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-Daimler Engine Details Wanted.
[43261 (DurhairlY.L1Wehave' no doubt that if you get into touch with Air -Daimler Co., Ltd„ they will let you have any literature you may require concerning the 'chassis. you are about to drive, and -in particular regarding the engine.. The address of the company
IS Daimler Works, 'Coventry.. • .
Farm Tractor Regulations.
[4327] T.C.—Your farm tractor comes under the ordinary ,Motor Car Act, and providing you do not fit spuds..to the tyres you merely have to.00mply with the terms of: that Act. The driver will have to be licensed, and the tractor will bear a registered .number, whilst the trailer will bear, at its rear, the registered number of the tractor.
Are Char-a-bancs Pleasure Trips Stopped ? • [328] (Stourbridge).=Permission is frequently given to. proprietors of chars-a-ban.es to carry niumtion workers on pleasure trips. We have no doubt that you entripetitor ib aware of this and, has been
• taking the fullest advantage of it. No doubt, if you were esked to take ont.such a party, and if you askedthe permission of your local authority, who is most likely the chief of the police force, you 'would be allowed to do so.
Starting a Small Workshop for Their Own Repairs: 143291 '(Calcutta).—You will be able to deduce from oar, articles on "The Agent's Year," commencing at No. 5, which. appeared in our issue of the 25th January last, several useful hints on the equipment of a small repair shop for the care Of your fleet of six vehicles., You should also read our " Approved Depots" series. with the sameobject. We do not mean. to say that; you need all the machinery arid. appliances 'which 4 commercial vehicle. agent requires,' but by reading these articles you will-be able to judgequite.well what is'esSeritial to your ptirpose, in'addition'you purchase andread -" Mater RepairWork" you will theta be -adequately informed on the subject of workshop
equipment • •
Chain of Live Axle ?
[4O] (Lancashire) will be quite safe if, hi
choosing your new chassii,'yon ignore the question of final drive -altogether. In a well-designed chasSis, turned. out by a•maier of repute, anyof the types on the market will give geed and reliable service. The " Inspector" in his recent 'article, treated in the main of war experiences, lie May not, in this ease at least, bn taken to literally in aespect of commercial use. He Would, we think, be the first to admit the excellent service which has been, and is being, rendered by the live-axle type of ehaSsis in all departments of corn, mercial use. There is no doubt, moreover, that the war caught many of our makers with their rear axle designs in a state of transition from the Older type of cast easing to the 'More modern style which incorpoaates 4 double banjo shape steel forging as the load
bearing component. .
a the design of several of those forgings, as we are well aware,-there Were radieal faults in design which the rough usage of war discovered in a, very short time.: They *mild have been discovered in commercial service-no doubt, at least in some eases, although in others it is just as certain that they would have stood good for many years.
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Converting to Coal-gas.
[4331] (Brewers).—Ybui will be quite in order to use your compressor and 0.0.2 cylinders for gas. You must bear in mind, however, that it will be necessary for you to fit a reducing valve between the gas container and the carburetter. A suitable valve was described in our issue of the 29th March last. You may be able to get one that will suit your purpose fro ii W. H. Bailey and Co., of Manchester ; alternatively, you may be able to get one made by a local firm of engineers from our drawing as published. You should take care that the design provides for a receiver having a capacity of at least half a cubic foot.
Wants to Export Lorries -to Chilian Nitrate Fields.
[1332] (Lincoln).--You should apply to the War Trades Department, Central Buildings, Westminster, for permission to export your three motor lorries. They will supply you with the necessary forms Of application to export. As regards the actual dispbsal of the vehicles, you may find an advertisement in the International Review of Commerce, although we are afraid that that is not very likely. Alternatively, you should write to the Board of Trade, asking them if they can help you. It will assist you very considerably in your application to exportif you can state that you have a firm order for the goods. After that, your ultimate success or failure will depend on the strength of the demand in this country for the particular type -of vehicle which you wish to export. Why iadt try to find a customer in this country ?