Two New Atkinson Export Chassis
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TWO new export chassis are to be introduced at the Commercial Motor Show at Earls Court by Atkinson Lorries (1933), Ltd., Walton-le-Dale,
Preston. Model LL.1588 will be an eight-wheeler having a Gardner 8LW oil engine, a unit which develops 150 b.h.p. at 1,700 r.p.m.
Other items in the specification will include compressed-air braking, a gearbox providing an overdrive top, and 11.00 by 20-in, low-pressure tyres all round. The fuel tank will be of 54gallon capacity, whilst the frame will slightly longer than that of the present L.1586 eight-wheeler.
The LL.644LW chassis will also be new to the Atkinson range. In this case a Gardner 4LW engine forms the power unit. The present Model L.644 6-tonner has a Gardner 4LK engine. A gearbox having a 0.75-to-1 top ratio and 6.09-to-1 bottom ratio is to be installed in conjunction with a back axle of higher ratio than that on the Model .L.644. Michelin Metallic B tyres will be fitted.
Other features are concerned with an increase in overall dimensions as compared with the L.644, and a braking system employing hydraulic servo mechanism.
A third chassis, Model L.C.P.L.7464, also for export, will be 31 ft. long and 8 ft. wide, with Michelin Metallic D.20 tyre equipment.
NEW RULES ON REAR LIGHTS "1 AM satisfied that there is a case for
1 modifying the regairements as to the rear lighting 'of vehicles," said the Minister of Transport, in the House of Commons, on Monday. The matter was under consideration by the Ministry, and he hoped that the report of the Road Research Laboratory on dazzle would soon be available.
7,000-MILE COACH TOUR
THREE luxury coaches, exported to Holland by Leyland Motors, Ltd., recently left Amsterdam on a 72-day 7,000-mile tour of the Continent and North Africa. The tourists are 90 American students, for whose increased comfort a refrigerator to supply cool drinks has been provided in each coach. Each vehicle is towing a specially designed two-wheeled trailer to carry the luggage.
PRIVATE HIRE BY SALFORD? DOWER for the transport department 1 to operate contract carriages is sought in a Salford Corporation Bill, which the Parliamentary Committee recommends should be promoted in the next session.
YEAR'S REPRIEVE
IN the House of Commons on 1 Monday, the Minister of Transport said that he had offered to renew for • a year the appointments of all members of the Road Haulage Executive.