Two. New Battery electric Vans
Page 10
If you've noticed an error in this article please click here to report it so we can fix it.
I T is learned that Northern Coachbuilders, Ltd., Newcastle-upon-Tyne, has developed, and is now producing, two new battery-electric vans of 25-cwt. and 2-ton capacity respectively. Basically, they follow closely the design of current N.C.B. models.
The 2-tonner has a similar chassis to the present 30-cwt. model, but modifications have been made to the springs and transenission, and larger-capacity batteries and tyres are fitted. Contrary to the usual practice in battery-electrics, the 25-cwt. model, with 27-in. by 6-in. high-pressure tyre equipment, isovertyred for the load.
NEW 30 M.P.H. SPEED INDICATOR WORKING on the centrifugal
governor principle, a 30 m.p.h. speed-recording instrument has been introduced by Brookside Engineers, Ltd., Springfield Drive, Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex. It has been designed to work off the gearbox, and is intended to take the place of an existing speedometer.
The instrument, in this case, is attached directly to the gearbox, the position taken up by the speedometer head on the instrument panel being occupied by a moulded-rubber warning light and a circuit-testing switch. The action of the device, which is known as the Speedolite, is simple.
When the road speed of the vehicle to which it is fitted reaches 30 m.p.h., the warning ligin immediately comes on through the action of the governor closing a switch.
Models can be supplied either for an earth return, or for two-pole wiring systems. The price is £4 15s.
SHELTERS SHOULD BE 8 FT. HIGH?
STOCKPORT Corporation has been summoned by a private individual under the 100-year-old Town Police Clauses Act, because, according to the plaintiff, a street shelter erected by the corporation was less than 8 ft. high.
The deputy town clerk stated that the shelter in question was built at the order of the Minister of Transport, and that 16 others had been constructed without objections having been raised.
The magistrate found against the plaintiff, but said that the corporation should have taken more care. He would state a case for the High Court.
B.R.F. URGES 30 M.P.H. LIMIT THE committee of management of the I British Road Federation has agreed to inform the Minister of Transport that it considers that there are no grounds for delaying the raising of the speed limit of heavy goods vehicles to 30 m.p.h.
BIG TOURS PROGRAMME
EXTENDED tours are being operated this year by the Northern General Transport Co., Ltd., to the following places:—
Bridlington and Yorkshire Coast, Southport and Lake District (both three days); North Wales and Southport, Trossachs, Loch Lomond and Loch Tay (both five days); Perthshire, Trossachs and Loch Lomond (six days); Central Highlands and Royal Deeside (seven days); Devonshire, Ilfracombe and Somerset, Kyles of Bute and Western Scotland, Wye Valley, Aberystwyth and Welsh Mountains (seven days); Devon, South Coast and the Isle of Wight (eight days); Highlands and John O'Groats (nine days); Cornish Riviera and Devon and Cornwall (10 days).
Charges range from £5 10s. to £25.