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Exhibits at Earls Court Represent

BRITAIN'S BEST

in BODYWORK

ANTHONY Stand 98

RECENTLY the Anthony hydraulic tailboard loader was introduced in this country. It is to be seen on this stand, fitted to a Guy Vixen lorry. The standard unit has a magnesium-alloy tailboard 7 ft. 8 ins, long and 2 ft. 21 ins. deep. The mechanism does not obtrude into the loading space and operation is simple.

Examples of the Anthony hoist, one attached to a 5-cubic-yd. all-steel body, are shown on Fordson Thames 5-ton and Thornycroft Sturdy chassis, and an allsteel body is mounted on a Ford son 10-cwt. chassis.—Anthony Hoists, Ltd., Minerva Road, Park Royal Road, London, N.W.10.

P.P.V. Stand 90 A PATENTED method of mounting that 2.-1 compensates for chassis distortion is employed in the construction of A.P.V. all-welded tanks and can be examined on the three vehicles on this stand. One is a 3,000-gallon three-compartment aluminium insulated milk tanker based on an A.E.C. Mammoth Major eight-wheeled chassis, and another a 1,080-gallon (20-hogshead) two-compartment stainless-steel insulated beer tanker on a Leyland Comet chassis. The third has a four-compartment petrol tank of 1,200-gallon capacity, built of aluminium and mounted on a Bedford-5-ton chassis.—A.P.V. Co., Ltd., Wandsworth Park, London, S.W.I8.

BARKER Stand 8

CPEC1AL interest attaches to this con

cern's ambulance exhibit, because the chassis is a new Daimler ambulance model, following the lines of the "straight-eight" and 27 h.p. car chassis. The vehicle on show has been built for the London County Council as part of a large order and is particularly well equipped. A double roof is employed, having four lighting panels in the inner "skin" and secondary glazed panels in the outer roof to admit daylight. Two heaters are fitted.

A Daimler-Barker hearse with deck-type bier is also shown.—Barker and Co. (Coachbuilders), Ltd., Radford Works, Coventry BARNARDS Stand 113 MEM stand is a little unusual, in that the 1company makes trailers as well as bus bodies, and examples of both are shown. The body is a 56-seater full-height type mounted on a Guy Arab chassis. The main frame is of ash, strengthened by steel c20 gusset plates at all pillar joints and other points of stress. Aluminium alloy is used for the upper saloon roof sticks, to which half-hard aluminium panels are riveted. The floor of the upper deck has an interlayer of oiled silk between the board sandwich. The cab floats clear of the bonnet and radiator.

The trailer exhibit is described on page 244 of this issue.—Barnards, Ltd., Norwich.

BEADLE Stand 67

THE distinction of exhibiting the only chassisless bus in the Show falls to this company. The vehicle is a 40-seater single-decker in which Sentinel components are used, and it is notable for its light weight. The Sentinel four-cylindered oil engine is mounted under the floor. The construction of the bus, in which wood is used only for the floor, was described arid illustrated in "The Commercial Motor" of September 17.—J. C. Beadle (Coachbuilders), Ltd., Lowfield Street, Dartford.

B ONALLACK Stand 62 AffEAT transport is the work for which 1Y1 the insulated A.E.C. Matador van shown on this stand has been constructed. The bodywork is framed in heat-treated extruded aluminium-alloy sections, riveted throughout and reinforced with gussets and sleeving brackets. Isoflex and ebonite strips are used as insulants and are packed between the inner and outer skins of the sides and roof. Dakaloy extruded alloy sections form the floor and are claimed to be as strong as oak members, but less than half as heavy. The cab is also metal-framed, and the driver's seat has a hinged armrest and a Leverex doubleadjustable mounting.

Another all-metal body has triple drop sides and is mounted on an Albion CX.7 eight-wheeled chassis.—Bonallack and Sons, Ltd., Cable Street, London, E.I.

BR OCKHOUSE Stand 91

A MONG the many concerns exhibiting 1-1 vehicles for overseas is the Brockhouse Organization. The machine in question is an Albion CX9 36-seater for operation on the Gold Coast. Constructed mainly of teak, with softwood floor and roof treated with Wohnanol A preservative, the body has two entrances. Exterior panelling is of aluminium, but limpet board is used for the interior side and roof lining panels, so as to afford suitable insulation against tropical heat. Side and bulkhead windows are glazed in Simplastic pans, 10 being of the Youngs horizontal half-sliding type.

The company's trailers and semi-trailers are reviewed on page 244.—.1. Brockhouse and Co., Ltd. Victoria Works, Hill Top, West Bromwich.

BROM1LOW AND EDWARDS Stand 25

REPRESENTATIVE types of B. and E. tipping gear and body are fitted to the three models shown here.. The Austin 5-tonner has a slant-cylinder end-tipping gear operating a wood body with steellined floor. The sides are hinged at the bottom and open in two sections, and the tail door swings from the top.

Three-way hydraulic gear is used to raise the all-steel body of the Leyland .Comet. The rectangular steel underframe is braced by cross-bearers and longitudinal runners, and the sides by angle-section corner pillars. The gear fitted to the Morris-Commercial oiler ips only to the sides and, in conjunction with a wood body, is designed to handle light bulky loads, such as coal.—Bromilow and Edwards, Ltd., Foundry Street, Bolton.

