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THE FIRST SCOTTISE SHOW SINCE 1938

ALBI N

THE first post-war Motor Show to be held in Scotland will be opened at Kelvin Hall, Glasgow, to-day, by Viscount Weir of Eastwood. It closes on November 19. The previous Scottish Show took place in 1938. The total number of exhibitors is 289, which exceeds that for .any previous Scottish Motor Show. It is not expected that the commercialvehicle section will contain any surprise, although the Thornycroft Sturdy Star will be shown for the first time. This is a much-improved ve.siat of the Sturdy 5-6-tonner, and although it was announced with the Thornycroft Trident at the Earls Court-Show last year, it has only recently gone into production. incidentally, the Trident, which will also be shown, has many features in common with the Sturdy Star chassis.

Direct representation -by vehicle builders is confined to a few makes, the majority, as usual, in Glasgow, being displayed by Scottish distributors • and agents by arrangement with the manufacturers.

Goods and Passenger Vehicle Bodywork Both in design and finish, modern goods and passenger-vehicle bodies have shown marked improvement during the past few years, and on a number of stands -visitors will have an opportunity of studying modern coachbuiliiing technique. For example. the 26-seater luxury coach body by Mann Egerton and Co., Ltd., which will be seen on Stand 77, and the Harrington luxury coach body to be shown on Stand 81, will be found to represent the highest standards in passenger-vehicle bodywork.

On the goods-vehicle side there is an all-steel calla exhibited on Stand 92. When dismantled, it can be packed into a crate measuring 7 ft. by 5 ft. by 1 ft. 9 ins. A travelling shop on Stand 46, and a body designed to carry 1,108 biscuit this, on Stand 72, form but two special-purpose bodies that command attention.

The accessory and equipment section embraces engines, tipping gears, workshop appliances and the usual range of vehicle components, including those of proprietat y makes.

The Show will open daily (except Sunday, November 13) from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Prices of admission are: Weekdays, except Saturdays and Wednesday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., 5s.; 5 p.m. to 9 p.m., 2s. Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., $s.; 2 p.m. to 9 p.m., 2s. Wednesday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., 10s.; 5 p.m. to 9 p.tn., 2s.

On this and following pages the commercial-vehicle exhibits are dealt with in alphabetical order of make. A review of some of the accessories and equipment is also included in this issue. B30

THE principal Albion exhibit is staged by the maker, Albidn Motors, Ltd., Scotsioun, Glasgow, on .. Stand 71. Three vehicles are shown—. a Chieftain 6*-.tanner,'Clansman shortwheelbase tipper, and an example of the . Victor passenger vehicle. As the Chieftain is in chassis form, visitors have an... opportunity of studying its many "main excellent design features.

The Clansman is shown as a 5-cubicyd. end-tipper, one of a fleet being supplied to the National Coal Board. This model, like the Chieftain, is powered by the maker's four-eylindered 4.88-litre oil engine. The hydraulic tipping gear is of Edbro•manufacture.

Mounted on the Victor chassis, which also has a 4.88-litre oil engine, is a 32seat coach body by Walter Alexander and Co. (Coachbuilders), Ltd. Features of the body include a sliding entrance door, Dunlopillo seat cushions, sliding roof and coachbuilt parcels racks.

This exhibit also incorporates an example of the 4.88-litre oil engine, as used in the three vehicles exhibited. couplet] up to a five-speed gearbox. The output of this engine is 75 b.h.p, at 2,009 r.p.m., and •maximum torque 2,500 lb.ins, at 1,200 r.p.m.

A. C. Penman, Ltd., Queensberry Motor Works, Dumfries (Stand 921. shows a pantechnicon-type container for the transport of food products, mounted on an Albion FT3A chassis, powered by the maker's six-cylindered petrol engine with an R.A.C. rating of 29.4: b.p. The

trady, with Lutontype front, has a total capacity of 800 cubic ft.

