Light-alloy Bodies for Retail Trades
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TWO types of aluminium-alloy food' van body to suit the B.M.C. .12 chassis are being built by Commercial
• Vehicle Repairs (Tunstall), Ltd., mannfacturers of Mastalloy light-metal bodies. The first fits up to the B.M.C. cab, which is supplied complete with front hinged doors.
A horizontal sliding door on each i side gives access to a double confectionery compartment, which is 'racked for trays. Full use is made of the space forward of the rear wheelarches. The rear compartment is racked in alloy angle to receive bread trays.
The rear doors are in three sections, the two lower ones opening in line with the sides of the body. They are retained in this position by automatic stays. The upper door, hinged from the top, is controlled by spring door furniture which, When closed, keeps all three ,Idoors securely fastened without the use !of latches. When open, the upper door ljr held almost horizontally.
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With a valance over the hinges, this makes a useful canopy under which to unload or serve customers, making the. van particularly suitable for retail delivery.
The second type of body is mounted on the chassis, purchased with scuttle and bulkhead to waist height only. The van body is built integrally with the cab, and the driver's door is made to slide back for speedy door-to-door deliveries.
The near-side cab door is hinged at the front to enable a sliding door to he. fitted inside the body. This gives access to the confectionery compartment, which has racks across the chassis behind the bulkhead. The rear cornpartmefft of the van is racked and has rear doors and other fittings similar to the first.
Being of aluminium construction, the interior of the body does not require painting and lends itself to easy cleaning. A Flomatic roof ventilator is fitted. could not undertake it except on their parcels service, which was not economic.
Mr. A. W. Balne, for the objectors, the British Transport Commission, pointed out that the applicant's own vehicle was earning in the region of £4,000, a year. An additional vehicle would deprive the sub-contractors of the traffic.
ENGINES AS PRIZES
A SERIES of competitions, open to PI all power operators in the British Isles, irrespective of whether or not they are Perkins engine owners, was 'announced on Tuesday by F. Perkins, Ltd., Peterborough.
Prizes of engines will be awarded to contestants who submit the best slogans for Perkins oil engines in the vehicle, industrial, agricultural and marine sections. Entrants will also be asked questions designed to give valuable customer and market research data. The competition ends on March 3. 1958. Traders and service depots all over Britain are co-operating.