BRUSH Stand 13

irOST of the floor space is occupied by ANI.battery-electric vehicles (reviewed on page 228 of this issue), but the company's bodybuilding activities are represented by a B.E.T. standard 32-seater dual-purpose front-entrance bus body mounted on a Leyland P.S.2/1 chassis, and an all-metal 54-seater double-decker on a Daimler CVD.6 chassis. The 32-sehter has ample accommodation for luggage, so that it can be used for either stage or express service. It is of composite construction, embodying the maker's system of jointing and flitching, with tie-rods to brace the front bulkhead.

In the double-decker, the cross-bearers and lower-deck pillars arelof special hotrolled nickel steel, with rails of special steel sections. Aluminium alloy is ern

ployed for upper-saloon pillars, bracings,

* seat rails and waist rails.—Brush Coachwork, Ltd., Loughborough.

BURLINGHAM Stand 14

IN the face of fierce competition from foreign coachbuilders. this company has secured • a large order tOr meta6framed 39-41-seater coach bodies to be mounted on Leyland LOPS 4/3 chassis, and one of them is exhibited. It is 35 ft. long and 8ft. wide, and has a kill front. The driver's cab is supported on the main underframe by two cantilever members anchored to the chassis 4 a point immediately below the rear dash'. The luxurious appointments will make British operators envious.

Less unusual, but first ass .examples of their kind, are the thre other exhibits. One is an "austerity metal-framed 35seater body on a Daimler chassis; the second an A.E.C. Regal 33-seater of com-t, pus. s construction for serVice on the route from London to Scotland, and the third a 53-seater low-height double-deck body of 8 ft. width on a Leyland Titan PD 2/3 chassis.—H. V. Burlinghatn, Ltd., Preston New Road, Blackpool.

BUTTERFIELD Stand 97

BACKED by more than50 years' experience in tank building, this company displays two tankers, one for milk and the other for petrol. The first. based on an A.E.C. Mammoth Major, has a 3,000gallon stainless steel double-compartment tank on which is erected an expanded-metal walkway between the manholes. A tubularsteel ladder is provided. The outside lagging case is of aluminium.

The second tanker, employing a Leyland El-H41 chassis, is of 12,000-litre capacity, and the double-compartMent tank is of mild steel. A 490-litre service tank is built into the front section and is connected to the engine by a flexible pipe. Like the milk vehicle, a girder-tAm mounting is

used for the tank, but at the front there is a single-point Silentbloc bush.—W. P. Butterfield, Ltd., Shipley.

CARBODIES Stand 35

THOSE who joke about London taxi cabs will be confounded by the example shown by this company. It is extremely attractive and is unusual in having a fourlight passenger compartment. Protection for the driver is excellent and a sliding glass partition is located centrally in his cab. The chassis used in this case is an Austin.

Alongside the taxicab is a Commer 25-cwt, forward-control van of 309-cubic-ft. capacity, with sliding doors at the sides and hinged double doors at the rear. The rear doors fold back on to control springs on the body sides.—Carbodies, Ltd., Holyhead Road, Coventry.

CUNARD Stand 1

HOLOPLAST plastic material is used for -Lithe single-piece roof (from front to rear dome), side panels, front and rear doors, and floor of the Morris-Commercial 15-20-cwt. van seen here. There are sliding doors at the front, and the two rear doors are hung on ball-type hinges. No framing is employed in them.

A body built to the requirements of Smith's Crisps, Ltd., has been mounted on a Morris-Commercial 25-30,-cwt. chassis. It has a nest of shelves for tins, and to facilitate the carriage of empties, collar . boards are fitted to the roof, which is reached by collapsible steps at the sides and rear. Side doors supplement those at the rear.

The Metal Box Co.. Ltd., has ordered the Morris-Commercial 5-ton oil-engined platform lorry shown. Its underframe is enclosed by skirt panels, which provide space for lettering. Steps are fitted at the front to give access to the cab roof for loading.—Cunard Commercial Body Building Co.. Abbeydale Road, Wembley.

DUPLE Stand 49

OVERSEAS interests are being well served by this company; which has devoted its stand space entirely to export models. The most striking exhibit is a luxurious touring coach body mounted on an A.E.C. (Ado) Resat left-hand-drive chassis with fluid transmission. It is of metal construction and the four-fold door is ,power-operated. Thirty-four fully adjustable reclining seats arc fitted in pairs. Apart from a large boot at the rear, luggage lockers are located under the floor and there are interior racks.

. Composite construction has been employed for the 36-seater dual-compartment body mounted on i Guy Arab chassis. The front saloon is for European passengers and has rubber-cushioned seats, whereas the rear section for natives has slatted seats.

The company's bold Almet prefabricated design is seen in a 30-seater on a Bedford chassis. It is specially built for shipment knocked down.—Duple Motor Bodies, Ltd., The Hyde, London, N.W.9.

DURAMIN ' Stand 99 AFODEN eight-wheeler for the bulk transport of grain—a new departure in this country—is an outstanding Duramin exhibit. The body is constructed of light alloy, thereby saving about. 11 tons in weight, and is of the hopper type, with two discharge points.