A roller-shutter door is fitted at the rear, and there is a wide entrance step. There is a second door on the near-side front.

-The Penman alt-steel is built-up of interchange, able components, and when dismantled it can br packed into a crate measuring only 7 ft by 5 ft. by I Ii. 9 ins

ATKINSON

ONLY one example of the Atkinson appears in the Show, and this is. on Stand 89, occupied by Messrs. John Mitchell and Sons, Grey Place, Greenock. It isa 7-toner powered by a Gardner 5LW oil engine. Designed to draw atrailer of 6-ton capacity, this model has a back-axle ratio of 6:75 to I. The specification includes a five-speed gearbox. Hardy-Spicer needle-roller universal joints, and worm-driven rear. axle.

It has an Atkinson cab and a platform body built by the exhibitor. Panelled in aluminium, the cab has its "pillars encased in similar material. The .door and side panels on the interior are covered in Kathyde, and , rubbercushioned tip-up seats arc provided for the driver and his mate.

AUSTIN

THREE Austin models are shown by 1 Moir and Baxter, Ltd., Comely Bank. Edinburgh, on Stand 77. These comprise a Norfolk 26-seat luxury coach. with Mann Egerton body, a 25Cwt. Three-way van, and an A40 IQ-cwt. pick-up truck. The body of the Austin Norfolk coach is similar to the standard 31seater type produced by Mann Egerton, Ltd., -but as shown, two double seats have been omitted and the other scats . have been repositioned.

The main .interest of the Austin 2ionner shown by A. C. Penman, Ltd., Queensberry Motor Works, Dumfries (Stand 92), .probably lies in the body mounted on it. This iS the Penman patent livestock container which can be removed or fitted by the driver alone in a short time. This is achieved by drivin.g the vehicle between a ramp consisting of two parallel inclined bars. With Luton-type front and solid roof, the.container is designed to carry sheep on its upper d.eek.

' Messrs. John Mitchell and Sons, Grey Place. Greenock (Stand 89), stage an Austin 5-ton chassis with van body having three loading points, each of Which is covered by a roller shutter, The body was built by the exhibitors to the order of James Robertson and Sons, Ltd., the preserve manufacturers. The body and cab form separate. units.

Taggarts (Motherwell), Ltd., Knowe.top Garage, Motherwell (Stand 59) feature three Austin models, one of which is shown as a milk-delivery float. An Austin 5-ton tipper and a 2-ton truck with drop-sided body, form the other two exhibits.

On Stand 78, occupied by Carlaw (Cars), Ltd., 32-52, Finnieston Street, Glasgow, there is an Austin 5-ton lorry, a 25-cwt. Three-way van,"and a Metropolitan-type taxicab,

BRADFORD D RADFORD vehicles displayed on Stand -109 'consist of -.two vans; one is of the four-light type and the. other a Bradford: deluxe utility vehicle. In addition to' the vehicle exhibits, . a Bradford engine is shown. This is the new CC, unit in which the-power output has been stepped up to 25 b.h.p. Enclosed valVe gear and larger bearings form improVed features. The chassis has a three-speed synchromesh gearbox. The exhibit is staged jointly by the following. Bradford agents in Scotland: J. J. Aitken and Co.;' Ltd., Tongland Garage,‘Kirlacudbright; J. R. Alexander and Co., Ltd., 10-14. Lothian Road, Edinburgh; Bathgate Motor Co., Ltd., South Bridge Street, Bathgate; Messrs. David Blanc and Son, Weir Street Garage, Paisley; Dovemouut Motors,: Ltd., Havelock Street, HaWick; Eastern Motor Co., " Ltd., -52, George Street, Edinburgh; Holburn Motors, Ltd.,e515,-Holburn Street, Aberdeen; InVerness Motor Co., Ltd., Strothers Lane,"Invermess; John lvIcBain and Son, Ltd., Chirnside; P. S. Nicholson (Forres), . Ltd., St. Catherine's Road, Forres; Messrs. William Robb, Kirkcaldy Garage, Bennochy Road, Kirkcaldy; Stobeross Motor Co., Ltd., 69, Minerva Road, Glasgow; Shields Motor Car CO., Ltd., Dunkeld Road, Perth; Messrs. William Chey.ne, 174-188, Holborn Street, Aberdeen;, and Messrs. William Delvin, Perth Road, Dundee.

