KARRIER PASSENGER - VEHICLE DELIVERIES.
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Brief Details of a Bus and a Coach Body Mounted on a Popular Make of Cl.assis.
T114}3 demand for the JKL passenger chassis produced by Karrier Motors. Ltd., of Huddersfield, continues to be very satisfactory, and the many orders received by the company during recent months afford definite evidence of the 'popularity of thiS model which is nor
molly built to carry 32-seater bodies.
Although this particular chassis has achieved considerable success in passenger-transport circles, a sphere of use for which it was specifically designed, the power and speed which it possesses, coupled with a low frame height and the generous loadint space, are features which have fostered its use as a specialpurpose, goods-carrying vehicle. This is suggested by the fact that furniture removers and similar classes of user figure prominently on the list of owners of JKL-type vehicles.
The engine is a four-eylindered unit, developing 47 b.h.p. at a normal speed of 1,000 r.p.m. ; its bore is 41 ins, and its stroke 6 ins. The power is taken through a cone-type clutch to a fourspeed and reverse gearbox, and thence to a rear axle of the inverted wormdriven type.
Illustrations of recent passengervehicle deliveries which the company has made are shown on this page. One is of a 32-seater bus supplied through R. Bomber and Co., Ltd., of Southport, to Mr. J. Wood, of islirfield, Yorkshire. The bodywork of this vehicle was executed by the Northern Counties Motor and Engineering Co., Ltd. In this
model the driving position is alongside the engine ; the passengers' door is on the near side at the front. the actual opening being well recessed. The double. cambered roof gives ample headroom above the central gangway, which separates seats of the semi-bucket type, these being upholstered in hide and affording a good degree of comfort. Interior lighting is attended to by a 12
volt C.A.V. set, which is standard equipment on thid model. All fittings, amongst which may be mentioned parcel-racks, smoker's companions and grab handles, are nickel-plated.
The other vehicle which is illustrated Is a 26-seater all-weather coach, and in this case the, driving position is behind the engine. This body was constructed by Jackson's (Manchester), Ltd., and is somewhat unusual in that the rear part forms an enclosed saloon. Accommodation for 14 passengers is provided in the main ocotillo.' section, access to which is gained by a door situated on the near side, whilst the rear saloon is luxuriously appointed and is equipped with a collapsible card and dining table. The fixed roof of this part, which has an underdrawing of plush, carries a luggage rail and is provided with wearing slats and two ventilators. A folding ladder is brought into use for reaching this part of the body.
All the windows, with the exception, of that on the right-hand side of the driver, are made to be lowered, and their operation is regulated by means of Rawlings side-locking gear. The sliding hood which covers the front part of the vehicle is neat in appearance and when the hoop-sticks and covering are folded back, they are not unsightly. The owner is the Broughton Motor Transit Co., Ltd7, of Manchester.