• The Albion FT3L lorry with Duramin cab and drop-sided body incorporates the bodybuilder's • new " planking" floor, for which a provisional patent has been

granted. This floor is claimed to be as strong as 1.1-in, oak, and to be only half the weight of timber. Its particular features consist of the extruded section forming the planking and the method of attachment to the channel bearers, for which special clips are used. No holes are drilled through the floor or bearers. The clips tie the individual boards together and lock them securely on the crossbearers. This floor is also used on the Leyland Comet lorry exhibited.

A Luton-type body of 1,000-cubic-ft. capacity is mounted on an Albion FT3L chassis and another exhibits is a light-alloy 5-ton insulated container weighing about 18-cwt.—Duramin Engineering Co., Ltd., Standard Road, Park Royal Road, London, N.W.I0.

DUFFIELD Stand 112

ANEW entrant to the bodybuilding business, this companyis constructing bus and goods transport bodies. A bus body for use in tropical and sub-tropical climates is shown on a Vulcan chassis. It

is of composite construction and an insulated roof is fitted.

A pantechnicon body is mounted on a Commer 3-4-ton chassis of I2-ft. 11-in. wheelbase and has a low loading tailboard.—Dutfield Motors, Ltd., Portsmouth Road, Godalming.

EAGLE Stand 48

ALTHOUGH this company's exhibits consist mainly of trailers, its bodybuilding activities are well illustrated by a three-stage tower, with a combined cab for driver and linesmen, mounted on a Guy Vixen chassis, and an end-tipping dump body on a Morris-Commercial 5-ton short-wheelbase chassis. The tower on the Guy is in three stages, and can be elevated to a height of 25 ft., the height when closed being 13 ft. The platform is 7 ft. long and 4 ft. wide, and can be rotated

through 360 degrees. The cab includes tool-storage lockers, a work bench and vice.

• The dump body is constructed of lightgauge pressed-steel members and is raised by Eagle slant-type under-slung-ram tipping gear.—Eagle Engineering Co., Ltd.; Eagle Works, ,Warwick.

EDWARD BROS. Stand 104

vrAXIMUM use has been made of floor XVI space to display six vehieles with &liana tipping gear. The chassis employed are of Albion, Austin. Commer, Maudslay, Thornycroft and Vulcanmakes. The Albion has an all-steel prefabricated threeway tipping body raised by 21W-type hydraulic gear with twin rams mounted under the body.

Wood bodies are fitted to the Austin, Commer, Thornycroft and Vulcan vehicles, which are variously equipped with 3EL hydraulic front twin ram end-Lipping gear, hydraulic slant-type tipping gear specially designed for overseas requirements, 2T hydraulic gear with twin rams under the body for end-tipping, and 2EL hydraulic heavy-duty front single ram end-tipping gear incorporating a combined ram and tank assembly.

The Maudslay has an all-steel U-shaped heavy-duty tipping body, which is lifted by 31' end-tipping gear with twin rams under the body. This gear can deal with 10-ton loads and weighs 5 cwt.—Edwards Bros. (Tippers), Ltd., Bradford Street, Bolton.

EXPRESS Stand 33

DUILT for utility, the exhibits on this

stand comprise a lorry and a van. A Thornycroft Sturdy chassis forms the basis of the lorry, the body of which has sides panelled in metal-faced plywood and lined inside with tongued and 'grooved boards. The cab is panelled with aluminium, and the driver's seat is adjustable longitudinally and vertically efr4

A rollei shutter encloses the rear of the van, in which a Commer 2-3-ton chassis is employed. The driver's compartment has two full-length sliding doors at the sides and another in the bulkhead to give access to the load space,—Express Motor and Body Works, Ltd., Riverside Road. London, S.W.17.

GARNER Stand 65 AJARKET gardeners will be interested .1.V.Lin the Fordson Thames vehicle on this stand. It has a body 14 ft. long and 6 ft, 6 ins, wide, with I-ft. 6-in, sides, above which are mounted rack extensions. The cab has a timber frame and aluminium panelling, and sliding windows are fitted in the doors and at the rear.

A body designed specially for the transport of refrigerators is mounted on a Fordson 10-cwt. chassis. This vehicle can deal with four 4j-cubic-ft. cabinets, or three 6-cubic-ft. cabinets in an upright position.

A crane is incorporated in the workshop body mounted on a Fordson chassis. In addition to two large doors at the rear there is a sliding door at the side.—Garner Motors, Ltd., North Acton Road, London, N.W.10.

HARRINGTON Stand 10 SEVERAL types of all-metal light-alloy ' body for export, knocked down, have been developed by the Harrington company, and two examples are shown on the stand, and one in the demonstration park. The demonstration vehicle has a 32-seater single-compartment body, with two rear luggage lockers, accessible from the sides, mounted on a Leyland Comet right-handdrive chassis. The stand models comprise a 33-seater dual-compartment body, with a luggage compartment on the roof, also on a Comet chassis, and .an " airways " body on a left-hand-drive version of the new Commer forward-control passenger

chassis with under-floor engine. In the last-named vehicle, particular attention has been paid to insulation, ventilation and to the accommodation of luggage in sealed compartments.

Another coach body on the stand is a 33-seater, based on a Daimler CVD.6 chassis and of composite construction, with the well-known Harrington dorsal fin. A Commer 31-32-seater coach is also available for demonstration.—Thomas Harrington, Ltd., Hove.

