Pre-test to MoT
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• A test centre designed and equipped to Ministry of Transport standards, at which a full test with written report will be performed for fees ranging from £2 lOs for a two-axle vehicle, was opened by the Appleyard organization in Leeds last week. The centre occupies a portion of the premises vacated by the coachbuilding department, a section of which has been transferred to a new plant at Gateshead-on-Tyne.
Mr. John Limb, joint managing director, said the equipment available was almost precisely the same as in the MoT test centres. The test report that would be supplied in each case exactly followed the official report, with reasons for any failures being given in writing.
The scheme was designed to ensure that when vehicles from either large or small operators were submitted to the official test centre they would be in a condition to pass satisfactorily and without delay. The Appleyard test bay would also prove a useful diagnosis centre for its commercial vehicle workshops. The shops themselves were due for extension during the next 12 months and this would make more space available to meet the increasing size of commercial units.
Mr. George Churcher, BMC regional commercial sales manager, commented that those who had their own maintenance facilities would do well to remember that when submitted to Ministry test centres vehicles would be examined by trained inspectors who were not necessarily mechanics.
The Appleyard centre will be worked on a booked appointment system. Test fees for three-axle vehicles will be £3 lOs and for four-axle vehicles £4 10s.