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Box Van.
STAND No. 77.
T" products of the famous Renault works are always of exceptional interest, and the exhibits 'staged this year are excellent examples of Renault construction.
The 3 ton, 22 h.p. chassis, which is shown mounted on disc wheels provided with pneumatic tyres, has the usual Renault type of bonnet, dashboard and radiator. It is provided with a powerful foot brake at the rear of the kearbox and with final bevel drive. The rear springs are underslung from a banjo-type rear axle casing. This chaasis is sturdily designed throughout, but it does not appear by any means to be heavy, and has presumably been specially designed to run on pneumatic tyres, with which it is fitted. As usual in Continental practice, a sprag is fitted hinged to the rear axle, and *a spring-loaded 'drawbar is mounted on the rear end of the chassis to enable a trailer to be towed, and tow ing hooks are also fitted to the frame. In addition to the chassis, there is a smaller 15.9 h.p. 25 cwt. model also built to run on pneumatic tyres, and fitted with Michelin detachable disc wheels. Self-starter and lighting set are optional on this model, which has a special type of double-reduction rear axle and underslung rear springs. 'Ihe front portion of the chassis is the usual Renault type with a dashboard, radiator, and veined flywheel.
The chain tractor is an example of the application to peace-time purposes of constructional methods similar to those employed for light Tanks in the
war. This is fitted with a 22.4 h.p. engine, and has a 3 ton drawbar pull, enabling it to serve a variety of purposes, such as forestry work, hauling trucks, and so on, and for ploughing, it beingecapable of hauling a six-furrow plough.
The 15 cwt. van which, mounted on the 13.9 h.p. chassis, has been built for Galeries Lafayette, is a splendidly finished example of light delivery van conetruction; in which the French are making rapid strides.