Ambulance from Martin Walter
Page 44
If you've noticed an error in this article please click here to report it so we can fix it.
ANEW design of ambulance for the transport of wheel-chair patients has been announced by Martin Walter Ltd. It is based on the Bedford CAL van, and can accommodate one wheel-chair, the roof of the van being raised to provide headroom for the occupant. A single passenger's seat is also fitted and this folds to the side of the body when not in use.
A rear loading ramp, permanently located at the rear of the floor, consists of two separately hinged and folding channels, one adjustable transversely. to rONGRESS has finally approved funds
for the often-postponed Census of Transportation in the U.S.A. It will begin early next year. It will provide improved statistics for private and governmental use. The Census will consist of four major points: a national travel survey to measure the volume and type of service used to meet the requirements of businessmen and others, a commodity transportation survey based on information to be collected from shippers, a truck inventory and use survey that will cover all classes of commercial vehicles, and a bus and truck carrier sarvey of vehicles not subject to Interstate Commerce Commission reporting. allow for varying wheel tracks. They are stowed in the vertical position and secured to the arch rail of the vehicle, being held steady by a bracket on the rear doors. Anchoring of the invalid chair to the floor is by two tubular stirrups positioned to locate and retain the front wheels. A hinged flap at the rear can be raised to lock the rear wheels of the chair.
Price of the Martin . Walter Litilecon " High Top" Wheel-chair Ambulance is £720 ex works,
Second Highest Export Figure
nURING August, 1962, commercial LI vehicle production totalled 29,792. This figure was an increase on that for July (21,154), but this was expected because the majority of manufacturers took their holidays in July this year.
The number of commercial vehicles exported in August was 9,958 at a value of f8.4 m. Both in volume and value, this represents a drop compared with the figures for the same period of 1961, Over the first eight months of this year the volume exported-105,428—was the second highest ever recorded for the period. ORDERS AND DELIVERIES CARDIFF ORDERS MORE A.E.C. Twelve Regent Mk. V chassis have bee' ordered by Cardiff Corporation. They wil have A.E.C. AV590 engines, A.C. generatin equipment and four-speed synchromesh gear boxes. Bodies will be 63-seaters built b: East Lancashire Coachbuilders Ltd.
FINNISH MAKERS ORDER A.E.0 ENGINES: Vanagan Autotehdas Oy, am of Finland's major vehicle makers, ha. ordered 20 more A.E.C. 4V690 diese engines.
MORE FOR MeVEIGH: McVeigh Trans port Ltd., Grimsby—a member of the Ros. Group of Companies—is to increase its flee, of A.E.C. Mercury& Six more have beer, ordered.
CONTINENTAL, FLEET EXPANDS: Five more A.E.C. Reliance chassis foi 36-ft.-long bodywork have been ordered by Leroy Tours Ltd., Tunbridge Wells. They will have A .E.C. AV590 engines and six-speed overdrive gearboxes. Harrington Cavalier bodywork will he fitted anti the coaches will be based on the Continent for touring work in various countries.
SEMIS FOR GAS: An 'order for nine 10ton single-axle semi-trailer chassis has been placed with Crane Fruehauf Trailers Ltd. by the British Oxygen Co. Ltd. They will be
used for transporting gas cylinders. •
FOR BORNEO: 425,000 worth of Leyland vehicles—Hippos, a 10-cu.-yd. dump truck and four tractive units with Dyson 25-ton logging bogies—have been ordered by the Bombay-Burinalz Trading Corporation Ltd. for operation in North Borneo.
SCARABS FOR SHUNTING: Ten Scammell Scarab 6-ton mechanical horse units have been ordered by Rogers and Co. for use in Port Louis, Mauritius. They will be fitted with fifth-wheel couplings and used for shunting trailers round the dock area.
MUNICIPAL OPPORTUNITIES
• Bristol City Council invite lenders hr November 24 for supply of one 15-cwt, mobile crane. Details: City Engineer, Cabot HQILSC. Deanery. Road, Bristol, I.
Daltoe-ln-Furness U D.C. invite tenders by December 8 for supply of one Karrier Bantam refuse collector, 7 cu. yd. capacity, diesel enstined, oainted maroon. Details: K. C. McCutcheon. Town Hall, Dalton-in-Furness.
Wortley R.D.C. invite tenders by November 28 for supply of a special vehicle for street lighting maquenance—comprising an Austin 3-ton chassis with workshop cab and 30-ft. Simon hydraulic platform. Details: Engineer and Surveyor, Council Offices. Grenoside, Sheffield, Northwich U.D.C. invite tenders by December 10 for supply of one suction road cleaner complete with channel brush and wandering hose. and equipped, painted. etc., as specified. An existing 1954 Lewin sweeper-collector is offered in partexchange. Type Mk. 9. All details: H. D. Hocking. Council House. Church Road, Northwich, Ches.