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Lightcar: Index v10: (1917/05/28 to 1917/11/19)

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INDEX: Volume 10. - Issues 28th May 1917 to 19th Nov 1917.

  • A. A. AND M.U.: And Coal-gas: Result, 431; Too Active Now, 375. And the Petrol Control Department, 265. A Real Motorists' Clubhouse, 204. Funds: £145,000, 203. Protests to the Board of Trade, 219, 223. Subscriptions and Itinerant Sandwich-boardmen, 2 Acceleration Test, An 432
  • Accelerator: Control, Easy, 202. Foot Support, 28. Pedals, Heel Rest for, '477. Steadying the, 140
  • Accessories and Tools Unobtainable, 393
  • Accident: A Dangerous Youth, 203. A Remarkable, 405. At West Bromwich: A Broadside, 240. Fire Engine Collides with Car: Descriptive Fervour, 393. One: Four Inquiries. 258. Through Tyre Burst: Both Feet Down 492. To a Car: Some Consolation, 448
  • Accumulator, Charging: Finding the Current Direction, 236
  • Addison, Dr., and Scientific and Industrial Research 375
  • Adventures in War Time, or How Matilda Fetched the Petrol, 36
  • Advertise for Spare- Parts, 355 Advertisements: Object to Free, 297. Of Luxuries, 489
  • Aerial Torpedo, The, 42, 372. Again, 90
  • Aeroplane: Body Building, 90. Car versus, .400.
  • Construction: Delaying Production, 184, 224.
  • Or Car? Sporting, 377. Smoke-stacks, 220.
  • x To Paris by, 67
  • Aeroplanes': Delay Construction of New Models, 184, 224. Neither Tank nor Horses but, 106. That Fly by Day, 184' Agents and Dealers: How They are Carrying on, 224 Air' Cooling: A Consideration of, 70. Not " Dead," 2
  • Air Raid Car Policy, British Dreadnought Underwriters, Ltd., 181
  • Air Raid: Last Week's or Next Week's? 183. Result of—More Darkness Probable, 302. The 7th July, 146. Warnings, 376
  • Air Raids: Ceal-«a-s Cars and, 415. Souvenirs of the 373. What to Do In, 147 Air Service. A Commercial, 9
  • Alcohol: Fuel, Australia Considers, 436. Importance of, 243
  • Aluminium: Paint Like Real Metal, 141. Voguo, - The, 265
  • Amateur's War-time Overhaul, An, 52
  • Ambulance Driver, Motor, Jottings of a, 291
  • Amenities of the Highway, 334
  • America: A Four-wheeler on 9 ft. 4 in. Wheelbase in, 94. California, A Novel Way of Mend-in-g Roads in, 86. Concrete Roads in, 264. " Junkie Gang" in, 27. German Sabotage in, 284 Million Company to Float Cyclecar an, 218 Petrol Shortage in, 86
  • American: Advertisements, 218.
  • Anti-Dazzle Laws, 472. Bodywork, Influence of, 435. Brake Custom, Incorrect, 432. Don'ts, Some, 355. Flying Corps' Insignia, 264. Garaging Ideals, 319. Government and " Flivver Freds," 103. Hot Air: A Super Aero Engine, 412. Ideas, Interesting. 5, 29. 43, 95, 105, 124, 163, 182, 202, ,221, 243, 261, 280, 299, 317, 361, 398, 453, 477. Motor Journal, Advertisement , from: Imagination Boggles at This, 103. Naval Car, A, 24. News, 27. Plugs, Term for: "The Sparker," 336 Anglo-Persian Oil Co., Ltd., Acquire British Petroleum Co., 201
  • Anti-Motoring: Campaign, Virulence of, 26. Produces Unemployment, 301
  • Army: Cars, Disposing of, 301. More Motorists Wanted in the, 24. New Tests for Drivers, 60 Art on the French Front: " Ars Longa, Vita Brevissima," 204
  • Ashwicke, The Garage at, 414
  • Association of British Motor and Allied Manufacturers' Trade Mark. 49
  • Australia Considers Alchol Fuel, 436 Auto-Carriers. Ltd., Rapid Progress of, 127
  • Aviator. An Early, 244
  • Axles, Moss BacTi, 63
  • Axles, Stub, and Steering, 491
  • Bacteriological Laboratory. French Red Cross. 42
  • Baimsfather, Captain Bruce, School of, 245
  • Ball Bearing Restrictions, 466
  • Ball. The Late Captain, 108
  • Battlefields, Treasure Trove from, 48
  • Bearing:. A Combination, 361. Broken Ball in, 380
  • Bearings, Roller, for Connecting Rod Small End, 299
  • Beer, Home-brewed: Another Disappointing Luxury, .107
  • Beginner: Some Mechanical Don'ts for the, 316-Trials and Tribulations of the, 231
  • Benzole: Control, A Menace, 264. Production, Tne Problem of, 492. 1400 Gallons, and £348 Saved, 47
  • Bermuda, Carless, 86
  • Birmingham Holds Up Car Supplies, 375
  • Blacksmith's Behavicur, The 354
  • Body: Builders, Car and, Combine, 320.
  • Building, Aeroplane, 90. The Dimensions of a Light Car, 272. The Featherweight, 90. The Shamrock, 141
  • Bodywork,: American, Influence of, 435. Dents and Bends in, Straightening Out, 271
  • Bodywork, Hollick and Pratt's Novel, 141
  • Bolts.: Broken U and Anchor. 236. With Fine and Coarse Threads, 290—(See " Nuts.1")
  • BOOKLET, Price's Co. (" Hints on M.P.G."), 336
  • BOOKS: A.-C. Instruction Handbook, 412. C.A.V.: ("Gear Starter"), 430; Russian Handbook, 334. " Drive a Light Car or a " Cyclecar, How to," 60, 188, 201. " Drive a Motorcar, How to," 60, 188. Dyke's Automobile Encyclopaedia, 355. " Farming by Motor," 85. " Laughs on Light Cars," 2. " Light Car Manual," The, 188. Marine Oil Engine Handbook, 60. " Motor Boat Manual," 60. " Motor Cycling's " Model of a Twin Engine, 188. "Motorists' Workshop, A," 60. "Motor, Marine and Aircraft. Red Book.. The," 357. Motor Mechanics' Manual and High Efficiency Tuning," 60, 188. " Motor Repair Work, 60, 188, "230. " Motor Manual, The." 188. 478 "Motor. The," Maps, 230 R.A.C. Year Book for 1917, 140. " Tyre Repairing, Complete Guide to " (Harvey Pros'). 117
  • Bosch Patents Bought by Vickers, Ltd., 89
  • Bournemouth Visitors, The, 162
  • Brace, A Corner, 124
  • Bradley, Sec-Lieut. A. P., Going to German East Africa, 452
  • Brake: Compensation, 42. Control, Perfect 349 Failures on Hills. 264. Rods. Yoke Ends on, 154. Too Stiff" to Apply, 354
  • Brakes: American Custom incorrect, - 432. Binding,
  • Braking: Effect, Weight and, 219. /Setting a Car on Fire by, 410
  • Brasework, Enamelled, 152
  • Bridges and Level Crossings, 228
  • British Ignition Apparatus Association, Secretary's" Address of, 335
  • British Petroleum Co., Ltd., Acquired bv Anglo-Persian Co., 201
  • British Thomson Magnetos, Ltd., New Offices of, at Birmingham, 42
  • Bromley, Humours at, 354 ,
  • Burglar Alarm, The Horn as a, 236
  • Business: Motorist, The Harassed, 184 Purpose? Is a, Wedding a, 372. Purposes, Petrol and 5. User, The, 302
  • Cake, The Tragedy of a, 171
  • Calendar, Price's Patent Candle Co., 485
  • CALL OP THE ROAD.—A.-C., 10 h.p., Mostly.Ooncem-ing, 325.
  • Calthorpe: Another "Powerful Four-seater. 268, G.W.K., The New, Cork Disc, 268. Light Cars, A Batch of, Critical Notes on, 267. Morris-Cowley, The Power and Centrally-placed Control Levers of the, 267. Transmission, A Popular, 268
  • Calthorpe Motor Co. : New Share Issue of 295 Profit Sharing, 259. Purchase Mull'iners, Ltd., 320
  • Camping with a Light Car, 97
  • Canada's Imports, 224
  • Canadian Opinion of the Petrol Control Department, 263
  • Canine Intelligence, 486
  • Car: A Dust-proof, 32. An American Naval, 24. And Body Builders Combine. 320. And Engine Noises, Analyising, 304. Cheap, Electric Fittings and the, 242. Clothes and the, 246. EauiDDed Ready for the Road, The, 498. Getting The Best Out ot a: Buckingham. 15; . List of Articles, 17. Gymnastics, 410. In the Rear of the; Why Not the Engine in, 416. It Was That Died, 258. Lay Up, How to, 424. Moving, by Starting Handle, 410. On a Hill, Leaving, 448. On Fire, How to Deal with a, 305. Poor, Pity the, 240. Potato Stealing by, 430. Production After 'the War, 432. Rubber? Was It a, 240. Run Y<fur on Half Throttle, 443. Sale of a: Is This Feasible? 278. Sporting, 'Plane or, • 377. Storing a, in Winter Time, 499. The Camouflage, 301. The " Lively," 162. The Man and the, 486. The Maximum Capacity, 455. Versus Aeroplane, 400. Washing, Simplifying, 230
  • Carbon: And Its Effect on Valves, 155. Brush, A Makeshaft, 236. Removers, Liquid, A Boom in, 162
  • Carbon Removers, Johnson's, 226
  • Carburetter: Air Intakes, 221. A Multi-jet, 299. Blowfoack, 236. Priming Device, A Simple, 16. Washers, 140. With Heated Jets, 202
  • Carburetter Primer and Decarbonizer, Smith Duplex, 29
  • Carburetters: Early, and Pure Spirit, 88. Six Per Engine, 140
  • CARBURETTERS: Smith Four-jet, 426. Tillotson, with Reed Air Control, 299
  • Carriages, Old Family, Instead of Cars: No Accounting for Taste, 470
  • Carrier, The Universal, 394
  • " Carroom " ? What is a, 273
  • Cars: And Typewriters, 49. Army. Disposing of, 301.
  • Character and, .88. Derelict, 471. High-.powered, Proposed Ban on, 175. Hired, Petrol for, 9. Hollow, Gas Storage and, 108. Pet Names for, 180. Private, in the Parks-A Persistent Inquirer, 122. Six-cylinder? Prohibited, 22
  • CARS: Ford: Outdone by F.I.A.T.s, 423; Sell, and Buy Light Cars, 449; When. Meets Foj-d.
  • ^rma . ± yji \A . uULUUiie liy r.l.-rt.l.S, 9Z.5 , 0611, and Buy Light Cars, 449; When, Meets Ford, 140. Mathis, with Novel Tank, 144 Carts, ChildTen Running Behind: A Dangerous Practice, 296
  • Catalogue Figures, Plain, Wanted. 400 Catalogues: Auto-Carriers (1911) Ltd., 22. Dunlop Tyre, 43
  • Chain Non-Skid, The 336 Chains, Roller, 56 Character and Cars, 88 Cheapness, The Curse of, 451 Chemical Decarbonizing, 448 Chequers Court Presented to the Nation, 472
  • Chivalry Costs 20s., 220
  • Chobham Common, Fire on, 9
  • Churchill, Mr. Winston, Appointed Minister of Munitions, 220
  • Clothes and the Car, 246
  • CLUB: Cyclecar Club Meeting, 485
  • Clutches. Disc, Slipping, 387
  • Coal: Economical Utilization of. 492. Paper Mora Valuable Than, 376. Problem, Professor Long and the: The Other Voice, 373
  • Coal-gas: A.A. and M.U. and: Result, 431; Too Active Now, 375. A Contemporary and;
  • Converted at Last? 413. Age: A Futuristic
  • Peep, 112. And Petrol, Composition of, 343
  • i;em,, too. »^ars: Ana Air Raids, 415; The Charm of Novelty, 415. Container: A Collapsable, 469; An Ideal. 413. Containers: The Battle of the, 359; The Rival, 471. Conversion for Light Cars, 440. Conversions, Comments on, 457. Cryptic, 484. Day by Day, 262, 282. Demonstration, 296, 328, 373, 395; Notice, 384. Developments, 34! Districts ShoTt of, 468. Driven Cars in Garages, Storage of, 469. Era, 394. Experiment. A Successful, 146. Filling Charges, Proposed, 466. Hints, ?01. Holders, Makers of, "The Motor's" List of: And Save Space, 372 How Could It Re Tasted, 146. Lifting Powar of, 123. £24 Saved by. 393. Motor-cycle,s Running On, 282. Need for Experiment, 103. Possibilities of, 88. Production, The Problem of, 492. Rapid Progress of, 20*4. Storage, Hollow Cars and, 108. Supplies, Birmingham Holds Up, 334, 375. The First Car Converted to, 433. The Oil Interests and. 377. Topics. 328. Varying Quality of, 415. Vehicles: Altering the Road to Suit, 360; Comparative Trials of, 415. Wake Up! Birmingham, 334, 375. Wasted, 466. Wonderful Prospects of, 81 Coal-gas Bag Manufacturers, Murray and Charleton, 426 Coal-gas "Containers, Fabric for, Dunlop Rubber Co. and, 104 ' , „ o . „
  • Coal-gas Containers: Mr. W. Higgins s, 146. bate, 262. Wood-Milne, 413, 440
  • Coal-gas System, Wilkinson Pressure; 440
  • Coal-gas Trailer, Cox, 441
  • Coal-gas Valve, Tankard and Smith, 441
  • Coasting and Economy, 284
  • Coat, Summer, The Ideal, 283
  • Coil Ignition, 379 "
  • Collision: On the Wrong Side of the Road, J60
  • Collisions: Shortage of News, 123
  • Commercial: Air Service, A, 9. Vehicle, Light Oar as a, 348
  • Conviction, The Stigma of: Motoring to Race Meetings, 334
  • Cooling, Air: A Consideration of. 70. Not "Dead," 2
  • Co-operative Ownership, Possibilities of, 386 Corks and Stoppers, To Remove, 291
  • Corners, Rolling on, 32
  • Cost, Halving the: Broad Principle of thn New Motoring, 72
  • Countryside Propaganda, 107
  • County Court View, A Novel: A Motor Lorry Out of Control, 62
  • COUPE, Standard Pytchley, 344
  • Coventry's Permission, 359 Cover, Our Front—(See " Front ") Cox Coal-gas Trailer, 441 Cradle, Baby Motorists',.105
  • Crankcase Joints, Making Oil-tight, 368 Curtains, Side, Keeping the, 349
  • Customs Officials Busy, 66 Cycle .and Motor Trades Benevolent Fund Meetings, 397, 467
  • Cyclecar: Design, Points in, 134. Million Company to Float, in America, 218. Novel Friction and Chain-driven, 83. Of Original Design, A, 150. With Body and Frame in One, A,
  • Cyclecars—(See " Light Oars and Cyclecars ") Cyclecars, Sidecar Manufacturers and, 185
  • Cycling Errand Boy: The Reckless: Times Change, 181
  • Cyclists, Those Reckless, Again, 123 Cylinder: Gaskets and Washers, 250. Heads, Removable, 297. Lubrication, Preventing Over, 361
  • Damage, Curious, 410
  • Damp in the Shed, 453
  • Danger Spot, Marking a, 222
  • Daphne Learns to Drive, 231
  • " Daily Mail " Busybody, The, 122
  • Day, Topics of the—(See "Topics ")
  • Dealers: And Agents: How They Are Carrying On, 224. A Warning to, 484. Profits of, 337
  • Decarbonizers, QhemicaJ, 226
  • Decarbonizer, Water as a, 154
  • Decarbonizers, Chemical, 226
  • Depreciation All Roun-d, 372
  • Design: Important Matter in: What is 1000th of an Inch? 33. Of a Light Car: A Sense of Proportion, 245, 248. Science Applied to, 399. Standard, Racing versus, 438
  • Devon Motor Volunteer Corps; 64
  • Devon Roads Damaged, 296
  • Dickey: A Wickerwork,'with Hood, 385. Seats De
  • Luxe, 281 ...
