Commercial Motors Well Represented at
Page 43
Page 44
If you've noticed an error in this article please click here to report it so we can fix it.
THE FORD SHOW
A New Fordson 2-former with Forward Control. A V-8 Ambulance. Varied Display of Interesting Conversions and Attachments and Machines for Many Special Purposes
ANEW Fordson 2-tonner and a new eight-cylindered ambulance are being exhibiteefor tjle first time at the Ford Motor Exhibition, which opened yesterday at the Royal Albert Hall, Kensington Gore, London, W.7, and remains open until October 20.
The outstanding feature of the new 2-tonner is that it has forward control and a 118-in. wheelbase. Two examples are on view on the main floor, the onebeing a lorry, strikingly coloured, and the other a van tastefully finished in cream and red. In the main this model closely resembles previous Ford sons, having the same engine. The body space available, however, is 10 ft. 44 ins.
With regard to the new ambulance, the basis of this is the Ford ambulance chassis, with the well-known V-type eight-cylindered engine, which gives silent and vibrationless running, with high speed and acceleration—features of first importance for the class of work for which it is to be used.
On the main floor there are also examples of Ford 5-cwt. and 10-cwt. vans, Ford 1-ton and 50-cwt. lorries and vans, and a number of models of the Fordson 2-tonner, to be seen with 131-in. and 157-in, wheelbases and, as band and hydraulic tippers. A noteworthy feature of all these vehicles is the variety of finish employed.
Six-wheelers are represented by a Fordson Surrey chassis with trailing
rear wheels, and a Fordson Sussex chassis in which power is transmitted to all four wheels of the bogie.
Outside the main floor, in one of the surrounding bays, the Ford Motor Co., Ltd., is showing a large-capacity Luton-type van finished in grey, and a breakdown truck equipped with crane, etc.
Among the numerous exhibits of Ford agents and dealers, one that is attracting much attention is the new Peritractor shown by s W. Harold Perry, Ltd., Invicta Works, North Finchley, London, N.12. This machine is founded on a Fordson low-gear chassis, cut down and modified for use as a road tractor, for hauling trailers with pay-load capacities up to 5 tons. For ease of inameuvring it is provided with a towing attachment at the front,
as well as at the rear. The unit complete, with full equipment, costs only £285.
Another speciality of a Ford agent is the Pullmore articulated conversion, carried out by Pullmore Six-wheelers, Ltd., The Broadway, Cricklewood,
London, N.W.2. In this case the attachment is superimposed on the Fordson chassis, and has a capacity of 5 tons, whilst the body can be up to 20 ft. long.
The Pullmore rigid-extension fourwheeled bogie for Ford 30-cwt. and Fordson 2-ton chassis is shown by A. Ferraris, Ltd„ The Broadway, Crickle wood, London, N.W.2. These rigid conversions can carry 4-5-ton payloads, whilst weighing under 24tons and affording 15 ft. of body space. This concern is also exhibiting its hand tipping gear, the Edbro hydraulic tipping gear, its new tensioning rod for stiffening up rear axles, its Loadmore helper springs, needle-roller-bearing universal joints, and chain tracks.
An interesting Luton-type body made by Wallace Can and Co., 31 and 43, Acre Lane, London, S.W.2, has a capacity of 930 cubic feet, although the complete Fordson van, with 157-in. wheelbase, weighs less than 50 cwt.
Operators who already own Fordson chassis will be interested in the forward-control conversion to be seen on the stand of Wallis and Co. (Long Eaton), Ltd., Nottingham Road, Long Eaton. The exhibit is a converted long-wheelbase Fordson with a body space of 15 ft.
An all-steel body with tipping equipment made by the Wood Hydraulic Hoist Co., Ltd., 1-3, Brixton Road, ,London, S.W.9, is among the outerE26 floor exhibits. It is shown by the Ford company mounted on a FordsonSussex six-wheeled chassis. In the same section is a vehicle with appeal to the agriculturist, another Ford ex. hibit comprising a double-deck cattle carrier. It is suitable for cows, sheep or horses.
This class of user will find interest in the Fordson tractors on view, one of which is equipped with Firestone pneumatic tyres for agricultural usage.
4-ft.-track tractor conversion is shown by Stanhay, Ltd., Tunbridge Wells, which concern also has on view . certain attachments for Fordson tractors, including a front power-takeoff and a 7-in, finger-cleated wheel.
The passenger side of the industry is catered for by Harold J. Willett, Ltd., Colchester, by a luxurious 20-seater coach, the basis of which is the Ford V-8 chassis. This vehicle, we under stand, conforms to Ministry of Transport regulations, and is specially noteworthy for its excellence of finish and comprehensiveness of equipment.
Repairers and maintenance engineers will find equipment of interest on the stands of Thomas and Bishop, 37, Tabernacle Street, London, E.C.2; Attwood and Sons, Preston: John. Peace and Sons, Sheffield, 3; and Wolverhampton Steel and Iron Co., Ltd., Wolverhampton, whilst in this connection the display of abrasive wheels and other grinding requisites of the Anglo Abrasive Works, Ltd., Alperton Lane, Wembley, should not be missed.
Another sphere of activity in which the commercial vehicle plays a prominent part is the collection-of refuse. This has not been neglected by the Ford Motor Co., Ltd., a 7-cubic-yd. refuse collector, with pedal-operated dustless covers, being found amongst its outer-floor exhibits.
Visitors should not neglect to visit the group of machines equipped with
Ford industrial power units. OutStanding among these exhibits are a Drys-. dale fire-pump trailer (Drysdale and Co., Ltd., Glasgow) shown by John Vere and Co., Northwich; a Ford ea-. gine equipped to run on producer-gas generated from charcoal, anthracite or coke, shown by High Speed Gas (Great Britain), Ltd., 26, Victoria Street, London, S.W.1 ; a Tructractor, made by Millar's Machinery Co., Ltd., Bishop's Stortford, which has a Ford 24 h.p. engine, a carrying capacity of 2 tons, and is built for industrial purposes.
In this section two light tractors, for golf-course and sports-ground usage, and a 1-ton roller with Ford 8 h.p. engine are shown by H. Pattisson and Co.. Ltd., Stanmore, Middlesex.
Of considerable general interest are the exhibits displaying the facilities offered by the Ford concern and the precision of workmanship employed in its factories. Examples of the latter on view are instruments capable of measuring parts to one-millionth of an inch, and of the former, the display representing how used power units are rebuilt with as much care as new ones in connection with the concern's engine exchange plan.