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W E have heard recently of cases in which it has been suggested by manufacturers that their guarantees are inoperative in respect of chassis if the bodies employed by operators are of larger dimensions than the standard types of coachwork offered.
This situation appears to present very awkward possibilities ; readers who are thinking of purchasing special bodies to meet their particular needs should make certain of the validity of the guarantee before placing orders.
IN recent years one of the most troublesome items in connection with vehicle maintenance has been the need for frequent reboring of cylinder blocks. B18 In the private-car world this is sometimes first undertaken after so small a mileage as 12,000. Commercial vehicles usually run a far greater distance than this. One of the best figures we have heard recently is 140,000 miles with a Garner chassis.
A WELL-KNOWN designer has adopted a novel method of .pushing through experimental work at a rapid rate. He will give a man an urgent task and then bet him five to one that he will not complete it by a certain time. Almost invariably the man wins, but the expedition with which the work is performed is worth the loss of the bet—and often a good deal more besides. A STRIKING feature of the first France-Germany football match played recently was the arrival of German spectators in motor coaches from the Rhine towns of Bonn, Cologne, etc. It may sound incredible to English readers, but the idea of using motor coaches for really long-distance work is something of a novelty to the Paris public. These fine German coaches. utterly different from anything to be seen in the Paris. district, created a profound impression on the crowd, and we overheard more than one "Why can't we do the same?" comment. No fewer than 15,000 German spectators saw the match, most of them arriving by special trains, but a fair proportion by coach. FOR some time a method of hardening known as the Cloudburst has been in operation ;this consists of allowing a large number of steel balls to fall upon the surface of the metal to be treated. Now a new process has been discovered. It con-. slots of passing the metal through a magnetic field; the effect is known to persist for months and there is no reason to believe that it is other than permanent. At first the treatment causes a temporary decrease of hardness and then an increase sets in and continues to grow for several hours or, maybe, days. Thus does science help to reduce wear, tO the benefit of industry and the user of the materials.