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• COMMENT PERMIT FIASCO

• Yet again, sectional and chauvinistic interests have blocked a move towards sorting out the European international permits...

• NEXT WEEK TRANSMISSION TESTS

• Take five of the latest truck gearboxes, five HGV test drivers with experience ranging from one to 29 years, a 111km test...

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Wait and see at Scammell

• Unions at Scammell in Watford are remaining tightlipped about the threatened closure of the plant while they await details of...

• Roads in England and Wales have deteriorated over the

past decade according to the 1986 National Road Maintenance Condition Survey (NRMCS), published this week. Road conditions...

"Germ an !

block 40% rise • International hauliers in the UK face further permit starvation as EEC Transport Ministers once again failed...

Dip plans £150 million West London link

• The Department of Transport is considering the development of a £150 million dual carriageway in London between Shepherd's...

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Transport giants in paperchase

• TNT, Newsflow and W H Smith are squaring up for battle in the market over national newspaper distribution contracts. All...

IN BRIEF

• Neville Charrold of Mansfield has instructed its patent agent to look into an alleged infringement of copyright over its...

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New London bans

• The Borough of Enfield will be treated as a special case when the London Boroughs Transport Committee (LBTC) takes over the...

40-tonne bridge report released

• The long-awaited European Commission report on the state of bridges in Ireland and the UK — upon which both countries are...

Aberdeen gets Five Star Inn

• A new purpose-built truck park will open in Aberdeen next week. Called the 'Five Star Truck Inn' it is on the A956 dual...

• BBC Television programmes director Michael Grade has confirmed that

the controversial Arena programme on road transport Night Moves — axed late last year — will now be shown on Saturday, April...

• The Road Transport Industry Training Board is proposing to

raise 225 million for training purposes for the year 1987/88 — the same amount that it collected through levies for training in...

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• Daimler-Benz has confirmed that production of its new heavy

truck cab for vehicles above 16 tonnes GVW has been delayed — and it now seems unlikely that it will be ready for the Frankfurt...

30-30 for Leyland

• In response to the growing demand from tipper operators for high-powered eight leggers, Leyland will launch a new...

Maxiflow Luton for VW IT

• Coachwork Conversions' Maxiflow Luton van body is now available on the Volkswagen range of LT chassis cabs up to 3.5 tonnes...

Eaton buys Clark gearbox

• Eaton is to buy a complete medium weight truck gearbox product line from Clark Equipment Company, a rival American...

• Carman Transport's subsidiary, Brit-European Transport, has increased its trailer

loadings following the relaxation of semi-trailer lengths. By using a standard MAN 16.331 day cab tractive unit with a top...

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Whale blasts regs

• The recently-imposed regulations covering the construction of vacuum tankers for the carriage of wastes will cost £10 million...

• For those operators looking for maximum load volume, Tidd

Strong Box of Sandy, Bedfordshire, is now offering its Tallboy, a 12.2m long semi-trailer with a height of 4.7m which provides...

IN BRIEF

• After five years of research and development, and extensive on-site proving trials. Ogden Electronics of Otley, Yorkshire is...

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Tipping traged

• A lorry driver whose truck accidentally overturned onto a parked pick-up, killing two men, was fined 2500 with 250 costs by...

Ultra-heavies don't need tachos

• Wetherby magistrates have ruled that there is no obligation on drivers of vehicles operating under the special types...

IN Metropolitan Licensing Authority Air Vice Marshal Ronald Ashford has

revoked the licence of London-based Mid European Freight Services and disqualified company director Jeffrey Litwin from holding...

Glyn John 0-licence terminated

• Glyn John Transport has had its 0-licence prematurely terminated so it expires at the end of April 1988, and has been given a...

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Robertson in a jam

• Girvan haulier Robert Robertson has been disqualified from holding an Operator's Licence for three years by Scottish...