BEDFORD THERE are three separate stands 1 staging Bedford vehicles. Stand 91 is shared jointly by the following:— Mackay and Jafdine, Ltd., Wishaw; Princes Street Motor Co., Ltd., Kilmarnock; Messrs. A. and M. Pottie, Ltd., James Street. Paisley; J. Tweedie, Ltd., Ayr; Messrs. Watson Bros., Airdrie, and West End Garage (Helensburgh), Ltd. The exhibit comprises a Bedford Mark 5 passenger chassis shown with a Mulliner service-bus body, a 5-ton longwheelbase lorry, a 30-cwt. lorry, and a 10-12-cwt. chassis, carrying a Utilecon body conversion by Martin Walter, S.M.T. Sales and Service, Berkeley Street, Glasgow, stage a Bedford display on Stand 61, In all, there are four vehicles ,c6mprising a 5-tonner with a steel drop-side tipping body with Bromilow and EdWardi tipping gear, a 12-cwt. van, a 2-tonner with S.M.T. coachbuilt pantechnicon bodyof 667cubic-ft capacity, •'and, a Bedford passenger chassis on which is mounted a Duple Vista 29-seater coach body. This vehicle is for Edinburgh Corporation. Scammell Lorries, Ltd., Watford, Herfs, occupies Stand 85, on which the concern shows' a Bedford-Scarnmell articulated unit, the-semi-trailer of which carries a shop body.. This outfit was built to the order of St. Cuthbert's Co-operative Society.

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BROCKH OUSE r-IN Stand 87, J. Brockhouse and Co.,

Victoria Works, West Bromwith, shows various types of trailer and semi-trailer. Examples of this maker's products are also featured on Stand 64.

On the maker's own stand there is an example of a Brockhouse luxury-coach body mounted on a Crossley chassis. It is a 33-seater of composite construction, and embraces in its specification Weathershield's twin. Perspex sliding panels in the roof, and a system of air conditioning on the Clayton principle.

Further exhibits comprise a 25-30.cwt. caravan chassis, 7-cwt. and 12-cwt. two-wheeled trailers, a 15-cwt. twowheeled `.` hand-cart" trailer, a heavyduty axle unit suitable for 5-ton fourwheeled trailers, and a, light-duty axle unit for 8-10-cwt. two-wheeled trailers.

• Different types of chromium-plated windscreen, road spring, and examples of the Brockhouse automatic ball hitch are other items in the display.

BRUSH 'THE only battery-electric vehicles I exhibited can be seen on Stand 96, occupied by Industrial Motor Services, Ltd., East London Street, Edinburgh. Three representative types of Brush vehicle are staged, one an ice-cream kiosk based on a 10-14-cwt. chassis, a second with van body on a similar chassis, and the third the popular Pony with standard open dairy-type body and cab.

By reason of its Welt-equipped interior, the ice-cream kiosk commands attention. It has two v:trolite-covered inside counters, and a Perspex sink; a Calor-gas heater is responsible for a hot-water supply. There is full interior Ilghting, and arrangements are made to illuminate exterior panels.

COMMER THIS make of vehicle is displayed on five different stands,' each of which is well worth a visit, as the ekhibits are not duplicated. The Scottish Automobile Co., Ltd., 39, Lothian Road, Edinburgh (Stand 69), shows two Models—a Cornmer Superpoise 2-3-tonner with drop-sided .body, and a 7-ton tippet' on a 9-ft. 7-in. wheelbase chassis.

