Willowbrook Motor Co.
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TWO vehicles will form the exhibit of this company, these tieing a convertible " chara-lorry " to seat 14 passengers on a 1 ton G.M.C. chassis, and a convertible "bus van" which is intended for use on a 1 ton chassis.
The first-named can be converted from a motor coach to a lorry in a few minutes by the withdrawal of six bolts, after which two men can readily remove the . body. The fixed lorry platform serves as the floor of the motor coach.
The size of the platform lorry when used for a 14-seater body is 8 ft. by 5 ft. 6 ins., with 3 in. side rails and a 9 in. high tailboard. The char-a-banes body slides on to the platform, the tailboard being removed for this purpose.
The "bus-van body, when fitted up for passenger work, accommodates 14 people. AM the seats are readily removable on a skeleton frame in a few moments.