Maudslay.
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Maudslay Motor Co., Ltd., Coventry.
Stand No. 56.
THE chief feature of interest on the Maudslay .stand will be the new motor, the bore and stroke of which measure 41 ins. by 6 ins. This engine is fittedwith a. loose head and three bearing crankshaft, the bearings being carried in the top half of the crankcase and oiled under pressure: The magneto and water pump are driven by means of a bevel gear from a vertical shaft. located at the flywheel end of the motor.
The vehicles shown will consist of (1) a 28-seater char-a-bands, the engine of the chassis being of 40 h.p., and the drive being taken through a worm gear ; (2) a 6 ton lorry, also fitted with 40 h.p. engine with double reduction drive, the length of the wheelbase being 14 ft. 6 ins., and the vehicle. being arranged with the driver's seat by the side of the engine the loading spaceof the vehicle
being 19 ft. 6 ; (3) a 3 ton chassis with 32 h.p. engine, the. power being transmitted to the rear axle through a worm gear, this vehicle also having the driver's seat by the side of the engine, whilst the chassis has a specially short wheelbase of only 10 ft. 6 ins., so that it may be run on to any standard weigh. bridge; (4) a 35-seater single-deck omnibus on a chassis with a 40 h.p. engine, the power being transmitted through a worm gear, the wheelbase of the vehicle being 15 ft. 6 ins.