Six Viceroys for India
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• Six specially fitted-out Duple-bodied Bedford coaches left Dover last week on a three,e-month journey to India. The Viceroy coaches were carrying "Comex 5", the fifth Commonwealth Expedition, which has the patronage of H.R.H. the Duke of Edinburgh. They were equipped by Duple and supplied through the Arlington Motor Co Ltd, Potters Bar. Seating has been reduced from 45 to 33 per coach, providing room to set the seats facing each other with tables in between, and the back seats have been removed to provide space for water and food storage.
The coaches are carrying 180 young people on a "meet and make contact" expedition through Europe, Turkey, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India and finally to Singapore. Large, specially designed tents which fit over the coach provide the only accommodation and all cooking and daily requirements are met by the travellers themselves.
The six bodies were the last Viceroys to
be built by Duple before the factory changed over to the new all-metal Dominant body.