Trembler, 588
Petrol and Alcohol, Comparative Tests, 515 552
— its Price, 743, 782, 806, 925
Petrol Tests, R.A.C. Paper, 758, 805
— Tyre Mileage, 538
— Engine, Novel, the Roche, 186, 247,
_ 323, 324
— Roche, Description of, 186
— Seven-cylindered, 581
— Failure on Hills, 399
— Fumes, 691, 731
— Gauge, Lacoste, 280
— Low in Tank, 943
— Motor, Sixteen-cylinder, Adams Co.’s (illustration), 240
Petrol Pipe Joints, Unscrewing, 441
— The Word, 888, 928
P. G. (query), 253
Phoenix Car, 8 h.p. Car (illustration), 504, 721
— Motors, Ltd. (letter), 323, 768
Physical Endurance, 170, 209, 244, 286
— Laboratory and R.A.C., 25, 61
P. J. J. (letter), 696
Platinum, Firm Specialising in, 841
P 993 (letter), 890
Police and Christmas, 23
— Cases, 31, 318, 390, 433, 735, 776, 777, 858, 859, 936, 937, 974
— Consideration, 820
— Evidence in Motor Cases, 770, 805
— Methods, 965
— Motor Scouts and the, 57, 96, 133
— Timing, Corroborative, 171, 205
— Traps, 391
— Long Distance, 629
Policeman and Motor Scout, 698
— Non-signalling, 20
Polkey Electric Lamps, 921
Pope, H. R. (letter), 770
Popular Car, 55, 173, 206, 343, 502
Portable Vulcaniser, Southall, 78
Portal, E. R. (letter), 25
Porthos Car, 45 h.p. Car (illustration), 663
— Chassis (illustration), 91
Portsmouth, Proposed New Road, 508
Power at Great Altitude, 142, 178, 214
— and Spark, 23, 62
Precursor (letter), 458
Pre-ignition and Loss of Power on Magneto, 297
Prendergast, J. A. (letter), 767
Prescott, F. K. (letter), 245
Pressed Steel Pistons, 738
Pressure Feed Trouble, 259, 319
P. and R. Filing Tool (illustration), 696
Prices, Comparing, 629
Prima Cars, 253
Primary Batteries for Accumulator Charging, 72, 108
Prince Francis of Teck (illustration), 757
— Henry of Prussia Competition, 35, 97 124, 209, 535, 898, 923, 969, 970 (illustration), 970
Private Owners Handicapping at Brooklands, 518, 925
— Owner (letter), 350
Prix d’Aviation Circular Kilometre Flown by Henry Farman, 79
Procession of Illuminated Cars in Brussels, 344
Propeller-shaft, 108, 142
Provincial Meeting, Motor Union, at Bournemouth, 784
— Meetings, R.A.C., 584, 708, 923, 962
— Shows, 323
Provision for Number Plates, 257
Prowodnik, the New Russian Tyre, 550
Pugh, John V. (letters), 98, 247, 348
Pump Spindles, Leaky, 75
Puncture Difficulty, Overcoming the, 578, 694, 771
— Preventing Device, Sealomatic Tube, 248
— Repairing Studs, 102
Puzzled (letter), 966
Pyle, E. E. (letter), 208
Pyman, Walter H. S. (letter), 887

Queries and Replies, 72, 108, 142, 178, 214, 253, 293, 333, 355

R.A.C. and M.U. Deputations, Motor – Car Taxation, 277
— Motor Taxation, 375
— Union, 1, 4, 27, 73, 102, 130, 133, 170, 174, 194, 198, 206, 229, 282, 283
— the Motor Industry, 191
— its Associates, 113, 269, 279
— Annual General Meeting, 339, 375, 419
— Annual Dinner, 329
— Associates’ Headquarters (illustration), 418
— Association Scheme, 21, 47, 48, 98, 113,
— Booklet, 817
— Certificates, London to Edinburgh Non-stop Runs, 203
— Chairmanship of, 483, 743
— Dust Trials, 790, 926, 957
— (illustrations), 620, 791
— Legal Dept., 547, 654
— Meeting at Hereford, 962
— New Ground for, 25, 61
— Paper, “ A Number of Things :
— Their Effect on Tyres,” 359
R.A.C. Paper, “ Features of 1908 Engines,” .. T 179,215
— International Touring Car Trial,” 510
— ‘ Petrol and Petrol Tests,” 758
— “ Resilient Road Wheels,” 104