JENN 1NGS _ Stand 2 THIS old-established concern has a name for itself in the construction of horseboxes, cattle trucks and mobile shops, and an example of each appears on thc stand. The horsebox, based on a Thornycroft coach chassis, has ample accommodation for three animals and their attendants. The grooms' compartment is at the rear, and

the equipment and fodder are carried above the cab.

The cattle truck is an improved version of the company's standard containei on a Bedford 5-ton long-wheelbase platform lorry. The use of dome-shaped metal wheel-arches in the platform body enables the container to be lowered approximately 3 ins.

The travelling shop has a clerestory roof affording more than 6 ft. of headroom, and is fitted with many shelves and a folding counter at the rear. There are six large side windows and the hinged canopy over the counter is glazed.—J. H. Jennings and Son, Ltd., Sandbach.

KENNINGS Stand 19

A NOTHER travelling shop, built for the LX butchery department of the Walsall and District Co-operative Society, is exhibited by Kennings, Ltd. Customers enter at the rear and there is a sliding door in the front bulkhead to allow the driver to pass-easily from the cab to the shop. A gangway about 2 ft. wide runs longitudinally between the 'counter and shelves. There are large plate-glass windows for display purposes at each side, the near

side windows being fitted with strong quadrants to enable them to be raised. A portion of the body below the window on the near side drops to form a counter_ A stainless-steel rail for meat extends around the interior.

A well-known brewer has ordered the Morris-Commercial 5-ton oiler with platform body and protective stanchions.

A third exhibit comprises a van based on a Morris-Commercial chassis for the transport of flour in bags. There is a roller shutter on each side to enable loading to be carried out easily.— Kennings, Ltd., Clay Cross, Derbyshire.

KINGSLAND Stand 110

TWO vans, one for bulk goods and the other for bread, are displayed here. The bulk-van body, of 1,200-cubic-ft. capacity, is mounted on a Guy Vixen 4-ton chassis and has a 4-ft. tailboard with two doors above. The baker's van, incorporating a Commer Q2 long-wheelbase chassis, has two doors at the rear, and an additional door on the near side to give access to a compartment at the front for

flour. Immediately behind the cab is a full-width locker with a door at each end. The main body and the front locker are fitted with runners to carry shelves and trays.—Kingsland and Sons (Camberwell), Ltd., 246, Bromley Road, London, S.E.6.

LOMAS Stand 36

A NEW design has been introduced into

the wide range of Lomas ambulances. It is represented by an Austin Welfarer chassis carrying a Lomas W-type body, with the maker's interior No. 10 incorporating the latest improvements. The patent easy-loading tray for stretchers, combined with an automatic locking device,

ensures security and comfort to the patient, and facilitates the work of the ambulance crew. Additional arrangements have been provided 'for the transport of sitting cases, or an extra recumbent patient can be carried along with art attendant. Ventilation has received special care.--1-lerbert Lomas, Ltd., 32, City Road, Manchester, 15.

MANN EGERTON Stand 12

APART from having built the Norfolk 31-seater full-front coach body shown on this stand, Mann Egerton and Co., Ltd.,, has converted the Austin passenger chassis to forward control. Luggage can

be carried in a capacious boot at the rear, and on deep racks inside the coach. A sliding roof is fitted, and a boilt-in radio is provided Seats are padded with Dunlopillo, and have high neck rolls and deep sprung squabs.

This vehicle is seen with an Austin 5-ton breakdown outfit with crane and modern salvage body.—Mann Egerton and Co., Ltd., 5, Prince of Wales Road, Norwich.

MARSHALLS Stand 64

ALTHOUGH the standard Marshall pantechnicon body is 8 ft. high and affords a capacity of 1,000 cubic ft., the example displayed is 7 ft. 3 ins, high, and has 850 cubic ft. of space. Aluminiumfaced plywood panelling is mounted on the hardwood frame,. The skirt panels enclose the rear wheels, but a section is hinged to assist wheel changing.

A smart 750-cubic-ft. van body has been mounted on a Guy Wolf forward-control 2-3-ton chassis, the body sides having been " barrelled " to improve the lines. The integral cab has sliding doers and two bucket seats.

A third exhibit is a Dennis Max 6-8-ton forward-control brewer's lorry, with gate sides and tie bars for fitting at the I-ear

and at the centre of the body. An illuminated sign is incorporated in the aluminium-panelled cab roof. The driver's compartment seats three persons.— Marshalls Flying School, Ltd., The Aerodrome, Cambridge,

MARTIN WALTER Stand 60

1-Hts company has now entered the

ambulance market with a singlestretcher outfit based on a Fordson tO-cwt. chassis. It is seen at Earls Court for the first time. If the stretcher be not required. six sitting cases can be carried. A ramp is provided to facilitate the loading of the stretcher, which is secured by quick-release brackets. The ramp is hinged on the rear door and has quick-release clips. This vehicle has been developed from the well known Utifecon, of which three examples are shown. Bedford, Fordson and Morris chassis are used for them.—Martin Walter, Ltd., Cheriton Road, Folkestone.