RHA cries Unkle on licence bid

• The Road Haulage Association has failed in its objection to a bid for a new licence by Sams Unkles Seafoods of Port Ellen, on...

• Following convictions for VED and overloading offences, the licence

held by Bishop Auckland haulier John Wells, trading as S & W Haulage, has been cut from six vehicles and 10 trailers to allow...

Marshall's Leigh licence is revoked

• AR Marshall (Leigh), a member of the Nottinghambased AR Marshall group, had its licence for 29 vehicles and 40 trailers...

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Gunnel carrot

• International operators hoping to improve their efficiency should put their money into the Channel Tunnel. That is the view...

• Batchelors Foods is closing its two distribution centres at

Ashford in Kent and Worksop in Nottinghamshire, to focus its distribution on a new purposebuilt warehouse in Peterborough,...

Cocked Hat lift off for BRS

• Frozen foods distributor Cocked Hat Farm Foods has signed a £500,000 contract hire agreement with BRS Northern's Teeside...

Jones goes for ERF

• P&O Group company AS Jones of Bromborough has bought two E 10 38-tonne tractive units from Perris and Kearon, the...

IN BRIEF

• Hemel Hempsteadbased DRG Envelopes has just taken delivery of eight custom-built curtain-sided semi-trailers on a five-year...

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TDG ties up parcels • The parcels companies within the

Transport Development Group are being formed into a new sub-holding company, Express Development Services, which becomes one of...

SMT gets Iveco-Ford Truck franchise

• Edinburgh-based truck dealer SMT will take over the Iveco Ford franchise on May 1, after more than 50 years as a Bedford...

• Software and systems company Istel has won a £135,000

order for its VISIT computer-based vehicle scheduling system from Svensk Oil Distribution, Sweden's largest distributor of oil...

Kirkpatrick's Ulster delivery

• Former Northern Ireland haulier James Kirkpatrick is re-entering the road transport business with the acquisition of car...

Elan snaps up Amstrad

• Overnight delivery company Elan International has won a major distribution contract with Amstrad Distribution, which is part...

• Dow Freight Services has won two distribution contracts together worth around 21.75 million.

The largest contract, for 21 million involves parts distribution for International Motors, which distributes Subaru, Hyundai...

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Welfare Centarider

• Chesterfield-based bodybuilder Reeve Burgess has added a new welfare bus body to its light PSV range. The Centarider can...

• Yorkshire Rider has taken delivery of five new dual-purpose Leyland Olympian double deckers, with bodywork by Optare of Leeds.

These buses, which are powered by 194kW (260hp) Leyland TL11 turbocharged engines, have a high specification including...

BCC warns of driver shortage

• The Bus and Coach Council is warning coach operators in the South of England that there could be a shortage of drivers during...

WMT takes ova London Liner

• West Midlands Travel will be taking over the operation of the London Liner Birmingham to London coach service, following the...

Sherpa chassis gets heavy

• From the beginning of April, Freight Rover will be offering an uprated version of its extra-long-wheelbase Sherpa '300 Series...

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Single-minded Daf

• Daf has produced a righthand-drive prototype of its SB220 single decker rear-engined bus underframe — launched at the 1984...

IN BRIEF

• West Yorkshire Passenger Transport Authority could be forced to cut a number of its services and increase fares next year...

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• FRANCE CHEAP MOTORWAYS

The French Motorways Association conducted a study last October to investigate the comparative costs of running a 38-tonne...

• SPAIN IBERICA LOSSES

Motor lberica, Nissan's Spanish commercial vehicle subsidiary, cut losses by 21% last year to Pta 8.5 billion (S65m) Financial...

• ITALY TRUCKS ON TRAINS

Heavy goods vehicles could travel on trains in Italy if new plans to speed up railways are implemented. Ente Ferrovie, which...

• WEST GERMANY HOME COUNTIES

C W Shipping, of Hayes Freight Terminal, Middlesex, has formed a partnership with FIEGE International Spedition to operate a...

