New Duple Body Costs £2,150 and Weighs 2 Tons 12 Cwt.
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NFLUENCED inevitably by Coronation year, Duple Motor Bodies, Ltd., he Hyde, Hendon, London, N.W.9. ave designated their latest design, a ghtweight luxury coach body, the Elizabethan." A 41-seater, its unladen ,eight is 2 tons 12 cwt. and it costs 2,150. It is designed for A.E.C., eddon and other makes of underfloorngined chassis.
Whilst following their usual practice f a high metal content in the cornosite construction, Duple have made us body as light as practicable to suit lodern operating conditions. Floor earers.are reinforced with steel and are overed with I -in. tongued and grooved oards. Traps are let into the floor for ngine and chassis accessibility_
Steel-reinforced pillars carry 19 s.w.g. luminium panelling, except for the tune, which is of 16 s.w.g. metal. Fullridth polished-alloy bumpers are fitted t the front and rear. The mouldings re also of polished alloy, with coloured lastic centres to conceal fixings. Wings re part of the body structure. The entral entrance on the near side is nclosed by a sliding door.
Good Visibility There are eight full-drop balanced rindows in the sides, and shaped glass I the front and rear conforms with the eneral design.
Side panels and roof quarters in the aterior are finished in either repp or iorsted velvet, moquette and leather loth lining the dome, roof and the .nderside of the parcel racks. Polished imber and a veneered panel are let into he roof, with decorative plaques under he racks.
A layer of rubber covers the gangmy, linoleum completing the flooring eneath the seats. Lighting is provided ,y 14 lamps, five under the parcel racks ,n each side and four in the roof. Jpholstery is in moquette with P.V.C. eliefs and piping.
Two hinged Perspex lights are fitted n the full-domed roof, which also ncorporates an air intake over the iindscreen and two air extractors. The full-fronted cab allows good visibility through two hinged panels. Smiths de-misting equipment and an adjustable sun vizor are standard
fittings.
In addition to •the interior Pircel racks, luggage accommodation is provided by a 90-cu.-ft. locker with vertically hinged doors at the rear.
Flexible mountings are provided for attaching the bodywork to the chassis at the front.
A similar style of bodywork is available for chassis with front engines.
• JOINT ACQUISITION
'THE bus service between Chesterfield 1. and Brimington operated by Mr. F. H. Doughty is proposed to be taken ovdr jointly by East Midland Motor Services, Ltd., and Chesterfield Cor
poration. Originally, the company opposed the purchase of the service by the municipality alone.