METROPOLITAN-CAMMELL

Stand 22

B"R the Metropolitan-Caramel! singledeck metal bodies exhibited are for export, one being part of an order horn the Auckland Transport Board, New Zealand, and the other designed to meet the requirements of the South American market. The vehicle for New Zealand is a B.U.T. four-wheeled trolleybus with a 43-seater body, having accommodation for 33 standing passengers, making a ;mat complement or 76. Its length is 35 ft. 6 ins., width 8 ft. 6 ins., and height 9 ft. 6 ins.. The entrance is at the front, and the exit is forward of the rear axle, and both are enclosed by metal double-jackknife pneumatically operated doors controlled by the driver. Provision is made on the near side for the accommodation of folding prams.

The South American bus is based on a Leyland chassis and is 33 ft. 5 ins. long, 8 ft. N in. wide, and 9 ft. 4 ins. high. As in the other vehicle, the doors are pneumatically operated, but the body panels are secured by rivets, instead of woodscrews.—Metropolitan-Carnmell Carriage and Wagon Co., Ltd., Saltley, Birmingham.

MULLINERS Stand 94

THE new Standard Vanguard chassis

serves as the basis of two of the Maliners exhibits--a service van with afl-ateel body, and a light lorry, also with an all-steel body. The van has an extension to the floor fitted beside the driver's

seat above the spare wheel. The lorry may be converted into a passenger vehicle for six persons by the simple expedient of fitting loose cushions.

A Mulliners 31-seater bus body is also to be seen on a Bedford chassis. It is of metal construction and has a front sliding door. The floor is of timber, with aluminium-alloy sheet in the cab.— IVIulliners, Ltd., Bordesley Green Road, Birmingham, 8.

NEVILLE Stand 106

THIS company's speciality is a patented cab which hinges forward to give eonspletety uninterrupted access to the engine and other components. The example shown is mounted on a Thornycroft Sturdy chassis and has been fitted with electrical mechanism to provide the attraction of a working model. ,The cab is built mainly of metal and, after the removal of the fastening units, two men can fold it

forward in the space of about five minutes. The upper section is framed in annealed square steel tube and welded throughout. The base is a welded structure flexibly mounted on the chassis at three paints,0. E. Neville and Son, Ltd., Mansfield, Not ts.

NORMAND Stand 4

FOUR different makes of chassisA.E.C., Commer, Guy and Maudslayare used for the Normand van exhibits, The A.E.C. Monarch chassis carries a 960 cubic-ft. boxvan body with separate cab. The loading portion is framed in oak and ash, and is panelled to waist level with aluminium, and above that line with Flexo aluminium-faced plywood. The matchboard roof is covered with aluminium.

A patent sliding shelf in sections is fitted into the Commer 25-cwt. forward-control laundry van, which also has at the rear a special vertically slatted door that roils to the near side of the body. The cab doors are also made to slide.

Metal framing is used in the 930-cubic-I*,: Luton body on the Guy Vixen 4-ton G29 chassis. The Maudslay Mogul 7-ton net has a van body built specially to carry trays, and is ventilated.by means of two. 210-volt. extractor fans mounted at the front, over' the cab.—Normand, Ltd., Cumberland Avenue, London, N.W.10,

NORTHERNCOUNTIES

Stand 6

VTENT1LATION has been greatly

V inasuoved in the steel-Ceitmed .54-seater doubte-aock body which this company has mounted on a Guy Arab chassis. A Clayton heater is also fitted and warms both saloons. The heater unit is concealed by the lining, panels of the near-side front canopy and the motor is mounted under the near-side front seat of the upper saloon. To give an increased impression of space in the lower saloon, the usual ceiling radius panels' havelitteen omitted.

Another steel-framed body (a 56-seater) has been fitted to a Daimler CVD.6 chassis. Assembly is by means of high-tensile bolts and nuts, secured with positive-lock washers, and all units are interchangeable. To resist corrosion, all steel parts are cadmium-plated before assembly and afterwards receive two coats of aluminium flake paint. Wheel-arches are of stainless steel. —Northern Counties Motor and Engineering Co., Ltd., Wigan.

PARK ROYAL . Stand 92

A FEATURE of the 56-seater RT3ii .C1 body, mounted on an A.E.C. Regent Mark III chassis, is that it has been specially designed for quantity production. Precision' tooling has been employed to ensure interchangeability of components and every item is numbered so that spares

can be ordered from a parts list. The vehicle is one of a large number for London Transport; the method' of constructioa was described in " The Commercial Motor" on June 4.

The Park Royal company is among those who are making a set" at the South American market, and shows a 37-seater service bus body of metal construction on an A.E.C. Regal chassis with left-hand steering. It has a full front and the flat floor is raised well above the chassis frame. The separate entrance and exit are enclosed by electric-pneumatic folding doors operated by Peters gear and controlled by the driver.

Another vehicle for export is a Goy Arab 56-seater for the South Western Bus Co., Ltd., ,Colombo, Ceylon. In this case also, the body is of metal construction, the stressed-skin principle being followed in

building the upper saloon. The upperdeck roof is insulated with Alfol.—Park Royal Vehicles, Ltd., Abbey Road, Park Royal Road, London, N.W.I0.