• SWEDEN

ELECTRIC CHAIR Tests have been made on an "electric chair" by a leading Swedish insurance company, Skandia of Stockholm,...

ARTIC BUSES

LinkOping's Trafik AB has ordered ten complete artic buses type Scania CN112A from Motorcentrum in Linkoping, Sweden. The order...

• HUNGARY NEW BUSES

A total of 1,140 new buses and eight trolleybuses were added to Hungary's public road and city transportation fleets during...

N SOVIET UNION

AUTO WAREHOUSE Eureka Elecyronic Identification equipment was chosen by Davy Marris Systems for the identification and...

• SOUTH AFRICA POT PLANTS A pot plant used to

an ideal environment and regular attention can suffer during a removal that involves both transport and storage. Fortunately...

• USA

MEDIUM WEIGHT ENGINES Ford has stopped buying Detroit Diesel Allison's 8.2 litre, vee-eight diesel engine for use in its...

• CHINA VOLVO BUSES

The Shanghai Transit Company has signed a contract with VIS Transportation Systems, a Volvo Group company, for the...

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EVANS HALSHAW DONNELLY

• Evans Halshaw Contracts, the Birmingham-based fleet management and contract hire specialists, has appointed Anthony Donnelly...

CONTAINERBASES MORLEY

• Containerbase Leeds, the Stourton based member of the nationwide Containerbase Group, has appointed Ian Morley as a field...

EDBRO OWENS • Edbro, specialist in vehicle hydraulics and tipping equipment, has appointed Jim Owens as financial director.

Owens joins Edbro from Uni part where he was controller at the reconditioned engine and gearbox plant in Coventry.

CARLYLE SKINNER

• Carlyle Works, the Birmingham based mini-bus builder, has appointed a new sales executive within the vehicles division....

CARLYLE DIRECTORS

• Frontsource Group, new owner of Carlyle Works, has confirmed the appointment of the existing management team as company...

WRIGHT JENIUNS FORSYTH AND FLOCK HART • Coachbuilders Wright Jenkins

has appointed Ronnie Forsyth and Bob Flockhart, to its sales force. Forsyth joins the company after a period with Balbardie and...

TRAILERENT TAYLOR

• Trailerent has announced the appointment of Brian Taylor as chief accountant and company secretary. Brian Taylor, 39, is a...

NTDA

HESPIN • Charles Hespin, managing director of Motorway Tyres and Accessories, is the new president of the National Tyre...

BRS MIDLANDS GOODLAND AND EDEN-SMITH • BRS Midlands is expanding

its business development activities with the appointments of a new sales and marketing manager and a contract hire sales...

CILSTROL MESSERVY • Prince Michael of Kent presented the 1986

Castrol/Institute of the Motor Industry Gold Medal to Sir Godfrey Messenry, chairman and chief executive of Lucas Industries,...

OBITUARY

is It is with regret we record the death of former RHA national chairman James Barrie. The Glasgow-based operator, became...

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PUBLICATIONS

CITY LINK MAP • The new Ordnance Survey City Link Map at a scale of 3.2km to 25mm (2 miles to an inch) and covering Manchester,...

EVENTS

AUCTION • After its successful sale of 4X4 and diesel vehicles in the North of England, Central Motor Auctions has announced...

COACH RALLY • Coach operators attending this year's Blackpool Coach

Rally on 11 - 12 April will find secure overnight parking available at the Vicarage Lane, Blackpool, premises of Hestair...

COMPUTERS

LOCATION SYSTEM • The vehicle location system market — currently dominated by BT's Pinpoint product — looks set to receive a...

VOICE RECOGNITION • Portsmouth-based Marconi Secure Radio is launching a

voice recognition unit which it claims could have important cost saving and security roles in warehousing and parts stores....

VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION • Fuel management specialist Transflo Instruments is about

to launch a new version of its ingenious nozzle based infra-red vehicle identification system. With the company's existing...

