Prize-winning Bodywork Designs
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THE annual exhibition of the work entered for the drawing and handicraft competitions arranged jointly by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders, the Coach Makers Company and the Institute of British Carriage and Automobile Manufacturers, was held in London, from April 18-25. The bodywork-drawing competitions included one for designs of a doubledeck bus and another for any type of commercial vehicle.
Mr. C. J. Fleming, of Woking, won the first prize of £20 and a silver medal for his design of a 50-seater frontentrance double-deck body mounted on an A.E.C. Regent oil-engined chassis. The entrance had a sliding door mounted on Sunsaloon fittings and operated by a Peters vacuum appliance.
B42' There were 24 seats in the lower saloon, including two single seats beside each wheel-arch. The upper saloon had a sunk off-side gangway. This all-metal body had tubular-section pillars as patented by MetropolitanC,ammell-Weymann Motor Bodies, Ltd. Widney-Stuart half-drop windows were equipped with Quicktho continuous glass louvres.
The second prize of 210 and a bronze medal was awarded to Mr. R. A. Jones, of Leeds, for his design of an all-metal double-decker incorporating an A.E.C. Q-type chassis. This body had a central entrance with Peters vacuum-operated sliding doors hung on Beclawat hangers and guides. There were 28 seats in each saloon. Tubular framework was utilized for the seats and emergency exits. As there were only three competitors, no third prize was awarded.
In the competition for a pen-and-ink drawing of any type of commercial vehicle, other than for passengers, there were again only three competitors and the sole award made was a special prize of £3. This was gained by Mr. W. Sturman, of Acton, London, W.3, for a design of a Morris-Oxford commercial-traveller's brougham with side and rear display cases. This was a streamlined body similar in outline to a private two-door saloon.
There was a good display of entries for the handicraft competitions, which covered all branches of the bodybuilding industry, also an exhibition of class work done by the students of the Polytechnic Motor Car Body Building School.