Mayor Presents Keys of New Coaches
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CELEBRATING their silver jubilee, Progressive Motor Coaches, Cambridge, last week took delivery of a fleet of nine Bedford-Duple Super Vega coaches, supplied by Arlington Motors, Ltd., Sudbury, Suffolk. The keys of the vehicles were handed to Mr. A. E. Harris, proprietor, by the Mayor Of Cambridge.
The vehicles are 33-41-seaters of maximum overall dimensions. Two of the consignment, in the livery of Harvey's Coaches, Ltd., a subsidiary company, are scheduled to undertake an extensive Continental touring programme and are arranged to carry 36 passengers. In the present season, 17 departures are planned, Bedford 300-cu.-in. petrol engines power all the vehicles. They replace nine older machines, two of which were equipped with oil engines. The present policy of stipulating petrol engines arises partly from the desire to provide improved smoothness of running and partly from economic factors. The company have found that, with relatively low annual mileages of approximately 30,000, costs tend to favour the petrol engine. The company intend to replace their single-deck fleet every two years.