MALL TORQUE
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lolvo guide
-IE 1975 Volvo Service Guide now available to Volvo ivers on TIR operations, listg Volvo service points in the K and 26 other countries — eluding the Soviet Union.
Produced in seven languages, le guide has a useful phrase)ok section which includes a .st of 125 components. The mk is available from the olvo Service Department at arrhead, Glasgow.
'railer order
N order worth in excess of 300,000 for 177 curtain-sided 7ticulated semi-trailers has een placed by the Post Office ith bodybuilders Boalloy Ltd I' Congleton, Cheshire. The rder is the biggest single order Boalloy has had for curtain-sided bodies.
The 7.3m (24ft) bodies will be built on York single-axled semi-trailers. The trailers will be used for the bulk movement of parcels.
Blue power
THE turbocharged Leyland 410 engine is now available as an option for the Clydesdale and Chieftain trucks from Leyland's Blueline range. The 410 engine develops 108kW (144bhp) installed at 2,600rpm compared with the 98kW (132bhp) of the standard 401 engine, This option gives the 16-ton Clydesdale a power to weight ratio of 6.6kW/tonne (9bhp/ton).
This move means the 410 engine is now available in all the models of the Blueline range.
MAN dealer
A NEW area dealer has been appointed by MAN Concessionaires. Greenwards Engineering Co Ltd has been appointed dealer for the Grimsby area. The company's address is South Humberside Industrial Estate, Road No 5, Pyewipe (telephone 0472 59780).
Traffic drops
FIGURES issued last week by the Department of the Environment show that heavy goods road traffic fell by some six per cent during 1974 in terms of vehicle kilometres.
After hitting a peak of 20.7 thousand million vehicle km in 1973, traffic dropped to 19,5 thousand million vehicle km in last year. It was also calculated that the average annual distance travelled per goods vehicle was 22,400 km (13,900 miles) in 1974, a fall of 1,400 on 1973.
Show date
THE Commercial Motor Show next year will be held at Earls Court, London, from September 24 to October 2.
Major Continental exhibitions at which commercial vehicles will be shown are: Geneva, January 24 to February 1; Amsterdam, February 4 to 14; Belgrade, April 5 to 11.