On Stand 70, James Ross and Sons (Motors), Ltd., Lochrin, Edinburgh, has a Cormner Supervan, -a 4.r5-ton Superpoise with van body, and a5-ton, forward-control underfloor-engine. model.

A ,5-ton chassis, a •Q3 3-4-ton tipper with"body and tipping gear by Edwards Bros: (Tippers), Ltd., and a Q25 25-cive forward-control van, comprise the Cornmer exhibit of Hamilton Bros.,' Ltd,. 255, Glasgow Road, Paisley, on Stand 73.

A Cominer Avenger passenger chassis, with a Harrington luxury coach body, forms one of the two Conuner exhibas shown by 'Melvin Moteirs Ltd., 25-41, Kingston Street, Glasgow, on"Stand 81. The Avenger chassis is powered by the maker's six-cylindered underfloor petrol engine which develops 109 b.h.p. at 3,000 r.p.m, Thesecond Cornmer vehicle is a 4-5tonner with 4-eubie-yd. tipping body fitted with Eribro tipping gear having a. 50-degree angle of tip.

Claud" -Hamilton (Aberdeen), Ltd., 254, Union Street, Aberdeen, on Stand 62, displays a Commer forwardcontrol 7-tonner with platform body and a Superpoise 25-cwt, van.' The 7-tonner Nan example of the new 13-ft. 6-in. wheelbase model with under-floor engine.

DAIMLER A CCLAIMED as one of the finest vehicles of its type produced in this country, the Daimler ambulance can be seen on Stand 67, occupied by the Daimler Co., Ltd., Coventry. The model shown, whilst being standard in respect of its chassis, has considerable extra body equipment. It is one of a fleet built to the order of the Northern Ireland Hospital authority.

DODGE SEVEN examples of Dodge vehicles are available for inspection, five of which appear on Stand 60, and two on Stand 90. Dodge Brothers (Britain). Ltd., Kew, Surrey (Stand 90) stages a 2-3-ton delivery van with a body of 450-cubic-ft. capacity. and a 13-ft. 9-in. wheelbase model with a platfoem body.

The specification of the chassis includes a six-cylindered petrol engine developing 109 b.h.p. at 3,600 r.p.rn., five-speed gearbox, and hydraulically operated brakes with Hydrovac vacuumservo.

Ritchies, Ltd., 36-44, Renfrew Street, Glasgow, shows, on Stand 60, both, a petroland oil-engined version of the Dodge 5-tonner—one with drop-sided body and the other with platform body 6-ton end-tipper with petrol-engined chassis, and a 5-ton end-tipping vehicle powered by an oil engine. A fifth exhibit is a Dodge 2-3-ton delivery van, with standard all-steel cab and a body of special design.

E.R.F.

rOMPR1STNG two vehicles. the

ELF. exhibit is staged by James Bowen and Sons, Ltd., 45-59, Pitt Street, Edinburgh, on Stand 66. The models shown are the E.R.F. LK.4.4 having a load capacity of 9 tons gross, and the E.R.F.4, designed for a gross tonnage of 12.

The LK.4.4 is powered by a fourcylindered oil engine of 3.8-litre capacity which develops 53 b.h.p. at 2,000 r.p.m, A five-cylindered oil engine is fitted in the 5.4 model, and this unit, develops 85 b.h.p. at 1,700 r.p.m. Features common to both models are a five-speed gearbox and worm-driven .rear axle.

FODEN I N addition to the two complete vehicles shown by Fodens, Ltd., Elworth Works, Sandbach, Cheshire, on Stand 88, an example of the maker's six-cylindered two-stroke oil engine is available for inspection. Apart from its many other outstanding features, this unit shows remarkable figures in fuel economy.

As tested by "The Commercial Motor," the fuel-consumption rate worked out at 11.51 m.p.g. with a gross tonnage of 221. Of 4.09-litre capacity, this unit has a maximum output of 126 b.h.p. at 2,000 r.p.m.

