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ORDERS and DELIVERIES
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TRIALS BRING ORDER: Following successful trials of a 4 x 4 version of a Leyland Comet chassis, the Gujerat State Road Transport Corporation have ordered three identical vehicles from Ashok Leyland, Ltd.
TO ARGENTINA: S.I.A.M. Di Tella Automotores S.A., with whom A.E.C. recently signed a manufacturing agreement, have ordered 250 A.E.C. bonneted Mandator and 61 Thomycroft Trusty chassis sets, The Mandator will include 13-ft. 44-in. and 19-ft. 7-in, wheelbase chassis—all will have A.E.C. AV 690 diesel engines. Thirtyone of the Trusty chassis will be six-wheelers powered by A.E.C. AV 590 engines, and the remaining 30 will be four-wheelers powered by Thornycroft Q6 engines.
BELGIANS ORDER 24: A.E.C. Continental S.A., A.E.C. distributors in Belgium, have ordered eight Mandator four-wheeled and four Mammoth Major c.32 six-wheeled goods chassis and eight Reliance and four Regal Mk. VI singledecker passenger chassis.
MORE DEMAND FOR NEW BUS: In addition to the 106 Albion Lowlanders ordered by Scottish Omnibuses, Ltd., orders have been placed by East Midland Motor Services, Ltd., Chesterfield, for 14 and Walsall Corporation for one. Those ordered by Walsall Corporation will have semi-automatic Pneumo-Cyclic gearboxes and the East Midland chassis will have synchromesh gearboxes and air suspension at the rear.
TODMORDEN ORDER MORE: Two more Leyland Leopard L.I bus chassis have been ordered by TOdmorden Corporation for one-man operation. They will have Leyland 0.600 125-b.h.p. diesel engines, air brakes, synchromesh gearboxes and single-speed rear axles. East Lancashire Coach Builders, Ltd., will build 44-seat bodywork.
MORE FOR HOLLAND: N.V. As Industrie Verheul, A.E.C. distributors Holland, have ordered eight A.E.C. Man tors, four Mammoth Major bonneted wheelers, eight Monarchs and two Mars] 6 x 2 chassis.
PORTUGUESE OPERATORS I ORDER: Lisbon Electric Tramways, L have placed and order for another A.E.C. Regent Mk. V double-dec chassis. They are to be fitted with A.E 113-litre diesel engines and Monocont semi-automatic transmission. Anot. repeat order for A.E.C.s from Lisbor, one from Uniao de Transportadores p Importacao e Comercio, Lda., for fi Monarch goods chassis and four Relia, passenger chassis.
MILK TANKERS ORDERED: The IV Marketing Board has ordered a further bulk milk tankers with vacuum-opera loading equipment from Andrews Si (Bristol), Ltd.. of Liverpool. The ordel worth about £28,000.