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956 BODIES

Stand 70. These will include a drop sided body on a Commer 7-ton chassis and a platform body on a MorrisCommercial 7-tanner, A new feature on the Homalloy stand (53) will be full-fronted cabs, with wrap-round windscreens, constructed in both glass-fibre and light-alloy. The application of plastics for wings and roofs will also be illustrated.

Glass-fibre reinforced plastics are also employed in the cab of a Thornycroft Swiftsure lorry with light-alloy drop-sided body on Stand 114 (Marshall). Another interesting exhibit on this stand will be a light-alloy boxback body, on an Austin 5-tonner. specially designed for use in the distri bution of cartoned goods.

Beall are to show on Stand 80 a Thames 3-tanner with a 900-cu.-ft Luton van body, which is to be used both for carrying furniture and for delivering parcels. The design includes a detachable loading ramp which folds to cover the floor of the well at the rear when it is not required.

Plastics are extensively employed in two exhibits by Cockers (Stand 81). One of these, a 2,000-cu.-ft, van body on a Dennis chassis, has luxury seating in the driver's cab. The roof of this van is semi-transparent. A light-alloy body on a Seddon chassis, which will be on the same stand, has a cross-boarded floor which, it is claimed, saves weight by eliminating the need for crossbearers.

In spite of a capacity of 1,660 Cu. ft., a light-alloy Luton pantechnicon body to be shown by Arlington on a Bedford chassis (Stand 111) has an unladen weight under 3 tons. There is a trans

lucent glass-fibre panel in the root, and special attention has been paid to safety in the integral cab.

On Stand 40 Willowbrook will be exhibiting a Guy 1,200-cu.-ft. alloy pantechnicon for British Road Services The roof will be a one-piece unit moulded in glass-fibre reinforced poly ester resin. .

The cab of a Guy .1,450-cu.-ft. pan technicon on the Kingsland stand (107) is likely to draw attention. It is claimed to give a clear vision through 180°.

Bodies designed for carrying biscuits and dry-cleaned garments will be on view on Stand 38 (Cunard), as well as a Morris-Commercial 5-cwt. de-luxe van.

Mulliners are to show on Stand 27 a 90-cu.-ft. delivery van and a 6-cwt pick-up. Both are of all-steel construe, lion and are based on Standard chassis

Innovations in the Martin Walter range (Stand 117) will be Dormobfle allpurpose conversions of the Standard 6-cwt. van and the Thames 5-cwt. van.

Plastics will also be seen to a limited extent on tippers. Arlington are to show a vehicle of this type on a Crossley Mercury chassis which has rear wings made in this material A variety ot tipping gears will be available for inspection on the four vehicles being displayed by Neville on Stand 78. Claimed to be novel in its design, one of these, on. a Thornycroft Swiftsure chassis, has a 6-cu.-yd. alloy body with curved drop sides. A heavyduty body intended for use in manganese-ore quarries is to he shown on an E.R.F. eight-wheeler. It has a capacity of approximately 15 cu. yd.

An unusual feature on another .Neville body, to be shown on a Guy Warrior chassis, will be rubber 'fitted between the body and chassis to insulate the chassis frame from the impact as the vehicle is loaded.

The new tipping gears on the Telehoist stand (52) will include a twin-ram heavy-duty gear with a 50° tipping angle, and the Telelever medium gear which, although introduced early this year, is being publicly exhibited for the first time at the Show.

A new design of steel body is also to he displayed by this exhibitor. Having a capacity of 8 cu. yd., and designed to carry sand and ballast, it has a quickaction, self-locking, tailboard fastener.

New products to be shown by Weston

(Stand 30) will include a single-ram triple-extension front-of-body tipping gear with a rectangular hinged stabilizer, and a twin-ram triple-extension underbody gear embodying a new remotecontrol valve which will alio* control from the driver's seat.

Among the Autolifts exhibits on Stand 128' there will be an Atkinson 6-cu.-yd. all-steel single-drop-sided endtipper with a wide metal-framed cab incorporating a glass-fibre dash and integral domed glass-fibre wings.

Edbro-B. and E. Tippers are to be well represented. On Stand 26, Bromilow • and Edwards will have an A.E.C. Mammoth Major 10-cu.-yd. all-steel dumper. The front end of the body is taken up to form a protective canopy for the cab.

