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EXANDER Stand 47 her Alexander and Co. (Coachbuilders), Ltd., Glasgow Road, Falkirk LEYLAND Leopard chassis is used as a . basis for the 49-sett long-distance service eh body on his stand. Measuring 36 ft. g and 8 ft. 21 in. wide, it has been built the North Western Road Car Co., Ltd. : framing is constructed mainly from colded steel sections, together with some aluiium-alloy members. A wrap-round .dscreen is incorporated and opening winvs to the sides have been eliminated in our of a furced ventilation system. Fluornit interior lighting is installed.

RBODIES Stand 30

.bodies, Ltd., Holyhead Road, Coventry. HE principal exhibit on this stand will again be an example of the current Still taxi. This is the FX4 model, designed comply seth Scotland Yard requirements.

A 2.2-litre diesel engine and independent front suspension incorporating coil springs

are features of the specification. BorgWarner automatic transmission is standard.

DUPLE Stand 37 Duple Motor Bodies, Ltd., Edgware Road, The Hyde, Hendon, London, N.W.9

THREE exam w ples of the ne range of coach bodywork introduced by Duple are displayed. The distinctive styling introduced on the Bella Vista 29-seater a year ago is now extended to all models of the standard 1963 range from the Hendon factory. The largest model is the Vega Major 36-ft.-long 52-seater on the new Bedford VAL twinsteering chassis. The Commodore is a 31-ft. 10-in.-long body intended for 'underfloorengined chassis, the example shown being on A.E.C. Reliance chassis and arranged to seat 45 passengers. The Bella Vega is the latest coach body for the Bedford SB. accom modating 41 passengers within a length of 30 ft. 4 in. The width in all three eses is 8 ft. 21 in. Composite construction is employed.

Particular emphasis is being laid on ventilation and heating arrangements. The rear portion of each version of the new bodywork incorporates fixed windows and forced ventilation. On the example of the Bella Vega exhibited, the Smith's refrigerated ventilation system is incorporated as an indication of possible future equipment.

DUPLE (MIDLAND) Stand 45 Duple Motor Bodies (Midland), Ltd., cio Duple Motor Bodies, Ltd., Edgware Road, The Hyde, Hendon, London, N.W.9

EXPORT bodywork is predominant on this stand although the smallest exhibit, a 19-seat service coach on Bedford J2 chassis modified to forward-control, is well known in this country. The particular example of the latter exhibited is for British European Airways and is to he used in Jersey. A 36-seat service bus on Thames Trader chassis is for service in Goa. It is 30 ft. long and has two doorways with manually-operated jack-knife doors. A 29-seater bus for the Texaco concern, for service in Trinidad, is based on a Bedford VAS2 petrol-engined chassis. It is 8 ft. wide, whereas the. other Duple (Midland) exhibits are 7 ft. 6 in. All three are of metal-framed construction.

DUPLE (NORTHERN) Stand 36 Duple Motor Bodies (Northern), Ltd., Vicarage Lane, Blackpool, Lance

THE range of coachwork displayed by Duple (Northern) includes two completely new models and a development of the Duple Continental, which has been in production at Blackpool since its introduction just Under a year ago. This concern, formerly H. V. Burlingham, Ltd., changed its title earlier in the year. The metal-framed 3641.-long Alpine Continental has a forced ventilation system, larger fixed windows than the standard Continental and is exhibited on A.E.C. Reliance chassis. The new Firefly 30-ft. 4-in.-long body for forward-engined chassis and Dragonfly 36-ft.-long design for underfloor-engined models incorporate composite construction and are of similar general appearance. They are shown on Thames Trader and Leyland Leopard chassis respectively.

HARRINGTON Stand 33 Thomas Harrington, Ltd., Sackville Works, Old Shoreham Road, Hove 4, Sussex

A NEW 36-ft. metal-framed coach follow-Z-1 ing on the successful pattern of the previous Cavalier model is the Grenadier 36. The new version incorporates a forced ventilation system and the side windows, which are lengthened, are accordingly fixed. The example shown is a 49-seater based on Leyland Leopard chassis. The Crusader Mk. III is the latest version of the exhibitor's 30-ft. by 8-ft. coachwork for front-engined chassis. It also has longer side windows and is displayed as a 4I-seater based on Thames Trader p.s.v. chassis, The smallest exhibit on the Harrington stand is the Commer 1500 series I2-seater p.s.v. conversion. This complies with P.S.V. Regulations and a notable feature is the provision of luggage accommodation in the glass-fibre roof unit.

KENEX Stand 144 Kenex Coachwork, Ltd., Barwick Road, Dover. Kent

THE main exhibit on this stand, which is on the first floor, is the Thames-Kenex 25-seater coach. Based on the Thames Trader 3-ton low-loader chassis with 4D diesel engine, it is of metal-framed construction. A recent development is the provision of a sliding entrance door as standard equipment. The remaining exhibits are examples of the passenger-carrying conversions of vans in the 10-15-cwt, class with which the Kenex concern has been largely associated in recent years. A newcomer to this range is the Standard 15-cwt. model shown in Kenebrake Yeoman form, with upholstered forwardfacing seats and wooden slatted longitudinal seats at the rear. The Morris 32 Kenecoach p.s.v. for 12 fare-paying passengers. Austin 34 Kenebrake, Thames Kenebrake and Bedford CAL Kenebrake Super, which are also displayed, are all established models from this company.

