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26th February 1929
26th February 1929
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fmmERcia MOTOR

Largest Circulation, Conducted by EDMUND DANGERFIELD, Stimulating Our Overseas Trade. IAEA sales of commercial vehicles and...

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WHEN is the buo - V V bear of the wea k railway bridge over

canals, etc., to be abolished? Frequently heavy motorcars with registered axle weights of more than 3 tons have to take...

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• WHEELS OF INDUSTRY.

` e The wheels of wealth will be slowed by all difficulties of transport at whatever points arising, as a carriage is by the...

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Municipal Purchases and Proposals.

BLyTFI Corporation has decided to obtain another motor lorry. PORTLAND Urban District Council intends to consider purchasing a...

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A Tremendous Transport Task.

How Road and Rail Transport Combined to Effect the Conveyance to the Docks of a Number of Heavy and Unwieldy Components of a...

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A Medium-capacity SIX-CYLINDER BUS CHASSIS.

Details of the Vulcan Duchess Model, a Chassis of High Performance Designed to Carry 26-seater Bodies and Suitable for...

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Conquering Canada's Snows by British Six-wheeler.

W E have on several occasions had opportunities for referring in our columns to the good work which is being accomplished...

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ROAD TRANSPORT MATTERS IN PARLIAMENT.

Select Committee and Road Vehicles Regulation Bill. Excessive Speed of Motor Coaches. The Government's Bridges Bill. By Our...

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A NEW FARM TRACTOR

A N interesting type of agriinotor has just been placed on the market by Rushton Tractors, Ltd., Felthain, Middlesex, at the...

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A STRIKING

FOUR-WHEEL-DRIVE TRACTOR-LORRY A ' HEAVY haulage unit, which has achieved a considerable degree of success in America, but...

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The Latest Guy Chassis

for Passenger Carrying. TN our Special ',Passenger Vehicle Issue published last week we illustrated the new low-loading...

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KRUPP'S LATEST

Design of Rigid SIX-WHEELER nurE motor department of the well1. known German armament firm of Fr. Krupp, of Essen, was one of...

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THE C.M.U.A. AND THE ROYAL COMMISSION.

Some Interesting Points from the Evidence Recently Given by the President, Mr. E. S. Shrapnell-Smith, C.B.E., M.Inst.T. M UCH...

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CROSSLEY'S INTI PASSENGI rUCE TWO NEW CHASSIS.

S INCE the announcement in the issue of The Commercial Motor for July 23rd, 1928, of the Crossley Co.'s entry into the...

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THE BACK ENTRANCE OF THE SINGLE-DECK BUS.

Some Types which are in Use and Features which Influence the Deign. T ilE back entrance of a single-deck bus varies according...

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DIVERSITY OF TYPES NO OBJECTION

Says Mr. Charles A. Hopkins, Wigan's Tramway Manager, who has Double-deck and Single-deck Trams in his Charge, as well as...

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A STRAIGHT-EIGHT BUS CHASSIS.

A New Studebaker Model for High-speed Passenger Work Claimed to be the Pioneer of its Type in America. (\NE of the latest...

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AN IMPROVED GAS-PRODUCER PLANT.

A Simpler and More Compact Unit Now Available from the Renault Factory, T FIE famous house of Renault was one of the first...

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MAKING BEST USE OF THE FORD.

Valuable Advice on Every Phase of Ford Transport which will Appeal to the User, Driver and Repairer. FOR TYPE A VEHICLES. I...

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ROAD TRANSPORT IN OTHER LANDS.

Items of News Intended to Stimulate the Interest of British Makers in Overseas Markets. Italian Government Trials of Petrol...

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OPINIONS FROM OTHERS.

The Editor incites correspondence on all subjects conneeed with the use of commercial motors. Letters should be on one side of...

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SPECIALIZATION

in CHASSIS LUBRICATION. • TN thew days the tendency in all ..1directions is to reduce the time and effort necessary to carry...

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PHASES OF PASSENGER TRAVEL.

Notes on Every Aspect of Coach and Bus Development. THE BOOKING AGENTS' ASSOCIATION. Why It Has Been Formed and the Objects...

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NEW STAGE COACHES ON AN OLD STAGE ROUTE.

A Well-equipped Tilling-Stevens Saloon Coach Introduced on a Daily Newcastle-London Service. MIIE concern known as S. Lewis 1...

A NEW BUS FOR A WEST SURREY SERVICE.

The Tillingbourne Bus Co. Purchases a Dennis Bus, Incorporating an Ingenious Emergency Door. A SMA RT type of motorbus has...

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I A CAR CHASSIS CONVERTED TO A SIX-WHEELER. An Additional Axle

Fitted to a Rolls-Royce which Now Carries a 20-seater Saloon Coach Body. V ISITORS to Salisbury and district may set a very...

A DEVON BUS COMPANY'S PROGRESS.

During the year ended December 31st last the Devon General Omnibus and Touring Co., Ltd., made a profit of £16,423, after...

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RUNNING, UPKEEP AND OVERHAUL.

Interesting Contributions from Maintenance Engineers, Drivers and Mechanics. Improvement in Radiator . Design. A SUGGESTION...

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AN ANTI-FRICTION WORM DRIVE.

A Resume of Recently Published Patent Specifications. lUr ANY attempts have been made in the past to produce .iX1_ a worm...