RESTING

IUNROSS • Granada is opening its third hotel at Kinross in April. Located at J6 of the M90, the hotel has 34 bedrooms, all...

FINANCE

SEDDON ATKINSON CARD • The DKV credit card scheme has been introduced throughout Seddon Atkinson's dealer network as part of...

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BUSINESS

TYRES • Harvey Plant's Aberdeen depot has won a major contract to supply Watts' solid and industrial tyres in the Aberdeen...

ROCKFIELD • Rockfield, specialists in refrigerated vehicles have restructured their

south west depot based in Exeter. Under the control of recently appointed area manager, John Farley, Rockfield's Exeter depot...

PRIC E S

DUCATOS UP 3.5% • A price rise of Fiat commercial vehicles is imminent, with only confirmation from the factory needed before...

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ONLY PEOPLE MATTER • How time flies — 40 years

since I started working for the then United Road Transport Workers' Association of England, and 24 years since became the...

MINISTER'S FIVE PENCE

• I announced in Parliament today the rate of Rural Bus Grant that is to apply in 1987-88. We have set a rate of 5p per bus...

DEFENDING THE T45 • Having just read Mr John Woods

letter (CM, March 14), I feel I must write and defend the T45. 1 drove a Roadtrain 1628 for over five years covering a quarter...

CHANNEL FLANNEL • IT I am still a driver when

they open the Channel Tunnel, I hope the customs' men will have got their act together. Otherwise, I won't be bothering to use...

FLEITCLEAN BASE • In a recent edition of Commercial Motor,

you stated that Fleetclean's new tanker cleaning service was located on the M1 and M62. This should in fact read the Al and...

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UP AND UNDER THE MIDI 15

Launched in March 1985 as an alternative to the old CF model, the fifteen-seat Bedford Midi personnel carrier flies around...

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OPEFAIN

THE BOX Andrew Darnill of management consultants Andrew Young, analayses the pros and cons of the Budget. MI Following our...

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STATE ACKED

Do not ignore the wide range of Government sponsored incentive and financial aid schemes on offer nowadays. They are not just...

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FIRST R TE .

A brief overview of the transport industry's insurance trends makes gloomy reading — but there are some new deals coming...

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BEATING THE VAT TRAP

There is no escape: no matter where you go the taxman follows. The best way to • keep him happy is to get your accounts well...

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VAT A PERSONAL VIEW

• Mention VAT to the majority of business people and their top lip curls. Their scowl will be accompanied by a moan, groan or...

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TO BUY, OR NOT TO BUY

We consider the options. Whether you own your trucks or lease them, it seems that the other man's grass is always greener....

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COUNCIL COSTING

I Some experts are saying that given the proper motivation, finance and staffing local authorities can successfully compete...

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TAXING FACTS

The Eurocrats in Brussels have just produced a report telling us we are over-taxed. Reg Dawson pulls out the grisly facts. IN...

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le While driving a Scania P92 attic equipped with the

Computer Aided Gearchanging (CAG), news editor Brian Weatherley's mechanical ability was put to the test when an airline...

• Pedestrians have more time to cross the road at pelican (light-controlled) crossings under new arrangements introduced last month.

The new rules will allow local highway authorities to increase the "green man" phase of the lights or the time during which the...

• Headrests, cigar lighters, radio cassettes and armrests, ash trays,

wall-to-wall carpet, toilets . Toilets? Yes folks. The list of in-car or in-cab accessories grows longer every day and at last,...

• Copies of the 1986 'Vehicles Registration and Licensing Index

Marks and Addresses' are now available. Readers in Scotland will be thrilled to learn (should they care to read page 20 of the...

• While Chairman Gorbachev pursued his policy of glasnost (openess),

Vicktor Borodine, London correspondent of lass, the Soviet news agency, embarked on his own brand of openess. This involved...