REALL Stand 111 MOVELTY is provided by a prefabri-LN cated 68-seater bus body built on a B.T.C. semi-trailer for the transport of native workmen. The main frame is of 3/16-in, channel section jig-drilled for assembly directly' on the chassis. The lower sections are of mild-steel angle with electrically welded 18-gauge panels bolted to the main channel pillars. Expanded metal is used in place of glass for the windows. When assembled, steel tubular hoops are fitted into the steel sections and welded into the tops of the uprights. The hoopsticics are connected by longitudinal steel tubes. Detachable curtains are provided at the front and sides for use during the monsoon. There are two exit doors at the rear.

A rear door hinged at the top and locked from the driver's seat is incorporated in the van body built on a Morris 1O-cwt. chassis. Another van shown is a Dodge 2-tonner for bulk dry-cleaning deliveries.— Messrs. Real!, Popes Lane, Ealing, London. W.5.

ROBERTS Stand 109

lk/rUNICIPAL authorities have ordered Ivithe , two double-deckers seen here. The Daimler metal-framed 56-seater built to the Roberts standard specification is for Nottingham Corporation. The other vehicle, based on an Albion chassis.' has been ordered by Glasgow Corporation and has been constructed to a special specification. Its features include haired panelling, fluorescent lighting, Dunlop rubber wings, and stainless-steel hand rails and fillings.— Charles Roberts and Co., Ltd., Horbury Junction, near Wakefield.

ROBSON Stand 11 OADING racks are fitted in the box-I-al/an body which this concern has mounted on a Guy Wolf 2-ton chassis. Panelled outside in aluminium-faced plywood and inside with plywood, the body is extended to cover the chassis frame. There is a folding step below the double rear doors. In the Thornycroft Sturdy 5-ton tilt van, a roller shutter is fitted above the tailboard, and the side panels conceal, the chassis frame.—W. and T. Robson, Ltd.. 60; Farringdon Road, London, E.C.1, ROE Stand 93

FLUORESCENT lighting is a feature of the two 56-seater normal-height rearentrance double-deckers for which Charles H. Roe, Ltd., has built the bodies. One, with C.A.V.-G.E.C. lighting equipment', is based on a Leyland PD. 2/3 chassis and is

8 ft. wide; it is for Oldham Corporation. The other vehicle is a B.U.T. four-wheeled trolleybus for Nottingham Corporation and has Metro-Vickers fluorescent apparatus. in each case' 'the bodybuilder's patented method of composite construction is employed. The staircase, which has two passing platforms and coat-hanging accommodation below it, is also of patented design.

A third exhibit is a 30-seater frontentrance body mounted on a Guy Vixen left-hand-drive chassis. The main framework is of teak and the underframe of steel.—Charles H. Roe, Ltd., Crossgates Carriage Works, Leeds.

SCAMMELL AND NEPHEW Stand 101

A BODY that can accommodate an ri audience of 33 people at film exhibitions, but can also be used to transport bulky loads, has been mounted by this concern on a Carrimore 5-6-ton steppedframe semi-trailer for coupling to a Fordson Thames tractor. A staircase, 6 ft.

9 ins, wide, is fitted at the near side and is lowered on spring-controlled ramps. A canopy for the stairs is provided, and is controlled by levers operated by a wormand-screw gearbox. Fifteen fold-up seats are hinged to the sides of the body. A public-address system is installed.

A little more orthodox, but equally practical, is the Commer 25-cwt. boxvan for carrying bread or confectionery on metal trays. It has an aluminium roller shutter on each side, as well as at the rear.—G. Scammell and Nephew, Ltd., Fashion Street, London, E.l.

SPARSHATT Stand,107 DATENTED tubular-steel construction is employed in two of the Sparshatt bodies. One is mounted on a Dennis Fax normal-control chassis and is for carrying Watney's beer. The other is Plymaxpanelled Luton van body of 750 cubic ft. on a Dodge 61C 2-3-Lon chassis. The first machine costs £1,255, including £375 for the body, and the second, £895 (£400 for the body).

Thirdly, there is a Thorny-croft Nippy

3-tanner with a coachbuilt san body, fitted with racks for bread trays. This vehicle is priced at £1,248, of which the body represents £475.—J. H. Sparshatt and Sons (Portsmouth), Ltd., London Road, Portsmouth.

SPENBOROUGH Stand 18

ALARGE range of products has been concentrated on this stand. In addition to complete tipping vehicles there are various separate tipping gears, an automatic elevator for dustbins, pump assemblies and other exhibits.

There are three vehicles—a Commer, a Dennis Par( and a Dodge. The first has a deep-sided body operated by EP. 42-type telescopic hydraulic end-tipping gear; the floor is lined with steel. The Dennis demonstrates the Spenborough PT. 52 power-operated tipping gear with single telescopic ram, and the vehicle has a body in which the sides, when tipping, fall level with the floor. The Dodge is one of the few refuse collectors in the Shaw and has a 7-cubic-yd. all-steel body tipped by EP. 46 telescopic hydraulic gear. Three curved steel sliding covers are fitted on each side.—Spenborough Engineering Co., Ltd., Union Road, Heckmondwike, Yorks.

SPURLING Stand 21

THE mobile canteen shown by this company—one of a number built for London Transport—is the only one of its kind in the Exhibition, It embodies a modern kitchen, a dining room to seat 16 people, a snack bar, a hatch at the rear for coffee-stall service, and has washing facilities. The body is built on a BedfordScammell articulated unit.

