1,000 D.B. Gearboxes Ordered by Seddon T HE automobile gearbox division
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of David Brown and Sons (Huddersfield), Ltd., has obtained an order for 1,000 gearboxes for the Seddon 25-cwt. oil-engined vehicle.
This order, one of the largest of its type ever received by the Huddersfield company, is the outcome of a successful race against time to enable Seddon Motors, Ltd., to introduce the new van at the Scottish Motor Show last November. With only a few weeks to work in, David Brown designed, produced and delivered six prototype gearboxes. These were tested and approved in time for the Show, and the provisional order for 250 units has now been increased to 1,000.
Designated the 430C, the new gearbox has direct-drive top gear and constant-mesh single helical gears for the second, third and fourth ratios.
Standard gear ratios are: first gear, 44: 1; second, 2.89 :1; third, 1.69 : 1; fourth, 1: 1; and reverse, 6.03: 1. The gearbox is designed to transmit a maximum engine torque. of -90 lb.! ft. The weight of the assembly, including bell housing and control unit, is 61 lb.
HAULIERS WANT STABILITY
QPERATOftS should be given a few years' freedom from political interference, coupled with settled conditions and roads fit for vehicles of 1954, rather than 1904, said Mr. Bernard Winter bottom, national chairman of the Road Haulage Association at the Yorkshire (Hull) Area dinner on Monday.
He believed that 1954 was going to be a year of progress, but recognized that a keenly competitive period was ahead.
The R.H.A. in Hull had reached area status with fewer members than in any other territory in the country and it was now the fourth district to own local headquarters.
Mr. H. Hunter, area chairman, recalled how Mr. Winterbottom had been responsible for putting the R.H.A. finances in good order after the costly fight against nationalization.
Earlier in the day, the new offices at 80 Spring Bank, Hull, were opened. Major F. S. Eastwood, Yorkshire Licensing Authority, who performed the formal opening, said that, when denationalized, the industry would have many problems to face.
Referring to the work of Mrs. C. M. Green as area secretary, he said it was right in this Elizabethan age that a woman should fill the position.
NO CHANGE IN ENGINES
AS the result of reports of the 1–ireorganization of vngine production in the Nuffield Group, there has been speculation on the design of the Morris Cowley van and the MorrisCommercial J-type 10-cwt. vehicle. The Commercial Motor is informed that there will be no changes in their power units for some time.