• Volkswagen lost close on £200 million it was discovered

and the only thing the company spokesman had to say was "Our investigations have led to suspect criminal manipulation". If this...

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SHOP TALK

• The closing of vehicle loading doors on roll-on/roll-off ferries before sailing is going to make trucks with diesels needing...

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Brits out at Brityrex show

/ The Brityrex show at the National Exhibition Centre, Birmingham, attracted the largest number of exhibitors — 70 — including...

3rd axles up payload

/ Dennis Eagle is expanding the range of services which it can offer from its service depot at Trafford Park, Manchester with...

GMXchange

• General Motors Service Parts Operations-UK has extended the range of GMX exchange units with the addition of steering...

Change tyres

/ Now that computer-based records show precise operational differences between types of tyres, Semperit will change original...

It's tank to bank

• Micrelex has strengthened its ability to provide a "tank to bank" solution to forecourt management with the acquisition of...

Renault parts up

01 Renault UK saw a 14% growth to 292 million in parts sales during 1986.

ICI claimsNorld leader'

/ ICI Autocolor claims that its new refinish paint plant, built at a cost of £5 million at Stowmarket and now in operation, is...

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Monocoque? No pmblem

• Large monocoque structures such as panel vans or truck cabs have traditionally been too big for conventional body repair...

Refidish container haseframes

• The protective coating Teuclad was developed at the research laboratories of Mebon and its parent company BP Chemicals, and...

Going straight

• MAN Volkswagen and wheel alignment equipment supplier HTC (Nottingham) Ltd has collaborated to produce a training video —...

Brake dust vac

• Redashe now has a heavyduty vacuum cleaner — priced £189 — to remove brake and other hazardous dust from workshops. The...

WORKSHOP

Sir, In response to the remanufacturer feature in the February Workshop we were concerned about the overall contents of this...

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System lobes 60 points Air and water

• Interlube Systems makes a range of multiline, automatic lubrication systems capable of serving up to 60 points with fluid...

BigMoulh gives voice warning

• United Crest has brought out a reversing alarm — BigMouth — that reproduces the human voice, which it reckons is safer than...

Water detector

• Fosroc water-finding paste detects the presence and level of water in diesel oils, gas oils and gasoline. Apply a thin film...

Trailblazer

• Trailblazer, a liquid cleaner for lorries and buses from Mayvil Chemicals, has a biodegradable formula to provide both water...

cooled torches

• A new range of air and water-cooled MIG welding torches for dip, pulse or spraytransfer up to 600A using hard, soft or cored...

99.9% of dust removed

• Lorries, trailer bodies and double deck buses re-sprayed and finished at PMT Engineer in g's new facility at Stoke-on-Trent...

Pilot fog lights

• Bosch's new Pilot range of driving and fog lights are just 62mrn (2Yzinch) deep and are available in both round and...

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Your needs: the basics

The facilities and cost of operation of a workshop may be the key to the profitability of even small operator. John Parsons...

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Rolling noise: fresh demands

The ominous words 'Strengthening Noise Abatement Policies' mean workshops may have to measure rolling noise when preparing for...

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• Bedford's CF van was introduced in 1979, and although

the body shell and main running units remain substantially unchanged, it has had a variety of engines. The latest diesel is the...

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New wave washin

• The first British vehicle washer to use wave pattern brushers — a system that gives a better wash. That's the claim of Smith...

Engin analysis

• The 40-strong chain of Charlie Browns Car Part Centres is being supplied with FKI Crypton's 322P Motormaster engine...

Reduce costs

• Pennine Air Services supplies air compressors complete with energy saving devices, or, as in the case of one recent customer,...

ADVERTISEMENT Notice to users of Laycock Heavy Duty Screw and Coronation lifts.

The design of these lifts incorporates a feature that protects the lifting screws from damage in the event of the lift being...

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Check these out •

We've sifted through service bulletins as a backup for workshop staff • We have been sifting through service bulletins issued...

