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Bedford . 100
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MUTES is the first Commercial Motor .1 Show at Olympia at which the Bedford chassis have been exhibited. These are made at the Luton works of Vauxhall Motors, Ltd., a subsidiary concern of General Motors, Ltd. Although emanating from the same Bedfordshire works its the famous British Chevrolet chassis, the Bedford is a separately designed machine, incorporating quite a different engine.
In the past few weeks two passenger models have been produced suitable for seating 14 or 20 persons. The 20-seater chassis has a 13-ft. 1-in, wheelbase, and it is shown with a Duple body, the entire vehicle being designed to comply with the Ministry of Transport regulations. The price is £550. A similar chassis with Rainforth coach-work is seen on the stand, the price in this case being 1545.
The short passenger chassis (wheelbase 10 ft. 11 ins.) is shown equipped with a Grose 14-seater service-bus body, also designed in every way to meet the Ministry regulations. The price of this complete vehicle is £470.
The goods carrier is available in two wheelbase lengths, equal to those of the corresponding passenger models. One of the long-wheelbase types is exhibited with a Luton van body ; its price is £305.
A short-whe•thase 2-tonner appears on the stand with a fixed-side lorry body, the price being £265, whilst another with Spurling double-deck livestock body costs 1273.
As regards details of the Bedford chassis, it has a six-cylindered engine developing about 44 b.h.p. It is an overhead-valve unit and has a fourbearing crankshaft. The top-gear ratio is 5.8 to 1 and the gearbox provides four forward speeds. The rear axle is of the full-floating type and the foot brake acts on all wheels. The object of the designers has been to provide an engine developing its maximum power at quite a moderate speed (actually 2,400 r.p.m.), but to give a satisfactory pulling ability at low speeds. The result is that the vehicle has, even wheu fully laden, a pleasing top-gear performance.--Vauxhall Motorst Ltd., Luton, Bedfordshire.