— Provincial Meeting at Hereford, 923
— Nottingham, 708
— Meetings, 584, 708, 923, 962
— Ratings, Two Thousand Miles Trial, 272
— Stewards, 527
— 2,000 Miles Trial, 80, 125, 224, 272,, 291,320,345,428,431, 456, 477, 490, 501, 523, 715, 737, 819, 822, 869, 883, 903, 906, 944, 965
— Touring Car Trial, 80
— Touring Dept., 32, 576, 974
Race Entries, 839
Races, Forthcoming, in America, 248
Racing at Brooklands, 302, 594, 716, 892 1908
— Programme, 7
— Lyons, 648
— Formula, 239, 265, 843
— in New South Wales, 891
— on Design, Result of (letters), 243, 284, 287, 348, 387, 426, 428, 459, 500, 579, 694, 731, 806, 927
Result of, Paper by S. F. Edge, 180, 217
— Rules, Simplified, 201
Radiator, To Abolish the, 56
Ralli, Stephen S. (letter), 284
R. P. (letter), 731
Rapid Racing Car, 70 h.p. (illustration), 158
Ratchet-shifting Spanner, Motor Accessories Co., 396
R. B. (letter), 926
Reading, Trapping Motorists at, 695
Reconciliation, An Attempt at, 184, 198
Records at Brooklands, 46, 98, 197, 280, 311, 403, 563, 915, 933, 961
— Mr. Jarrott’s Attempt at, 247, 249, 283, 323
Record, 26 h.p. Class, 635
— World’s, 777 Miles in a Day, 9
Re-establishing Bruised Screw Threads, 75, 111
Registration Money, Motor Car, 96
— of Motor Cars, 622
Regulation of Motor Traffic, 657, 729
Reid, A. H. (letter), 963
R. E. (letter), 925
Reliability and Speed Judging Competition, Junior A.C., 755
— Competition, New Form of, 502
— North of Ireland, 663
— Bombay, 316
— Irish A.C., 89, 292, 354, 413, 455, 458, 490, 570, 703, 794
— Report of, 794
— I Want, by an Amateur Motorist, 961
— Scottish A.C., 158, 225, 367, 497, 527, 539, 757, 876, 890, 906, 944
Remagnetising, 108
Removable Rims and Treads for Motor Covers, 694
Renault Car, Bishop of Southwell’s (illustration), 220
-— 14-20 h.p. Chassis (illustration), 452, 574
— Chassis with Cab Body (illustration), 328
— 50-60 h.p. Six-cylinder Chassis, 433
— New Suspension, 737
Rendel, S. G. (letters), 209, 659
Reo Car, 18 h.p. Car, 390
— Silencer, 626
Repairing Horn Bulbs, 593
Repairs, Charges for, 2
— Cheap, 91
Replies to Queries, 350, 461
Resileon, Test of, 469
” Resilient Road Wheels,” R.A.C. Paper, 104
Responsibilities of Garage Proprietors, 599
Restriction of Output, Germany, 772
Retrospect, 1907, 10
Reviews, 177, 438, 549, 554, 702, 862, 977
Revision of Racing Rules, Brooklands, 264
Rexine for Upholstering Cars, 290
Rhone A.C. Meeting, 969
R. H. W. (letter), 253
Ricardo, Harry C. (letter), 844
Richardson, Percy (letter), 284
Rignold, Harry R. (letter), 426
Riley 12-18 h.p. Car (illustration), 974
— Mrs. Ed. A. (letter), 282
— Victor (letters), 173, 768
— Rims and Flanges, Detachable, 448
— Wheels, Detachable, Particulars of, 600
— Detachable, 178
— (letter), 770
Riviera, From the, by Sir Edgar Boehm, 238
R. J. H, (query), 72
Road Administration, 732, 787
— Club, 862
— Congress at Paris, 493
— Construction, Good, 291
— from Lichfield to Coventry, 320, 349
— Maintenance by Motorists, 480
— Signs, Courtesy on, 655
— Slip, Engine Racing and, 380
— Surveyors’ Reports on Motor Traffic, 564, 622
— Trial for Old Cars, 655
— Warnings, 456, 549
Roads and Rails, North and South, 384
— Taxes, Motors, 49, 97, 277, 295, 304, 320, 346, 350, 365, 375, 456
— Camber of, 397
— Effect of Motors on, Paper, 723
— Improvement Association, 623, 689, 739, 978
— Motor, 45
— near Bristol; 250
