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B. Walker and Son Ltd, 1 Gammons Lane, Watford, Herts.
Walker exhibits this year comprise a 10ft drop-sided body with aluminium framing and plastics-covered plywood sides mounted on a Ford Transit 175 which has an unladen weight of 1 ton 9.75cwt; a cubic 440 cu ft boxvan on a Commer 2500 petrol-engined chassis with an unladen weight of 26cwt; a 530 cu ft Cubic van on a Bedford CF chassis/cat) of 1 ton 9.75cvvt unladen weight; a third Cubic van of 500 cu ft capacity on a BLMC 250 JU petrol-engined chassis of 1 ton 8.5cwt unladen weight and a Walkerbrake personnel carrier on a Bedford 18cwt chassis.
The Walkerbrake has a seating capacity for six people, while the roof, sides and rear doors are lined with. washable vinyl. Cubic vans have a main frame of zinc-coated steel and a plywood floor supported by a steel underframe, the exterior panels being of aluminium.