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INDUSTRIAL MOTORS AT THE FOIRE DE PARIS.
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An Exhibition Supported Under Protest with Fewer Exhibits than in 1927 and Still Fewer Visitors.
THE industrial vehicle section of the Foire de Paris, which is now open at the Porte do Versailles, is even less interesting, on the whole' than was the case last year. Although housed in a fine new building instead of being left in the open air, the exhibits are fewer in number and the visitors fewer still.
On entering the building one gains the impression_ of having walked into the garage of a Renault commercial fleet. Twenty-two Renaults are lined up all along one side of the main gangway, whilst beyond them is the stand of Renault-SCEMIA, SCEMIA being now, the distributing concern for Renault heavy vehicles.
One or two novelties in the show are worthy of notice. On the Peugeot stand is a 4-ton Peugeot lorry fitted with a twocylindered Junkers-Diesel engine for which Messrs Peugeot have obtained the, French manufacturing rights. The Stinkers is a two-stroke engine with opposed pistons, the arrangement of conSleeting .rods being almost identical with thatemployed in the Gobronl3rille engine some 23 years ago,
that is to say, twin connecting rods from the upper piston, having a tractive effect upon the cranks and a normal type of connecting rod for the lower piston. The bore of the cylinders in the engine exhibited is 80 mm., and the stroke of each piston 150 mm. The total stroke is thus 300 c.c., giving a cylinder capa
city of slightly under 3 litres. The pistons for the scavenging air-pumps are mounted on tap of the upper working piston in each cylinder, the air-pump cylinder being naturally of very much larger diameter. Fuel injection is effected by a plunger pump, the action of which is under the direct control of a centrifugal govern,or. The engine exhibited is designed to run at 1,000 r.p.m. to 1,200 r.p.m.
Another novelty is the Parvilla electric refuse-collecting lorry. Special controls to the rheostat and brakes are fitted on the outside of the driver's cab. The vehicle, which has front-wheel drive,
is capable of travelling at very low speeds, 1/.3 m.p.h. to 2 m.p.h. when on the actual work of collection, and the driver can get down from his seat and walk along beside the lorry, controlling it by means of the external levers. If his union and inclinations allow him. the man can take a hand in the emptying of dustbins. The accumulators are arranged on a steel tray between the front of the tipping body and the driver's cab. This tray is mounted on rollers, so that the whole block of batteries may be slid off bodily and replaced by
a freshly charged set with the minimum of trouble. A 30-cwt. electric delivery van is also shown by Parville.
A feature of the exhibition is the very high standard of coachwork to be seen, especially in the case of van bodies and certain small closed coaches and hotel omnibuses. It may be mentioned incidentally that the veto on passenger-carrying vehicles has bee ri pretty generally ignored this time, some manufacturers showing one or two examples on their respective stands. As the majority of French manufacturers are exhibiting in the Poise de Paris "under protest," so to speak, it is hardly surprising that they have made their own decision as to what constitutes an industrial vehicle.
A round of visits made by our Paris correspondent to prominent heavy-vehicle firms shortly before the show elicited unanimous disapproval of the whole affair. As the regular Salon de POida Lourd has now been reinstated and will
be held in the Grand Patois next autumn, the trade strongly objects to the expense of exhibiting at another Paris show in the same year, especially when the said show appears to be of very doubtful value from the sales point of view.
A rather curious thing about the present exhibition is the lack of sixwheelers. Not a single example is to be seen ; even Renault have not one of their successful six-wheeled models on their stand.
Some exceedingly pretty examples of commercial coachwork are shown by Messrs. Paquette, including a " new-art " style of van body on a small Unic chassis for the perfume firm of Isabey. The panels of this body have a curious finish resembling dull beaten silver.
. Gas-producers, which were Very much in evidence at last year's Poise, are conspicuous by their absence. Messrs. Panhard and Levassor show the only examples in the building, one on a 4-ton lorry and two others on small Panhard -vans. The reason for this absence of gazogenes is simply that the makers prefer to show their machines in the open air, where they may be exhibited in operation. They are to be found this year amongst the stationary engines in another part of the fair.
Andre Citroen has a very fine exhibit of 20 vehicles, mostly on the B15 corn, mercial chassis. An interesting example is the travailing general store made for the Union des Co-operatives de Lorraine. This shop carries a really astonishing stock for so small a vehicle. The sides and back open outwards to form awnings and counters, whilst glass-fronted showcases also swing outwards and reveal the rest of the stock in the interior. This covers everything from ready-made suits and hats to oil stoves, wines, biscuits and hardware.
Two smart 10-seater hotel omnibuses are shown and two 12-seater open coaches. Ambulances, fire-engines, small tip wagons, etc., make up the rest
of thethe exhibit, whilst, in Citroen-Kergrease machines,the most interesting is a lawn mower. Two mowers are towed in front of the tractor by means of steel davits, a third central mower .is attached behind and a very wide roller brings up the rear.
The most interesting exhibit on the S.O.M.U.A. stand is a stripped chassis of their special high-powered 80,000gallon-per-hour fire-engine, showing the transmission employed for the enormous pump.
Delahaye show 12 vehicles in all, including several fire-engines. One of the latest high-speed special first-aid models made for the Paris brigade is shown, complete with realistic dummy firemen. Delahaye passenger vehicles shown • include a 22-seater front-entrance omnibus for Monte Video. The seating and emergency-door arrangements in this bus are distinctly good. A very fine closed 25-seater coach for Casablanca is also shown.
Peugeots, in addition to their Dieselengined exhibit, show 14 small vehicles of various types, amongst them being a most attractive little hotel bus on the h.p. chassis. The seating in this little body is exceedingly well arranged in view of the small space available, whilst the finish, both interior and exterior, is most praiseworthy. The body, like most of the passenger bodies in the show, is fabric-covered. La Licorne show a' complete range of industrial chassis from their latest small 7 h.p. model up to a 3-tanner.
The most impressive Renault
SCEMIA. exhibit is a low-level omnibus chassis as designed for the T.C.R.P., the Paris municipal omnibus concern. This fine chassis was fatly described in The Commercired Motor last year when it made its first appearance on the streets of Paris.
De Dion Bouton show a range of stationary pumping engines and four lorries.
Rochet Schneider have a fine 15seater luxury coach with a four-door body and a van for a Paris furniture firm which has a very taking finish to the body. This progress in the matter of finish strikes one everywhere throughout the show. Messrs. Hardy and Co. show a number of lorries fitted with their hand-tipping gear, including an 8tonner with chain-operated movement capable of being tipped by one hand.
Latils show 15 vehicles, including nearly all their standard types. Chenard and Walcker show a tractor with capstan and a big hay trailer. Laffiy show nine vehicles, including a combined water-cart-fire-engine, which has rather an unusually complete Ere-fighting equipment for a vehicle of this kind. Hook ladders, etc., are carried.
Lagache and Glassman, the trailer specialists, show several big trailers. one being a 5,000-litre 'wine tank for the Paris "Assistance Publique " (corresponding to our Poor Law Guardians). Drawn by a Chenard and Wacker tractor, this tank will probably visit the Paris workhouses on Christmas Day! The air pump for the wine ,tank is carried on the rear platform and driven by a small petrol engine.
Bernard show a six-cylinder low-level chassis intended for passenger work. It is a cleanly designed and robust-looking job Of attractive appearance. Berliets show 6 and 2-ton lorries and a 6-ton refuse-collecting tip wagon. Aries have three covered lorries and a refuse lorry and Dewald an 8-ton refuse lorry and an 8-tonner for carrying milk.
Geneve, of Paris, show the Wood hydraulic gear.