  • Differential, M. Gogu Constantinesco's New, 263
  • Differentials, Old and New, 321
  • Disc Clutches, Slipping, 381
  • Distances, Judging, 354
  • Dogs, " Pedigree ": She Got It, 203
  • Drill Holder and Gauge, A Handy, 252
  • Drive, Daphne Learns to, 231
  • Drivers: Classification of, 86. Motor, Not Wanted, 301. Substitution of, Expensive, 430
  • Driving: At Speed: Consideration on Account of His Service, 63. By the Sun, 3. Dangerous: A Bit of a Bother, 123; A Nose Dive, 141; Costs £1 18s. 6d., But No Fine, 242; The Car That Jumped, 140. In a Fit, Motorist, 160. Licence, Not Having: Lady Dixie Preferred a- Month, 470., Through Crowded Streets, 355. To Common Danger: A Horse in a Car, 296; The Wrong Place, 180
  • Drunkenness, Another Test of, 3
  • Dunlop Rubber Co.: And Fabric for Gas Containers, 104. New Staff of, 467
  • Dutch Cyclecar Race, A, 219
  • Dwellings, One Million New, 497
  • Dynamo, and Self-starter, Simms-Huff, 143
  • Dynamotor, Rotax, 374
  • Dynamo Voltage, Constant, 77
  • Eastbourne-London Road, Coal-gas Charging Stations on, 262
  • East Marton, Curious Bridge at, 416
  • Economy in Waste, 436
  • Edge, Mr., and the Tractor Problem, 436
  • Edwards and Parry, New Showrooms of, 181
  • Electrical Sets, Rotax, 374
  • Electric: And Other Heating Methods, 442. Fittings and the Cheap Car, 242. Myth, An, 435
  • Emery Paper, The Uses of a Little Piece of, 57
  • Empire Honours in the Motor Trade, 284
  • Employment of Discharged Soldiers, 200, 201
  • Enamel, A Quick-drying Black, 349
  • Engine: Aero, A Super-American Hot-air, 412. And Car Noises, Analysing, 304. A Rotary, 145. "Burst, The," 468. Damaging a: Wanted a Rest, 64. Fuels, 289. Heat from the, Diverting, 130. In the Roar? Why Not the, 416. Knock, A Bad: Touching the " Lid," 141. New Horizontal Four, A, 432. Shaft, Power Drive from, 299, Six Carburetters Per, 140. Temperature of, Controlling the, 280
  • Engines: Dry Sump, 286. Fast and Slow Running, 16a. High-speed: Why They Are Preferred, 42
  • ENGINES: Forasti, 432. Tilston, 87; Four-stroke, 279
  • Epping Police Trap, An, 3
  • Equipment "de Luxe, 258
  • Esher, Bear Hotel at: A Well-known Haunt, 302
  • Essex, Motor Volunteer Corps, 123 , '
  • Essex, Official Notice Boards in, 245
  • Etymological, 67
  • Exhaust Arrangement, A -Noyel, 184
  • Factory: Output, Shorter Hours Mean Better, 206. Science in the, 125, 451. Smashers, The, 25
  • Fan, An Improved, The Piller, 202 .
  • Fan Belt, A Non-slipping, 477
  • Farmers, A Mission to, 107
  • Feminine Point of View, The Light Car from a, 330
  • Fibre: Vulcanized, and What It Is Used for, 117. Washers—(See"'Washers.")
  • Fiction, Modern, The Motor of, 258
  • File Handle, An Ingenious, 182
  • Filing, The Art of, 307-309
  • Fire: A Car on. How to Deal with a, 305. Setting a Gar on, by Braking, 410
  • Flag Days, Better than, 86 ?
  • Fog, Powerful Lights in, 484
  • Food: Reprisals, 3.. Restrictions, No, There,M00
  • Forecast, How to, the End of the War, 3
  • Forecasts, Happenings and, 8, 24, 47, 65, 88, 106, 125, 146, 164. 183, 204, 222, 244, 264, 238, 301, 319, 337, 359, 376, 399, 414, 435", 450, 471^ 487
  • Forests, Our woods and, Stripping, 488
  • France: " Economisez L'Essence " in, 68. Light Car After-war Development in, 26. Petrol Price in, 258
  • French: Army .Adopts Light Car, 26. Formula for Horse-power, 423. Front, Art on the, 204. ' Military Signposts, 359. Red Cross Bacteriological Laboratory, 42
  • French, Lord, and a Quaint Custom, 8
  • Front Cover, Our, 1, 22, 44, 64, 86, 104, 122, 141, 160, 180, 201, 218, 242, 258, 277, 296, 336, -356, 373, 393, 412, 432, 448, 470, 485
  • Frost and Co., Harvey: New Address of, 181. Repair Depot, 259 . ?
  • Fuel: Alcohol, Australia Considers, 436. Development, Home, at Last, 240. Economy, Coasting and, 284. Home: A New Prohibition Order Removed, 45; The Government Tackles, 264. Hydrogen as a, 342. Motor: From Potatoes? 471; New—Withdrawn, 5. Not One, but Many, 319. Possibilities, Cheap, 319. Supplies: Post-war, 415; Roadside, 450, Islington's Comments—What One Might Expect,'468, Prompting Prejudice, 372. Supply, The Roadside, 359
  • Fuel, Home, H.T.B., Prohibition Removed, 47
  • Fuels: Engine, 289. New, We Must Have, 160
  • Fuses for the ATCttlery, Mr. Midgley's Successful, 399
  • Garage: At Ashwicke, Captain Pope's, 414. Equipment i Cold Weather, 470; -Winter, 442. Hints, Some Useful, 93, 94. Owner, What a, Thinks: Light Cars Are Spoilt by Minor Faults, 153. Private, The Question of: The Town versus Country Owner, 96
  • Garages, Storage of Gas-driven Cars in, 469
  • Garaging, Cheaper, 319
  • Gauge, Drill Holder and, A Handy, 252
  • Gearbox, Moss, 63
  • Gearbox, Oil Leak® from, Preventing, 14
  • Gear Lever Locking Device, Neutralbck, 124
  • German Sabotage in America, 284 .
  • Glasgow Exhibition Building: The Optimists, 1!>2
  • Goff, Sir William, and ." Pedigree "Dogs, 203
  • Goodwin, Mr. Arthur, and a United Motor Council, 360
  • Gossip, Notes, "News and—(See " Notes.")
  • Government: Expenditure, An Inquiry Into, 222. Persecution of Motorists: Trying It On the Dog, 108. Tackles Home Fuel, The, 264. Work, Owner Drivers Wanted for, 201
  • Gradient Without a Gradometer, Judging a, 424
  • Gradometer: How to Make, 324. Using a Simple, 424
  • Grahame-White, Mr. Claude, Fined: Not Losing the War, 162
  • Graphite, Some-Uses of, 78
  • Greasers and Lubricators, 140
  • Gymnastics, Car, 401
  • Hacksaw Blades, Utilizing, 466
  • Happenings and Forecasts—(See " Forecasts.")
  • Harrods, Ltd., New Showrooms, 181
  • Headlamps: Non-glaring, 453. Position, 236
  • Head, Lieut. Basil, Killed in Action, 246 Headlights, To Diffuse the Light from, Stewart
  • Speedometer Co,'s Device for, 398 Headlights: Where They Are Forbidden, 484 Hero's Reward, The, and the Petrol Controller, 338 Heat: From the Engine, Diverting, 130. Limit, Exceeding the, 160 ..-
  • Heating Methods, Electric and Other, 442 Hever, The Lord of, 49 Highgate, Deaf and Dumb Newsveridor Killed at, 410 Highway: Act, A Consolidated, 90. Amenities of the, 334. Control, Dual, 412. Leaving Cars . on the: A Rush Job, 296. The Perfect, 173 Highways, National—Another Reform, -164 Hill, Leaving a Oar on a, 448 Hills, Brake Failure on, 264
  • Hints: And Suggestions, Owner-driver, 252. And Tips, A Few Odd, 349. Mechanical, from a Military Motorist, 381 Hire: Car Order, Interpreting the, 66. Cars in
  • Ireland, The Question of, 62 Hired: Car, Motor'Spirit Used on: Made Up on the
  • Next Charge, 423. Cars, Petrol for, 9 Hiring for Joy Riders, 301 Historical Gift, An, 472 Holiday Closing in the Midlands, 218 Holland, Racing in, 219
  • Home: Fuel:-Development at Last, 240; The Government Tackles, 264. Oil Wells, 423 Home Secretary and the Whistling Motorcar, 466 Hood: A Wickerwork Dickey with, 355. . Folding, 380. Roller Blind (Mr. A. Ward's), 431. The
  • Biplane, 65
  • Hoods, Rotax One-man, 394
  • Horn: As a Burglar Alarm, The, 236. Bulb Repairs, 53
  • Horns: A.W.T., with Cup, 105. F.R.S., 43 Horse:' Power Formula: French, 423; National
  • Automobile Chamber of Commerce and, 2.
  • Racing, Suppression of, 47. The Doom of
  • the, 410
  • Hose Clip, An Old-fashioned, 380 Hotel Tea Matters, 54 Hotels, Country: A Little Courtesy Wanted at, 165.
  • Closing, 471
  • Hub Caps, Preventing Loss of, 368 Hydrocarbon Quest, The, 106 Hydrogen, as a Fuel, 342
  • I
  • Identification Numbers: Merely Accidental, 104 ignition: Coil, 379. When Testing the, 86. Wiring,
  • Tracing the, 213 Iliffe, Mr. W. I., The Late, 141 Imports: Canada's, 224. Petrol: Dawn, 314; June, 161; October, 484; Up, 62, 241, 413
  • Inch? What is 1000th-of an, 33 >
  • India: Is Petrol Consumption Better in, 466. The
  • Light Ca'rist in, 115 Industrial Reconstruction, 400
  • Inland Revenue Taxes—;(See " Tax " and " Taxes.") Inlet Pipe: Fan in, 163. With Automatic Heating, 398 Inn Signs: Another Red Lion, 181. ThevTale of a
  • Lion, 164. What's in a Name, 148 Insect Pasts, A Year of, 360 Institution of Automobile Engineers: Proposed
  • Technical Bureau, 142. (Scottish Centre),
  • Mr. T. C. Pullinger's Lecture Before:
  • Science in the Factory, 451 Insurance, British Dreadnought Underwriters' Air
  • Raid Policy, 181 Insurance: Cheap Replacements and, 468. Claims,
  • Cause of, 410 Ireland: Petrol Control Regulations for, 279. The
  • Question of Hired Cars in, 62 Italy, "Petrol Restrictions in, 360
  • Jack: And Tyre Inflator, Combined, 145. A Simple, 95
  • Joint, A Leaky, and Some Lessons, 405
  • Journalese: Zeppelin Engines, 22
  • Joy: Ride Killers, Unmasked, 375. Ride: That Failed, The, 381; Three Wounded Soldiers and a: Nice for the Owner, 314. Rides: for Wounded, More, 148s Hiring for, 301. Riding: Defeat of the "Kill Joys," 147; Surely, 435
  • " Junkie Gang " in America, 27 Jury: Motoring Views of a: Superfluous, 336. The Usual: Unlighted Wagons, 67
  • Kensington, In High Street, 258
  • King, Brigadier-General Sir C. W., Appointed
  • Petrol Inspector, 140 King, The: Visits the Front, 184. Urges
  • Standardization, 372
  • Labour Conditions, After-war, 246 Lady Light Canst: When She Launches Out, 486 Lamp: A Mascot, 124. Lighter, An Electric, 124 Lamps: On Front Mudguards, 372. Spare, 252.
