FORD PRICE REVISIONS nWING to increased manufacturing
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%.-/costs, to commercial vehicles in the range of the Ford Motor Co., Ltd., have been increased in price. The Fordson 5-cwt. chassis now costs £99 and as a van sells for 2119. The 10-cwt. ,chassis is priced at £130 and, in van form, is marketed at 2165.
In the Thames range, the 25-35-cwt. chassis is listed at 2190. The ambulance chassis, which has an eighttylindered engine, sells for 2235. This model in lorry form costs £222 and as a van, 2260. The 2-3-tonner, in chassis form, is priced at 2231 and, as a lorry, at 2275; as a van it sells for £319. The 4:6-tonner, with a wheelbase of 9 ft. 10 ins., now sells at the following prices:—Chassis, ,2264; tipping chassis, 2269; chassis and cab, £291; lorry, 2308; hydraulic endtipper with fixed sides, 2380, with drop sides, 2390. The same-capacity model with a wheelbase of 11 ft. 111 ins, is listed at 2277 as a chassis, 2310 as a chassis and cab, and £332 as a lorry.
Optional tyre equipment is available on all the Thames models and any deviation from standard increases the price.
West Suffolk's Tender Needs
TENDERS are invited by West 1 Suffolk County Council for the haulage of road materials from railway stations and gravel pits, and the hire of steam rollers and petrol lorries, for the year Wing March 31, 1941. Particulars may be obtained from the County Surveyor, Shire Hall, Bury St. Edmund's, and tenders close on January 29.
Caravan Maker Turns to Trailers WIE are advised that Ace Caravans, WV Ltd., Moor Lane, Staines, has, since the war, changed the nature of its manufacturing activities from caravans to trailers, and that it is now producing trailer soup kitchens, coffee bars and similar equipment for the women's voluntary services. It is also submitting specifications to a number of companies for trailers for gas producers.
Invidious Rationing Creates Unfair Competition
THAT Liverpool and Manchester con1 cerns should be prevented from using their motorvans to dump bread and confectionery in the North Wales towns was urged at last week's meeting of the Rhyl Individual Traders' Association. It was stated that supplies of petrol for North Wales bakers had been cut down to a minimum, yet Manchester and Liverpool concerns were able to obtain supplementary rations that rendered it possible for them to send vans to North Wales. These vans returned home empty.
It was decided that representatives of the Association should attend the next meeting of the Rhyl Bakers' Association with a view to taking joint action in the interests of the North Wales bakery trade.