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Short Fleetline for Walsall
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AA MONG the most interesting doubledeckers due to appear at the Commercial Motor Show, will be a special version of the Daimler Fleetline rearengined model built to the requirements of Mr. R. Edgley Cox, general manager of Walsall Corporation Transport. Due to appear on the stand of the Northern Counties Motor and Engineering Co., Ltd., who are building the bodywork. it has an overall length of only 25 ft. 74 in., over 4 ft, less than is standard for this model. The .overall height is 13 ft. 9 in.
Unlike other body designs for the Fleetline chassis, it has a forward rather than a front entrance, the air-operated sliding door being immediately to the rear of the front wheels. Wrap-round windscreens are provided at the front of both upper and lower saloons. The seating capacity is 64.
The engine air intake is taken from the interior of both saloons, thus providing a clean, comparatively cool air supply for the engine as well as ventilation working on the extractor principle for the interior of the vehicle.
The vehicle is one of a number intended to operate on congested routes involving acute corners in narrow roads. As the reduction in length has reduced the forward overhang, the method of cornering required is not expected to differ appreciably from that of the frontenginecl buses which make up most of the current Walsall fleet,