By way of contrast, there is an all-steel tipping body mounted on a Bedford 5-ton short-wheelbase chassis and fitted with an Anthony No. 17 slant-type hoist.

The Spurting de luxe ambulance body has accommodation for one recumbent and four or five sitting cases, or two stretcher patients with attendant.

Another exhibit is the Spurrnobus. whtch is a small passenger vehicle with accommodation for eight people and 95 cubic ft, of luggage, or [2 passengers with hand luggage. It is based on a Bedford chassis. Another contrast is afforded by a doubledeck container for cattle tiansport. mounted on a Bedford 5-ton long-wheelbase chassis. When not-in. use, the sections forming the upper deck are stored in the Luton extension.—Spurling Motor Bodies. Ltd., The Hyde, London, N.W.9.

STEEL BARREL Stand 100 'T'HREE tankers, each designed for a different load, are to be seen here. One has a 2,000-gallon four-compartment elliptical stepped tank mounted on a Carrimore 10-ton semi-trailer for use with a Bedford tractor. The outfit is intended for refuelling aircraft through two hoses, each delivering 75 gallons a minute. At the rear, there is a 10 h.p. four-cylindered petrol engine which drives a shaft fitfed with two clutches that operate two doublehelical-gear pumps. A worm gear at the end of the shaft drives, through a universally jointed propeller shaft and two further clutches, two patent 60-ft, hose reels.

An 800-gallon lead-lined tank for carrying chromic acid has been mounted on a Dodge 5-ton chassis. Another big tanker with two compartments has been designed to carry refined oil. The body is of shallow oval section and has two additional transverse baffles, so that four compartments may be used if desired. It is mounted on a Carrimore semi-trailer with a retractor turntable for operation with a Commer tractor.—Steel Barrel Co.. Ltd., Phimnix Wharf, Uxbridge, Middlesex.

STRACHANS St and 3 ONE of the largest single-deckers ever built in this country—a 48-seater incorporating an Albion CX 41 N.W. chassis— is exhibited by this company. The vehicle is 30 ft. long and 8 ft. wide, and was described in "The Commercial Motor" on September 17.

Another of the exhibits, a Crossley 13-seater coach, is also for export, although it conforms with Ministry of Transport requirements. The body is of timber construction, with aluminium exterior panelling. A sliding-panel roof and sliding windows are fitted. Special attention has been given to passenger comfort.'

A bus body has been mounted on a Dennis Lancet [II chassis. It has a rear entrance with a sliding door, and is fitted with a Clayton heating and cooling system. —Stracharts (Successors), Ltd., Wales Farm Road, London, W.3.

THOMPSON BROS. Stand 24 AN unusual tanker is the Tweed 1,000gallon two-compartment machine, which is of flameless construction and is powered by a Ford V.8 engine. It is specially designed for use on perimeter tracks and runways of aerodromes, although it may be operated on the road.

The three other tankers shown are more usual in type. One has a lightweight 1,800-gallon ellipticalsteel frameless spirit tank with three compartments. The body is electrically welded and is mounted on is semi-trailer drawn by the new Scammelt Scarab mechanical horse. A 1,500-gallon single-compartment stainless-steel milk tank, electrically welded and insulated with Alfoi, is carried on a Foden F.G. chassis. A Leyland Comet chassis serves as the basis of a lightweight 1,500-gallon four-compartment spirit tanker.—Thompson Bros. (Bilston), Ltd., Bilston.

VINCENTS • Stand 9 'VOTED for its horsebox bodies, this IN company is showing a fine example, with accommodation for three horses and grooms, mounted on a Daimler CDV.6 chassis with Fluid Flywheel. The horses face the rear and the partitions are easily removable to enable a mare and foal to be carried. The grooms' compartment is at the front and is fitted with an occasional table, a cabinet and electric kettle. A Clayton Dewandre air-conditioning unit is installed and its effect is supplemented by a double-skinned roof. The equipment is lavish and includes demisting and defrosting apparatus for the windscreen.— Vincents of Reading, Ltd., Station Square, Reading.

WADHAM BROS. Stand 17 A HANDSOME 31-seater luxury coach ri body with full front has been mounted by Wadham Bros., Ltd., on a MorrisCommercial oil-engined chaSsis. It is of composite construction and has a central entrance enclosed by a sliding door carried on a Beclawat heavy-duty runner. The Weathershields sliding roof has two panels, and the controls are conveniently situated for operation by the driver. The body is carried on Metalastik mountings. Equipment includes a Radiomobile wireless set, with extension loud-speakers and intercommunication system.

The coach appears in company with an ambulance based on a Morris Commercial chassis, with bodywork built to the design of Morris-Commercial Cars, Ltd. Patent low-loading stretcher gear is supported on a specially polished locker.—Wadham Bros., Ltd.. 97-99, London Road, Waterlooville, Hants.

WALKER Stand 16

WLDED-STEEL channel framing. einforced with hardwood, is used in the construction of the two Walker van bodies exhibited. One is mounted on a Dodge '5-ton long-wheelbase chassis and the other on a Thornycroft Sturdy longwheelbase chassis. The Dodge has a lowloading well at the rear, supported by a reinforced-channel-steel extension of the chassis. The rear opening is enclosed by a roller shutter and steel-framed tailboard. Sliding doors having Beclawat radial gear are fitted to the cab.