  • Thief-proof, 291' Law, Infraction of: What's in an Excuse? 354


  • Law, Mr. Bonar, Some Knotty Points for, 25 Lay Up a Car, How to, 424 Leatherhead-Guildford Road, Dangerous Corner on, 66
  • Left, Keep to the, 86 Leiixster, Speed Matters in, 123 Level Crossings, Bridges and, 228 Levers? Why Not Convenient, 385 L.G.B., Lincoln Rebuffed by, 432 Licence Duty: Ingenious, Probably Legal, but Certainly Immoral, 24; Refund of, 4, 102, 242, Treasury Regulations for, 61, 62. Endorsements Must be Wiped Out, 381. Examining: Contrary to Principles of Justice, 355. Not Producing: The Penalty Pitting the Crime, 34
  • Licences: A Wrong Inference, 263. Car: Questions in Parliament, 161. Driving, Qualifying Tests for, 265. For Railway Joy Riding, S9 Light Car: 'Alter-war, Development in France, 26.' A.s a Commercial Vehicle, 348. As a Social Factor, The, 76. Body, The Dimensions of a, 272. Camping with a, 97. Components, New, 63. Converted to Coal-gas, The First, 433. Design of: A Sense of Proportion, 245, 248. For £100, A, 478. From the Feminine Point of View, The, 330. Limit, Outside, 354. Lyric, A, 336. Makers Should Drive Light Cars, 337. Motoring Still Possible, 414. Owners, Individual Fancier of, 252. Pity the Poor, 181. 'Radiator Design', Changes in, 418. The Featherweight, 258^ The First, Under Peace Conditions, 337. The Ideal, 458, 474, 494; The Rolls-Royce Next, 218. The Simple, 12. Wheels, 233
  • LIGHT CAR AND CYCLECAR: A Talented Contributor of the, 25. Correspondent Who Ought to be Shot, 44. Editorial Vacancies, 44 Light Carist in India, A, 115 Light Cartsts, Manual ior, 188
  • LIGHT CARS AND CYCLECARS: A.-C, 325; Instruction Handbook, 412. Alldays, Obtainable with M.O.M. Certificate, 336 Buckingham, Getting the Best Out of a, 15 Caleott, 420; Converted to Coal-ga.s, Mr. Stiff's, 433. Calthorpe, 357; A Princess's, 48. Calthorpe Saloon, 3. Calthorpe Sporting Four, 167 Duryea, 218 G.W.K., 402, 416; Miniature Van, 336 Hackett.Motor Co. (American), 94. Huffit, 150. Humberette, Toolbox for a, 35 Lea-Francis, 259, 292 Mathis, 144. Morgan, Vaporizer for, 42 Newey, 4« Singer, at the Front, 278. Sirett, 83. Standard, 344. Stellite, 382. Swift, 362 Wilton, 335
  • Light Cars: Coal-gas Conversions for, 440. For South Africa, 377. For Staff Officers, 89. French Army Adopts, 26. Misfits in, 73. New, Construction of Delayed, 224. Radiator Design in, 30. Replacing Motorcycles, 297. Sell Ford Cars ajid Buy, 449. Spoilt by Minor Faults, 153. Starters for, 436. The 1919 Model, 472 Light Glare Stopper, Sales, 5
  • Lighting: And Starting, Combined, 55. Laws, America's Anti-Dazzle, 472. Outfits, Automatic Switches for, 129. Regulations and Lens Fronts, 413. Restrictions, Useful Figures—Very, 375. Shed, from Car, 297. Up Time, Local, Legal, 278. Tip Times, 10, 28, 46, 69, 91, 109, 128, 149, 166, 186, 210, 225, 247, 266, 288, 303, 318, 339, 358, 378, 400, 417, 437, 454, 473, 490 Lighting Switch, Lemoo, 95 Light Motorvan with Frilled. Windows, 127 Light, Only One Side, Fined for: Holding the Scales, 372
  • Lights: Acetylene, Unshaded: Where Ignorance Is Cheap, 278. In a Fog, Powerful, 484. No, on Wagons: The Usual Jury, 67. The Police and: " The Alertness of Andrews," 448. Up Automatically, 95. When " Front " Are " Front," 258
  • Lincoln Rebuffed by the L.G.B., 432 Literature, Police Trap in, 88 Locks, Benefield, 95 London: The City of: Example of Petrol Economy, 470. "Wounded Soldier Rides in, 165 Lord Mayor's Banquet: An Orgy of Waste, 487.
  • The Petrol Control Department and, 470 Lorry Out of Control: A Novel County Court View, 62
  • Low, Dr. A. M., Promoted Lieut.-Conamander, 410
  • Lubrication: Cylinder, Preventing Over, 361. Simplifying, 457. The Theory of, 172
  • Lubricators and Greasers, 140
  • Lucas, Ltd., Joseph, Increased Capital of, 296
  • Luggage Accommodation -Needed, 384
  • Lunardi, Vincent, Early Aerial Trip from London to High Cross, Ware, of, 244
  • Luxuries, Advertisements of, 489 *
  • Lyric, A Light Car, 336
  • Magnetism, Intensive Culture of, 67
  • Magneto: Dismantling a, 308. Distributor, Trouble with, 366.
  • Magnets: How to Treat and Re-magnetize Them, 329
  • Magnetos, Blic, 86, 89
  • Magnet to Pick Up, A, 380
  • Man and the Car, The, 486-
  • Manuals for Light Carists, 188
  • Manufacturers': Plans, Future, Not to be Divulged, 337. Standard Excuse, The, 450
  • Manufacturing Organization, Effect of Bad, 452
  • Map Reading, The Art of, 207
  • Maps, Books and, Some Notes on, 230
  • Marks, Superintendent; Cross-examines J.P., 430.
  • Loses a Case, 334
  • Mascot Lamp, A, 124
  • Mascots, Military Type, 105
  • Matches, Overgrown, 410
  • Mat, The Need of a, 449
  • Mayo's, Mr. Sam, Glorious Record, 397
  • McConnell, Mr. H. P., Articles by: Concerning Valve Caps, 211. Cylinder Gaskets and Washers, 250. The 9.5 h.p. Standard, 344. Uses of a Little Piece of Emery Paper, The, 57/. What is 1000th ol an Inch? 33 McMinnies, Flight-Commander W. G., Presented with a Daughter, 42
  • Mechanical Don'ts for the Beginner, Some, 316 Mechanics, Some More Elementary, 32 Meeking, Miss Viola, 06. A Talented Contributor of THE LIGHT CAR AND CYCLECAR, . 25. Article by: Adventures in War Time, 36 Metric System, The, 242. The English and, 326 Middlesex Motor Volunteers, Recruits Wanted for, 432
  • Midlands, Holiday Closing in the, 218 Military: Emergencies, Census of Cars and Drivers for, 434. Motorist, More Mechanical Hints from a, 381. Signposts, French, 359 Misfiring, 462
  • Mobbs, Lieut.-Colonel E. R., Killed, 210
  • Moonlight Charts, Mr. A. .H. Midgley's (Vandervell and Co.),' 468
  • Moon, Phases of, 9, 28, 46, 69, 91, 109, 128, 149, 166, 186, 210, 225, 247, 266, 285, 303, 318, 339, 358, 378, 400, 417, 437, 454, 473, 491)
  • Money, Obtaining, Under False Pretences, to Purchase Car: Relations, 162
  • "Moth Balls" in Petrol: The Value of "Faith," 183
  • Motion, Laws of, 32
  • Motor Associations: Masterly Inactivity of, 127. Resting on Their Laurels, 160. What Did They Do in the Great War? 170 Motorbus Speeds, 219
  • Motor Car Act: A New, 265. The Obsolete, 160 Motorcar: Nuisance: The Hopeless Hope, 104. The
  • Whistling, 466
  • Motor Council, A United, 360
  • Motorcycle for Sixpence, A, 64
  • Motorcycles, Light Cars Replacing, 297
  • Motoring: Anti: Campaign, Virulence of, 26; Produces Unemployment, 301. Continuance of: The Forbidden Tide, "42. Developments in Spain, 376. Gossip for Women—Latest Model, 164. Grievance, A Genuine: Taxation, 487. Jury's View O:f: Superfluous, 336. Light Car, Still Possible, 414. Lighter, A
  • Boom in, After the War,, 127. New, Broad Principles of: Halving the Cost, 72. Police, Organize Road Census of, 23. Prohibition of: A Curious Rumour, 66; That " Order," 103. To Race Meetings, 278, 316 Motorist, Practical, Wanted a, 357 Motorists:' Afoot, Careless, 258. And National Work, 423. At Variance, 219. Government Persecution of: Trying It On the Dog, 108. How Police Are Stopping, 488. To the Rescue of Soldiers on Leave, 423 ?Motor of Modern Fiction, The, 258 Motor Spirit: In a Hired Car, Charge for, Made Up on the Next Charge, 423. Licences—(See " Petrol Licences "). Pure, Early Carburetters and, 88. Universal Names for, 376 Motor Trade—(See "Trade.") Motor Transport, Voluntary, 314 Motor Volunteer Corps, To Secretaries of, 86 M.P.G., Hints on, 336
  • Mudguards: Lamps on Front, 372. New, Unobtainable, 297
  • Mudeuard with " Eaves," A, 145
  • MulHnefs, Ltd., CaJthorpe, .Motor Co. Purchase, 320 ?Munitions: Increase of: Like a Page from "The Arabian Nights," 125.
  • Ministry of: Ball Bearing Restrictions, 466; Certificate: Cars Obtainable by, 336; Mr. Churchill Appointed to, 220; New Spare Parts Order, 449, Providing Certificates for, 241, 485
  • National Automobile Chamber of Commerce and Horse-power Formula, 2
  • National: Debt, Petroleum Wells to Reduce, 450. " Emergency " r In Case of, 392; Motorists and: They Understood It, 449. Highways— Another Reform, 164. Work, Motorists and, 423
  • Naval Car, An American, 24
  • Navy, The Pluck of .the, 222
  • Newey Motor and Munition Co., Ltd., Formed, 449
  • Newhaven a Prohibited Area, 297
  • News, Notes and Gossip—(See " Notes.")
  • Newisvendor, Deaf and Dumb, Who Had Saved Many Lives, Killed, 410
  • New Zealand, Progressive, 393
  • Nonsuch Park to be Sold by Auction, 338
  • Northumberland Volunteer and Motor Transport Corps, 64
  • Notes: And Queries—(See "Queries"). News and Gossip of the New Motoring, 1, 21, 41, 61, 84. 101, 121, 139, 159, 179, 199, 217, 239, 257, 277, 295, 313, 333, 353, 371, 409, 429, 447, 465, 483
  • Noticeboards, Official, in Essex, 245
  • Novelist's Chance, Lady, 122
  • Novelty, Spice of, 5, 29, 43, 95, 105, 124, 145, 163, 182, 202, 221, 243, 261, 280, 299, 317, 361. 398, 453, 477
  • Nuts with Fine and Coarse Threads, 290
  • Nut to Hold a Thread, Using a, 252
  • Oakham Castle's Quaint Custom, Lord French and, 8
  • Officers: Invalid, Petrol for, 2. Staff, Light Cars for, 89
  • Official Methods and the Effect on Russia, 65
  • Oilcan, Flexible Spout for, 243
  • Oilfields, Destroying, 360
  • Oil: Interest and Gas, The, 377. In Winter Time, 470. Leaks from Gearbox, Preventing, 14. Pipes, Petrol and, Care of, 324. Thinned by Petrol Substitutes, 6. Wells, Home, 423
  • OPINIONS, THOUGHTS AND.—Accelerator Pedal, The, 445; Clutch and,'Combined, 501; \Posi-tioi of, 428. Acetylene: as an Engine Fuel, ?IS 1: as a Fuel, 464; Gas, Running on, 444; The Occlusion of, 427, 464. A.-C.: A Lady's 10 h.p., 370; in New Zealand, 20,000 Miles on a, 444; 60 m.p.h. and 40 m.p.g., 332. Acetylene? Why Wot, 351. A.-C. Sociable, Wheel Steering for an, 99. Aerocar, The, 215. Aeroplane Fuselage, Cyclecar and, 332, 482. Air Cooling in Hot Climates, 40. Alcohol from Potatoes, 481. America, A Market, for Britisli Light Cars in, 118. Art of the Poilu, The, 29a. Australia, South, A 1915 Stellito in, 27-1. Australian's Home-built Cyclecar, An, 388 Bath Road: Not Exactly "Derelict," 40. Bedelia, Experiences with a, 39. Belt: and Chain Drive, 388; and Friction Drive, Inefficiency of, 137. Belts: for Rollo Cycle-car, 120, 137; Rubber, arid Variable Pulleys, 197, 214. Brakes, Service and Emergency, 403, 482. British Manufacturers, Reluctant, 464. Bush, A Cyclecar in the, 36'J Ualcium Carbide as a Fuel, 427. Calthorpe in Sweden, A, 254. Camshaft, The Sliding, 293. Carbide as Fuel, 237. 275, 427. Carbon Removers, 137, 195; Liquid, 177, 215. Cars: Home Made, 99; Train Wheels for, 482, 502: with the Engine in the Rear, 407. Charcoal Gas Producer, 4b3. Chassis, Wood Frame, 311. Clutch: and Accelerator Pedal, Combined, 501; Slipping, Cure for, 254; Slip, Temporary Cure for, 214. Coal-gas: A Master Patent on, 444; A Reducing Valve for, 482; as a Fuel, 137; Container: A Streamline, 501, Lighting the Lamps from a, 463; Cylinder, Mr. Higgins's, 254; D.A. Cylinders for, 311, 331; for Car Lamps, 482; for Short Journeys, 274; Leakage, Questions of, 351; Liqsid, 197; Possibilitie>s, 215; Problems in the Use of, 178; Susisjestions, 2S3; Trailer: A Home Built, 389," Housing a, 427; Why Not Liquid? 156; Trailers and Smart Urchins, 389. Colonies, Second-hand Values in, 196. Cooling, Air, in Hot Climates, 40. Crescent, Friction Drive of the, 18. Cubic Capacity, Formula for, 58. Cyclecar: and Aeroplane Fuselage, .131, 482; and Light Car Design, Future oi, 406; An Original, 58; a Rotary Engined, 407, 445; A Sporting-looking, 444; Future of the, 38, 98, 176; Home-built: An Australian's, 388, A Much-altered. 275; in Spain, A, 19; in the Bush, A, 369; Steam, 253, 293. and a Rope Drive, 214, Design for, 310; Super, Criticism of, 19; Transmission, A Complicated, 427; with Chain Gearbox and Belt Drive, 292; with Friction and Belt Drive, 332 D.A. Cylinders for Coal-gas, 311, 331." "Daily Mail •" Campaign, Some Results of, 18. Decarbonizers, Liquid, 157. Design: Future of Cyclecar and Light Car. 406; Superfine, 407. Dickey Seat or Four-seater? 