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Scottish Success

10th November 1961
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THERE have been some people, in recent years, who have suggested that the value of the Scottish Motor Show was diminishing, so far as commercial motor manufacturers were concerned. It has even been questioned occasionally whether, as a show, the function was worth continuing. Today, the answer is apparent. The 1961 Scottish Motor Exhibition is undoubtedly one of the best displays that Kelvin Hall has housed for a considerable time ' No moribund undertaking, this Show! Although the number of commercial-vehicle stands is only one greater than the 1959 Show (the last, since this is a biennial function), 28 of those stands exhibit something new. This is a record which any exhibition, anywhere in the world, can afford to hold with pride.

There is a new double-decker bus,, a French 6-cwt. van (a World Premie're, this one), two makes of 36-ft.-long passenger chassis, a new sixwheeler, everything from 5to 9-toriners (all new), and at least one new semi-trailer. Nor is this the end. There are new power units; there are new suspensions; there are new cabs and bodies; there are new items of equipment and accessories.

Kelvin Hall always tends, unavoidably, to be judged in the light of the previous year's Earls Court Show and the 1960 London Show was not outstanding in respect of the number of new exhibits, but even so this 43rd exhibition at Kelvin Hall seems to give the Wailing Willies a sharp answer. Now the answer has been delivered, can the standard be continued in future years? If not, doubts might once again arise.

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