The vehicle exhibits comprise a type 004/6 lorry, and an F04 7i-tonner. The 004/6 is powered by a Gardner 4LK oil engine, and has a four-speed gearbox. The standard back-axle ratio is 6 to L A Gardner 4LW engine is fitted to the *tonner. which also has a four-speed gearbox. The standard back-axle ratio on this model is 6.25 to I. Both these vehicles are shown with platform bodies.

FORDS° N 'TWENTY-FIGHT dealers are jointly I concerned in the Fordson display, which is distributed between Stands 75 and 94. The seven vehicles shown, all standard Fordson products, are as .follows: One 5-cwt. and one 10-cwt. van, 10 h.p. Utilicon, 10-cwt. pick-tip, a 2-ton truck, and two 5-tonners, one of which is shown as a lorry, and the other as a drop-sided tipper.

A notable feature on the Fordson Thames models is the new frontal styling, which gives not only. improved 'appearance, but an impression of greater solidity. This new cab is designed to give semi-forward control.

The braking system now embodies a vacuum-servo acting through a Girling hydraulic system to two-leading-shoe units on all wheels. A road-test report of the Thames 5-tonner was given in "The Commercial Motor" dated October 14.

The dealers concerned in the Fordson exhibit are: Alexanders of Edinburgh, Ltd., Semple Street, Edinburgh; H. K. Brown (Motors), Ltd., Raith Motor Works, Nicol Street, Kirkcaldy; Chapman of Inverness, Ltd., 49, Eastgate, Inverness; Dalblair Motors, Ltd., 44, Dalblair Road, Ayr; Dunlop Motor Co., Ltd., 30, Grange Street, Kilmarnock; William Dunnet and Co., 20, Trail! Street, Thurso; Elgin Central Garage, Ltd., 266, High Street, Elgin; Thos, Fairgreive and Sons, Ltd., Cockhohn Works, Stow; Frew and Co., Ltd., 14, Princes Street, Perth; Gale and Barclay, Ltd., 60-64, North Street, Glasgow; Messrs. George and Jobling, 160, Bothwell Street, Glasgow; D. R. Gordon, Ltd., 30-40, Hopetoun Street, Bathgate; J. A. Laidlaw (Airdrie), Ltd., South Biggar Road, Airdrie; George G. McDiarmid, Ltd., 17-19, Cros s, Arthur lie Street, Barrhead; Jas.McHarrie (Stranraer), Ltd., South Strand Street, Stranraer; Messrs. A. McKeicher, Breadalbane Garage, The Square, Aberfeldy; Macknight (Motors), Ltd., York Place, Dumfries; J. Martin (Kirkintilloch), Lid., Kelvin

Valley Works, Kirkintilloch; I. M. Millar, Ltd., Callendar Road, Falkirk;

• Millat's Garage (Stirling), Ltd., 21, Barnton Street, Stirling; Messrs. William Montgomery and Sons, l he Garage, So-achur; Messrs. J. J Nicholson, Muirhall Garage, Bothwell Road, Hamilton; A. Normand and .Co., Ltd., Hospital Hill Garage, Dunfermline; Paisley Motor Co., Ltd., 85, Causeyside Street, Paisley; Messrs. Duncan Ramsay and Son, Argyll Street, -Carnpbeltown; Messrs. A. W. Taylor and Son, High Street, Invergordon; E. Watkinson and Co., Ltd., Eastfield Garage, 129, Glasgow Road, Dumbarton; Wylie's. Ltd., 370, Pollok.shaws Road, Glasgow.

STAND 86 is occupied by Guy Motors, Ltd., Fallings Park, Wolverhampton, and this ,maker shows two complete chassis, a four-speed Wilson gearbox as used in the ,Guy Arab chassis, and a Gardner 4LK oil engine.

