12 Cwt. Saved in Park Royal 56-seat Body
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ALTHOUGH it is fitted with standard seating, a heater and folding doors at the rear, a double-deck body which Park .Royal Vehicles, Ltd., have mounted on a Guy Arab Mark IV chassis for the East Kent Road Car Co.. Ltd., weighs only 2 tons DI cwt.
This vehicle, which is outwardly identical to the 30 supplied to East Kent earlier this year and described in The Commercial Motor on June 19, weighs 12 cwt less. This saving has been achieved mainly by using light alloys in place of steel in parts of the structure.
It is intended to employ this type of vehicle on the company's extensive country services, where it is hoped that the weight saving will help to offset rising costs.
The Guy chassis has 'a Gardner sixcylindered 112 b.h.p. oil engine, and the body is a full-height 56-seater.
BELGIUM WANTS 242 VEHICLES THE Belgian Ministry of Colonies in Brussels and the Government General in Leopoldville have called for tenders for the supply of 242 vehicles, including buses, lorries, utilities, crosscountry vehicles and ambulances. Copies of specifications may be obtained from the Service des Approvisionnements, I me de la Regence. Brussels, upon payment of 150 francs. Closing date for the receipt of tenders is December 30.
I.O.T. SECTION DISSOLVED
THE Argentine and River Plate Section of the Institute of Transport, which was founded in 1927, has been dissolved. It had a membership of over 200. Liaison by the Institute with members in the River Plate area will be maintained by two honorary corresponding members.