Roadless Counties, Some, 978
Roadlite Lamp, Rotax Co.’s, 274
Roadmakers’ Opportunity, 257
Robbins, Sam., Ltd. (letter), 579
Robertson, J.P. (letter), 577
Roberts Non-skid Motor Tyre Co. (letter), 63
Roche Petrol Engine, 186, 247, 323, 324, 356
Description of, 186
Rocking Joint (letter), 806
Roi des Beiges Body with Folding Seats
(illustrations), 599
Rolls-Royce Challenge, 237, 346
— Engine, Accessibility of, 838
— Ltd. (letter), 890
Rooke, Arthur E. (reply), 108
Root of Hostility, 564
Rosco Acetylene Co. (letter), 27
Ross Generators, 71
— Motor Spirit, Scottish A.C. Trial of, 251, 329
Rotary Engines, Inventors’ Fruitless Efforts, 934
Route for 2,000 Miles Trial, 883
— to Netley, 434
Rover Cars, 253, 294, 333, 355
— at Brighton (illustration), 548
— 6 h.p. Car for Africa, 698
— Specially-built (illustrations), 628
— Query, 333
— 20 h.p. Car, Mr. Jenkins’s (illustration), 939
— Car with Rudge-Whitworth Wire
— Wheels (illustration), 721
— 8 h.p. in Irish Trials, 883, 965
— 12 h.p. Landaulet, 915
— Tyre Trials, 490
— Commission on Motor Traffic, 525
Roy dale Engineering Co. (letter), 134
R. T. B. (reply), 178
Rubber Matting, 39
- Prices of 331
Rudge-Whitworth, Ltd. (letters), 64, 246, 579
— Wheel from Napier Car (illustration), 32
Rules and Courtesies of the Road, 554
Running Costs, 62, 65, 97, 135, 170, 320, 386, 500, 657, 929
— Experiences, 692
Russell (letter), 25
Russian Tyre, the Prowodnik, 550
Russia, St. Petersburg to Moscow Race, 329
R. W. C. (letter), 692

751- Y 8 (letter), 461
Saill,Henry"(letter), 966
Salomons, David (letter), 423
Salsbury Speedometer, 683
Samson Non-skid Tyre, 681
Samways, D. W. (letter), 61, 655
Sankey, E. H. O. (reply), 355
San Sebastian Meeting, 649
Savage Club Menu (illustration), 666
Savannah Races (illustrations), 480, 481
Savory (letter), 171
Scarborough and District M.C., 861
Scotch Car, 25 h.p. Car, The Atholl, Description of, 676
Scotter (letter), 170
Scottish A.C., 34, 176, 293, 513, 548
— Acrostic, 168
— and Motor Union, 591
— Trial of Ross Motor Spirit, 251
— Motor Exhibition, 8, 159
Show, Review of Exhibits, 159
— Reliability Trial, List of Entries, 878
— Rules for, 876
— Trials, 158, 225, 367, 497, 527, 539, 757, 876, 890, 906, 944
Scott-Robinson Carburetter, Description of, 589
Scout Motor Horn, 849
Scovell, G. V. (letter), 659
Screw Threads, Bruised, Re-establishing, Scully, Thos. A. (letters), 324, 427
Scalomatic Tube, Puncture-preventing Device, 248
Searle and Co.’s Rapid Connection Terminal (illustration), 514
S.E. Auto Cycle Association, 702
Security Bolt Heads, 399
— Bolts, To Use or Not to Use, 925
Sei da Paris, 134
Semperit Tyre, 661
Seven-cylindered Petrol Engine, 581
Seven Years’ Driving (letter), 135
Severe Specification, Iris Car, 875
Shackel, F. C. (letter), 205
Sharpenhoe Hill-climb, Motor Cycling Club Competition, 675, 738
Shaw-Scott, G., Article by, 234
Case-hardening, by, 586
Sheffield and District A.C., 143, 513, 701, 940
— Publishers’ Fleet of Motor Cars (illustration), 263
— University, Motor Technology at, 168
Sheffield-Simplex 45 h.p. Car (illustrations), 197, 367
— Chassis, Description of, 400, 442
— Engine (illustration), 928
— Motor Works, Ltd. (letter), 929
Shelsley-Walsh Hill-climb, 322
Shelton, R. M. (letter), 386
Sheppee, E. W. (letters), 173, 502, 889
Sherrin, Geo. (letter), 208
Shock Absorber, Dutrieux, 483
