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Body Design Competitions

8th September 1961
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Page 52, 8th September 1961 — Body Design Competitions
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COPIES of the schedules giving full particulars of the Public Service and Commercial Vehicle Body Design Competitions 1961/2 and the Motor Vehicle Body Crafts Competition 1961/2 have now been issued by the Institute of British Carriage and Automobile Manufacturers.

The competitions are arranged by the Institute in conjunction with the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders, the Worshipful Company of Coach Makers and Coach Harness Makers of London, and the National Federation of Vehicle Trades.

The design competitions are this year restricted to public service and commercial vehicle subjects. There are three separate competitions, the first two without an age limit. Competition No. 1 is for a design of a single-decker luxury Continental touring coach with maximum dimensions of 36 ft. x 8 ft. 2* in.

Competition No. 2 is for a design of a metal-frame aluminium-alloy, doublecompartment refrigerated body designed as a semi-trailer with integral running gear. Overall dimensions are to be 24 ft. long and 7 ft. 6 in. wide.

The subject of competition No. 3. which is open to persons under the age of 21 and in certain cases under 23, is a retail sales ice-cream body mounted on a forward-control 10-cwt. chassis.

TRAFFIC CONTROL EXHIBITION THE control of ever faster and more voluminous traffic flow by automatic devices, dispensing with slow and unreliable hand operation, will be the theme of an exhibition at the Science Museum, South Kensington. London. from September 13 to October 1.