Pilot (Stand 124) are showing for the first time a number of special safety devices on one of their tippers. These include an electrical device which gives warning in the cab of the commencement of tipping, and a 3-ft. prop mounted in the chassis frame which is intended to support the partially raised body when maintenance work is being carried out. This exhibitor will also have two 26-cu.-yd. aluminium-alloy coal tippers at Earls Court, one of them in the demonstration park.

Also to be seen in the demonstration park will be one of Bonallack's new range of U-shaped light7aIloy tipping bodies. Mounted on a Comrner 5-tonner, this body will have fixed sides and a capacity of 5 cu. yd, Sparshatt (Stand 50) will show a heated and insulated asphalt tipper, based on a Dodge chassis. Of welded all-steel double-skin construction, the c48 6-cu.-yd. body has glass-fibre insulation.

Tankers with capacities ranging from 900 gal. to 4,000 gal, will be shown.

A,P.V. will have on Stand 116 a 1,500-gal. single-compartment stainlesssteel vinegar tank on a Maudslay chassis.

W. B. Bawn and Co., Ltd., who will be showing at Earls Court for the first time, will have a 1,200-gal. twocompartment fuel-oil tank on a Thames 5-tanner. This will be seen on Stand 137.

An unusual* feature of an A.E.C. Mammoth Major 4,000-gal. fivecompartment mild-steel tanker on Thompson Bros. stand (69) will be the hydraulically topor bottom-operated footvalves.

Carmichael (Stand 109) are to exhibit an aluminium tubular tank, built to carry 7 tons of cement,on a Comrner tipper. By the use of a Roots-type blower, the contents of the tank can be completely discharged up to a height of 40 ft. in 15 min. Other models on this stand will be an aluminium twodeck cattle container and a three-horse container.

A new design of body for the carriage of animal food in bulk will be available on the Duramin stand. Known as the Bulkmobile, it is basically a fixed-sided end-tipper suitable for carrying loads in sacks, hut can be converted for bulk purposes by one man in only a few minutes. This vehicle, too, is enuipped for emptying by compressed air to a height of 40 ft. It will be based on a Dodge chassis,

Another vehicle in this category is to be shown by Mann Egerton on Stand 82. Based on a B.M.C. 7-Ion oilengined chassis, it is known as the Bulkfeed. It has been developed in conjunction with Henry Simon, Ltd. Of integral aluminium construction, the main container is divided into four hoppers with a total capacity of 138 cu, ft. Each hopper is fed by gravity and. pneumatically discharged—up to a. height of 50 ft.—thus reducing handling time to a fraction of that required by conventional delivery methods.

On Stand 123, County • Commercial Cars, Ltd., will display a Litex athmetal meat-delivery van based On aThames4-ton chassis. This is an example of a standard range, with capacities of from 2=15 tons, which, whilst having, been developed for the hVgienic carriage of meat, is also suitable for other types of goods. A Market Loader will be seen fitted to this vehicle.

A new design to be seen bn this stand is the Piston Jekta, mounted on a Dennis Pax chassis. This is claimed to be particularly suitable for the discharge, under close control, " of wet.concrete and similar materials., 'Complete' load ejection is said to be achieved, the cylinder being cleaned out by each piston stroke. When not required for specialized work, the body is suitable for general purposes.

Jennings Will have among their exhibits on Stand 36 a Karrier Bantam grocer's shop, with a sliding door at the rear and large display windows on each side. A glass-fibre one-piece roof is a feature of a canteen on a Morris-Commercial L.C.5 chassis whichKennings (Stand 29) are to show. • On Stand 120 (Normand) there will be a Commer 25-cwt. refrigerated van built almost entirely in plastics, this material being employed for the framing, roof, panels, floor and the doors and interior linings. This exhibitor will also show a soil-testing laboratory based on a Thornycroft Big Ben chassis.

• A television control room mounted on a Bedford 7-tonner will be anothet Bonallack exhibit. With a body con, structed almost entirely in aluminium • alloy, the vehicle is claimed to be ovei a ton lighter than if it had been built in other material.

