Tilling : Stand 21.
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21] THE NEW TILLING MODELS. [21
Load. H.P. Drive. Price (a) 1 ton 15 Worm 415*
2. tons 20 .3 495* (a) Complete with tires.
* Examples staged at Olympia.
Thos. Tilling, Ltd., as we have recently announced, is building two chassis of entirely its own design. These were intended
originally to meet the requirements of its own extensive contracting department, but for some time maw they have been on offer to the motor-purchasing public. They are both highly-satisfactory models, of pleasing design and undoubtedly strong construction. Both machines are built on precisely the same lines, but, unlike the practice of some other manufacturers. who offer a number of models of different capacity yet constructed from the same parts, these two Tilling vehicles are tinct from front to back. The small machine has a nicely-designed fourcylinder engine, with cylinders of 80 ram. bore, and a piston-stroke of 120 mat, the drive being transmitted through a cone clutch, three-speed-and-reverse gearbox to the worm-driven live axle, the axle being so designed that the worm, worm wheel and differential gear may be moved bodily without necessitating the use of a jack or disconnecting any of the brake gear. The two-tonner, as already stated, is built on the same lines, but it has a 90 mm. by 125 mm. engine, its gearbox is provided with four speeds and reverse, and its axle is, of course, of more sturdy design to take the extra load. On the dashboard of both chassis, as well as of the two vehicles exhibited, A.T. speedometers are mounted, and
these are driven from pulleys fixed on the forward end of the cardan
shaft. Iii both sizes of chassis, both pairs of brakes are mounted directly upon the back wheels, the footbrake being of the expanding type, whilst the side brakes are of the band type, but it should be noted that there are entirely separate concentric brake drums with separate connections to the east-Pt-eel wheels, so that there need be no fear of undue heating of the drums as might be the case were both sets of brake blocks opecatmg on the same drum. A bullion van on a one-ton chassis, and a. smart two-ton stiff-sided canvas-covered van, are also shown.