In the case of the Vixen 4-ton chassis, all the units are sectionalized. The second chassis is an Otter 5-6-tonne'. Powered by a Gardner 4LK oil engine, and having a two-speed rear axle.

H UMBER

i NCLUDED in the vehicles displayed by James Ross and Sons (Motors), Ltd., Lochrin, Edinburgh, on Stand 70, is a Humber chassis an which is mounted a special ambulance body.

The chassis is powered by a sixcylindered engine which develops 100 b.h.p. at 3,400 r.p.m. A 10-in.-diameter Borg and Beck clutch takes the drive to a four-speed gearbox, from which an open propeller shaft runs to a spiral-bevel rear axle.

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(IN Stand 64, Rossleigh, Ltd., 32, LiShandwick Place, Edinburgh, stages a number of different makes of vehicle in which are included a Jen-Tug 30-cwt. articulated outfit: and a JNSN oilengined drop-sided lorry.

The Jen-Tug is powered by a -fourcylinderedi petrol engine developing 30.1 b.h.p. at 4,006 r.p.m. It has a three:speed gearbox and an underslung worm-driven rear axle. The JNSN chassis is particularly notable for its light weight. The chassis frame is fabricated from light alloy of especially deep section, and there is no question of weight reduction being obtained at the expense of strength, the unladen weight of the 6-tonner being under 3: ton.s.

The power unit is a Perkins P6 oil engine developing 70 b,h.p. at 2,200 r.p.m.. Maximum torque is 184 Eb.-ft. at 1,000 r.p.m.

KARRIER TEN vehicles of this make are shown on six different stands, the biggest single display, being by T. M. Erskine and Co., lnchinnan Road, Renfrew (Stand 84). This distributor features a'Barn-am 5-ton tractor, a Bantam 2-tonner with platform body, a second 2-tanner as a complete van, and aKarrier CK3 3-4-ton van.

In addition to its exhibit of Commer machines, tne Scottish Automobile Co Ltd.. 39. Lothian Road, Edinburgh, shows on Stand 69 an example of a mobile shop mounted on a Karrier Bantam 2-ton chassis. The excellent manceuvrability of the Karrier Bantam makes it ideally suited to this type of operation.

A Karrier Bantam 2-tanner, also having a shop body, forms one of the vehicles exhibited by James Ross. and Sons (Motors). Ltd., Lochrin, Edinburgh, on Stand 70.

The Karrier Bantam 2-tanner shown by Hamilton Bros., Ltd., 255, Glasgow Road, Paisley (Stand 73) has a stand and platform body...converted to a dropsided type by the exhibitor.

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An example of a Karrier CK3 3-4-tonner, with a bread-delivery body, is included in the vehicles shown on Stand 81 by Melvin Motors, Ltd., 107, St. Vincent Street, Glasgow.. A feature• of this body is that it has three doors on the near side which give access to -a transverse load at the front. The upper half of the rear door, which is hinged to the arch rail, is secured to springloaded supports which hold it horizontal.

LAND-ROVER ON Stand 42, Jas. Gibbon (Motors), Ltd., 104. West Nile Street, Glasgow, is showing three examples of the Land-Rover. One vehicle is exhibited complete with all extras, whilst another carries a fire-fighting body together with equipment. The interesting features incorporated in the LandRover are disclosed in the chassis forming the third exhibit on this stand. Alsb shown is a Brockhouse 15-cwt, trailer specially designed for the 1.4ndRover.

This make of vehicle is also exhibited by Rossleigh, Ltd., 32, Shandwiek Place. Edinburgh (Stand 64).

LEYLAND THE. Leyland exhibit consists enrely of oil-engined Comet models: Stands 76 and 93 are shared jointly by Leyland Motors, Ltd., Leyland, Lanes, and its Scottish agents, Joseph Wilkinson (Motors), Ltd.; 2, Hope Crescent, Edinburgh, and John Gibson and Sons, Ltd., Jameson Place, Leith.