Shows, Motor (letter), 846
Shropshire A.C., 143 Sicilian Cup, 103, 726
— Races, Description of, 764
Siddeley Army Ambulance Car at Southsea (illustration), 468
— Cabs (illustration), 690
— Car at Bombay (illustration), 857
—- — in Abyssinia, 7
— India (illustration), 646
— with Cowey Speed Indicator (illustration), 504
— 40 h.p. Car for Convalescent Home (illustration), 267
— 18 h.p. Cars for Nigeria (illustration), 301
— 14 h.p. Car (illustration), 777
— Four-cylinder Car, Description of, 746
— Landaulet (illustration), 140
— Catalogue, 32
— Chassis with Limousine Body (illustration), 663
— J. D., Interview with, 645
— Trial Run, 125
— 12 h.p. Two-cylinder, 294
Side Lamp Sizes, 525
Sidelight on the Chauffeur Difficulty, 71
Silencers, 108
— Cleaning the Interior of, 745
Silent Knight Engine, Description of, 81
Silvertown Electric Cars, Description of, 491, 702, 848
Simmonds, Reginald (letter), 462
Simple Dust Collector, Mr. Birtwisle’s, 689
Singer Cars for Bradford Argus, 569
— 12-14 h.p. Car (illustration), 583
— Doctor’s Car (illustration), 409
— Car, Tour on, 856
Six-cylinder Berliet Marche Mixte, Description of, 76
— Engine, Maudslay, 590
Sizaire-Naudin 12 h.p. Car, 690
— Car (illustrations), 546, 626, 736
Skinner, G. H., Automatic Carburetter, by, 514
S K 4 (letter), 208
Small Car Race at Turin, 167
— Talk, by Runabout, 884 The, 839
Smith, G. H. (letter), 537
— J. A. (letter), 770
— J. Martyn (letter), 657
— Professor C., Article by, 934
— R. F. Ruthven (letter), 460
Smoking Test, Engine Lubrication, 821, 925
Snowed Up, Daimler Car (illustrations), b674, 700 >n), 736 c
— Drivers, 477, 504
Motor Manufacturers and Traders, 311, 628, 689
Soeculoria Bronze Co. (reply), 214
Somaliland and Abyssinia, Through, by Car, 308
Somerset A.C., 702
South Africa, Motor Competitions in, 95, 385
— Meet in, 668 FJ
— African Alcohol for Power, 619
Southall Portable Vulcaniser, 78
South Australia A.C./977
— Hill-climb, 126 ’
— Hill-climbing Contest, 610
Southend and District A.C., 177, 742
Southern M.C., 548, 582, 667, 741, 862, 939
South Indian Motor Union Speed Trials, 124, 152
— Wales A.C., 293
— to South Spain by Road, 373
Spain, Daimler Car in (illustration), 74
— Touring in, 373
S.P.A. Motor Co., Ltd. (letter), 927
Spanish Highways, 972
— Voiturette Trials, 612
Spare Petrol,^905
— Wheel, Lanchester Method of Carrying (illustrations), 739
Sparking Plug, Eyquern, 94
— Hydra, 65
— Nilmefior, 619
Special 15 h.p. Mass, 294, 334
Spectator (letter), 768
Speed Judging and*Reliability Competition, Junior A.C., 755
— Limit Applications, 23, 288, 699,936, 973
— on Roads, 537, 553, 577
— Trials in India, 152
Speedometer Test, Jones, 541
Speedometers, 72, 108, 378, 541, 547, 635, 682 833
Spinney, R« D. (letter), 322
Spivey, W. W. (letter), 323
Split Pin, To Straighten, 3
Spring Wheel Trials, France, 28, 575, 611, 647, 684, 725, 806, 890
Square-treaded Studded Tyres, 63, 98
Squire, L. R. L. (letter), 845
Stables as Garages, A Legal Aspect, 510
Standard 20 h.p. Car, Description of, 556
— Cars, Definition of, 659
— 20 h.p. Car, M. Leon Vint’s (illustration), 816
— Six-cylinder Car, 715
Standardisation Test, Cadillac Car, 204, 336, 269, 370, 431, 654
Stanley, Charles J. (reply), 334
Star Cab for Metropolitan Police Regulations (illustration), 210
— 12 h.p. Car, Chassis Elevation, 334
— for Chinese Mandarin (illustration), 858
