Clarkson.
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Clarkson Steam Motors, Mou'sham Works, Chelmsford.
Stand No. 32. (See page 285.)
Citroen.
Gaston, Ltd., 212-214. Great Portland Street, London, W.
Stand No. 18.
THOSE who are interested in light van chassis will undoubtedly be attracted to the stand of Gaston, Ltd. 1N-o. 18), by the Citroen 10 h.p. machine. Two examples of this French company's products will be staged, these including a camionnette and a light delivery van. As at last year's Show, the company will also, exhibit two SeWen machines, one being a stripped chassis, and the ether a complete van. The Selden is a well-built vehicle, incorporating a fourcylinder engine of 3i ins, bore and 5 ins. stroke, the cylinders being east. en bloc ; it develops 25 h.p. The gearbox provides three speeds forward and a reverse, and it conveys the drive to a
Timken worm-driven rear axle. The body space from the back of the driver's seat to the end of the frame is 9 ft. 6 ins. The wheelbase of the machine is 11 ft. .8 ins. The general-purposes van erected on a similar chassis, designed for loads of 3035 cwt. is equipped with Goodyear giant pneumatic tyres and C.A.T. electric lighting. The body has been built by Hoods and Bodies, Ltd., of Coventry.. The chassis for the two Citroen machines is identical, incorporating, as it does, a four-cylindered water-cooled engine, with a bore of 65 mm. and a stroke of 100 mm. ; it develops 18 h.p. The gearbox provides three speeds forward and a reverse.
The special van body on the, other chassis to be shown is built by Messrs. Hoods and Bodies, Ltd. This body provides a loading space of 64 cubic ft.