MARSHALL Stand 32 Marshal's Flying School, Ltd., Airport Works, Newmarket Road, Cambridge

A36-FT, by 8-FT. 21-IN. single-deck bus body on Leyland Leopard chassis is for the Yorkshire Woollen District Transport Co., Ltd. The exhibit is the first to have the

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new front-end design for this type of vehicle, standardized by the B.E.T. Federation, incorporating wrap-round windscreens. Of steel-framed construction, the bodywork is largely panelled in aluminium, but the front and rear ends are glass-fibre mouldings. Seats are provided for 54 passengers and the front-entrance doors are of the glider type, fully, glazed and electrically operated. Interior lighting is by the use of fluorescent tubes.

MARTIN WALTER Stand 62 Martin Walter, Ltd., 145-147 Sandgate Road, Folkestone .

A NEW model is the Martin Walter LI Volkswagen personnel carrier. Hinged double doors are provided on each side of the body, in addition to the cab doors. A total of 12 seats, including that for the driver, are provided. The Workobus is a well-established product, but this is the first time that the version based on an Austin 34 model has been shown at Earls Court. Also seating 12 including the driver, it is intended for transporting workpeopie and equipment to construction sites and similar duties. The other passenger exhibits are the Thames Utilabus, which complies with P.S.V. Regulations and accommodates 11 passengers, and the Bedford CAL which is shown in the Utilabrake form, designed primarily as a maid-of-all-work vehicle for people living in the country.

METROPOL1TAN-CAMMELL Stand 42 Metropolitan-Cammell Carriage and Wagon Co., Ltd., SIdtley, Birmingham, 8

AN example of 77-seat normal height double-deck bodywork on Leyland Atlanteatt rear-engiried chassis is displayed on this stand. Generally of the standard M.C.W. design for this model, it has been built for Saiford City Transport and incorporates their requirements in fittings and equipment. A Leyland-M.C.W. Olympic Series II, model EL45/13/40, single-deck cityservice bus is for Compania Uruguaya de Transportes Colectivos S.A., Montevideo. This integral-construction vehicle measures 36 ft. 2+ in. overall. It is arranged to seat 40 passengers and provision is made for a further large number to stand. A front entrance and centre exit is provided, the latter being wider than those of LeylandM.C.W. buses at present in service in the Uruguayan capital.

This third exhibit is a product of a new M.C.W. venture, the manufacture of coach bodies for Bedford chassis. The example shown is the Amethyst design, on an SB3 petrol-erigined model measuring 30 ft. long and 8 ft. 21 in. wide. As with the other exhibits, steel-framed construction is used. Exterior panelling is largely of aluminium, glass-fibre mouldings being used at front and rear. The styling makes use of .a pro, flounced " peak " over the windscreen.'

NORTHERN COUNTIES Stand 38 Northern Counties Motor and Engineering Co., Ltd., 146 Wigan Lane, Wigan, Lanes "THREE low-height double-deckers form .1 the display on this stand. A Daimler Fleetline for Lancashire United Transport, Ltd., has 76-seat bodywork which, a'tho basically similar to previous Northl Counties bodies on this rear-engined chai incorporates a number of modificatit Advantage has been taken of current le lation to improve the appearance by boy the front panels by 3 in., increasing length to 2+ in. over the former maxim permissible of 30 ft. An Albion Lowlar for the Central S.M.T. Co., Ltd., has a ward-entrance body arranged to seat Construction is steel-framed for the lo saloon and in aluminium alloy for the up saloon. The lower saloon pillars are bo directly to the chassis outriggers. The tl exhibit is a 64-scat forward-entrance with an overall length of 25 ft. 7+ in. o specially shortened version of the Dair Fleetline chassis. Built to the requirerni of Walsall Corporation Transport, it in( porates wrap-round glazing at the front both upper and lower decks. An extra( ventilation system is provided by arrant the engine air intake to be drawn from interior of the bus.

PARK ROYAL Stand Park Royal Vehicles, Ltd., Abbey Rt Park Royal, London, N.W.10

AN experimental forward-entrance vets of the London Transport Ro.uterna double-decker is displayed on this ste Based on the standard 27-ft. 7-in.-long in ral-construction Routemaster now in regi production at Park Royal, the Show exh has an additional bay added amidships to crease the length to 30 ft., as well as bt redesigned to incorporate the form+ entrance and staircase. The seating capa is 69 and the vehicle incorporates A.1 running units. Aluminium alloy is used exi sively in its construction. A 49-seat fri ' entrance 36-ft. by 8-ft. 21-in. coach bott of thedesign recently introditced by I' Royal, with curved-glass windscreens rear windows. Intended primarily medium-distance express work, the veh

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iibited, on A.E.C. Reliance chassis, is for Aldershot and District Traction Co., I. Of steel-framed construction, it is ieted mainly in aluminium, with glassrant and rear end sections. Seats are the coach-built composite type to the specification.

