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Vehicles
U.S.A. a Year ARECENT entry into the Hon 4 •x 4 field is the International Harvester 'Co., U.S.A., who are now in production with a vehicle of this type called the International Scout: It has a gross weight rating of 11 tons and is powered by a . four-cylindered petrol engine developing 93.4 h.h.p. (gross) at 4,400 r.p.m., the gross torque _output being 142.7 lb.-ft. at 2,400 r.p.rn. This 2.489-litre unit is essentially one half of the International 5-litre V-8 engine used in medium-duty goods vehicles, and it is mounted in the chassis at an angle of 45°.
The Scout has a three-speed synchromesh main gearbox and two-speed transfer box. This auxiliary section is fitted only to 4 x 4 versions, however: there is a 4 x 2 model in production also, and this has "a straight three-speed transmission. Driven axles have hypoidbevel final-drive gearing, and Pow r-Lok limited-slip differentials are offered.
Suspension is by semi-elliptic springs at both axles, controlled • by telescopic dampers, and hydraulic brakes are employed, the hand brake taking effect on the rear wheels only. The Scout has a normal-control chassis layout, and the standard model has a. cab, the top of which can be removed and the windscreen folded down. A full-length roof can be supplied as optional equipment. The vehicle is 12 ft. 10 in. long overall, the load space being 5 ft long. Maximum speed is in the region of 80 m.p.h.
U.S. Fuel Pump Available
THE American Bendix electric fuel pump can now be obtained in this country from Motor Books and Accessories, 33 St Martin's Court, St. Martin's Lane, London, W.C.2. Weighing only 1 lb. 13 oz., it has a pumping capacity of 25 gal, an hour and all parts of the electrical circuit are hermetically sealed.
The Bcndix is to be retailed at £10 13s., and Jack Brabham (Motors), Ltd., of Chessington, Surrey, have been appointed servicing agents, MAGIRUS-DEUTZ LORRIES MADE IN YUGOSLAVIA
THE Yugoslav vehicle-producing concern, Tovarna Avtomobilov Maribor, have started, under licence, the production of .Magirus-Deutz 4k-metric-ton goods vehicles. The Yugoslav firm, which plans a 1961 production of 2,800 goods vehicles and 320 buses, has received an order from Turkey for 80 goods vehicles and buses worth 650,000 U.S. dollars.
FRANCO-GERMAN LINK
THE West German producer of heavy road goods vehicles, Faun-Werke Karl Schmidt, of Nuremberg, has formed a joint subsidiary in Paris with the French company Societe' des Forges et Chantiers de la Mediterranee. The move is stated to be a preparation for the start of production in France or heavy goods vehicles. DURING last year more than 1,120,000 commercial vehicles were manufactured in Western Europe, compared with a 1950 output of only 467,000. This is recorded in statistics issued by the Organiz.ation for European Economic Co-operation, from Geneva.
With the exception of 1958, when Federal Germany took over the lead by a hair's breadth, only to lose it again in the following year, the United Kingdom has for the past decade been the biggest single producer of commercial vehicles in Western Europe, according to 0.E.E.C. figures.
The importance of its role has, however, tended to diminish over the years, Whereas in 1950 and 1951, Britain was turning out more commercial vehicles than France, West Germany, Italy and Austria put together. U.K. production last year accounted for under 41 per cent. of the commercial vehicle output in Western Europe.
U.K. production rose from a monthly average of 21,800 in 1950, to 38,200 last year.
Federal Germany, next on the list to the United Kingdom, with a 1960 average monthly output of 31,700, has recorded production increases for every year since 1950, with the exception of a slight fall in 1953 from the 1952 total.
French production rose from 8,400 units a month in 1950 to 19,500 units last year. Italian output increased from 1,100 units a month in 1950 to 4,000 a mOnth in 1960. Over the period 1958 to 1960, production rose by almost 100 per cent. Austrian output doubled over the 10-year period from 200 units to 400 units a month.
North American production is also included for the decade in the 0.E.E.C. lists. This, unlike that of Western Europe, fell over the period, in the case of the United States from 111,400 units to 99,700 units per month, and in the case of Canada from 8,800 units to only 5,900 units.