A NEW SECTIONAL RADIATOR FOR FORDS.
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AS a result of recent. extensions to the works of Bowman Radiators. Ltd., 06, Pritchett Street, Birmingham, it has now been found possible to devote more space to the production of the Bowman sectional radiators for Fords. Hitherto, practically the whole of the works have been used for manufacturing standard radiators for various makes of car, but now the special Ford. pattern will be available in larger quantities.
This patented sectional radiator has been designed expressly for Fords, and its chief value lies in the fact that the possibility of a vehicle so equipped being put out of service through an accident involving the radiator is considerably lessened. The shell is of highly polished cast-aluminium, and the coating portion is composed of five. separate honeycomb sections of the ordinary type. Each section acts, in reality, as a radia
tor in itself. • 8
Over the top and bottoir apertures of the sections are placed special circular pieces of 'rubber, having a central Siot through which the water passes, and, with these in position, the sections
C21 are placed in the shell and held by four screws.
In the event of an accident involving, say, one or two partitions, these are removed and new solid pieces of iubberof which a supply is given with each radiator—are inserted to prevent the leakage of water; this operation takes Jilly a matter of a few minutes to perform.
Thus, if the radiator be injured, the damaged section, or sections, may be removed and the journey continued. In extreme cases it is possible to run with two sections only in position. We understand that a new section obtained from stock actually costs less than would the .-torresponding repairs to an ordinary type of radiator—the economy of the Bowman radiator is, therefore, apparent in mote than one direction.
Leakages at any point have been found to be totally absent in the Bowman sectional radiator even when a pressure of 10 lb. is applied, while the effective cooling area of the complete component is slightly more than that of the standard Ford radiator.