311. Differential and Tyre Wear, No, 254. Dot-tors, Special Petrol Price for. 3B9. Driving, Night; 463. Dvnamo: A Simple, Electrically-controlled, 119; Regulator, A, 3i" Editorial Advice, The Government and, 350. Electric: Lamps for Car Lighting, 38; Light Car, The, 463, 482, 501. Empire Trade, Our, 196. Engine: Cars with the, in the Rear, 407; Knock: Cure for, 310; on Swift, 292, A Curious, 237, Curing, 275; Knocking on 7-9 h.p. Swift, Causes and Cures for, '255; Rotary, for a Light Car, 407, 445; Size and Consumption, 292; Why Put the, in Front, 389. Engines: High and Slow Speed, 58; 90-Degree, Magnetos for, 79, 137 - Fibre Washers, 60. Flying Corps Officers' Cars: Dignity and Impudence, 407. Ford, A British-built Light Car to Compete with the, 215. Four-seater? Dickey Seat or, 311. French Considering Adopting Our Rules of the Road, 119. Friction: and Belt Drive, . Inefficiency of, 137: Drive: Cone, 39, 99, Double, 176, of the Crescent, 18; Transmission, Novel, 332, 370. Front, Light Cars at the, 292, 311. Fuel: Acetylene as a, 464, 481; Carbide as, 237, 275, 427; Coal-gas as a, 137; Home Produced, 99; Hydrogen as a, 310, 370, 389, 427; Problem, The, 481 ' Garage Proprietor, From a, 254. Gear, A Hydraulic, 38; Ratio: Low Top, 137, The Ideal, 19. Gears and Gear Changing: The Millennium, 20. G.N., A Sporting, 136. Gradient, . Judging a, 444. Government and Editorial Advice, The, 350. Gradometer, Home Made, Another, 370 Highway Robbery, 55. Home Produced Fuel, 99. Hood: A Roller Mind, 463; Waterproof, Making a, 237. Horizontal Four, The, 502. Horse Racing, A Plea for, 118. Hot Climates, Air Cooling in, 40. Humberette, Missfiring on a, 254; Hydraulic Gear, A, 38. Hydrogen as a Fuel, 310, 370, 389, 427 Ignition on the Stellite, 445. India, Motoring in, 332 Joy Gear versus Link Motion, 360 Lady's 10 h.p. A.-C, A, 370. Lagonda Steering, Altering the, 137. Lamps: Car, Coal-gas for, 482; Electric, for Car Lighting, 38; Lighting the, from a Coal-gas Container, 463. Lea-Francis Friction Drive, The, 292. Level Crossing Danger, A, 274. Light Car: and Cyclecar Design, Future, of. 406; A Really, 351; British-built, to Compete with the Ford, 215; Classification, A Suggested, 157; in New Zealand, The, 59; The Electric 463, 482, 501; The Ideal, 502; What Constitutes? 427; Two versus Four-seater, 136; Wanted—a Really, 311. Light Cars: A Rolls-Royce of, 407; at. the Front, 292, 311; Compared, Some, 428; Geared Too Low? Are Some, 19; Two versus Four-seater, 136, 157, 176, 195. Lighting: Car, Electric Lamps for, 38; Dynamo Controls, Car, 137. Light in the Toolbox, A, 407. Lubricating a Morgan Rear Wheel, For 407 Magnetos for 90-Degree Engine, 79, 137. Manufacturers: and War Time Inquiries, 463; British, Reluctant, (64. Matches and Petrol, Prices of, 428. Metric System, 350, 369; Impracticability of the, 237, 293; Points About. 310. Misfiring on a Humberette, 254. Monoear, A Simple, 98. Morgan: An Interesting, 99; Improvements on the, 79; Motorcycle, and Sidecar or, 119; Rear Wheel, For Lubricating a, 407; Running a, on Paraffin, 352; Trouble, A, 39; Vaporizer for a, Wate--cooled, 79. Motorcycle and Sidecar or Morgan? 119. Motor Cycling, Converted from, 441, 463. Motoring in India. 332. M.P.H., 60, and 40 m.p.g. on an A.-C., 332. Munitions, Ministry of, Priority Certificates and Spare Parts, 255
  • New Zealand: The Light Car in, 59; 20.000 Miles on an A.-C. in, 444. Night Driving, 463. Number Plates, Illuminating, and the Regulations, 39
  • Officer, Retired, No Petrol for a, 331. Officers, Invalided, Petrol for, 58
  • Paraffin, Running a Morgan on, 352. Patent. A Master, on Coal-gas, 444. Petrol: and Matches, Price of, 428; Controller: Again, The, 215, and the Press, 177; for a Retired Officer, No, 331; for Invalided Officers, 58; for Traders, No, 4C4; Increased Price of. 80, 119; Licence for Four Gallons, Four Months to Get a, 80: Order, Is the New Purposely Vague, 502; Profits, 197; Special Price for Doctors., 369: Systems Pressure Fed, 214, 237; Under Pressure, Delivering, 176: Waste, in High Places, 274. Petrol Control Committee: In Luck with the, 178; Present of 6s. from, 118; Works, How the, 38. Petrol Department, Fruitless Appeal to the, 351. Pleasure Motoring, 197; Justifiable, 80. Poilu, The Art of the, 293. Police: Action, Illegal, 18; Traps, Stop the, 99. Potatoes, Alcohol from, 481. Primus Jet, Cleaning a, 197. Pulley, Variable, Rubber Belts and, 197, 214 "Reverses, Suggestions for, 370. Road, Rule of the, 136, 156, 195, 237; French Considering Adopting, 119; Why Not Reverse Our? 59, 80. Robbery, Highway, 59. Rollo Cycle-car. Beits for, 120 137. Rolls-Royce of Light Cars. A, 389, 407. Running: Costs of 2V?d. Per Mile, r>01; on Acetylene Gas, 444 Salonica, The Great Road at, 501. Secondhand Values: Are They Misleading? 311; in the Colonies, 196. Signposting, Finger, Faulty, 195. Singer: Where It Is Called the " Mierobus," 118. South by the Sun, Due, 40, 58, 1.00. Spain, A Cyclecar in, 19. Spanners, A Plea for Fewer. 370. Spare Parts, Priority Certificates and, 255. Spring-in?, Quarter-elliptic, 501. Standard Light Car, 389. Steam Cyclecar, The, 253, 293, 350; Design of a, 310. Steering, Wheel, for an A.-C. Sociable, 99. Stellite: A 1915, in South Australia, 274; Ignition on the, 445 Sun, South by the. 40, 58, 100. Sweden, A Calthorpe in, 254. Swift: A Curious Engine Knock in, 237, 255, 275, 292: The 10 h.p.. 389 Taxation Query, A, 156. Toolbox, A Light in the, 407. Trade: British Overseas: A Captious Critic, 178; Our Empire, 196. Traders, No Petrol for, 464. Transmission: Cyclecar, A Complicated. 427; Systems, Quite Novel, 370, 407. Two-stroke with Forced Induction, A, 99. Tyre Wear, No Differential and, 254 Valve, Reducing, for Coal-gas, 482. Van, Covered, Nuisance, A Cure for the, 80. Van-derbilt Memorial: An Eyesore, 178, 197. Vaporizer for a Water-cooled Morgan, A, 79
  • War Time Inquiries, Manufacturers and, 463. Wheels, Train, for Cars, 482, 502. Wood Frame Chassis, 311. Wounded, Health Rides for, 178
  • Overhaul, An Amateur's War Time, 52 Overhauls, Piecemeal, 491 Owner-Driver: Hints and Suggestions for the, 252. Workshop of the, 235 ' "
  • Ownership, Co-operative, Possibilities of, 386 'Oxfordshire Motor Volunteer Corps, 86
  • T'aint, Sparing the, 430 PapeT More Valuable Than Coal,: 376 Paraffin^ Heating, Method of, 317 Paris: Taxi Driver, Beating the, 110. To, by Aeroplane, 67
  • Parts, Trays for, 380
  • Peace; Conditions, The First Light Car Under, 337. Or War? Augury of, 283
  • Pedal, Pedex Adjustable, 29
  • Pedals, Adjustable, 124
  • Perry, Mr. P. D. L., Joins Firestone Tyre Co., 107
  • Pests, Tnsect, A Year of, 360
  • Petrol: Allotment, Exceeding the, 430. And Coal-* gas, Composition of, 343, And Oil Pipes, Care oi, 324. And Sugar, Parallel Between, 185. A New Name for " Gin," 430. Can, Spare, New Place for, 25?. Cask, An Exr ploding, 297. Consumption : Better in India ? Is, .466; Economy in: Run Your Car on Half-throttle, 442: Penalizing the Prejudiced. 414. Controller: and "Hard Cases," 316; The, Hero's Reward, 338; The New. 10"!. Control of: Regulations for Ireland. 279; Re-organizing, 126; The "Daily Trie graph " Weighs in, 8; Why Not Taxicabs Too? 468. Delivery of: Martial Law? 180. Does Not Apply to War Spirit, 466. " Econo-miscz I/Essence " in France, 68. Economize, How to, 181. Economy: Measures, Service, at, Last, 399; Overrated? Is, 249. i Evaporation, 349. Facts and Fiction, 88. Fine, A Stiff, 354. For Business Purposes, 5. For Hired Cars, 9. For Invalid Officers, 2. For Sinn Feiners, 258. Gauge Suggestion, A, 349. Hogs. Catching, 448. How Matilda Fetched the- War Time Adventures, 36. How to Pour, 258. Illicit Use of, £19 .for, 44. Imports: Down, 314; for June, 161; October, 484; Up, 62, 413. Increased Profit of Retailers on: Poor Motorist! 240. In Large Quantities: Calumnies Officially Denied. 161. Inquiries, Police: Are They Legal? 240. Inspector: Brigadier-General Sir C. W. King Appointed. 140. Inspectors, Main Road, 244. Is Dearer, Why,- 219. Leaks and Some Reminders, 493. Licence: Conditions, New: Car to be at Disposal of Military Authorities, 392, 399; Half Refund of, 142. Licences: and the Military Au-thorit/ies: Compression in a New Form, 392, 399; in Book Form, 335; New, 392, 3B9; Non-renewal of: All Doing It, 263; Questions in Parliament, 161; The Right to Refuse Information Regarding, 244; The Withdrawn. 223. Low-grade, 493. " Moth Balls" in: The Valu© of "Faith," 183. Order: The Superfluous, 432; Vagueness of: Send It by Train ? 466. Present Day: Training by the Scent, 271. Price: in France, 258; Reduced. 396; Where the Money Goes, 448. Prices: Advance in, Another, 45; A Nice Little Profit, 302; How to Reduce, 200; to be Controlled, 399; Up Again, 47, 161, 241. Primer, An Electrically-controlled, 398. Questions in Parliament Concerning, 142. Religion and, 355. Reprievo for Motorists, 448. Restriction: Another, 200; Comjng New, 392; Interpretation of, 500; Restrictions: A Picture withs a Story, 467; Fresh, 4; in Italy, 360; Local, Removed, 45; New and Drastic: All Pleasure Motoring Closed Now, 411. Shortage: Conflicting Facts, 126; Is There a, 86; Iii America, 86; Nothing New, Etc., 470. Stocks of, 484. Storage of, 42. Substitutes, Oil Thinned by, 6. Super Tax, Refund of, 122. Tank: Behind Seats, 430; Novel, on Mathis Car, 144. Tragedy, A, 314. Using Illicitly: Well Done, 48fi. Vouchers, 372. Wastage: A New Recruit, 86. Waste in High Places, 220; More, 246. Wasting, What to Do When Accused of, 278. Weight of, 484. Where It Goes, 263. 8s. Per Tin—Plus Tax, 298.' 200 Gallons, Impounded, 218
  • Petrol Control Committee: Demise of: A Controller for the Controllers, 147. Hastening to Disclaim* Responsibility, 26. Relaxation Which is Encouraged, 8. The Official Joke, 64. The Way of the Late, 180. Third Attempt of the, 44. Waiting for, 123. Way of the, 4, 22
  • Petrol Control Department: And Census of Cars and Drivers for Military Emergencies, 434. And the Lord Mayor's Banquet. 470. A Shrewd Blow by, 206. Canadian Opinion of the, 263. Tronical. 314. Next Point of Attack, 223. The A.A. and M.TT. and. 265
  • Petroleum Wells to Reduce the National Debt, 450
  • Petrol Gauge, Triumph Magnetic, 202
  • Petrol Pool Board, The, 68. Coup D'etat, 223. Regulation : Effect of Cash on the Nail, 223
  • Phoenix Park Races, Cars at: Officially Denied, 393
  • Picture with a Story, A, 467
  • Piston: A Bi-metal, 221. Design, Novelty in, 243. Packing, 243
  • Pleasure Motoring: A Tissue, of Mis-statements, 334. Closed All: Drastic Petrol Restrictions, 411; "Defeat of the Kill-joys," 147. " Kind Hearts are More than Coronets," 181. Knows Nothing of. the Regulations, 316. Not Yet a Crime, 165. Unreliable, 297
  • Pliers, Starrett, 5
  • Plug: An Air-cooled, 86. 145. A Detachable, 477. A Self-cleaning Piston, 182. Spark, A Visible, 145. Testing, Holder for, 117. With a Hollow Shell, 361
  • Plugs: American Term for: "The Sparker," 336. Box Spanner for, 485. Ill-treated, 387. .Sparking, Improved, 261. To Cost More, 432. War Time, 291
  • Plugs, P.D.Q.. 29
  • Plug- Tester. Sirett, 95
  • Police: Action, Another Illegal. 45. And Lights, The: "The Alertness' of Andrews," 448. Are Stopping Motorists, How, 483. Commissioner of: A Distinctly Illogical View of, 400. Methods at Salisbury, 394. Organize Road Census of Motoring, 23. Petrol Inquiries: Are They Le«al? 240. Superintendent, The Zealous, 258". Trap: An Epping, 3; in Literature, 88. Trapping,'435. Would Keep the, Busy, 278
  • Political Champion, A, 48
  • Posters, Eat Less Bread: Slightly Humorous, 487
  • Potatoes, Motor Fuel from, 471'
