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BYreason of its brilliant red colour scheme the Burford vehicle constructed for Allen Liversidge and Co., Ltd., attracts the visitors' attention in the first instance; the coachwork is of the open-lorry type, and the wheel and tyre equipment are of the disc and s-ngle-pneumatic variety respectively ; the engine is of the side-valve type, having a hot-spot induction system ; cooling is by pump and fan, and the magneto is behind the water pump, driven with it in tandem. The gearbox has a central control lever and the final tithe is the familiar Burford rear axle, the weight being carried upon the dead portiol of the axle, the live part consisting of a differential housing and shafts _taking the drive to the. internal-gear rings mounted on the wheels. A 30-cwt. N.C. chassis is shown on pneumatic tyres, in which form it is popular as a bus.
MounteL. on another 30-cwt. NC. is a. Great Western Railway van, with coachwork by the Kenmont Motor Co., Ltd. ; this is finished in brown and yellow with a white roof interior, and runs on soh.] tyres The rear of the van is closed by a tailboard and sheets sliding an rails ; four rings are fitted inside the body for roping the load.
The 30-cwt. model has been materially improved for 1926. Pedal gear, brakes, fan and other parts having been slightly modified, which results in increased attractiveness of this well-known vehicle.
A 20-seater 30 'h.p saloon bus is on view, equipped with front-wheel brakes, pedal-operated and compensated ; this pleasing vehicle has coachwork by Vickers, Ltd.
In addition, there is a 50-cwt. B-type chassis fitted with hollow-steel-spoked wheels; the layout, incidentally, forms the basis of the Burford-Kegresse vehicle used by the War Office. A feature of the 50-cwt. chassis is the width of the rear-wheel brake drums—one of the most striking points on sighting the vehicle. The Staebrite cellulose finish is noticeable on the chassis exhibit.
H. G. Burford and Co., Ltd., 24, Haymarket, London, S.W.1.