Whose Chassis Was It?
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THE editor of The Derbyshire Times, Mr. Morton H.
Edmunds, is to be commended for drawing attention to the apparently excessive speed at which he saw new truck chassis being driven on the Great North Road (The Commercial Motor, September 30).
He refers to a Dagenham concern as being responsible for delivering the trucks he saw—but no company from that town: is used for delivering Bedfords from the factory. I wonder if Mr. Edmunds has confused Bedfords with another make of vehicle?
However, Mr. Edmunds may like to know that with current Bedford vehicles what would once have been regarded as excessive speeds for new trucks is not necessarily harmful. Fixed running-in speeds are no longer laid down for new Bedford and Vauxhall veh ides.
As a result of improvements in engine design, manufacturing methods and lubricating oils, all that is now needed with new Bedfords is the observance of the instructions on the windscreen: "Avoid sustained high speeds and -full-throttle operation for the first 1,000 miles." In suitable conditions itipis quite possible to drive new Bedford chassis at high speeds without overstressing the engine.
Vauxhall Motors, Ltd. M. B. M ARR.