  • Potato Stealing by Car, 430
  • Pre-ignition Trouble, As 355
  • Premier's Car, The, 218 .Price's Patent Candle Co. Calendar, 485
  • Primer, MoCormack, 105
  • private. Seller, Beware of the, 284
  • Proportion, A Sense of, 245, 248
  • QUERIES, NOTES AND, 240 A.-C. .Sociable: for Three, A, 256; on Gas, 446; Registration of An, 158. Addresses: Supplied, 20; Wanted, 158, 312, 446, 464, 502. Air Leaks, 446. American Cyclecar Engine, 158. Army, Now Discharged from the, 256 Baby Peugeot, Reliability of the, 446. Belt Drive: A Flat, 216; and Differential, 256. Bevel, Noisy, Quietening a, 216. Bexhill, Petrol in, 158. Bonnet, Removing Rain Spots from the, 446. Bosch London Premises, The, 408. Buckingham, Makers of the, 276. Business Purposes, A Carden for, 276; A Petrol Permit for, 198 Calthorpe, A Second-hand, 312. Car: and Petrol, Purchasing a, 31?: An Enemy, 158; A New Cheap, Wanted, 352; An Old, 256; An Old Swiss, 502; Choice of a, 40; Cheap, for a Doctor, 60, 294; for Colonial Conditions, 138; Open, for a Doctor, 312; Second-hand, for £65; 120; Storing a, 216; Tax, The, 464, on a 6 h.p., 312. Carbon Brush Holder, A Cracked, 256; Carburation, Probably, 408. Carburetter, J.A.P., 100. Car den for Business Purposes, A, 276. Cars: Electric, 40; Loaned, No Restriction on, 40; Restrictions on Purchase of, 312. Chairs, Motor Wheel/ 20. Clutching, Double, When Changing Down, 294. Clutch: Leather, Worn, 446; Slipping, Abnormal, 100. Coal-gas: A.-C. Sociable on, 446; Bag, Moderate-pressure, 446; Container, Capacity of a, 408; Trailer for a Morgan, 464. Colonial Conditions, Car for, 138. Compression, Loss, of, 323, 408. Cooling? Air or Water, 294. Coupe for a Doctor, 294. Crouch Light Car, The. 464. Cut-out, Magneto, Imperfect, 20. Cyclecar : A Countershaft for a, 376; A French, 158; Choice of, 294; Engine, Outside Flywheel for, 120; Old Type, That is Not Now Made, 256; Slipping Wheel Device for, 390; The Best, 408. Cylinder Head, Removing a, 446
  • Deal: A Bad, 352. Decarbonizing a La-gonda, 323. De P. Light Car, The, 138. Differential: Belt Drive and, 256; Worm Drive and, 390. Doctor: An Open Car for a, 312; Car for a, 60, 294; Coupe for a. 294. Drive: Permission- to, 100; Time to Learn to, 138. Driver. For a Single-handed, 238. Driving Licence, Age for, 323. Dynamo Required, A, 238
  • Electric Cars, 40. Enamel ? for Repainting, 216. Engine: American Cyclecar, 158; Cyclecar, Outside Flywheel for, 120; Knock, Bad, 216; Speed, Critical, 238; V-Twin, Vibration in, 352; 90-Degree, Magneto for, 40
  • Flywheel, Valve Setting for, 138. French Cycle-car, A, 158. Friction Drive on Bottom Gear, ?Direct, 20. Fuel Substitutes and Motor Spirit Licences, 256
  • Garage, Manoeuvring a Car Into Position in, 294. Gearbox, Cleaning the, 120. Gear Ratios for a Light Car, 352. G.N., An Old Type, 120. Graphite as a Lubricant, 138. Greasing and Lubrication, 216. G.W.K.: Drive, Varying the, 198; Plug for a, 158
  • Headlamp Regulations, 446. Heating the Induction, 390. Hilly Work, A Light Car for, 323. Hood, Waterproofing a, 198
  • Induction, Heating the, 390. Insurance, Reduced, in Winter Months, 198. Invention, A War, 312
  • Jaffa Mudshields, 238. J.A.P. Carburetter, The, 100. Jets, Choke Tubes and, 352. Joint, Universal, Dressing a Leather, 40
  • Lagonda, The, 158, 276; Cabriolet, 198; Decarbonizing a, 323. Licence: Duty Refund, 100; Taxation, Local, 20. Light Car: A Cheap, 276; Choice of a, 294; for Hilly Work, 323; Gear Ratios in a, 352;. The Crouch, 464; The 1914, 158. Lighting Regulations, 238, 390, 408. Lubricant, Graphite as a, 138. Lubrication, Greasing and, 216
  • Magneto: Cut-out Imperfect, 20; for 90-Degree Engine, 40; Trouble, 464. Mileage, Ton, 276. Morgan: A Gas Trailer for a, 464; A Vaporizer for a, 138; Reverse fora, 408. Taxation' of a, 100; The Water-cooled, 238: Wheel, A Spare, 408. Morris-Cowley, The, 158; Petrol Consumption of, 138. Motor Spirit Licences, -Substitutes and, 256. Motor Trip, Private, Legality of a, 446. Motor Wheel Chairs. 20. M.P.G.. Importance oi, 27R. Mud-shields, Jaffa, 238. Munitions, Ministry of, Permit. 323
  • Overheating: Causes "of, 390; Troubles, 198
  • Paraffin: Price of, 390; Risk of, 390. Petrol: Consumption of a Morris-Cowley, 138; for the Holidays, 158; for Invalid Wives, No, 352; Gift of. Not Illegal, 312; in Bexhill. 158; Licence, Unexpired, 20; Licences: Demanding to See, 390, Expired, 502, Not Transferable, 238; Much-dootored, 294; Permit for Business Purposes, A, 198; Problem, A Difficult, 40; Purchasing a Car and, 312; Shortage: Are Trial Runs Permissible? 464; Stocks of, Using Up, 60; Storing, 312; Use of: Another Misapprehension, 100; Using Old, 238, 464. Plug lor a G.W.K., 158. Power Required, More, 40b, Prices, Market Fluctuations of, 138. Purchase of Cars, Restrictions of, 312
  • Questions, A Full Range of, 276
  • Radiator: A Furred, 256; Boiling, 158. Rain Spots on the Bonnet, Removing, 446. Registration : of an A.-C Sociable, 158; Transfer of a, 276. Replies, Stock, 256, 276, 294, 312, 390, 446. Reverse for a Mofgan, A, 408. Rollo Cyclecar, A, 60. Route Replies—(See " Route "). Running, Intermittent, 294
  • Second-hand: Calthorpe, A, 312; Car for £65, A, 120; 'Value of a Standard, 276. "Spark, The Fat," Fallacy, 446. Springing, Important, 464, 502. Standard, .Second-hand Value of a, 276. Starting, Difficult, 216. Steering: Direct, 60; Distortion. 352. Swift, The 7-9 h.p., 256; Value of; 446. Swiss Car, An Old, 502.
  • Taxation Licence, Local, 20. Tax: on a 6 h.p. Gar, 312; The Car, 464. Thread, A Stripped, 198. Ton-mileage, 276. TriaJ Runs: Are They Permissible? 464. Tricar with Front Wheel Drive, A, 502. Tubes, Choke, and Jets, 352. Timing Wheels, Marking the Teeth of, 312. Tyre Tubes, Size of, for Oversize Covers, 323
  • Universal Joints, Use of, 256
  • Valve: Setting, 502, for Flywheel, 138; Tappet Design, 238. Valves, Old, Trimming Up, 40. Vaporizer: for a Morgan, A, 138; Installing a, 120. Vibration in a V-Twin, 352
  • War Invention, A, 312. Warne Cyclecar, A, 158. Waterproofing a Hood, 198. Water Jacket, A Cracked, 158. Wheel': A Spare Morgan, 408; Device, Slipping, for Cyclecar, 390. Wheels, Rear, Unequal-sized, 256. Worm Drive and Differential, 390-.
  • Race Meetings: But No Motors, 122. Motoring to, 278, 316; The 8tigma of a Conviction, 334
  • Race Meet? What is a, 336
  • Racing: In Spain, 6. Scandal, The, 68. Versus Standard Design, 438
  • R.A.C.: Ruhleben Motor Drivers' Fund, 122. Want Owner-drivers for Government Work, 201. • Year Book for 1917, 140
  • Radiator: An Adjustable, on Zeppelin L49, 467. Cap Safety Chain, 381. Design: Changes in, 418; in Light Oars, 30
  • Radiators: Harding, 43. Smith's Cosy, 477
  • Radiators We Should Like to See, 50'
  • Railway Joy Riding, Licences for, 89
  • Reconstruction, Industrial, 400
  • Red Cross Raffle, A, 42
  • Registration, Motorcar, 260
  • Regulations, More, 161
  • Religion and Petrol, 355
  • Repairs, War-time, Emergency Hints and, 41)5
  • Repair Work in War Time, 270
  • Replacements, Cheap, and Insurance, 468
  • Research: Fund, Million Pound, 468. Work, Encouraged, 470 "
  • Reversing, The Art of, 336
  • Rim, James Demountable, 203
  • Road: Altering the, to Suit Gas Vehicles, 360. A " Pleasure," 314. Call of the—(See "Call "). Car Equipped Ready for the, 498. Construction, Modern, 132. Damage by Heavy Traffic, 284. Improvements, War-time, 367. Main, Petrol Inspectors, 244. Measurer and Guide, A, 105. Rule oi the, 90; Reversing, 164. Surface Deterioration, The Cause of, 330
  • Road Board, Report of: "Common Ben.se"? 393
  • Roads: And the Effect oi Traffic, 456. Concrete, 183; in America, 264. Devon, Damaged, 296. Novel Way of Mending in California, 86. Real Motor, in America, 27. What Really Bad, Are Like, 26
  • Roadside: Adjustments, 236. Fuel Supplies,. 359, 450; Islington's Comments on: What One Might Expect, 468; Prompting Prejudice, 372 *
  • ROUTE REPLIES.—Aberdaron-Pentre (Rhondda Valley), 198. Acton-Srighton, 138. Ainersham-Thrapston, 20. Birmingham-Gasport, 352. Bournemouth-Derby, 198. Olapham-Bexhill, 352. Daventry-Northwich, 216. Derby-Bournemouth, 20. Doncaster-Killin (Loch Tay), 198. Durham-Blackpool, 138. Fleet-wood-Middlesbrough, 120. Gloucester-Ilfracombe, 198. Hastings-Maidenhead, 20. Knotty Ash (Liverpool)-Edinburgh, 238. Maidstane-Grantham, 352 Oswestry-West Norwood, 312. Reading-Nottingham, 216. Reading-Swanage, 20. Scorton (Yorks.)-Bed-ford and Alston, 120. St. Albans-Belvedere (Kent), 40. Warrington-Newcastle-on-Tyne, 294. Winchester-Christchurch, 198
  • Royal Flying Corps: Expansion of the, 314. Girls, 303
  • Royal Photographic Society, Exhibition of, 394
  • Rotax Motor Accessories Co. Acquire H. T. Saunders and Co., Ltd., 181
  • Rubber Car ? Was It a, 240
  • Ruhleben Motor Drivers, R.A.C. Fund for, 122
  • Russian, C.A.V. Handbook in, 334
  • Russia, Official Methods and the Effect on, 65
  • "Rust and Its Prevention, 340
  • Sale of an Old Car: Is This Feasible ? ,278
  • Salisbury, Police Methods at, 394
  • Sandwicn-boardmen,-Itinerant, and A.A. and M.U., 2
  • Science: Applied to Design, 399. In the Factory, 125, 451
  • Scientific and Industrial Research Tragically Handicapped, Dr. Addison and, 375
  • Sculcoats, No Control at, 468
  • Seat, Buffington Folding, 29
  • Sea'ts: Dickey, de Luxe, 281. Petrol Tank Behind, 430 •
  • Second-hand: Business, Revival of, 144. Car Market, The, 315. Cars: A "Corner" in: Will Soon Want More Capital, 372; When Buying: "Caveat Emptor," 284. Light Car, Where to Look for Wear When Buying a, 192. Values, 2, 22, 42, 64, 84, 102, 122, 140, 160, 180, 201, 218, 240, 260, 278, 298, 314, 334, 354, 372, 393, 410, 430, 448, 468, 484
  • Seller, Private, Beware of the Pseudo, 284
  • Service Petrol Economy Measures at Last, 399
  • Shed: Damp in the, 453. Lighting from Car, 29.7
  • Shock Absorber, Climax, 95
  • Sidecar Manufacturers and Cyclecars, 185
  • Signposts, Military, French, 359
  • Sinn Feiners, Petrol for, 258
  • Singer Co. Board, Elected to the, 224
  • Skidding: Not Negligence, 218. Prevention of, 327. Scientific Side of, 32
  • Skid, The Chain Non-, 336
  • Smith and Sons' New Service Depot, 181
  • Social Factor, The Light Car as a, 76
  • Soldier; Penalizing the, 65 "'
  • Soldiers: Discharged, Employment of, 200, 201, " Lilts " for Tired, 210. On Leave, Motorists to the Rescue o{, 423
  • South Africa, Light Cars for, 377
  • Spain: Motoring Developments in, 376. Racing in, 6
  • Spanish Race: A, 85. Great, 103. Postponed, 123
  • Scanner: Set, Utility Box, 29., "Shifter," A, 44
  • Spanners: For Plugs, Box, 485.' New Types of, 261. To Suit Nuts, 44
  • Spare Parts, 141. Advertise for, 356. Model, The, 142. New Order Regarding, 449. Priority Certificates for, 241, 485
  • Spares: Should They Be Carried on a Light Car? 234
  • Speed: Dangerous, Not a, 354. Eight Miles an Hour, 393. Laughter in Court, 104. Limit: at Abortillery—The Proper Way, 219; at Lincoln—Beards Growing Faster than Brains, 219; at Llandudno: A Wholesale Order, 140, Once More, 448; Cheap for Kingston, 430; Exceeding: Fined £10 in Two Days for, 104, When Carrying Wounded, Fined for— Wasted, 484; 10-mile, at Aberystwyth—Some Dust, 123. Matters in Leinster, 123. More Evidence of, 260. The Flying Car, 162
  • Speeding Up to Lessen Vibration, 187
  • Speedometer arid -Watch, Van Sicklen, 95
  • Split Pin Puller, A, 163
  • Split Pins, Extracting, 380
  • Springing: Improvements, 400. Unconventional, 317
  • Spring: Quarter-Elliptical, Some Advantages of the, 480. Valve, Compressing a, 480. Wheels, 224
  • Springs, How to Take a Leaf Out of the, 17
  • Starter Hint, An Electric, 480
  • Starters for Light Cars, 436
  • Starting: And Lighting, Combined. 55. Handle: Keeping It Upright, 479; Moving Car by, 410. Up, 288
