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Karrier Walk-Thru van, a special ambulance being shown by Rootes has an all-steel body, the specification including sliding doors at the front, plus folding step and hinged doors at the rear. The attendant has a rear-facing seat. On the offside a dual-purpose stretcher is fitted which can be converted into a bench, with folding arm-rests, for four sitting cases. In front on this side is a double tip-up seat, also with armrests. A further four-person tip-up seat is fitted on the nearside, in front of this being another double tip-up. At the rear an electrohydraulic platform facilitates the handling of wheelchairs. In place of the usual twopiece windscreen there is a single undivided screen. A 12-seater personnel Karrier on a Commer chassis for the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea is also being shown.