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MEM old-establisd concern of Paul_ hard-Levasser is showing three productions, each in chassis form, then being a 21-tonner with long wheelbase, a 41-tonner with a 61aort wheelbase, and
2i-tonner with Gazogene gas-producer plant. This plant will interest Colonial users, as it is simple and effective and does not take up an undue amount of space; actually, in external appearance, the plant consists of two vertical cylinders slung on a special frame, one on each side of the chassis, and each about 18 ins, diameter, with a height of some 4 ft. The fuel recommended is wood charcoal, and the engine, which is, of course, of the sleevevalve type, is particularly suitable for running on gas. The bore is 105 mm., as against 85 mm. for the equivalent petrol engine, so that the power outpat is adequate for the chassis weight.
Space will not permit of a thorough explanation of the gas-producer plant, so that it must suffice to say that it is designed on thoroughly sound lines suitable for transport work. It will, of course, be realized that the Panhard toncern has had a lengthy experience with gas-producer vehicles and the decision to market them on a commercial scale was only reached after many years of experimental work.
The two other chassis shown are, of course, also provided with fourcylinder sleeve-valve engines, and it will be recalled that Messrs. Panhard Levassor pioneered the use of steel sleeves coated with white metal. All the chassis are workmanlike jobs, a point being that they are exhibited in the form in which they are regularly produced, no attempt having been made to finish them specially for exhibition.
The Panhard four-cylindered engine is a very neat job and, as is usual with sleeve-valve power units, individual pink heads of the detachable type are fitted to each of the cylinders. Each pink head forms a seal for the sleeves and the cylinder bores and carries a sparking plug at the centre.
In each of the chassis the specification includes pneumatic tyres, twin wheels at the rear, unit-constructed gearbox, enclosed propeller shaft, and semi-elliptic springs fore and aft. On the petrol-driven units a good feature is the thorough beating of the air pipr to its admission to the carburetter, and the degree of heat applied can be regulated by means of a simple valve.