  • STARTING DEVICES: C.A.V., 356; Geared, 430: Rotax, 374. Simms-Huff, 143
  • Stead, Lieut. G. C.: A Prisoner of War, 127. Missing, 67. Wounded, 180
  • Standardization: The King Urges, 372. Universal, 376
  • Standard Motorcar Co. Shares Booming, 259
  • Steering:' Failure, Responsibility for. 466. Head, An Unconventional, 280. Stub Axles and, -491. Towing Without Separate, 470. Wheel, An Adjustable, 261. Wheel: A Pivoting, 'V; A Watch on the, 182; Exhaust Heated, 453
  • Steering-Wheel, Hagberg Supply Co.'s, 182
  • Stoppers and Corks, To Remove, 291
  • Storey and Co., London Agents for Calthorpe Cars, 181
  • Storing a Car in Winter Time, 499
  • Stratford-on-Avon, King Edward VI'.s School at, and Capt. Bruce Bairnsfather, 245
  • Streets, Driving through Crowded, 355
  • Sugar and Petrol, Parallel Between. 185
  • Suggestions: A Few Odd, 368, 380. That May be Useful, 14
  • Summer Coat. The Ideal, 283
  • Sump, Overfilling the, 466
  • Sun, Driving by the, 3
  • Surrey Estate, A Famous, 338 *
  • Suspension System, A Novel Spanish, 203
  • Tank, Would Not Move the, 356
  • Tanks, 20,000 or 2000, 104
  • Taxation: A Genuine Motoring Grievance, 481. Basis. French, 123. Unjust, Unsound and Too Heavy, 11
  • Taxicabs Too? Why Not, 468
  • Taxi: Drivers: Beating the Paris, 110; Simple Method When Tyre Punctures: The Useful Brick, 258. Men, The Turn of the, 47
  • Tax: Inland Revenue, Dodging the, 2. Licence, Refund of, 4
  • Technical Bureau, A Proposed, 142
  • Thermostat, A Novel, 43
  • Thomson-Bennett Magnetos, Ltd., 122
  • Thoughts and Opinions—(See " Opinions.") Throttle Control Joints, 484 Thunderstorms, Record, 23
  • " Times, The," and Ourselves, 64
  • Timken Bearing Co., Birmingham Office of, 218
  • Toll-gates: Will Thay Disappear? 287
  • Tool: A Combination, 163. Home-made, A Useiful, 486. Locker with a Double Door, 145. Kit, Arranging a, 92, 94 Toolbox for a Humberette, A, 35 TQQIS, Accessories and, Unobtainable, 393 TSPTCS OF THE DAY.-A.A. and Coal-gas,-The, 473. Accessibility, Importance of, 166. Accessories, A Lower Grade of, 473. AgenU, Overseas, Relations with, 437. Air Raids and Petrol: Our Opportunity Now, 149 " Battle of the Cylinders," A Coming, 10 Carbon Removers, 186 Carburetter: Design, Perfect, 128; Failings, 128. Car, Used. Prices: When Will They Fall? 28. Coal-gas: A.A. and, 473; A Field for Experiment, 149; Astonishing Progress of, 339; Bag on the Concertina Principle, A, 351; Containers, Atmospheric, Alternatives to, 378; Conversions, A Demonstration in, 378; Converting the Light Car to Use, 378; Demonstration, The, 401; for Light Cars, 91; Storage Question, The, 247: The Alleged Danger of, 338; The Ondy Alternative, 303, and Its Chief Advantages, 247; The Only Motoring Possible Now with, 41.7. Cyclecar Club and United Council of Motoring, 490. Cylinders? Two, Four or Six, 10
  • Designs, After-war, 266. Differential: Gears—A New Argument, 210; Gear—Wanted an Improved, 210. Doctors Affected by Petrol Increase, 318. Driving Licences for Youths Under 17, 109
  • Four-seater; The Fallacy of the, 109. Fuel: .Demonstration, The Alternative, 401; Home, The Urgent Development of, 28 Government Inquiry, A, and Down ? Comes Petrol, 401
  • Hatchet, Burying, An Opportunity for, 490. Home Fuel, The Urgent Development of, 28. Home Office, The Way of the, 46 Ireland, Petrol Restrictions in, 285 Light Car: Again Proving the Value of the, 69; and Cyolecar Control, 490; Increased Demand for, 149; The "Ideal," 454; to Use Gas, Converting, 378. Light Cars: Coal-gas for, 91; for Military Purposes, 91 , Manufacturer, British: Typical Insularity, 358. Metric System, Impracticability of the, 186. Military Purposes, Light Cars for, 91. Motoring, The Only, Possible—Coal-gas, 417. •Motor Volunteers, Petrol for, 69 " Novelty, The Spice of," 266 Overseas Agents, Relations with, 437 Paraffin Prices to be Reduced, 318. Patriotism or Prejudice? 285. Petrol: A Final End to, 417: and Air Raids: Our Opportunity Now, 149; Disturbing Facts, 339; Down Comes, A Government Inquiry—and, 401; for Motor Volunteers, 69; Increase, Doctors Affected by, 318; Order, Latest, Problems of the, 454; Restrictions in Ireland, 285; 4s. a Gallon, 303. Petrol Control Committee, The Way of the, 4fi. " Pleasure " Motorist, Baiting the, 285. Prejudice? Patriotism or, 285. Prices Fall? When Will Used Car, 28. Price, The Question of, .266. Priority Certificates and Spare Parts, 225 Roadside Energy—Why Not? 358 Second-hand Values—1916 and To-day. 318. " Service " After the War, Organization of, 225. Spare Parts: for 1914-1915 Models, 225; Priority Certificates a-nd, 225 Tyres, Unequal, Effect of, 210 United Council of Motoring, Cyclecar Club and, 490
  • War, After: Designs, 266; Organization'of Service, 225
  • Torby, Countess Zia, and Her Calthorpe, 48 Touring Editor, Article by, 367 Towing Without Separate Steering, 470 Traitor Hroblem. Mr. Edge and the, 436 Ttade, Motor. Empire Honours in, 284 Trade. Post helium • On "Audacity," 27 Traffic: Dangers, Heavy, Minor, 452. Heavy, Road Damace by, 284. Obstructing: A Novel Punishment, 240. Roads and the Effect of, 456. Signals, Illuminated " National Safety," 44. Space, Saving, 338 Train Troubles, 104 Transmission Sets, Moss, 63 Trays for Parts, 380
  • TaiALS: Barcelona: Bilbao-San Sebastian-Barcelona, 103; King of Spain's Cup, 85; Sitges, 6. Spanish, Postponed, 123 .Trouble Detector, Locke, 124 Trouble, Time and, Savers, 153 Tw>-seater, The Case for the, 114 Typewriters, Cars and, 49
  • Tyre: Burst, Accident Through. Both Feet Down, 492. Changing: The Useful Brick, 258. Cover, Grit in the, 252. Covers, Utilizing, 221. Equipment, The Ideal, 327. Inflator and Jack Combined. 145. Paint. 86. Pump Leaks, 152. Punctures, Some Strange, 246. Repairs in Rain, 104. Restoring, Some Details ot, 74
  • Tyre Gauges, Sohrader. 22 Tyre Inflator, Eco Air Station, 163 Tyre Pump Adapter, Dunlop, 43 Tyre Re-pair Depot, Harvey Frost, 259 Tyres, Dunlop, Prices Raised, 201 Tyres, High Value on Old, 184. Side Strain on, 37.t
  • Universal, A Toothed Gear, 361 Upholstery, Concerning the, 131
  • U.S.A.—(See " America ')
  • Valve: Caps: Concerning, 211; Gas. Tight, 86. Grinding Tool, A Simple, 398. Spring, Compressing a, 480. Stems, Protecting, 221
  • Valve Grinder, " Marvel Jr.," 29
  • Valves, Carbon and Its Effect on, 155
  • Van. A Miniature G.W.K., 336 ?
  • Varrderbilt, The Late Mr. Alfred Gwynne, Memorial to, 148
  • Vandervell and Co., Mr. A. H. Midgley's of: Moonlight Charts, 468. Successful Fuses, 399
  • Vaporizer: A Gauze Cone, 95. And Igniter, Combined, 317. For a Morgan, A, 42
  • Vaporizer, Brimak, 87
  • Verdun, How Motors Saved, 106
  • Versailles, Palace of: The New Home of Strategy, 489
  • VERSE: Another Tragedy, 180. Comparisons, 385. Light Car Lyric, A, 336
  • Vibration, Speeding Up to Lessen, 187
  • Victors, Ltd., Buy Bosch Patents, 89
  • Vulcanized Fibre and What It is Used for, 117
  • Vulcanizer, Miles-Chemico, 43
  • Vulcanizing Book, A, 117
  • WAR: After the: A Boom in Lighter Motoring, 127; Oar Production, 432: Chaos, 107; Fuel Supplies, 135: Labour Conditions, 246; Light Car Development in France, 26; Production, Increased, 489; Three Years, 189; Trade: "On Audacity," 27; War, The, 452. Battlefields, Treasure Trove from the, 48. Economy, A Real, 9. End of, How to Forecast, 3. Front: From the Back of the, 381; Singers at the, 278. Or Peace? Augury of, 283. Put Away for trie, 414. Strategy, Versailles the Home of, 469. The Horrors of, 160. Time: Adventures in, or How Matilda Fetched the Petrol, 36; Benefit, Another, 219; Overhaul, An Amateur's, 52; Repair Work in, 270; Road Improvements, 367; Unwise in, 201. Verdun, How Motors Saved, 106. What Did the Motoring Associations Do in the Great, 170. Work, On, 74
  • Ware, Herts., The High Cross Near: An Early Aviator, 244
  • Warning Device, Cathedral Bell, 5
  • Warning Signal, Borneo. 182
  • Warning to Dealers, A, 484
  • Washers: Cylinder Gaskets and, 250. Fibre: How to Make and Use Them, 14
  • Washing, Simplifying Car, 230
  • Waste: An Orgy of: The Lord Mayor's Banquet, 470, 487. Economy in, 436
  • Watch on the Steering Wheel, A, 182
  • Water: As a Decarbonizer, 154. Boils, Indicator When, 105. Injection, Device for, 361. Not Draining Off, 485
  • Watersplashes, Crossing, 4fi7
  • Wear: The Importance of Taking Up: "A Stich in Time," 174. Where to Look for, 192
  • Weather, Cold, and Garage Equipment, 442. 470
  • Wedding, Is a, a Business Purpose? 372
  • West Ham Council*and a Second-hand Car: Waste in High Places, 246
  • West, Mr. Tommy: From "Remounts" to Flying, 487
  • Wheel: A Dangerous, 314. Studs, Detachable, 75. The Silent. 68
  • Wheel Drawer, Calcott, 4&6
  • Wheels: Light Car, 233. Shooting at the, 432. Spring, 224. Steel, Out of True-, 349. , Why 30-in., 9. Wobbling, 296. Wooden, 104 Wilberforce, Mr. Victor, in the K.N.A.S., 180 Wilson, Mr. A. J., and Health Rides for Wounded Tommies, 357 Windows, Frilled, 127
  • Windscreen Cleaner: " Clean Sight," 453. J.T., 5 Windscreen: Protection, Side, 220. Rain Shield for, 221 Winter: Garage Equipment, 442, 470. Time: Oil in, 470; Storing a Car in, 499 Wiring, Ignition, Tracing the, 213 Women, Motoring Gossip for—Latest Model, 164 Women's Reserve Ambulance (Motor Transport Section), Joining the, 461
  • Wood, Miss E. M., Article by: On War Work, 74 Woods and Forests, Stripping Our, 488 Wood, " Three Ply," Uses of, 316 Wool Gathering, 26 Worcester's, Bishop of, Chauffeur, Military Offer to Replace, 201
  • Workshop, The Owner-driver's, 235
  • Wounded: Healtu Rides for, Wanted, 357. Joy Rides for, 148. Soldier Rides in London, 165. Soldiers' Joy Ride: Nice for the Owner, 314 Wrench, L. and L. Slot Lock, 163
  • Yorkshire Motor Volunteer Squadrons, 162
  • Zeppelin: Engines: Journalese, 22. L49, An Adjustable Radiator on, 467

INDEX TO ILLUSTRATIONS.

  • A.A. AND M.U. Scouts Enlisted for Service in the Army, 191
  • Accelerator: Foofcresst, A, 202. Foot Support, 280 Pedal Footrest, 477
  • Addison, Dr., 125
  • Adventures in War Time, or How Matilda Fetched the Petrol, 36, 37
  • " Aerial Traveller," Monument to the First, at High Cross, near Ware, 244
  • Aerocar, The: A Futuristic Peep, 194
  • Aeroplane: Fuselage, Cyclecar with, 331. Seen From a, When We Haven't a Bomb, 89
  • Agricultural Implements, Gate Made of, at Castle Ashby, Northampton, 135
  • Air Cooling, A Consideration .of, 70, 71
  • Air Raid Warnings, Light Cars Used for: Shrapnel-proof Coverings for, 377
  • Amateur's War Time Overhaul, 52, 53
  • Ambulance:' Driver, Jottings of a, 291. Used by French Red Cross, 111 ,
  • <Vr.erioan: Naval Car, A, 24. Radiator, A, 419
  • Armoured Light Car—and A.-C, 190
  • Art Behind the Trenches. 205. A Remarkable Piece of Sculpture, 293
  • Ashwieke, Garage at, Captain Pope's, 414
  • Association of British Motor and Allied Manufacturers Trade Mark, 49
  • Australia, A Home-built Cyclecar in, 388
  • Austrian Radiator, A, 419
  • Axle, Moss Back, 63
  • Axles, Stub and Steering, 491, 492
  • Biiirnsfather, Captain Bruce: Where He Went to
  • School, 245
  • Ball, Captain, R.F.C., V.C., 108 Bath Road Between Maidenhead and Reading, 367 Bearing: A Self-centering, 361. Roller, A Gudgeon Pin with, 299
  • Beck, P.C., on the Portsmouth Road, 449 Bedfordshire Village Inn, A, 107 Beginner. Trials and Trfbulations of a, 231, 232 Belt and Friction Drive, Inefficiency of, 137 Bilbao: A Castle 20 Miles from, 118. One of the
  • Worst Hills Near, 6
  • Biscay, Province of, A Picturesque Valley in, 1. Black Park, near Lamp-ley, Bucks., 488 Body: De-sign, A Simplified, for Cyclecar, 98. The
  • Dimensions of a Light Car, 272 BOOKS: A.-C. Instruction Handbook, Illustration
  • from, 412. " Farming by Motor," 84.