Appearing at a Commercial Motot Show for the first time are Coventry Steel Caravans, who have recently abandoned production of living and holiday caravans and are now concentrating on commercial outfits. They will display, on Stand 142, an office on a . Taskers 4-ton semi-trailer and a dental clinic on a Brockhouse 4-ton trailer.

PASSENGER

THE influence of Continental body design will be: strongly evident in a number of exhibits -making their first appearance in public at the Show.

On Stand 47, Yeatcs will have three vehicles, two of them of a new design. Appropriately named the Europa, it has been developed to meet the needs of operators of long-distance

tours. Special attention has been given to the design of the roof windows and the seats. Both of the Europa .coaches —one of them' a Commer 39-seater and the other a Crossley 41-seater—have an entrance door opening inwards, forward of the front axle.

The other exhibit on this stand is an A.E.C. Reliance Riviera 43-seat coach. This follows closely on the lines of its predecessor, shown at Earls Court. in 1954, but the capacity has been increased by two seats by repositioning the entrance door forward Of the front wheels.

Plaxtons will show three versions of a new coach, the Consort, on Stand 39. This employs glass-fibre for the front and rear corner panels, and the luggagelocker door. In the saloon, there is a new style of strip lighting. running along each side. The seats, which arc mounted on single alloy pedestals supported by a fixing rail on the body side, are provided with Suspended alloy footrests.

The .Consorts on this stand, all of them, 41-seateis, will be based on Commer, Crossley and Maudslay chassis. Other variations of this design will be seen in the demonstration. park.

Showing at Earls Court for the first time are the Soci&e _Anonyme des Usines Chausson; who are responsible for 70 per cent. of French bus exports. They will have on Stand 79 a 3-3-FLlong integral coach which has recently completed the -round trip from Paris to Bombay. It is a 44-seater with pro: . vision for. a further 10 folding seats.The roomy luggage accommodation includes space beneath each seat..

Special features of the three Duple exhibits (Stand 32) will be lightweight seats with shaped foam-rubber cushions, squabs and head-rolls, and a method of fitting the pedestals which obviates bolt holes in the floor.

An A.E.C. Reliance will form the basis of a Seagull 41-seat coach to be shown by Burlingham (Stand 37). In this vehicle, the driver is separated from the saloon by a tubular partition glazed in Perspex which has a hinged door on

the near swe. I. he saloon .s entered by a single-panel door opening inwards at the front of the body. The rear luggage locker and the interior parcel racks have a total capacity of 200 Cu. ft.

A vehicle of particular interest to overseas operators will be on the combined Metropolitan-Cammell an d Weymann stands (44 and 45). Known as the Arcadian, this coach, which is 34 ft. 4 in. long by 8 ft. 2i in. wide,

has been designed specifically for the Leyland Worldmaster Series II chassis. It has only three main windows on each side, thereby providing the maxi

mum uninterrupted vision. An airconditioning system can be used to supply either hot or cold air. There are. independent adjustable reclining seats for 40 passengers, and above each pair of seats is an individually controlled reading lamp.

The problems of the coach operator c52 at home have inspired Beadle to produce a 29-seater which, it is claimed, will be economical in respect of both initial and running costs. Named the Canterbury, this 26-ft.-long by 7-f t.&-in-wide vehicle will be available in the demonstration park. It has a sixcylindered petrol engine below the floor at the front.

• Two new small coaches are the Kenex Aristocrat, a 12-seat conversion of the Bedford 15-cwt. van, and a 14-sear conversion of the Austin 152 van (Stand 136). The seating arrangement of the Aristocrat provides for six passengers facing forward, the others sitting longitudinally.

Another feature of Stands 44 and 45 will be a large-capacity double-deck

bus. Based on a Leyland Titan chassis, this 30-ft,-long by 8-ft.-wide vehicle will have scats for 74 passengers, 41 of them in the imper saloon and 33 ore the lower deck.

Seventy-three seats are provided in a double-decker which will be seen on the Crossley stand (57). This exhibit has a glass-fibre reinforced plastics roof which is detachable from the upper deck at waist level. When the roof is taken off, guard rails can easily be fitted. The rear platform of this vehicle is enclosed, with electrically operated doors..

