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PARCELCAR PROGRESS
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ipl\,1*, FRANCE
A Review of the Various Continental Threewheeled Machines Exhibited at the French Motorcycle Show
THE popularity in Prance of the light parcelcar shows a steady increase, and whilst until recently the motorcycle type of three-wheeled machine with forecarriage box attachment held the field, makers are now getting away from conventional design: The usual Paris industrialvehicle show is not being held this year, but in the Salon de in Motocyclette, which has just closed, threewheeled vehicles of any description were allowed to be exhibited.
Particularly interesting machines are the new Galland models. Messrs. Galland have built up an excellent reputation for themselves with tricars of the motorcycle type and their existing range of these machines is being continued. The new Gallands, however, are more imposing.
One model has front-wheel drive, the wheel being supported on only One side. The power unit employed is the new Train 500 c.c. four-cylindered engine with three-speed-andreverse gearbox. The front-wheel suspension is distinctly original, as the wheel supports are articulated to twin five-leaf quarter-elliptic springs, mounted vertically.
This model, which has chain transmission, is supplied alternatively with a J.A.P. 600 c.c. engine. The Train unit has turbine-fan cooling with a neat air jacketing over the cylinders.
Another new Galland model with rear drive also employs the Train engine, with three-speed-and-reverse gearbox and cardan-shaft transmission. This is a well-made and useful looking machine. It has a weldedtube frame, a feature of which is the robust triangular forward member extending to the front axle: The frame for the goods box is in pressed steel.
The original motorcycle-type Galland is supplied in three models, E30 namely, a 500 kilo. machine with 600 c.c. J.A.P. engine, a 400 kilo. machine with 500 c.c. J.A.P. unit and a 300 kilo. vehicle with 350 c.c. J.A.P. engine.
Prices in France range from 9,800 francs for the smallest model up to 12900 francs for the front-wheeldrive type with four-cylindered engine and enclosed two-door driver's cab.
The excellent little Villard carrier appeared again with various modifications and improvements. The original Villards all had two-stroke engines and friction gear, whilst the front wheel was supported on only one side.
The latest Villard has a Chaise 500 e.e. monobloc four-stroke engine incorporating a three-speed-andreverse gearbox, with chain transmission to the front wheel. This model takes useful loads of from 500 kilos. to 600 kilos. The machine has an exceedingly light, but stiff, pressed-steel frame with quarterelliptic springs attached to the rear axle and front forks. Full forks are employed in this model, Villard Reputation.
Villard parcelcars have earned a splendid reputation in Paris, where for some years past they have been a familiar sight on the streets. Some of the big Paris stores maintain quite important fleets of these little machines. Prices are from 8,800 francs up to 10,500 francs.
Another interesting vehicle which is quite distinct from the motorcycle type is the Austral. This is a reardrive machine with a pressed-steel frame and chain transmission. A spring-loaded jockey sprocket is employed to maintain the correct tension on the driving chain. Pressedsteel front forks with duplex coil springs and a rather curious pattern of handlebar steering_are used. The sheet-steel sides of the seat frame are in one piece with the chassis side members and the fuel tank is mounted on the off side of the seat frame.
Hand Starting.
A Sturmey-Archer engine and a three-speed-and-reverse gearbox are fitted and the engine is started by means of a lever at the back of the driver's seat—a " keek a la main," as the salesman proudly informed us I (Kick starter commande par levier b. main.) Rear suspension is by quarter-elliptic springs mounted the reverse way up.
Steel box bodies of various types are provided and the price in France for the standard machine is 9,950 francs with a supplement of 650 francs for electric lighting.
Juery, one of the oldest-established French parcelcar firms, are making no drastic change• in their design for 1931, but have embodied acme minor modifications in their latest machines. Rigid brake-control rods are now employed instead of cables and all three brakes are now operated by one pedal.
The Juery is of sound design and construction and has met with a well-deserved success in France. The engine is of the 350 c.c, twostroke pattern mounted horizontally. An improvement in 'the latest Juery is the fitting of a reverse gear. This practice is now extremely popular amongst French commercialtricar makers. The engine is easily accessible and transmission arrangements are well laid out. The primary drive from engine to gearbox is enclosed.
The forward part of the frame, which takes the front axle and supports the box, is built up from robust pressed-steel members and the whole outfit is most convincing. As in the majority of the forecar-type machines, the spare wheel is carried on the rear end of the goods box.
The Bert commercial forecarriage is an attachment which can be fitted to a great number of existing motorcycles. A feature cf the design is car-type steering, which is not employed in• the case of parcelcars having boxes at the front. The Bert is built in heavy-gauge steel tubing and the ends of the axle are substantial steel castings. The total weight of the attachment is only 60 kilos.
La Marne, which was a newcomer to the Show this year, is a parcelcar of the conventional motorcycle type, having a 350 c.c. two-stroke engine with Staub three-speed gearbox, This machine is made for hire-contract work.
One of the finest examples of the motorcycle-type carrier marketed in France is the Motosacoche, one of which was shown on the firm's stand. This machine has a substantial brazed frame and is fitted with an M.A.G. 350 c.c. over head-valve engine. •
Addresses of the various firms whose trim.' have been mentioned are as follow:—Galland. 16, Rue Chauvelot, Paris; Willard. 25, Boulevard Bonne Nouvelle, Paris; Austral, '7, Rue de Is Republique, Puteaux. Seine; Juery. 8, Rue dis Jarente, Paris; Bert, 8, Avenue Victor Hugo, Romans, Drams; Marne, 65, Boulevard Arago, Paris; Motosacoche, Acacias, Geneva.
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