AXTON Stand 31 mons (Scarborough), Ltd., Castle Works, Seidner Road, Scarborough LTHOUGH the model names of the three eshibits on the stand are familiar, are extensively redesigned for the ring season. The latest version of the iniarna coach body, shown in 36-ft. by

t. 2 form on A.E.C. Reliance chassis, oi poi ates a swept-round windscreen which mei chang,eable with the rear window and ia zone-toughened area in front of the vet. The main side windows, which are d. are deeper and wider. A forced vention system is standard. The example disyed has 40 low-backed luxury seats add a all fond arid drink dispensary at the rear, e latest example of the Embassy, known the Embassy 11, is available ill versions to t

several types of chassis. The Show exhi

s are a Bedford SB5 41-seater with an :it,d1 length of 30 ft. 2+ in., and one of the A' Bedford VAL twin-steering models tinged as a 44-seater offering generous -room vithin a length of 36 ft. Both siens have wrap-round windscreens with

bodywork line forming a projecting teak above.

Stand 39 arks H. Roe, Ltd., Crossgates Carriage Works, Crossgates, Leeds, 15

'HE double-decker on this stand is on a Daimler Fleetline rear-engine(' chassis. lit to the special requirements of Sunder0 Corporation 'Fransport, Although based the standard Park Royal-Roe metalmad structure, it incorporates a " peak the front and a reversed-slope window at rear of the upper deck. Generously iced seals for 70 are provided and the crior finish has been designed for maxiiii passenger-appeal and serviceability. eds City Transport are to be the operators the 41 -seat single-decker on A.E,C. trance chassis. Built to a width of ft. 2i in. to take advantage of current tislation. hut having a length of 30 ft. in t interests of manoeuvrability, it incorporsi standard Roe composite construction th Burma teak pillars. A front entrance ti centre exit are provided. The windscreen of the wrap-round type.

'RAC:HANS Stand 83 whims (Coachbuilders), Ltd., Wales Farm Road, North Acton, London, W.3 1-1E Strachans stand returns to the Show for the iirst time since 1954. The pasiger vehicle exhibited is based on a Guy rib Mk. IV 18-ft. 6-in.-wheelbase chassis d is a 73-seat rear-entrance double-decker. steel-framed construction, it is panelled in 01 ilium throughout. Particular attention s been paid to the interior trim, Formica Ina used for the window facings, dist the upper saloon roof, including the iii end, is fully lined. The vehicle is for tahant's Bus Service, Lida of Paisley_ EYNIANN Stand 41 ;smarm's, Ltd., Station Road, Addlestone, Surrey eshibits on this stand are 36 ft. by ) 8 f€. 2'. in. single-deckers based on gland Leopard chassis, although of entirely fetent design to suit their different purses. One is an example of the new stilisn coach. Of M.C.W. patented Mk. 2 alit lamed construction, it can acconunotie rip to 49 seated passengers although the Imola shown (for Southdown Motor Setes. Lid.) seats 45 with generous leg-room. reed ventilation is incorporated. The ler exhib:t is a 54-scat bus for the Binningin and Midland Motor Omnibus Co., Ltd. is based on a light-alloy and steel frameirk. As with the coach, the exterior nelling is a combination of aluminium oy far the main side and roof portions Ii glass-fibre front and rear end assemblies.

A divided flat-glass windscreen is fitted, with each side in two pieces, of which the upper is raked and inset.

WILLOWBROOK Stand 44 Willowbrook, Ltd., Derby Road, Loughborough, Leies

A PAIR of 36 ft. by 8 ft. 21 in, single1-1 deckers of basically similar design, and in both cases on Leyland Leopard chassis, form the display on this stand. Of metalframed construction, they are in express coach and bus form respectively. The coach is for the Yorkshire Traction Co., Ltd., and has Duple CiA.211 coach seating for 47 passengers. A large luggage locker is incorporated at the rear. The 54-seat bus version of similar general design is for the Western Welsh Omnibus Co., Ltd. Fluorescent lighting for the interior and also for the destination box is provided on both the vehicles shown on this stand.

YEATES Stand -13 W. S. Yeales, Ltd., Derby Road, Loughborough, Leics

A LL three of the Yeates exhibits are /1 examples of the Fiesta Continental design in its latest form. The largest is built to 36 ft. by 8 ft. 21 in. dimensions and is based on an A.E.C. Reliance chassis. It seats 51 passengers and has a front entrance. Intermediate in size, with a length of 31 ft. 2 in. and a seating capacity of 44 is the Bedford SI35 version. The chassis of this is modified by Yeates, the front axle being set back so as to allow a front-entrance layout to be adopted. The shortest version shown is the Thames Trader measuring 30 ft. overall, which is a 41-seater with entrance immediately behind the front wheels. Construction of all three bodies is composite, using light alloy and timber framing. aluminium panels and glass-fibre front and

rear end sections. ,