B.R.S. Experiments With Parcels Vans
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AN indication of a forward-looking policy is given by British Road Services' experimental operation of four Austin oil-engined 700-cu.-ft. parcels vans with easy-entry cabs. Strachans (Successors), Ltd., Wales Farm Road, London, W.3, built the bodywork, integrating the cabs with the rear portion.
The cabs are of full width and have sliding doors and low steps on each side. The four vans are each operating in a different area on multi-stop work and another prototype is under construction.
Strachans are building numbers of other 700-cu.-ft. vans for B.R.S. on the normal-control 'Austin oil-engined chassis. These have Semtex translucentplastics roofs with integral glasspol ribbing of top-hat section. Body framing of all vehicles is of top-hat section aluminium, with aluminium panels and timber floors.