
Rally Review, December 1969
Tour De Corse Although British rallyists, both professional and amateur, have always supported French events, particularly the Alpine Rally, it has always been noticeable that few Frenchmen indeed venture over…
A NOVEL EXHIBITION AT OLYMPIA.
Alexander Duckham & Co.’s exhibit of non-gumming, non-freezing ADCOL ‘ lubricants includes a petrol engine turning at high speed and illustrating one way in which unsuitable oil reduces efficiency. The valve mechanism can be examined by means of a special lamp, which renders visible the action of rapidly moving parts somewhat in the same way as the slow-motion cinema does. Thus the delayed closing of a badly lubricated valve can be watched, although actually it occupies only a few thousandths of a second.