20-Year Plan Completed
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VEHICLES representative of the Fort commercial range have a prominen place in an Open Week show that hat been organized by Tate of Leeds, Ltd. main Ford dealers, in connection will. the opening of extended showrooms ir New York Road, and enlarged works ir Trafalgar Street.
The business was founded as Tate': Express by the late Mr, Thomas Tate ir Wakefield in 1916 and moved to Leech eight years later. The present headquarters were opened more than 20 years ago, but it was not until after the was that the expansion plans could be continued, the first move being the transfer of the tractor division to Otley. Non £150,000 has been spent to complete these original projects.
FORD-LAMINAIRE RESTRICTION IT is pointed out by the Ford Motor Co., Ltd., that the option of Cary Latninaire suspension, originally approvec as alternative equipment on all Thames commercial-vehicle chassis (The Commercial Motor, February 17, 1961) applies only to Thames normal-control 11to 4-ton models. It is not, therefore, available on Trader chassis, as originally stated by the Ford Motor Co., Ltd.