ADVANTAGES CLAIMED FOR TWO SPECIAL VAN BODIES I AM sending
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with this letter two drawings of bodies for vehicles of the 10-cwt. class, which may interest some of your readers, [These are reproduced.—ED.] It seems to me that they would be ideal for tradesmen's daily delivery work, such as that connected with milk and bread.
With many types of vehicle much shoe leather is worn out because the drivers must constantly leave their seats and walk to the rear of the vehicle to work from there. Some vans, of course, have sliding doors at the front but, particularly with those having forward control, it is usually difficult or impossible for a driver to carry a basket beside him so that he can load it from the inside and deliver from the near-side door.
It might be that the second body shown would be the more practicable, as it incorporates a few additional improvements.
London, S.W.19. D. J. BRIGHT.