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in Kenning

• A £2.5 million investment programme that has now commenced in Kenning Tyre Services is a show of confidence by Tozer Kernsley...

MoT pits soon back in use

• Four resin repair systems from Sika Inertol were used to repair inspection pits at the Department of Transport HGV testing...

• From Time Instrument Manufacturers comes the AVDEG, claimed to

be the first tyre deflation warning device; the total assembly weighs only 25 grams. The system is based on a pressure switch...

Century debut Amencan device cleans up • Granville, which recently became part of the Century Oils Group, relocated its...

Tecalemit: new style, new logo

• The Tecalemit Garage Equipment Company is introducing a new corporate style and logotype to identify the company. The aim is...

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New diesels fro old

SPADE has a niche in small to medium unit reconditioning and follows up with after-sales service by Piper Cherokee • Stockport...

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FER is anxious to promote agreed set of definitions

• Few areas of reconditioning have their own association — the engine business is one of the exceptions. The Federation of...

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New washers: new routines

Alan Bunting, who is looking at the washing equipment market for Workshop, first visits Presto, which has opted for the Ardrox...

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Ceramics: new approach

• Ceramic materials are hard, chemically inert, dielectric, have high-temperature corrosion resistance and make excellent...

Maestro moves for eye safety

• The P600 portable eye and face wash from Maestro Safety Equipment at 187 excluding VAT is suitable for paint spray shops...

Evahiale bearings perionnance

• Access to Timken's SelectA-Nalysis/BSA computer database is now available to UK engineers and would be equally effective in...

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Making a clean brake

With the advent of a new generation of foot and hand valves, more attention must be paid to the cleanliness of the air system....

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Spring show

• Paddy Hopkirk's blind-spot mirror was nominated as the best product under ,£10 in the National Automotive Awards at a...

Circle OM card no. 86

The show was run in association with the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders and sponsored by the UK trade organisation...

Circle burl° card no. 81 Britax had a number of

interior and exterior lamps for commercial and public service vehicles, plus side and roofmarker lamps also suitable for...

Circle turbo card no. 82

FA1 was suffering from an , identity crisis: some knew it as Blue Hash Products; some re1 ferred to it as FAI International , 1...

Circle turbo card 1111 83

Century Oils-Retail Distribution is a new sales force formed after the acquisition of Granville Chemical and one of the...

The Stellar Group is a British-based conglomeration of component manufacturers

and among its products is the Selmar Turbo range of battery chargers operating off domestic power supply and the Bradex model...

Circle turbo card no. 15 The Bradex and Se/mar battery chargers.

Circle turbo card no. 06

The Fister range is assembled in Britain from parts made by its sister company in Italy, and this firm showed wiper blades,...

Circle turbo Card H. 87

Handtools for professionals marketed by A. Levermore & Co are described in a new eight-page leaflet: these include tongue and...

Circle turbo card no. 88 Inventors-Link believes 98% of all

ideas never see the light of day, and has come up with a package on design, drafting, prototyping, manufacturing and so on. A...

Circle turbo card no. 89 Littlefuse exhibited its complete auto-electrics

aftermarket programme including four starter kits: fuses, switches, terminals Brochures describe the range. Littlefuse

Circle lido card no. 99

Champion Sparking Plug not only makes glow plugs and spark plugs (its latest offerings are the Diesel Plus and Champion Plus)...

Circle turbo card no. 91

For Apax Autoparts, Autopartac was its first national show, and it took the opportunity to show its latest foot pumps and...

Circle turbo card no 92

The company slogan of Intro Franchising is "The image builders" and among its products is Re-Lead, a petrol additive to protect...

Circle turbo card no. 93

Tridon Serflex showed its packaged goods as they should appear at point of sale and indicated how to maximise shelf space. Tridon

Circle turbo card no. 94

To round off, making a profit in the aftermarket is not made any easier by too many interruptions by salesmen, deliveries and...