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Dennis Teal at Show : Tubeless Thornyerofts
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A DENNIS Teal chassis with pan technicon body will be shown for the first time in this country at Earls Court, on Stand 81. A Perkins P6 oil engine is used in conjunction with a Moss five-speed overdrive-top gearbox.
Originally built as an export passenger chassis, the wheelbase is 17 ft. 6 in. and the gross vehicle weight 81 tons.
Tubeless tyres will be fitted to three of the Thornycroft exhibits. The Swiftsurc 64--tonner has Firestone 9-22.5-in. (12-ply) tyres; the Trusty eight-wheeler has Dunlop 10-22.5-in. (12-ply) and the export Trident chassis, Goodyear 11-22.5-in. (12-ply).
M.P.T.A. ESSAY RESULTS
ESULTS have been announced in the 1956 essay competition of the Municipal Passenger Transport Association open to administrative and supervisory staffs and operating staffs. They are as follows:— Section 1, administrative staffs: first prize, ff. F. Hentsiey. Ashton-under-Lyne, for essay on meeting requirements with economy; second prize, J. E. Hilton. Bolton, essay on recruitment and training; third prize, H. Miller, Doncaster, essay on recruitment and training.
Section II, operating staffs: first prize, H. Si. Vincent Reechey, London Transport, essay on crnineSy: second prize, R, .1. Thorpe, Northanmton, essay on peak traffic; third prize, F. Holland, Salford. essay on alternatives to staggered hours.
EQUIPMENTFOR AUCTION
CONSEQUENT upon the purchase of the old-established business of the Grange Motor Co., Bradford, by A.B.C. Garages (Bradford), Ltd., an auction sale of garage equipment and components surplus to the buyers' requirements will be held on September 20 at 10.30 a.m. The stock includes spares for Bedford and Morris-Commercial vehicles, a breakdown tender, many bench and hand tools, office furniture and stores equipment.