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SINCE the Sandbach En neering Company took over assembly of Ford's Transco nental models in April, pros tion of a curtailed range has c tin ued at two vehicles a day.
The first Ford Transcontir tals built in the UK for a dory tic customer are being supp to Unispeed Ltd.
Seven 3428 34-tonne trac units will join 95 others alre delivering Birds Eye fro, foods.
They are powered by Cu mins 14-litre turbocharged gines rated at 182kW (244bhr 1,900 rpm driving througf Fuller RT 950BL nine-spi gearbox to a Rockwell R single reduction axle. 1 overall specification k changed little since the mod introduction in the n Seventies.
Following the Transcontir tal transfer from Ford's Ams dam plants, its pressed s fully tilting and fully suspen Berliet cab is now phosph4 and electrocoated in Docil plant at Dunstable.