Tidd van body on D300 chassis
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• What is probably the first heavy-duty box van of under 3 tons unladen weight to be based on a six-cylinder Ford D300 chassis has recently been introduced by H. Tidd and Sons of Finsbury Park, London.
Mounted on the 134in. wheelbase chassis, the body is based on Tidd Litebox construction incorporating Clark high tensile steel and aluminium frame members. Internal dimensions of the body are 15ft by 7ft by 7ft high, which affords a payload volume of 735 cu ft. Payload capacity within the plated gross weight of 6 tons 6 cwt is claimed to be at least 3 tons 6 cwt.
The body sub-frame, using mountings complying with Ford recommendations, has light-alloy bearers supporting a flat floor of the same material; but a lower floor incorporating wheelboxes is optionally available.
The body can be panelled with flat 16-gauge aluminium sheets or rigid horizontally fluted panels can be specified at no extra cost, and, by using a sectional assembly technique quick build-times are achieved. The basic list price for this type of body is £.500.
Other makes of chassis, provided that they weigh less than 2 tons 10+ cwt, can also be fitted with this body to make a van of less than 3 tons unladen weight.