— with Racing Body (illustration), 702
Star Engineering Co.’s Book of Instructions, 977
— Weather Screen, 752
Starting on the Switch, 655
Stealing Drawings, Charge of, 491, 536
Steam Car (query), 214
— Cars, 214, 244, 253, 324, 333, 355
— 10 h.p. Turner-Miesse, 154
Steering, A Warning, 555, 658, 659, 671, 692, 730, 769, 806, 821, 888
— Gear Defects and a Remedy, 806, 821
— Good, 541
— Wheels, Parallelism of, 707
Stella Car, 16-20 h.p. Car, Description of, 453
Stepney Wheel Co., Agents’ Reports. 978
— Improvement, 723
Stewart Speedometer, 833
Sthenos Carburetter, Description of, 429
Stocks, H. L. (letter), 284
Stone-throwing at Motorists, 958
— in France, 103
Stoves for Motor Houses, 31, 67
St. Petersburg-Moscow Race, 699
Stradling, J. (letter), 964
Straight through Gear Quadrants, 783
Straker, Donald (letters), 282, 424
Straker-Squire Engine (illustration), 55
Strengthening Back Axles, 259
Strickland, F., Four-inch Race, by, 672
Substitutes for Air in Motor Car Tyres. 615. 660, 692
Sunbeam Car, Tyre Pressure Experiments, 750
— 234 (letter), 731
Surplus Power, 37
Surrey, East, A.C., 548
— Grasping, 60
— Police and the A.A. Scouts, 381
— West, A-C., 252, 549
Suspension, New, M. Louis Renault’s, 737
Sussex County A.C., 34
Sutton, Henry (letter), 26
Sweden, Motor Car Race on Ice, 358
Swift Cycle Co. (letter), 539
Switch, Compound Magneto and Accumulator, 661
S W 50 (query), 214
Syrian Desert, Special Argyll Car for, 7 60

Tabular Details of Chassis at Olympia, Note, 32
Talbot 20-24 h.p. Car in Australia, 103
— 15-20 h.p. Car in Australia (illustration), 390
Tank for De Dietrich Cars (illustration), 634
Targa Florio Race, Report of, 344, 765, 811
Tattersall, J. C. (letter), 925
Taxation, Deputations to Chancellor of the Exchequer, 277, 304, 318
— Motor, R.A.C. and, 375, 728
— The Royal A.C. and M.U., 728
— Union Conference, 375, 455, 480
— of Motors, 49, 97, 277, 295, 304, 320, 346, 350, 365, 375, 381, 386, 397, 398, 423, 457, 480, 670, 705, 728
Testing Machine, A.C. of America’s, 136
— Horse-power at Road Wheels, 640, 731
Tests, Engine Efficiency, 194
Thames Six-cylinder Car (illustration), 50
— Touring Car (illustration), 493
Thomas Car in Japan (illustration), 960
— Flyer 60 h.p. Car for Grand Prix (illustration), 857
Thorny croft Paraffin Engine (illustration), 226
Three-note Horn, Rotax Co.’s, 274
Three Uncommon Bodies, 788
Tidmarsh, A. W. (letter), 244
Tight Bolts or Studs, Loosening, 75
Time, saving Direction Plans, 972
Time to Decide, 109
Timson, W. (letters), 97, 206, 349
Tips, Useful Hints and, 3, 39, 75, 110, 147, , 185, 221, 259, 297, 337, 399, 441, 479, *" 517, 554, 593, 631, 671, 707, 745, 783, 821, 865, 905, 943
T 220 (letter), 133
T 1238 (letter), 770 ;
T 786 (letter), 964
Tomes, C. S. (letter), 247
Tool Carrier, Simple, 821
Toothed Gears and Gearing, 26, 96
Torque Rods and Tyres, 426, 537
To the H.P.L., Conviction of Cart Driver, 242
Touring across France, 387, 425
— Car Standards, 272, 323, 926
Trial, 2,000 Miles, 80, 125, 224, 272, 291, 320, 345, 428, 431, 456, 477, 490, 501, 525, 715, 757, 819, 822, 869, 883, 903, 906, 944, 965
— Report of, 906, 944
— Facilities, Continental, 78
— Hints to Prospective Motor Tourists, 753
— Trial, R.A.C., 2,000 Miles, Description
— of Cars, 822, 869
Tourist Trophy Four-inch Race, 64, 407, 439, 440, 572, 672