Burlingham and Northern Counties will also show 73-seat double-deckers. Mounted on a Guy. Arab chassis, the Burlingham exhibit will have a halfwidth driver's cab designed to blend with the "new look" frontal appearance of the bus.

The Northern Counties' 73-seater, also based on a Guy Arabchassis, is of low-weight metal-framed high-bridge construction. Built to the special requirements of Lancashire United Transport, Ltd., it has glass-fibre inside casings on both the upper and lower decks, the rear corner panels and rear wings also being of this material. It will be on show on Stand 42.

A Willowbrook metal-framed 73-seat double-decker, with a height of only 14 ft., will be among the exhibits on the Daimler stand (73).

Operators interested in one-manoperated buses will be attracted to the Park Royal body on an A.E.C. Reliance chassis on the A.E.C. stand (74). Built for Huddersfield Transport Department, this vehicle is provided with ticketand change-giving machines for operation by the driver. It has seats

for 44 passengers. Glass-fibre reinforced plastics are used in the manufacture of the front and rear domes and wings, the rear corner panels, and the detachable flap at the front of the bus.

Exhibits designed to suit the needs of bus operators overseas will include a 70-seat double-decker on a Guy Arab chassis on Stand 35 (Park Royal). The design of this vehicle has been evolved specifically for use in Central Africa. The high seating capacity has been achieved by distributing the seats in the lower saloon in pairs along one side and in threes on the other side. A 35-ft.long 64-seat single-decker on an A.E.C. Regal chassis will also be on this stand. Duple (Midland), who are making their Earls Court debut, will have a 42seat single-deck bus on Stand 31. AS shown, the vehicle has been built generally to the requirements of the Bahrain Petroleum Co., Ltd., but sectional details will illustrate its adaptability to increase capacity.

Bodybuilders as well as operators will find muds to interest them in the Italian 40-seat coach which will he on the Leyland stand (85). Styled by Ghia for the Leyland Worldmaster chassis, and built by Soc. P. Az Autocostruzioni Casaro, Turin, it is 36 ft, 4 in. long and 8 ft. 2-I in. wide.

The body sweeps back in an almost unbroken line from front to rear, termi nating in tail fins which carry the stop and directional lights. There is a 3-ft. 1-ins-wide entrance forward of the front wheels on the off side, and luggage accommodation below the floor as well as at the rear.

Neatly incorporated in the design is an air scoop, running almost the full length of the roof, which provides interior ventilation.

AMBULANCES

PLAST1CS material is widely employed in the construction of at least four of the ambulances. which will be on view at Earls Court.

Kennings are tO show on Stand 29 an aluminiumframed. body of this type, mounted on a MorrisCommercial L.D 0.1 chassis, in which all panelling above waist level, as well as the roof and doors, is of polyester resin-bonded glass-fibre.

On Stand 122, Levers will have a Lancastrian Minor ambulance on a Bedford 10-12-cwt. chassis, which employs glass-fibre for the roof, wheel-arches and window finishers. Other new features are the special attention which has been taken to ensure maximum visibility for the driver, .and the provision of sliding doors to the cab.

Polyester resin, reinforced With glass fibre is also used by Wadham for the roof of an ambulance body which they are to exhibit on a Morris-Commercial chassis on Stand 49. Both the front and rear doors are also of reinforced plastics material, and a plastics-faced panelling lines the interior of the ambulance compartment. An ambulance adaptation of the Carversion, on a Morris-Commercial chassis, will also be on this stand.

Easy Access for Driver

Appleyard (Stand 23) will exhibit an ambulance on which glass-fibre is employed for the front and rear domes, as well as for various small fittings. The main interest in this vehicle, however, is in its full-depth sliding partition in the front bulkhead, giving the driver easy access to the interior. The basis of this ambulance is a MorrisCommercial L.D.1 chassis.

Composite construction is employed in at least one of the three vehicles on the Lomas stand (54). Built for an Australian customer, this has one permanent stretcher with easy-loading equipment. It is mounted on an Austin chassis.

The Lomas Junior dual-purpose ambulance, on a Bedford 10-12-cwt. chassis, which will also be available for inspection, claims ease of accessibility as a special feature.

On Stand 117, Martin Walter will have a Morris-Commercial LD.1 Dormobile ambulance. This is easily convertible for sitting or stretcher cases.