There are a 32-seater coach based on a Comet CP0.1 chassis, a low-loading —furniture vant incorporating a Corse passenger chassis, and a tipper and a

brewer's platform-bodied vehicle both based on Comet export-type goods chassis.

Visitors have the opportunity of studying the special features . of the Comet chassis from a sectionalized version which is also displayed. This is the ECP0.1R export passenger chassis. The Comet oil-engined chassis is powered by a 5.01-litre engine which develops 75 b.h.p. at 2,000 r.p.m. Engine torque is 220 lb.-ft. at 1,000 r.p.m. A five-speed gearbox is fitted and the rear axle is a hyoid-gear-driven unit.

The Comet coach on the Leyland stand has a Brockhottse body, one of the features of which is the sliding head in Perspex.

MORRIS DISPLAY of Morris vans is in the hands of agents, and on Stand 63 the Westfield Autocar Co., Ltd., Westfield Avenue, Edinburgh, and John Gibson and Son. Ltd., show a Morris 5-cwt. Series 2 van, and a Morris 10cwt. Series Y van.

Similar vehicles are also exhibited by William Gillespie and Son, Ltd., 53, Love Street, Paisley, and McLay's Garage, Ltd., Kirkintilloch, On Stand 68, and by A. and D. Fraser, Ltd...65, Springkell Avenue, Maxwell Park, Glasgow, on Stand 65.

The Morris chassis' has a foureylindered side-valve engine of 57 mm.. boreand 90 nub.stroke in the case of the smaller model, and 69.5 mm. bore. and 102 mm. stroke in the larger vehicle. MORRIS-COMMERCIAL TTHERE are 10 examples of MorrisI Commercial vehicles exhibited, the • display being split up between five distributors. On Stand 63, the Westfield Autocar Co., Ltd., and John Gibson and Son, Ltd., stage two models, one P.V.-type, 15-20-cwt. express delivery van, and the other an FV.9,15-type, petrol-engined 5-cubic-yard end-tipper.

On Stand 65, A. and D. Fraser, Ltd., includes in its exhibit. a Morris-Commercial 10-cwt. van (a road-test report of which was given in "The Commercial Motor" dated October 21), a 15-20cwt. van, an ambulance based on a CV 11-30 chassis, and a 5-ton furniture William Gillespie and Son, Ltd., and McLay's Garage, Ltd., occupy Stand 68, where they show four models, of which one is an example of the Morris-Commercialpassenger chassis with a 32

. seat coach bOdy. The exhibit includes a I-type 10-cwt. van • having a body capacity of 150 cubic ft., an L.C. 25-30-cwt. lorry, and a C.V. 11-40T. 2-3-tonner, The Morris Commercial .passehger chassis is powered •• 'by an oil engine 'developing 75 b.h.p. at 2,400 r.p.m. The

other models shown have .foureylin tiered petrol engines, that" in the '213: tanner deve1pping-80: b.h,p. 3;000 r.p.m.

SCAMMELL THE: exhibit of Scarnmell Lorries, ' Ltd., Watford, Hens, on Stand 85, is run in conjunction with S:M.T. Sales and Service, of Ed=nburgh. 'In addition to a Bedford-Scamrnell tractor unit (see under Bedford), there is a Scarnmell Scarab 3-ton mechanical' horse, and a 6-ton version of the Scarab.

Attached to the 3-tonner is a 10-ft. straight-framed semi-trailer, the complete outfit being the property of Babcock and Wilcox, Ltd. The 6-tonner, which is ta be operated :by• Northern Retail Dairies, Ltd., Dumfries, is dis played as a motive unit without semi ., trailee.

SEDDON THREE exhibitors, occupying two k stands, share in the display of Seddon machines. The Bass Rock Motor Co., Ltd., Portobello, Edinburgh, and Messrs. Regent Garage, -Poynernook Road, Aberdeen, share Stand 82. on which they show a Mark 5/.. chassis and a complete vehicle with standard cab and platforin body:.

