Oil Temperature Control in New Bus
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ANEW Mercedes-Benz bus, to be exhibited at the Frankfurt Motot Show, will have a system for controlling the temperature of the engine lubricating oil. The system includes a heater for maintaining a normal working temperature when the engine is " cold " and has cooling arrangements for use when the occasion demands.
The power unit is an 8.3-litre oil engine, which has an output of 145 b.h.p. at 2,100 r.p.m. In conjunction with a six-speed gearbox and finaldrive ratio of 4.93 to 1, this provides a maximum road speed of 50 m.p.h. A fuel-consumption rate of 15 m.p.g. is claimed at a cruising speed of 45 m.p.h.
The wheelbase is 18 ft. 81 ins., overall length 34 ft. 6 ins., and width 8 ft. The chassis weight is 4 tons 18 cwt., and complete with a light steel 27-seater body with accommodation for a total of 60 passengers, the unladen weight is 10 tons 9 cwt. In town-bus form, the complete vehicle is priced at £4,150.
Two other bodies are available on this chassis. One is an inter-urban bus type with seats for 37-41 passengers and the other is a 37-41-seater coach pattern with a sliding roof. The latter model weighs 11 tons 7 cwt. unladen and costs approximately £4,630.
BIG CANADIAN ORDERS FOR A.E.C.-ENGINED BUSES
FOLLOWING country-wide demonstrations of A.E.C. oil engines in CanCar-Brill vehicles, Canadian Car and Foundry, Ltd., has received substantial orders for passenger vehicles fitted with this unit.
Orders include those from the. Provincial Transport Co. for 50; Canada Coach Lines, 35; Montreal Tramways Co., 50; Hamilton Street Railway Co., 30; City of Saskatoon, 16; Ottawa Transportation Commission, 10; City of Fort William, 2.
B.R.S. FURNITURE SERVICE INVESTIGATION
I NVESTIGATIONS are being made by the National Association of Retail
Furnishers into complaints about British Road Services' facilities for delivering furniture from suppliers to retailers.
A circular letter received by retailers in the north-west states that it is intended to take up the complaints, backed by factual evidence, at the highest level in the Road Haulage Executive. Furniture makers are asked to see that greater care is exercised at the time of loading and dispatch.
PRAISE FOR MACBRAYNE
ATRIBUTE to David MacBrayne, Ltd., for its willingness to operate a bus route in Argyllshire at a loss so that isolated crofters should not suffer hardship, was paid by Mr. W. F. Quin, Scottish Licensing Authority, at a sitting in Glasgow last week.
He granted an application for a licence to operate a service between Ardgour and Acheracle. Previous operators, he said, had declared themselves unwilling to continue running buses on the route.