Type of Car, 767
Tour of France, 727
— To the Alps and Back, 6, 25, 61, 97
Traffic Difficulties, 439, 537
Training in Motor Mechanics, 665
Transmission (query), 355
— and Tyres, 354
Transport, Motor, for the Colonies, by John Wells, 188, 227, 287 Trapped (letter), 695
Trapping Motorists at Reading, 695
Treasure of a Chauffeur, 461, 578
Trembler, Electro-magnetic, Peto and Radford’s, 588
Trend of Body Design, 282, 322
Trials, On the, by H. C. Lafone, 916, 958
— Scottish Reliability, 158, 235, 367, 497, 527, 539, 757, 876, 890, 906, 944
Trippel, Major H. F., Article by, 404
Triumph of Wolseley-Siddeley Boat, 645
Trotter, Jno. (letter), 97
Truing Platinum Points, 39
Tuning and Tuners, 734
— v. Engine Ignition, 943
Turin Small Car Race, 167
Turner-Miesse Cars, 333, 355
— 10 h.p. Car, A Run on, 566
— New 10 h.p. Steam Car, 154, 236
— 16 h.p. Steam Car (illustration), 973
Twin Hood Arrangement (illustrations), 153
— Michelin Prize, 540
Twisted Fan Belts, Fasteners for, 707, 745
Two-cylinder Magneto, 802
Two Hoods in One, 242
— Shillings per Yard, 696
— Thousand Miles Touring Car Trial, R.A.C., Report of, 906, 944
— Trial, R.A.C., Description
— of Cars, 822, 869
Trials, 80, 125, 224, 272, 291, 320, 345, 428, 431, 456, 477, 490, 501, 525, 715, 757, 819, 822, 869, 883, 903, 906, 944, 965
— Interchange of Experience, 863
— Route for, 883
Tyke (letter),_694
Tyler, Alec. W. (letter), 208
Tyre Alarms, 403
— Changing Competition, 691
— Costs, 74, 462
— Drury-Medhurst, 930
— Hartridge Pneumatic, 967
— Lever, Double Action, Motor Accessories Co., 274
— Pressures, 462, 580, 615, 750, 781, 805, 810, 845, 888, 927, 966
— Pressure Experiments by Sunbeam Car, 750
— Gauge, Experience and Warning, 64, 99, 134
— Prowodnik, 550 ,
— Sizes, 219, 387, 614, 691
— Number of, by H. H. Harris, 614
— Stealing Epidemic, 135
— Steel-studded, The Semperit, 661
— Test, 273
— Testing Track, 886
— Valve Nuts, 593
Tyres, Effect on, A Number of Things, Paper, by Mervyn O’Gorman, 359
— Hints on, Care and Selection of, 865, 905
— Inflation of, 385
— Life of, 501, 538, 579
— Old, What becomes of, 26, 292
Tyron, Henry C. (letter), 209

Undergraduates and Motor Driving, 859
Undershields, Draining, 745, 767
Unfortunate Run, An, 135
Union Taxation Conference, 375, 435
United Motor Industries’ Accessories, 496
Universities and Motor Engineering, by G. Shaw Scott, 234
Unlicensed Cars, 97, 171, 208
Unscrewing Petrol Pipe Joints, 441
Unsprung Weight, 387
Unthankful, The, 458
Unusual Diagnosis, 593
Upkeep, Costs of, 62, 63, 97, 131, 170, 320, 386, 500, 657, 929

Valuation and Depreciation, 247, 283, 322
Valve Grinding Tip, 185
— Setting, 678
— Tappets, Adjusting, 441, 555, 671
Variable Speed Gear, Wonham, 200
Vauxhall 12-16 h.p. Car, Description of, 298 (illustration), 858
Vaughan, Chas. F. (letter), 59
Velure, New Paint for Cars, 67
Vere (letters), 170, 171, 285
Verna, C. R. (reply), 355
Verona Circuit, 240, 315, 430
— — (illustration), 467
— Club, 315
Vicars, Edward (letter), 770
Victim (letter), 890
Victoria A.C. Reliability Trials, 127, 550
Vieo, Ltd. (reply), 178
— Wheel,. 142, 178
Vincent Wind Screen, 482
Vita Sparking Plug, 358
Voiturette Cup, 28, 30, 57, 90, 123, 773
— (letter), 96
— The Cost of the, 314
Vulcan 14 h.p. Car, Description of, 260
— Speed Indicator, 1908, 127
Vulcaniser, Portable, Southall, 78
Vulcanising, 253

