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RENOWNS FOR NOTTINGHAM: Nottingham Corporation has ordered 35 A.E.C. Renown low-height double-decker bus chassis as part of its trolleybus replacement programme. They will be fitted with 70-seat front-entrance bodies by M.C.W.
MANDATOR SALES IN AUSTRALIA: An order placed by A.E.C. (Australia) Pty. Ltd. for 30 Mandator tractive units and rigid vehicles brings the total ordered for service in Australia during the past 18 months to 160 vehicles.
MORE DUMFTRUKS FOR.COMMUN1ST SERVICE: The Yugoslav Government buying organization, Gramat, has ordered another four 10-cu.-yd. Dumptruk earthmoving vehicles via the A.E.C. distributors, Rapid, of Belgrade. These will follow four 10-cu.-yd. Dumptruks which entered service in Yugoslavia three months ago.
A.E.C. ARTICS FOR AIR PRODUCTS: Air Products Ltd. has ordered four Mandator tractive units for its fleet of semi-trailer tankers. They will haul 2,500-gallon-capacity liquid nitrogen and argon tankers designed and built by Air Products.
MORE ORDERS FOR SCAMMELL: Recent orders for Scammell semi-trailers with fifth-wheel couplings include two Fourtrak units for Peterborough Engineering, one 25-ft. sided I2-tonner for C. and E. Motors, four Fourtrak chassis for Agents Leyland Albion (East Africa) and three Spaceframe 12-ton 25-ft. semi-trailers for Nigeria.
A.E.C. BUSES FOR BRISBANE: The Australian municipality of Brisbane has ordered 40 Reliance 590 single-decker bus chassis. Full air-suspension and automatic transmission have been specified, and the buses will be supplied c.k.d. to be assembled by A.E.C. Australia Ltd.
FOR THE OTHER SIDE OF THE CURTAIN: A further four Scammell 6 x 6 Constructor oilfields vehicles have been ordered for operation in Hungary. They will be equipped as 30-ton fiat platform oilfields bed trucks with gin poles and used for handling skid-mounted unitized loads of up to 30 tons.