The Thornycroft is for a well-known grocery concern and has half doors at the rear, below which is a tailboard of oak, framed in steet—B. Walker and Son, Ltd., 1, Gammons Lane, Watford.

WESTON WORKS Stand 102 ALONG with a variety of tipping gear, this company shows two complete vehicles, of which it has built the bodies and tipping gear. One is a Dodge 122Ctype chassis with 6-cubic-yd all-steel endtipping body raised by hydraulic telescopic

G32 gear with the twin rams mounted under the floor. The body is of all-welded steel construction, and the floor and sides are in. thick. The combined oil tank and control unit is situated in the cab.

A body of similar design is fitted to a Morris-Commercial FV09/5 chassis, but in this case its capacity is 5 cubic yds. and the telescopic single ram of the end-tipping gear is mounted at the front Of the body. —Weston Works (Birmingham), Ltd., Weston Lane, Greet, Birmingham, 11.

WEYMANN'S Stand 23 HOME and overseas interests are served by the two Weymann exhibits, one being a 56-seater double-deck bus body on a Bristol chassis for Maidstone and District Motor Services, Ltd., and the other, a 45-passenger single-decker mounted on an A.E.C. Regal chassis for Lisbon Tramways. The Maidstone bus is of patented metal construction, incorporating extruded aluminium cappings riveted to the main pillars, to which the exterior panels are attached with pop rivets. Fluorescent lighting is provided by means of C.A.V. and Siemens equipment.

In addition to seating for 24 passengers, the A.E.C. left-hand-drive bus has standing accommodation for 21 people, at the rear and in a clear space at the front of the body. Each standing enclosure is sepa rated from the main saloon. The pillars of the body are of patented steel tubular section and the underframe is attached to the side pillars by means of what is known as a " pivoted" method. A special feature of the mounting is the provision of dual main cross-bearers, each with its individual pivoted extension from the side frame.

Weymann's, Ltd., Addlestone, Surrey.

WHITSON Stand 15

BOTH passenger and goods bodies are .1--)supplied by this company and examples of each are shown. On the goods side there are a Thornycroft Nippy parcels van for the British Railways, and a Maudslay Mogul special platform lorry, with fixed rear panel, for South London Brewery, Ltd. In the parcels van, the cab is separate from the load compartment, and has a "disappearing" sliding door on the off side and a hinged door on the near side. A Brady shutter is .fitted at the rear.

Both passenger vehicles are luxury coaches. One is a Maudslay 26-seater for continental tours and the other a 26-seater observation vehicle to be used on long distance tours in Great Britain. At the rear of the latter there is a raised compartment with 12 seats, below which is a large luggage locker.—James Whitson and Co., Ltd., Sipson, West Drayton, Middx.

WILLOWBROOK Stand 79

ONE of several vehicles for the South American market is shown by Willowbrook, Ltd. Based on a Daimler left-handdrive chassis, the metal-framed bodyhas a full front and is designed to carry 32 seated passengers, as well as a large standing load. The front and rear doors are power-operated.

Home requirements are supplied by a Daimler 56-seater for Leicester Corporation and an A.E.C. Regal Mark III 35-seater service bus. The double-decker is of composite construction and has a rear entrance. The single-decker has a front entrance with a single-panel door hinged on the bulkhead.—Willowbrook. Ltd., Derby Road, Loughborough.

WINDOVERS Stand 89 A REPUTATION for high-class workLa. manship accompanies the two coaches seen on this stand, one of which is a Foden 32-seater and the other an Albion CXN 39 N 35-seater. The body of the former is known as the Huntingdon Mark 11 and is lavishly equipped. Its price is £2,090 and the complete vehicle, as shown, costs £4,150. The Albion has a Huntingdon Mark III body which, like the Mark 11, has a sliding roof opening in two sections.—Windovers, Ltd., 33, Sloane Street, London, S.W.1.

WOOD HOISTS Stand 26

riN a stand adjacent to that of Bromilqw .../and Edwards, Ltd., its associated company, Wood Hoists, Ltd., shows two

vehicles with tipping gear. The first is an Albion FT3 AT model forward-control chassis with a special export heavy-duty U-shaped steel body of electrically welded construction. The body is tipped by Woods D 62 power-operated gear, which incorporates a sub-frame to reinforce the chassis. The rolled-section cross-bearers are electrically welded to the body subframe, which is part of the hoist.

The other vehicle is a Bedford longwheelbase 5-tonner. D. 64 power-operated gear is used to tip the all-steel rectangular drop-sided body. This, again, is electrically welded throughout.—Wood Hoists, Ltd., Foundry Street, Bolton.

YEATES Stand 7

CPECIAL permission has been obtained s3from the Ministry of Supply to build to full luxury standard, the 35-seater luxury coach body mounted by this company on a

Dennis Lancet Hi chassis. It is handsomely veneered, and is equipped with a clock, mirrors and decorative interior

parcels racks. The sliding door at the front incorporates a locking device.

The other two vehicles shown are broadly similar to the Dennis, but their interiors are modified in accordance with the Ministry of Supply's restriction on the manufacture of luxury bodies. One is a Crossley 35-seater and the other a Bedford 29-seater.--W. S. Yeates, Ltd., Derby Road, Loughborough.