EDINBURGH'S PROGRESS WITH • PLASTICS
30th December 1955, Page 27
30th December 1955
Page 27
Page 27, 30th December 1955
— EDINBURGH'S PROGRESS WITH • PLASTICS
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GGREAT progress in the fabrication of plastics parts for .buses ha's ben made by Edinburgh Transport 'Department. The decrease tin weight attributable to the use of plastics components is stated to have improved the fuel-consumption rate from 8i M.p.g. to 10 m.P.g., or 1,000 gal. of oil fuel a year per vehicle. •
Parts now being made of resin-bonded plastics are mudguards, wings, corner pieces and roof dornes. It is hoped to be able to make a bonnet completely of plastics, and the possibility of building a roof entirely of plastics is being studied.