Wade, C. W. (letter), 888
Wagner Electric Horn, Description of, 156, 212, 249
Wait, G. H., and Co. (letter), 501
Wallkoth, C. A., Eastbourne (reply), 142
Walford, Eric W. (letters), 656, 769
— (reply), 214
Walker, S. F., Electric Ignition Devices, by, 650
— The Magneto, by, 688
Walthard, R. (letter), 349
Wandering Worm (letter), 657
Ward, T. Robinson (letter), 845
— Rowland (letter), 26
Warning for Corners at Night, 617
Washing the Car, 185, 243
Watt, Dixey (letter), 247
Watters, T. J. (letter), 426
Water in the Exhaust, 138
Watton Detachable Flange Wheel, 190
W. B. G. (letter), 428
W. B. (letter), 500
Weigel Car, 25 h.p., Description of, 40
— Drivers for Grand Prix Race (illustrations), 485
— 40 h.p. Car (illustrations), 317, 777
— their First Motor Drive (illustration), ?51
Weigel, D. M. (letters), 134, 173, 207,245, 771
Weigel — Grand Prix Car (illustration), 900
? Chassis (illustration), 649
— Engine (illustration), 900
— Racing Chassis, Description of, 340
— — Engine, Description of, 312
— 40 h.p. Limousine, Dowager Empress of
— Russia (illustration), 434
— Motors, Ltd. (letters), 63, 660, 695, 696, 731, 965
— Six-cylinder Engine, First, 291
(illustrations), 469
Welching at Brooklands, 890
Wells, John, Motor Transport for the Colonies, by, 188, 227, 287
Welsh A.C., 332, 902
West-Aster Cars, 108, 178
Western India, Motor Union of, 722
Westinghouse Cars, 142
West Surrey A.C., 252, 549
Wet in Wire Wheels, 141
W. F. O’C., Calcutta (query), 142
What becomes of Old Tyres ? 26, 292
— does a Chassis Include ? 693
— Motorists Encounter, 729
Wheel and Elastic Tyre Trials, 28, 575, 611, 647, 684, 725
— Grazing, 767
W. H. G„ Assam (query), 178
White and Poppe Engine Tests, 323, 351
White and Poppe, Ltd. (letter), 351
— 20 h.p. Car in Java (illustration), 486
— E. Irish A.C. Secretary (illustration), 978 (letters), 384, 387
— Hussar (letter), 925
— J. Stuart (letter), 63
— Robert Prosser (letter), 691
— 30 h.p. Steam Car (illustration), 642
Wilkinson, G. J. (letter), 283
Williams, Tom. (letter), 244
Wills, F. (letter), 423
— Wilfred R. (letter), 656
Windermere, Way to, 95
Windham Detachable Body on 60 h.p. Fiat (illustration), 623
— W. G. (letters), 423, 580
Windham’s Sliding Detachable Bodies, 407
Wind Resistance, Horse-power and, 36
— Turbine Cars, 612
Wire Wheels, 64
— v. Wooden Wheels and Dust, 843, 888
Wet in, 141
Wiring, Correct Methods, 399, 671
W. K. (query), 214
W 765 (letter), 243
W. N. (letters), 62, 108, 208
Wolseley (query), 108
Wolseley-Siddeley Boat Trials, 325, 432
— Triumph of, 645
Wolverhampton and District A.C., 862
Wonham Variable Speed Gear, 200
Wood, Agnes E. (letter), 537
— and Wire Wheels (illustration), 524
World-girdling Race, 168, 175, 201, 239, 315, 366, 449, 576, 611, 648, 693, 700, 726
World’s Record, 777 Miles in a Day, 9
W. O. S. (letters), 26, 61, 616
— (reply), 142
Wreford, William (letter), 808
Wright, W. J. Hornagold (letter), 427
— Warwick J. (letter), 617
W. R. O. (letter), 26
W. R. P. (letter), 320

X. Y. Z. (letters), 132, 334

Yacht Club, Motor, 66, 213, 252, 293, 513, 551, 582, 627, 668, 701, 809, 862, 976
— Steam, High-speed made by Simpson and Strickland, 509
York-Paris Motor Race, 193
Yorkshire A.C., 101, 176, 213, 549, 62 7, 667, 976
Young, George M. (letter), 319
Yzelen, D. (letter), 929

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