The production of Commercial Motor has been affected by an industrial dispute. We regret that it was not possible to publish a...

• The Freight Transport Association has rejected DoE proposals that the EEC's requirements on drivers' ages should be adopted...

• Mr John Peyton, Minister for Transport Industries, will officially open the 26th International Commercial Motor Show at Earls...

• The industrial services group Miles Druce and Co Ltd, as part of its plan to operate a national express parcels carrier...

• An extraordinary general meeting of the RHA will be held on September 27 to consider special resolutions to amend its...

• The transport Managers Licence Committee has been reconstituted as the Education Co-ordinating Committee (for Road Freight...

• "A year of considerable progress" summarizes the Road Transport Industry Training Board's Annual Report (HMSO El) for the...

• Maidstone and District Motor Services are to run a commuters' coach service between the Medway Towns and Victoria coach...

• Because of an industrial dispute at Cranleigh Group's Duple Coachbuilders factory at Blackpool, versions of the new...

• A fully-automatic torque-converter transmission with four speeds, known as the Model 45, has been introduced by BorgWarner...

• Existing UK axle weights and overall dimensions are sufficient for higher overall gross weights that are needed to allow the...

• Bus drivers in the North East are receiving stern reminders of the penalty for drinking while on duty. A driver with United...

• One of the five men jailed during the dock strike, Cornelius Clancy was on Monday fined £125 by Colchester magistrates for...

LORRY DRIVER OF THE YEAR FOR 1972: H. L. Richards, Heavy Transport (ECC) Ltd, Leyland, 347 penalty points. Runner - up: G....

report by Martin Hayes Delegates to this year's annual conference of the Association of Public Passenger Transport Operators —...

Eight pages of major Show exhibits in full colour will be one of the highlights of Commercial Motor's Show Number, to be...

A DETAILED description of the development of the Leyland National was provided by Mr Marcus Smith, an executive director of...

CM 's technical editor spotlights 1972 Show novelties WITH Britain's entry to Europe just around the corner, and with new...

PARK AND RIDE is possibly the best advice to give visitors to Earls Court for the Commercial Motor Show who intend to use their...

Tractive unit with 200bhp two-stroke diesel engine WITH just one week to go before the opening of the Earls Court Show,...

ENGINE: General Motors Detroit Diesel model 6V71. V-6 water-cooled two-stroke. Compression ratio: 18.7 to 1.0. Output: 200 bhp...

Sandbach company also produces an eight-speed gearbox for the Show and offers a torque converter FODEN will have an all-new...

DAF Motors (GB) Ltd will be showing two models new to the UK at the Earls Court Commercial Motor Show. The introduction of...

ERF will have on show at Earls Court a truly British 38ton-gcw-tractive unit. The chassis is basically the latest A-series, but...

Allison option on 24/28-tonners; air suspension available on the D1010 FORD has announced today four mportant additions to its...

TWO new versions of the well-proven F86 model, a 6 x 4 and an 8 X 4 have been announced by Volvo. The new models use a rear...

Mastiff by Gibb Grace New cabs and more robust engines for the Redlines from Bathgate A LIGHTWEIGHT double-drive six-wheeler,...

three-seater by Gibb Grace BATHGATE, unlike Leyland, has always produced its own distinctive cab and by a natural evolutionary...

now tomgvw four-wheeler by Trevor Longcroft THE Redline Terrier series of' four medium-weight chassis for operation at gross...

BASED on an engine developing 240 bhp at 3300 rpm, a Cummins oversquare V8 diesel new to Britain is derated to 225 bhp at 3000...

RELIANT have introduced a new four-wheel, 5ewt capacity van and called it the Rebel 750. They are offering the Reliant TW9...

ANNOUNCED just in time for next week's Commercial Motor Show at Earls Court is Seddon's Midi 25-seat bus. This new model — the...

A SIGNIFICANT new model from Daimler-Benz has been designed specially for the British six-wheel tipper market. Designated the...

WHEN planning your visit to Earls Court allow for more than an hour upstairs. If the 213 gallery stands are to be properly...

IN ADDITION to the recently announced Viking 'E' range of suspension seats, UOP Bostrom (UK) Ltd (stand 283) are exhibiting two...

BOTH the owner-driver and the fleet operator would be well advised to visit the Earls Court gallery where numerous pieces of...

THERE'S normally a - you name it, we've got it" atmosphere around the component makers stands at Earls Court and there are...