  • "Motor Repair Work," Illustrations from, 120
  • Brace, A Corner, 124
  • P-rake Rods, Yoke Ends on, How to Adjust, 154 Brakes, Binding, 291 Bridges and Level Crossings, 228, 229. Broxbourne, A Dangerous Bridge at, 228 Bariord Bridge, 1.89 Butbermere House, Approaching, 197
  • Cairo, 1916 Model on War Work in, 123 Cake, The Tragedy of a, 171 Cambridge Road, On the, 371 Camping with a Light Car, 97 Car:.An American Naval, 42. And Engine Noises, Analysing, 304. Getting the Best Out of a: Buckingham, 15, 16. On Fire, A, How to Deal with, 305. Storing a, in Winter Time, 499, 500. The Maximum Capacity, 455. Washing, Simplifying, 230 Carbon: And Its Effect on Valves, 155. Brush, A
  • Makeshift, 236
  • Carbon Remover,. Johnson, Cylinders After Treatment with, 226 Carburetter: A Multi-jet, 299. Priming Device, A
  • Simple, 16. With Heated Jets, 202 Carburetter Primer and Decarbonizer, Smith
  • Duplex, 29
  • CARBURETTERS: B. and B.. Coal-gas Connection for, 446. Smith Four-jet, 426. Solex, Sectional View of, 198. Tillotson, with Reed Air Control, 299. Zenith, with -Connections to Cox Gas Trailer, 440
  • Cars, Disguising, A Reader's Suggestion for, 436 CARS: Fageol, Engine on, 286. Ford, Pulham System of Cylinders Fitted to a, 369. Mathis, with Novel Tank, 144. Napier, Radiator on, 419. Rover, 136
  • Castle Ashby, Northampton, Gate Made of Agricultural Implements at, 135
  • Catalogue, Auto-Carriers, Ltd., Illustration from, 22 Chains, Roller, Sectional View of, 56 CHASSIS: G.N. Cyclecar,. 1,'!4. Huffit, 152. Swift, 364
  • Cheltner, A Ford on the,'200 Chenics, Cottages Near, 497 Chequers Court, Cottages N>ar, 497 Cheshunt, A Bridge at, 228 Chobham Common, 9, 271 CIATB: Cyclecar Club Pre-war Rally, 189 Clutches, Disc, To Remedy Slipping, 318 Coal-gas: Age: A Futuristic Peep, 112, 113. Bag : A Bellows Fitted to a Swift, 351; Trailer, A Home, Made, 425 Bags: Will It Come to TJiis? 185. Bar--The Only, 300. Connections for B. and B. Carburetter, 446. Container: A Collapsable, 469; A Streamline, 501. Conversion for Light Car, 440, 441. Demonstration: At, 391, 395, 396; Venue of, 373. Diagram .Showing Way in Which It is Introduced Leaving Carburetter in Situ, 82. Driven Calcott, Mr. Stiff's—(See "Light Cars—Calcott"). Fittings Required for a Light Car, 282. Problems, Most Practicable Solution of the, for Light Cars, 353.. Storage Suggestions for Light Cars, 341. Two Methods for Placing Container on a Two and a Four-seater, 81 Coal-gas Containers: Mr. W. Higgins's, 146.
  • " Safe," 262. Wood-Milne, 440 Coal-gas .Trailers, Cox, 353, .19], 396. Connections to
  • Zenith Carburetter, 441 Coal-gas Valve, Tankara and Smith, 441 Cobham: Road Obstruction Causes Traffic Stop at, 320. Street. The Tartar Hill at, 257
  • Coil Ignition Systems, Connections for, 379
  • Coleridge, Lake, and Rakaia Gorge Bridge, 59
  • Commercial Vehicle, Light Cars as a, 348
  • Cooke, Major Stenson, 191
  • Cooling, Air, A Consideration of, 70, 71
  • Corner, Fast Car, Taking a, 32
  • COUPES: Calthorpe, 411. Standard Pytchley, 344- 346
  • Cowdray Park: In, 168. One of the Gates of, 306 Cox Coal-gas Trailer, 353, 391, 396. Connections to*
  • Zenith Carburetter, 441 Cradle, Baby Motorists', 105 Crankcase Joints, Making Oil-tight, 368 Cyclecar: Design, Points in, 134. Home-built, 275; An Australian, 388; Mr. F. T. Shute's, 292; Suggested Lay Out for a, 216; with Friction and Belt Drive, 332. Novel Friction and Chain Driven, 83. Of Original Design, A, 150-152. Of Sporting Appearance, A, 444. Or Light Car with Rotary Engine, 407. Simplified Body Design for a, 98. Steam-driven: A Suggested, 214; Suggested Design for, 253. Three-wheeled, A Home-built, Advertised in LIGHT CAR AND CYCLECAR, 428. Transmission: A, 388; with Three Shafts, Gearbox, Bevel. Worm and Belt Drive, 427. With Aeroplane Fuselage, 331. With Body and Frame in One, A, 387. With Shaft Drive, Gearbox and Final Belts, A, 408. With Somewhat Original Ideas, A, Plan and Elevation of, 445
  • Cyclecars—(See " Light Cars and Cyclecars ") Cylinder: Gaskets and Washers, 250, 251. Lubrication, Preventing Over, 361 Cylinders, A Nest of (Pulham System), 369
  • D
  • Daphne Learns to Drive, 231, 232
  • Decarbonizers, Chemical, 226
  • Decarbonizer, Water as a, 154
  • Design: Important Matter in: What is 1000th pf an Inch? 33, 34. Of a Light Car, A Practical, Illustration of a Sense of Proportion, 248. Standard. Racing versus, 438, 439
  • Dickey: Seats de Luxe, 281. Wickerwork, with Hood, A, 355
  • Differential, M. Gogu Constantinesco's New, 263
  • Differentials, Old and New, 321-323"
  • Differential, Worm Drive and, Diagrams Illustrat-' ing, 390
  • Digswedl, The Red Lioti at, 249
  • Disc Clutches, To Remedy Slipping, 381
  • Dorking and Horsham, Vanderbilt Memorial Between, 148
  • Drill: Hand, for Truing Valve Stems, 40. Holder and Gauge, A Handy 252
  • Drive, Daphne Learns to, 231, 232
  • Driving Rules, An Awkward Situation that Needs Stringent, 90
  • Dutch Cyclecar Race, A, 219
  • Dwellings, One Million New, 497
  • Dynamo and Self-starter, Simms-Huff, 143
  • The LigKt Car and Cyclecar
  • D (continued).
  • Dynamo Regulator, Thermal Wheatstone Bridge
  • Type of, 119
  • Dynamo Voltage, Constant, 77 Dynamotor, Rotax, 374, 375
  • Eastbourne-London Road, Coal-gas Charging Stations on, 262
  • East Marton, Yorks., Curious Bridge at, 416
  • Effingham, Surrey, Blucher Hotel at, Name Changed to " Sir Douglas Haig," 127
  • Egham, A Bridge at, 228
  • Electric and Other Heating Methods, 442
  • Electrical Connections, Primary and Secondary, 276
  • Electrical Sets, Rotax, 374, 376
  • .Emery Paper, The Use of a Little Piece of, 57
  • Engine: And Car Noises, Analysing, 304. Fuels, 289. Heat from the, Diverting, 130. Rotary, A Light Car or Cyclecar with, 407. Steam, Design for, 310. Temperature of, Venetian Shutter for Controlling, 280. Two-stroke, Suggestion for, 99
  • ENGINES: Cycar (Mr. Parnacott's), 71. Foresti, 432. Franklin, 71. G.N., 70. Humberetfce, 70. J.A.P., 16a. Morgan, 70. Morris-Cowley, 16a. Swift, 363. Tilston, 87; Four-stroke', 279
  • Engines: Dry Sump, 286. Fast and Slow Running, 16a. 90-Degree, Device Which Makes Special Magnetos Unnecessary for, 79
  • Esher: The Bear at, The Rise Up to, 302. The First Coal-gas Light Car at, 447, 460
  • Eissex: Floods in, 223. Official Noticeboard in, 245
  • Europe, Where Motoring is Unrestricted in, 49
  • Fa a, An Improved, The Piller, 202
  • Fan Belt, A Non-slipping, 477
  • Fibre Washers—jSee " Washers ")
  • File Handle, An Ingenious, 182
  • Filing, The Art of, 307
  • Fire, A Oar on, How to Deal with, 305
  • Floods in Essex, 223
  • Flywheel, Valve Timing of, Protractor to. Mark the, 138
  • France: " Economisez L'Essence" in, 68. War Time in, 141
  • French: Military Signposts. 359. Red Cross; Ambulance by, 111. Trenches, Art Behind the, 205; A Remarkable Piece of Sculpture, 293
  • Friction: And Belt Drive, Inefficiency of, 137. Drive: A Cone, 99; A G.W.K., 176; on Bottom Gear, 20; with Reverse Gear, A, 3/0. Gear of a Home-built Cyclecar, 332
  • Fuel, Hydrogen as a, 342, 343
  • Fuels, Engine, 289
  • ?Garage: And Workshop, Plan of a, 235. At Ash-wicke, Captain Pope's Commodious, 414. Equipment, Winter", 442. Hints, Useful, 93. Private, The Question of: The Town versus Country Owner, 96
  • Gauge, Drill Holder and, A Handy, 252
  • Gear, A Hydraulic, 38
  • Gearbox, Mos.s, 63
  • Gearbox: Oil Leakages from, Preveating, 14. Overhauling a, 120. Pinions of the, 352
  • Gear Lever Locking Device, Neutralock, 124
  • German Radiator, A, 419
  • Gradometer: A Simple, How to Uee a, 424. Home Made, Another, 370. How to Make, 324
  • Great Parndon, Essex: "Three Horsesxioes" at, 227. Watersplash at, 239
  • Greenford and Ruislip, By-way Between. 367
  • Gudgeon Pin with Roller Bearings, A, 299
  • H
  • Hardknott, A.-C. Ascending, 327
  • Hay Elevator at Work While the Sun Shines, 139
  • Headlamp, A Non-glaring, 453
  • Headlights, To Diffuse the Light from, Stewart
  • Speedometer Co.'s Device for, 398 Head's, The Late Lieut. Basil, First Drawing in
  • LIGHT CAR AND CYCLECAR, 265 Heater, D. and G. (Smith and Sons), 442 Heat from the Engine, Diverting, 130 Heating Method*, Electric and Other, 442 Henley, Beside the River at, 169 Hever, Kent, Bridge at, 49 Hoddesdon, Fish and Eels Hotel at, 283 Holland, Racing in, 219 Hood: A Wickerwork Dickey with, 355. Holler
  • Blind (Mr. A. Ward's), 431. The Biplane, 65 Hood, Rotax One-man, 394 Horns: A.W.T.. with Cup, 105. F.R.S., 43 Hose Clip, An Old Fashioned, 380 Hotel Tea Matters, 54 Hub Caps, To Prevent Loss of, 368 Hydraulic Gear, A, 38 Hydrogen as a Fuel, 342, 343
  • I
  • Ignition: Systems, Coil, Connections for, 379. Wiring, Tracing the, 213
  • Inch? What is 1000th of an, 33, 34
  • India, A Light Canst in, 115, 116
  • Inlet Pipe: Fan in, 163. With Automatic Heating, 398
  • Inns, Old-fashioned, 107
  • Italian Radiator, A, 419
  • Jack: And Tyre Inflator Combined, 145. A Simple, 95 Joint,' A Leaky, and Some Lessons, 405
  • K
  • King, The, Inspects the Forces at the Front, 184 Kullaberg, Sweden, On, 254
  • LADY LIGHT CARISTS: Hands, Miss Dorrie, 411.
