Commercial Vehicles at the Scottish Show.
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The display of commercial vehicles at the Scottish Show, held in Glasgow this year, is certainly the most representative yet seen in Scotland. Of course, the industrial section is small compared with the pleasure-car section, and it suffers moreover from being relegated to two wings which are at a slightlylower level than the main hall, but, none the less, most prevailing types are to be found there, whilst scattered throughout the building are the stands of numerous tire and supply firms.
Such an exhibition should tend to stimulate the use of industrial vehicles in the Glasgow district, which ranks among one of the busiest and wealthiest manufacturing districts in the world and which yet offers great scope. As a manufacturing centre for industrial vehicles, Glasgow is already well known, and Mr. W. L. Sleigh, speaking at the Show dinner last Friday, thought that the time would come when the trade in that class of vehicle would equal the shipbuilding that was carried on to so large an extent in the west of Scotland_ Argyll.
The first stand in the utility section is that of Argylls, Ltd., which company confines its exhibit to various types of the 15 h.p. model. The first-aid fire tender is not staged, but there are three delivery vans and a landaulet cab smartly
finished in. dark green with brass fittings. The design of these chassis include a worm drive. The vans, which have pneumatic fifes like the cab, are designed for 15 cwt. loads, and nothing better could be desired where smart delivery and rapid service are desired. The price of the standard van is £400.
"Commer Cars."
" Commer Cars" come next, and here some interesting exhibits are staged. Of particular interest is the 22 h.p. flush-sided char-a.-basics —which by the way has a worm drive from the three-speed gearbox. This vehicle is one of six ordered by David MacBrayne, Ltd., for service in the West Highlands, and the selection of this make for the arduous service involved is certainly to the credit of the makers_ A 36 h.p. chassis with the usual Linley patent gearbox and enclosed side-chain drive is shown ; it has a torpedo char-it-banes body to seat 28 passengers. A 20 h.p. chassis is on view, with an ambulance body built by Glasgow and Co., of Paisley, for the Hamilton centre of the St. Andrew's Association. A 36 h.p.
four-cylinder engine is shown on a stand, and . also a gearbox. A " Commer Car " oil-gas producer was to have been shown, but at the time of writing it had not arrived_ It is the improved Southey producer carburetter.
Rennie and Prosser.
A three-ton White lorry is an interesting exhibit, on the stand of Rennie and Prosser, Ltd., with its high-set channel-steel frame and underslung rear springs. The gearbox is well forward, and a universal joint connects it to the cross-shaft carrying the differential and bevel drive. The sprockets on the shaft carry powerful brakes, and there are ample bra,kes on the rear chain rings. A Belsize delivery van is shown, the chassis being the popular 14-16 h.p. shod with pneumatics to the front wheels and solids on the back. A dead axle is standard, but a. worm drive can be supplied at an extra charge. The total weight of the van is 20 cwt. The three-ton Dennis lorry, with 35 h.p. engine, four-speed gearbox and standard worm-driven, live axle is another exhibit here, whilst an interesting exhibit on the opening Friday and Saturday was a 75 h.p. six-cylinder Denms-Gwynne turbine fire-pump supplied to the order of Govan brigade.
Albion.
Naturally, the Albion exhibit is a notable one. The 30-seater torpedo char-à-banes on a 32 kp chassis, built for the Largs Coast service is one of the finest vehicles of its kind. There is a central passage with tiptin seats to accommodate five extra passengers, the permanent seating being for 25. Side windows are fitted for winter use, but they can be replaced by roll-up curtains for the summer. Continental tires are fitted, of 880 min. by 120 mm. A smart 16 h.p. Albion 20-cwt box van is shown, supplied to the order of Messrs. Massey, Glasgow, provision merchants ; a luggage rail is fitted to the roof, an Albion mileage recorder is used, and the finish is in a special blue with gold lettering. A io h.p. 2,5 cwt. van is also shown, of the open type, with canvas hood ; in this case, Avon tires are fitted to the front wheels and twin " Faransures " on the rear wheels.
Sales for all models, both with 16 h.. and 32 h.p. engines, are being well maintained by the A lbion Co.
Belhaven.
Belhaven productions are well represented by a 35 h.p. passenger vehiele (with seating accommodation for 30) and a two-ton chassis with 30 h.p engine driving back to a combined gearbox and transverse shaft with differential and bevel drive. A 30-35 h.p. Aster engine with Oleo plugs is shown by the Aster Engineering Co., of Weiribley, on this stand. Delahaye.
Lacre vehicles were to have been shown by the Scottish Motor Traction Co., Ltd., of Edinburgh, but the space has been taken over by the Glasgow and Paris Motor Co. to show Delahaye vehicles. A 1620 h.p. chassis is shown, and two two-cylinder delivery vans of 12
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h.p. and 8-10 h.p. The latter is sold at £300 complete, with boxtype body, torpedo front and canopy extension. The capacity of this van is 10 to 12 cwt., and the wheelbase 8 ft. 7 in.
Duncan Stewart.
The only steam vehicle in the Show. among either pleasure or industrial vehicles, is the StewartThornycroft five-ton wagon shown by Duncan Stewart and Co., Ltd.. or the London Road Iron Works. Glasgow. The design is the wellknown one embodying a loco.-type boiler, a horizontal compound engine, with Solms valve gear, and spring drive to the rear wheels. Reid-Rickie spring wheels are fitted ; the body is of the float type, with rim sides and dwarf tailboard.
Westfield.
A 15 h.p. Austin taxicab-landaulet is shown by the Westfield Autoear Co., this being fitted with Shrewsbury and Challiner detachable rims. This firm also exhibits a 25-cwt. Albion delivery van.
Halley.
Last but by no means least is the Dailey exhibit. It is one of decided interest, three examples of their productions being on view. One is a 25 h.p. chassis designed for two-ton loads or char-a--banes work ; one an 18 h.p. delivery van; and the third a 40 45 h.p. lorry for five-ton loads. The delivery van has an 18-20 h.p. two-cylinder engine; it is extremely suitable where an attractive vehicle is required, this particular example having been built for Messrs. Dalys, the prominent drapers and milliners of Sauehiehall Street. Clasgow. The new 35-40 h.p. engine is shown for the first time, and certainly is a notable piece or work. The cylinders are in pairs, with the valves enclosed; cooling is by therinosyphon of very ample dimensions.
Tires, Wheels, Etc.
In the wheel and tire section, the latest Lynton wheel is of interest, this being designed to take tires of the endless type. The gripping rim is tapered. so that the tire is held without any trouble. Polack's show their extensivelyused solid tires to advantage, and Continentals, Dunlop, Peter Unimt, Shrewsbury and Challiner, WoodMilne, and Connolly do the same. Other exhibitors in the tire section are the makers of Kempshall, Palmer, Clincher, Spencer-Moulton and Moseley tires.
The Tumbriel Motor 'Wheel Co. shows an emergency rim, carrying a solid tire. Messrs. S. Stevenson and Co. show their much-used wheels and tires, and the Rushmore Co. their tested lamps.
Other exhibitors are Price's Candle Co., Segment Motor Rim Co., and the Vacuum Oil Co.