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MHE concern of G. Sem:amen and 1 Nephew, Ltd, which has its works at 46, Fashion Street, London, E.1, is well known throughout the country in connection with its engineering work hi the servicing of steam wagons, heavy motor lorries, etc., as well as for its department engaged in building bodies for goods-carrying vehicles.
The company recently decided to take up the construction of bodies for passenger vehicles and, as the depot at Fashion Street could not accommodate a new department, a separate coachbuilding works has been equipped on the Great North Road, at North Finchley, London, N.12. This department is in charge of Mr. W. W. Bureh, who has lately joined the company, and who has had roore than 20 years of experience in coaehbuilding.
• We have -paid a visit to the new works and watched the completion of the first batch of half a dozen coaches. Four fine Leyland Tigers, part of an order for 12 such vehicles, have just been completed for the South Midland Motor Services, Ltd., of Oxford, and a number of A.E.C. Regal vehicles is ott hand for the Samuelson New Transport Co., Ltd., London.
We examined carefully the method of construction of bodies that are at present on the stocks, and the system adopted appears to be common with that practised by most of the prominent modern coaehbuilders. Steel-flitehed oak floor bearers are employed as the basis for orthodox ash framing with steel corner plates and flitching wher
ever necessary. The vehicles we examined had steel outer panelling and plywood inner panelling, and were of
pleasing general appearance. Those for the Samuelson concern, having A.E.C. Regal chassis, are equipped With Sunsaloon all-weather heads, whilst the Leyland 28-seaters for the South Midland Co. have fixed roofs of the doublecamber type, affording a headroom of 6 ft. 3 ins, above the gangway. A point of interest in connection with these vehicles is that the near-side door is located amidships, behind the second bank of seats.
The seats are of the type embodying coil springs and Sorbo cushioning, and are covered in figured moquette, having fixed neck rests and padded arm rests, with leather side facings. Inward-facing single seats are placed over the wheel-arches, and a bank of three seats, behind the rear axle, is opposite the emergency door, which is on the• offside of the vehicle. The interior colour scheme of the South Midland vehicles is one in which maroon predominates. AU the interior fittings are chromium plated, and the equipment is complete in every way.