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23rd September 1960, Page 150
23rd September 1960
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APART from a taxi shown elsewhere, Commer display the smallest oil-engined vehicle at Earls Court. This is the Non forward-control van, introduced early this year, which has a Perkins Four 99 oil engine as a standard production option. The Perkins engine has a capacity of 1.6 litres and develops 42.3 b.h.p. at 3,600 r.p.m. in this application. It is coupled to a four-speed gearbox and gives only slightly inferior performance to the 1.5-litre petrol engine which is the other unit offered in the t-tonner, but with a big improvement in fuel economy.

The I-ton model has a unitary-construction body with a load space of 210 cu. ft. and independent front suspension. The cab floor is flat and the van exhibited will have the optional sliding cab doors. A 12-seat bus version of the 1-tonner is also on view. It has the petrol engine, which produces 52 b.h.p. at 4,000 r.p.m., and is shown in left-hand-drive form.

Since the 1958 Show the Cob 7-cwt. van has undergone detail modifications and now has a slightly more powerful engine, a close-ratio gearbox and improved body styling. The Cob shown has left-hand drive. The Express Delivery van displayed can carry a 10-cwt. payload and has a similar petrol engine to that offered in the 1-tonner.

The 2.26-litre oil engine in the 11-ton forwardcontrol van produces 48.5 b.h.p. at 3,000 r.p.M. and has a distributor-type fuel-injection pump. It drives through a four-speed gearbox.

A Superpoise 5-ton van is the only representative of this normal-control range on view. With a wheelbase of 14 ft. I in., it is powered by a Perkins P6 engine. Another Perkins engine, in this case the near-horizontal C.305 5-litre unit, is fitted to a forward-control 6-tonner with drop-sided bodywork.

The two other models displayed are powered by Commer TSS opposed-piston two-stroke oil engines. This 3.26-litre unit develops 105 b.h.p. at 2,400 r.p.m. The forward-control 7-tonner shown with platform bodywork has a wheelbase of 13 ft. 6 in., whilst the 12-ton tractor appears with an Eaton two-speed rear axle and an air-pressure braking system.