  • Lee White, Mi*s, 179. Watkins, Mrs. Guy, 330
  • Lady War Workers, 297 Lake District, In the, 197 Lakeland, In, 21
  • Lamp: A Mascot, 124. Lighter, An Electric, 124 Lamps, Smith's Garage Inspection, 442 Lamps, Thief-proof, 291 Langley, Bucks., Black Park Near, 488 Leatherhead-Guildford Road, Dangerous Cross
  • Roads on, 66
  • Level Crossings, Bridges and, 228, 229 Levers? Why Not Convenient, 385 LIGHT CAB AND CYOLJT.CAH : A Drawing by the
  • Late Lieut. Ba«il Head from No. "1 of the, 266. Home-built Three-wheeler Advertised
  • in, 428
  • Light Car: As a Commercial Vehicle, 348. Body, Dimensions of a, 272. Camping with a, 97. Coal-gas Fittings Required foir, 282. Design of a: A Practical Illustration of a Sense of Proportion, 248. Or Cyclecar with Rotary Engine, 407. Radiator Design, Changes in, 418, 419. The First Converted to Run on Coal-gas, 429, 433, 447, 460, 483. The Ideal, 459, 460, 474-476, 494-496. The Simpler, 12-14. Wheels, 233 Light Car-ist in India, A, 115, 116 LlOHT CABISTS: Andreu, Senor ,T., 7, 85. Bradley, Sec.-Lieut. A. P., 452. Coronas, 8enor, 7. Jackson, Mr. Vernon, 332. Manzarraga, Senor P. de, 6, 19. Messervy, Lieut. R. E., 147. Nadal, Senor, 7. Phoenix, Mr. Harold, 355. West, Mr. Tommy, 487
  • LIGHT CABS AND CYCLKCARS: A.-C, 16, 21, 67, 76, 126, 156, 165, 197, 296, 320, 325, 326, 332, 391, 396, 467, 482; Clutch Operation of, 22; Instruction Handbook, Illustration from, 412 y Radiator on, 31, 418. A.-C. Sporting, 159. Autocrat, 315. Automobilette (Ambulance), 111
  • Baby Peugeot, 302; Radiator on, 31; with Party of Wounded Soldiers and Sailors, 80. Be-delia, 141, 219; "Before and After a Smash, 39. Buckingham, Getting the Best Out of a, 15, 16
  • Calcott, 179, 181, 42C-423; Converted to Run on Coal-gas, Mr. Stiff's, 429, 433, 434, 447, 450, 483; Radiator on, 31, 419. Calthorpe, 35, 48, 61, 199, 200, 254, 268, 394, 411; Radiator on, 30, 418, and Spiral Bevel Drive on, 357; Rotax Starter on, 375. Calthorpe Minor, 139, 177, 217, 228, 229. Calthorpe Racing and Standard Types, 439. Calthorpe Saloon, 3. Calthorpe Sporting Four, 167-169, 306. Char-ronette, Radiator on, 31. Cycar (Mr. Parna-oott's), Engine on, 71
  • David, 7, 85. DyG, 103
  • G.N.: A Sporting, 136; Chassis of, 134; Engine on, 70. G.W.K., 244, 249, 2fi9, 274, 288, 297, 315, 371, 391, 392, 402, 404; Friction Drive on, 176; with Collapsable Coal-gas Container, 469
  • Hackett Motor Co. (American), 94. Hampton, 465. Hercules (Spanish), 103. Hufflt, 150-152. HumbeTette, 449; Engine on, 70; Toolbox for,, 35
  • Ideal, 7, 104. Imp, 219; Power Unit and Fric-_ tion Gear of, 153
  • Lagonda, Radiator on, 30. Lea-Francis, 259
  • Matbis, 144, 173. M6rgan, 1, 6, 19, 49, 76, 99, 108, 110, 118, 147, 229, 449; A Unique Clover-leaf, 486; Engine on, 70; Our Paris Correspondent's, 313; Rear Wheel on, Lubricating, 407; Roller Blind Hood on, 431; Vaporizer for, 79. Morris-Cowley, 227, 228, 229, 239, 267, 268, 283; Clutch on, 100; Engine of, 16a;
  • Radiator on, 418; with Wood-Milne Gas Con
  • tainer, 440. Morris-Oxford, 76, 101, 229;
  • Radiator on, 30
  • Singer, 228, 330; in War Service, 123, 141; Radiator on, SO, 418; with Wickerwork Dickey, 355; Racing and Standard Types, 438. Sirettr 83. Standard, 183, 257, 344-347; Radiator on, 30. St?llite, 382-384. Swift, 362-364; -A Bellows Coal-gas Bag, Fitted to, 351; Red Cross Amlmla-nc.3, 336
  • Victor, Radiator on, 31
  • Wilton, Radiator on, 418
  • Light Cars: Coal-gas: Conversions for, 440, 441; Storage Suggestions for, 341. Home Made, 99. Misfits in, 73. Most Practicable Solution of Gas Problem for, 363. Radiator Design in, 30, 31. Used for Air Raid Warn-, ings: Shrapnel Proof Coverings for, 377
  • Light "Glare Stopper, Sales, 5
  • Lighting: And Starting, Combined, 55. Outfits, Automatic Switches for, 129
  • Lighting Switch, Lemoo, 95
  • Locks, Benefield, 95
  • Lubricating Morgan Rear Wheel, For, 407
  • Lubrication: Cylinder, Preventing Over, 3fel. Simplifying, 457. The Theory of, 172
  • M-
  • Magneto: Dismantling a, 308, 309. Distributor System, The, 366. Magnets: How to Treat and Re-magnetize Them, 329. Showing the Ne-cei&sity for Earthing the, 276
  • Magnetos, Device Which Makes Special, Unnecessary tor 90-Degroe Engines, 79
  • Maidenhead: And Reading, Bath Road Between, 367. Bridge Toll-gate Houses, 287
  • Map: London-Eastbourne Road, Showing Coal-gas Charging Stations on, 262. Reading, The Art of, 207-209
  • Mascot: Lamp, A, 124. Military Type, 105
  • Mechanics, Elementary, Some More, 32
  • Meek ing, Miss Viola, 26
  • Military: Signposts, French, 359. Type Mascot, 105
  • Monocar, A Simple, 98
  • Motoring: Road Census of, by Police, 23. The Only Way—Bar Coal-gas, 300
  • Mudguard to Prevent Side Splashes, 145
  • Mutton, Take Care of the, in These Times, 156
  • N
  • Nailsworth Ladder, On, in Pre-war Days, 465
  • Naval Car, An American, 24
  • Nazeing Common, Essex, 267, 277
  • Newark Abbey, Surrey, Near, 61
  • Newlands Corner, Near, 35
  • New Zealand, Road Conditions in, 59
  • Northampton Abbey, I6b 245 252
  • Oakham Castle, Norman Hall of, 8 Officer on Leave, The, 296 Oilcan, Flexible Spout for, 243
  • Oil: Gun for Supplying Lubrication for Shackle Bolts, 457. Leaks from Gearbox, Preventing,
  • Old Wyche Cutting, Malvern, 147 Overhaul, An Amateur's War-time, 52, 53 Overhauls, Piecemeal, 491, 492
  • Paraffin, Heating, A Retort for, 317
  • Paris: Arc de Triomphe at, 110. Correspondent, Our, and His Morgan, 313
  • Pedal, Pedex Adjustable, 29
  • Pedals, Adjustable, 124
  • Petrol: "Economisez L'Essence" in France, 68. Gauge Suggestion, A, 349. How Matilda Fetched the: War-time Adventures, 36, 37. Leaks, A Frequent Source of, 493. Licences in Book Form, 335. Primer, An Electrically-controlled, 398. Restrictions: A Picture with a Story, 467. Tank, Novel, on a Mathis Car, 144
  • Petrol Gauge, Triumph Magnetic, 202
  • Petrol Pool Board Authority Notice, The, 68
  • Picture with a Story, A, 467
  • Piston: A Bi-metal, 221. Designs, Two Novel, 243. Ring, Improved Type of, 243
  • Pliers, Starrett, 5
  • Ploughs, Steam and Motor, at Work, 274
  • Plug: An Air-cooled, 145. A Detachable, 477. A Self-cleaning, 182. ' Holder: for 8howing Colour of Burning Gases, 145: for Testing Purposes, A, 117. With a Hollow Shell, 361
  • Plugs, P.D.Q., 29
  • Plugs, Sparking, Improved, 261
  • Plug Tester, Sirett, 95
  • Police: Sussex, Holding Up Motorists, 23. Trap on Portsmouth Road, 449
  • Portsmouth Road, Police Trap on, 449
  • Primer, McCormack, 105
  • Prince of Wales, The, 184
  • Proportion, A Sense of, Practical Illustration of, 248
  • R
  • Racing: Tn Spain, 7. Versus Standard Design, 438, 439
  • Radiator: Cut-out Idea, A, 43. Design in Light Cars, 30, 31; Changes in. 418, 419. Filler Cap, Two Methods of Securing, 381
  • Radiators, Harding, 43
  • Radiators We Should Like to See, 50, 51
  • The Light Car and Cyclecar
  • R (continued).
  • Rakaia Gorge Bridge, -Lake Coleridge and, 59
  • Rally: Cyclecar Club Pre-war, 189. "Motor Cycling's," at Wimbledon, 190
  • Reading and Maidenhead, Bath Road Between, 367
  • Recruiting by Cyclecar, 191
  • Reigate Hill, The Summit of, 482
  • Repairs, War-time, Emergency iiints and, 405
  • Repair Work in War Time, 270, 271
  • Reverse, Friction Disc with a, 370
  • Rickmaasworth, Humpbacked Bridge at, 228
  • Rim, James Demountable, 203
  • Road: Conditions in New Zealand, 59. Construction, Modern, 133, 133. Improvement*, Wartime, 367. Measurer and Guide, 'A, 105
  • Roehampton, Queen Mary's Hospital at, Taking a Limbless Man to, 461
  • Roydon Station, Approach tof, 223
  • Ruislip and Greenford, By-way Between, 367
  • Seat, Buffington Folding, 29
  • Seats, Dickey, de Luxe, 281
  • Second-hand: Car Market, The, 315. Light Car, Where to Look for Wear When Buying a, 192, 193
  • Shackle Bolts, Oil Gun lor Supplying Lubrication to, 457
  • Shock Absorber, Climax, 95
  • Signpost, " Impassable to Motors," near Wisley Hut, 206 .Signposting, Faulty and Improved, 195
  • Signposts, French Military, 359
  • Skidding, Prevention oi, 327
  • Somersetshire: A Collapsed Road in, 183. Tollhouse, An Obsolete, 288
  • South Africa, What Motorists Have to Contend with in, 19fi
  • South, How to Tell Due, 58
  • Spain: A Morgan in, 1, 6, 19, 49, 118. Racing in, 7
  • Spanish Race, A, 85, 104-
  • Spanner: For All Nuts, A Thin, 370. Set, Utility Box, Shifting, Ingenious Applications of an Ordinary, 44
  • Spanners, New Types of, 261
  • Speeding Up to Lessen Vibration, 187, 188
  • Speedometer and Watch, Van Sicklen, 95
  • Split Pin Puller, A, 163
  • Springing, Unconventional, 317
  • Spring, Quarter-elliptical, Some Advantages of, 480
  • Springs, How to Take a Leaf Out of the, 17
  • St. Albans Road, Heavy Traffic on, 126
  • Starting: And Lighting, Combined, 55. Handle: To Keep It Upright, 479
  • STARTING DEVICES: C.A.V., 356. Rotax, on Cal-thorpe Light Car, 375. Simms-Huff, 143
  • Stead, Sec-Lieut/ G. C, 67
  • Steam: Cyclecar, Suggested Design for, 253. Engine, Design for, 310. Roller, Not a Motor, 436
  • Steering: Head, An Unconventional, 280. Stub Axles and, 491, 492. Towing with Separate, 470. WheeJ: An Adjustable, 261; A Pivoting, 477; Exhaust-heated, 453; A Watch on the, 182
  • Steering Wheel, Hagberg Supply Co., 182
  • Storing a Car in Winter Time, Hints for, 499, 500 Stratford-on-Avon: Anne Hathaway's Cottage at, 199. King Edward VI s School at, and Capt. Bruce Bairnsfather's. 245. Shakespeare Memorial at, Wounded Outing to, 411 Summer Idyll, A, 61
  • Sunbury-on-Thames, French Street in, 101 Sunningdale Station, Level-crossing Gates at, 228 Suspension System, A Novel Spanish, 2#3 Sussex: Bridge, A, 229. Police Holding Up Motorists, 23
  • Sweden, A Calthorpe in. 254 Swinford Bridge Tollgate, 287
  • Tappet Operation, Types of, 238
  • Taxation, Unjust, Unsound and Too Heavy, 11
  • Three-wheeler, Home-built, Advertised in LIGHT CAR AND CVCLECAR, 427
  • Timing Wheels, How to Mark the Teeth of, 312
  • Tollgates: Will They Disappear? 287, 288
  • Tool: A Combination, 163. For Cutting Fibre Washers, 14. For Valve Trimming, 40. Home-made, A Useful, 486. Kit, Arranging a, 92. Locker with Double Door, 145
  • Toolbox for a Humbe-rette, A, -35
  • Torby, Countess Zia, and Princess Mina and Sister, 48
  • Towing Witlnyut Separate Steering, 470
  • Traffic Signals Illuminated, " National Safety," 44
  • Transmission, A Cycleoar, 388,- 427
  • Transmission Sets, Moss, 63
  • TRIALS: Barcelona (King of Spain's Cup), 85, 104.
  • Birmingham M.C.C., 147. Sitg'es (Barcelona), 7 *
  • Trouble Detector, Locke, 124
  • Tyre: Covers, Utilizing Aid, 221. Equipment, The Ideal, 327. Inflator and Jack, Combined, 145. Restoring, Some Details'of, 74, 75
  • Tyre Inflatory Eco Air Station, 163
  • United Arts Rifle Volunteer Corps Parade, 190
  • Universal: A Toothed Gear, 361. Joints, Need for, 256 Upholstery, Concerning the, 131
  • U.S.A.—(See " America.")
  • Valve Caps, Concerning, 211, 212. Grinding Tool, A Simple, 398. Spring, Broken, Neglect of a, 304. Stem Protector, A Sliding, 221. Timing for Flywheel, Protractor to Mark the, 138. Trimmiag Tool, 40
  • Valve Grinder; " Marvel Jr.," 29
  • Valves, Carbon and Its Effect on, 155
  • Vanderbilt Memorial on the London-Worthing
  • Road, 148 Vaporizer: A Gauze Cone, 95. And Igniter, Com~
  • bined, 317. For Water-cooled Morgan, 79
  • Vaporizer, Brimak, 86 ' _,
  • Versailles, Palace of, 489 Vibration, Speeding Up to Lessen, 187, 183 Vulcanizer, Miles-Chemico, 43
  • Wales, The Prince of. 184
  • WAR: After Three Years, 189-191. Front, The' Kinj Inspects the Forces at the, 184. Time: in France, 141; Adventures in, or How Matilda Fetched the Petrol, 36, 37; Notice-boards in Essex, A, 245; Overhaul, An Amateur's, 52, 53; Repair Work in, 270, 271; Road Improvements, 367. Trenches, Art. in, 205, 293. Work: Cairo, In, 1916 Mode.l on, 123; On, 74, 75
  • Ware: High Cross, Monument to First " Aerial Traveller " at, 244. On Cambridge Road, A. Monument to Thomas Clarkson near, 288
  • Warning Devices: Borneo, 182. Cathedral Bell, 5
  • Washers: Cylinder Gaskets and, 250, 251. Fibre, Tool for Cutting, 14
  • Washing, Simplifying- Car, 230
  • Watch on the Steering Wheel, A, 182
  • Waters As a Decarbonizer, 154. Boils, Indicator When, 105. Injection, Device for, 361
  • Wear: Importance of Taking Up: " A Stitch in Time," 174, 175. Where to Look for, When Buying a Light Car, 192, 193
  • Wey, Beside the, Nea-r Newark Abbey, Surrey, 61
  • Wheel Drawer, Caloott, 456
  • Wheel, Rubber-cushioned Steel,. A Novel Type of, 68-
  • Wheels, Light Car, 233
  • Wimbledon, " Motor Cycling's " Rally at, 190
  • Windscreen Cleaners: "Clear Sight," 453. J.T., 5
  • Windscreen, Rain Shield for, 221
  • Winter: Garage Equipment, 442. Time, Storing a Car in, 499, 500
  • Wiring, Ignition, Tracing the, 213
  • Wisley Hut: Signpost "Impassable to Motors" Near, 206. The Last "Joy Riding" Sunday at, 451
  • Women's Reserve Ambulance (Motor Transport , Section), Joining the, 461
  • Workshop, Garage and, Plan of a, 235
  • Wormby, Flooded Lane Near, 223
  • Worm Drive and Differential, Diagrams Illustrating, 390
  • Wounded: An Outing for, 177. Outing at Stratford-on-Avon, 411. Soldiers' and Sailors' Outing: A Contrast in Vehicles, 80
  • Wray Hill, Lane Proceeding from, 482
  • Wrench, L. and L. Slot-lock, 163


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