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AT the new £35,000 motor showrooms and workshops which have been opened in Regent Street. Leeds, by Cox and Co. (Leeds), Ltd., the commercial vehicle has a prominent place, for this establishment is one of the few in the north of England which has a showroom exclusively for the display of lorries and vans. Another point of interest to the commercialvehicle owner is the ail-night repairs service.
There is room for the display of eight or nine vehicles, and Commer and Karrier products, of which the company is distributor for central Yorkshire, are specially featured.
The spare-parts department occupies the centre portion of the 300-ft. frontage of the building, so that the. stock of spare parts, together with tyres and so forth, can be seen through the large display windows in Regent Street.
Special provision for commercial vehicles has been made in the workshop, part of which has a 15-ft. clearance under the roof-beams, affording accommodation for vehicles with high
bodies. Repairs and overhauls are facilitated not only by the design of the 12 pits, but by the fact that, in addition to compressed air for operating drills, etc., lubricating oil is conveyed under pressure to each pit, so that greasing can he effected while other work is in progress. Compressed air is supplied throughont the building by Bristol plant incorporating two automatic-control compressors, each of 20 cubic-ft. capacity. Lubricant is provided by Tecalemit power-greasing 1‘14)
plant, which is also used in conjunction with a Laycock lift.
Under normal conditions, in the daytime, artificial light is unnecessary in the pits, as the workshop windows have been brought down to a convenient level. As the pits are on the same level as the sunk work-benches the mechanics walk from their benches straight under the vehicles. If an engine has to be removed from the chassis, it is lifted by a Vaughan overhead crane and dropped into the side portion of the pit, where the mechanic can deal with it.
On the ground floor is also a machine-tool shop, adequately equipped to tackle any ordinary job. Other equipment includes a Rotax batterycharging plant, with provision for over hauling batteries, and a Bendix electric brake tester.
On the upper storey, in addition to a large showroom there are a bouywork shop and a paint shop, fully equipped
for all cellulose work. •
Vehicles are taken up to the first floor by means of a ramp, at the bottom of which they pass over a metal strip,. which, making contact with an electric switch, operates a buzzer. This continues to sound until the vehicle has passed over another metal strip at the top of the ramp. A similar warning is given when vehicles descend the ramp.
An interesting feature of the receptipn office is the electric controlof. a. gate, through which admision. ig. gained to the workshop.