Designed for a payload of 6 tons, the chassis is powered by a Perkins P.6 oil engine; Other features of the chassis include a five-speed gearbox, spiralbevel-driven rear axle, and Girling twoleading-shoe brakes.

An example of the Seddon passenger chassis is one of three machines shown on Stand 83 by Moodie and Co., Ltd., 163, Hope Street, Glasgow. The other two exhibits comprise a .platform ;lorry and an end-tipper.

Braking is assisted by Clayton Dewanclre servo gear. The top and bottom ratios of the overdrive gearbox are .812 arid 6.61 respectively.

STANDARD

AN estate car, a 12-cwt. van and a tApick-up truck represent the Standard vehicles shown by Macharg, Rennie and Lindsay, Ltd., 2-28, Berkeley Street, Glasgow, on Stand 80.

The rear seats in the estate car can be folde.d flat when it is desired to carry luggage. Of all-steel construction, the body on the Standard 12-cwt. van has a capacity of 105 cubic. ft. On the pick-up truck there is a built-in towing attachment, and there are lashing hooks and hood-pole sockets on each side of • the bodY.

A Standard 12-cwt. van and a pick-up truck-are featured on Stand 64; occupied by Rossleigh, Ltd,, 32, Shandwick Place, Edinburgh.

THORNYCROFT

QNE of the highlights of the Show is the Thornycroft Sturdy Star chassis, which is exhibited for the first time by Transport EqUipment(ThoraYcroft). Ltd., Thornycroft Rouse,. Smith Square, London, S.W.1, onStand 71 Originally announced at the' Cominercial Vehicle Show in 1948, the Sturdy Star hasOnly recently gone into production.

. It has a Thornycroft six-cylindered 4.18-litre direct-injection oil engine which, in unit with the gearbox,. is flexibly mounted in the chassis.: A close inspection shows 'that, the subassembly of the clutch, brake and accelerator pedals is such as to exclude draught from the cab.

Other features of the chassis worth noting are the position chosen for the battery carrier on a frame side member, the generous depth of the main frame members-91 ins.--the progressive rear springs, and the Dewandre servo of the Girling two-leading-shoe brakes.

Also shown is .a Trident chassis, which has many features in common with the Sturdy Star. It has, however, a larger engine of 5.51-litre capacity which develops 78 b.h.p. at 1,800 r.p.m.

E4 The Trident has been desitmed for a gross laden weight not exceeding 12 tons.

Examples of the Nippy as both a goods and passenger vehicle are incitided in the exhibit. The passenger chassis forms the basis of a 20-seater semi-coach, the body of which was ()inn by. the Croft Bodybuilding Co., Ltd., Glasgow. The Croft body shown on the Nippy goods chassis was designed to carry 1,108 biscuit tins. -A pointtof interest in connection with the cab roof is that shelves have been provided for the accominodation of coats and small suitcases.

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0"petrol-engined 'Vulcan. and three powered by oil engines, are shown by Messrs. H.C. Hutchisan, Ardrnillan Motor Works, Edinburgh, On Stand 51. The petrol-engined 6-tonner has a standard cab, and a platform body measuring 16 ft. by 6 ft. 9 -ins. Two other platform-bodied Valcans are on view, one being an oilengined 6-tonner, with a 14-ft. 6-in. wheelbase, and the other with a 13-ft. wheelbase.

Another 6-tonner, also powered by an oil engine, mounts a tipping body with Edbro tipping gear. The wheelbase of this chassis is 9 ft. 9 ins. The vehicle is shown with standard cab and steel lined body. Extras available on this tipper are a higher shelter board, mudflaps and towing eye. The wheels are equipped with 34-in. by 7-in. tyres.

For demonstration purposes; an oilengined Vulcan chassis with a Theale 31-seater semi-luxury service-coach body is available outside the exhibition during the show period