• Strachan and Brown, Ltd.
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Stand No: 39.,
STRACHAN and . Brown, Lid., 14, Leonard Place, Kensington, London, W.., will be showing on Stand No. 39 a 201seater body mounted on a Republic chassis, and a 33-seatei. but body mounted on a Tilling-Stevens .thassis. Both busts have front entrance, and the
larger of the two is fitted With an emerg .
ency door at the rear. A -unique feature of this -singie-deeker is the provision of • drop window along each side of the .bodies. There are. no -fewer than eight in the smaller body and 12 in the larger body. This new window, which is covered by a, Iprovisional patent, maybe adjusted to any height with a couple of fingers, since it. is fully balanced, and is locked rigidly in place by depressing a small lever lying Thnugly at the back of the garnish rail. 'This lever actuates a small shaft connected with suitable gearing at each end, which sets in motion a neat sliding wedge action which works along the full length of each side of the glass -frame, whatever, its position in the run,
and also along the cant rail at the top. The window is suitable for side, back or door lights and for any vehicle with a full door running from floor to roof.
The main object in the, design of these bodies has been the elimination of unnecessary weight., and of special interest are the steel channel roof corner brackets, while the roof boarding? produced in the company's own sawmills, is about half the weight. usually adopted.
The buses are elegantly upholstered In moquette, whilst the insides of the pillars and other members of the framework are finished in the company's own design of mouldings and finishes. It should be mentioned that Messrs Strachau and Brown are also building for other exhibitors examples of their winter tops for converting summer coaches ieto winter vehicles. This roof is similarly constructed to the single-deck omnibus body, and it enables an open-type vehicle to be completely protected without the need for structural alterations of any kind.