48 MARSDEN

22nd September 1972, Page 168

22nd September 1972

Page 168

Page 168, 22nd September 1972 — 48 MARSDEN

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Marsden (Coachbuilders1 Ltd, Longshaw Street, Warrington, Lancs. Following normal Marsden practice, the thre full-fronted pantechniconvan bodies shown b this company have a one-piece gr cab-front/Luton panel assembly and moulde glassfibre dash and wheel-arch assemblies.

Mounted on a Bristol LH chassis with gvw rating of 11.25 tons, . a 36ft 8ir pantechnicon complies with TIR require merits, while a 32ft Bin. pantechnicon i based on a Bedford KM chassis with a gvw c 16 tons 8cwt and is specially designed for th transport of fragile electronic equipmen. Having a length of 21ft 6in., the smallim Marsden pantechnicon is mounted on Bedford KC chassis rated at 7 tons 2cwt gyvs the unladen weight of the vehicle being 2 ton 19 cwt

The framing of the Bristol-based bod structure is gusseted and reinforced at stres points and is bonded to one-piece moulde grp exterior panels, the translucent glassfibr roof being a one-piece moulding.

In the case of the Bedford KM Luton var the composite body structure is also bonde to grp side panels and all the vehicles hay flat floors. The framing of the under-3-ton va is of aluminium construction and the frame c rear aperture is of mild-steel section.