Leyland 6,425,000 Export Orders
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ORDERS valued at nearly £425,000 have been received by Leyland Motors, Ltd., from India and Iraq.
The Indian contracts total almost £300,000 and have been placed by municipalities. Altogether 190 Comet 90 forward-control chassis to carry 7-ft. 6-in.-wide locally built bodies are involved. Delhi Transport Services have ordered 140 Comets for general service. They already have some 150 Comets with 44-45-seat bodies. Thirtyfive vehicles will go to Bombay State Transport, who have a; large fleet of Leylands. The remaining 15 buses will join 45 Comets in Ahmedabad.
Forty Super Hippo tractors and Super Beaver lorries, valued at nearly £125,000, are to be shipped to Iraq for the transport of steel and building materials. They have been ordered by the Iraq Express Transport Co. and the Haj Ahmad Al Shailchly Transport Co., two of the leading operators in Iraq. The tractors will be used with dropsided semi-trailers up to 32 ft. long. The lorries will have locally built timber bodies with stake sides.
BOMBED L.T.E. GARAGE RECONSTRUCTED
PROVISION for the parking and day-to-day maintenance of 93 vehicles is included in the design of London Transport's reconstructed garage at Elmers End; the original building was partially destroyed by a flying bomb in July, 1944.
Built to current London Transport standards, the design allows for the one-way circulation of buses. Entering from Elmers End Road, they pass through the servicing area before parkng and leave by exits in Beck Lane. n extension, housing bus-washing, leaning and refuelling equipment, has wen provided.
Within the parking area, which meaures some 220 ft. by 135 ft., there re pits which were part of the original 'esign. These can be covered over /hen not in use to provide additional arking space. Vacuum-cleaning facilies are provided adjacent to the pits in adition to those in the servicing area, hich covers approximately 175 ft. by ft.
There are administrative offices, a nteen and a recreation room.
CARRYING BOXED PLANTS SIMPLE method of carrying boxed growing plants on a platform lorry s been evolved by Messrs. W. Bryce It Son. Carluke.
Boxes cannot be piled on top of each ler because plants would be crushed. !sties about 1 ft. high are therefore ced across the platform so that five ks are formed. Each deck can ommodate 68 boxes.
he vehicle used by Messrs. Bryce in Atkinson oil-engined 7i-tonner a platform 13 ft. 6 in. long. GOOD SUPPORT FOR BAGHDAD
OF some 400 concerns which will be exhibiting at the British Trade Fair to be held in Baghdad from October 25November 8, 58 will represent the commercial-vehicle industry either directly or indirectly.
Vehicle makers who have taken stands are: A.C.V. Sales, Ltd., Leyland Motors, Ltd., Standard Motor Co., Ltd., Vauxhall Motors, Ltd., and British Motor Corporation.
Concerns who will exhibit in conjunction with agents include: Dennis Bros., Ltd., Dodge Bros. (Britain), Ltd., Ford Motor Co., Ltd., Guy Motors, Ltd., Mack Trucks (Britain), Ltd. and the Rover Co., Ltd. Tyre makers and the oil companies will be well represented, as will many makers of accessories.