Bayard : Stand 22.
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One of the best-looking of the French-built commercial vehicle chassis at the Show is the two-ton Bayard. It is certainly a most creditable job. Its four-cylinder 80 mm. by 120 mm. engine is most accessibly placed under the broad and sloping type of bonnet which is one of the features of Bayard machines. When the bonnet is raised, anything necessary may be done to the engine, from the mere adjusting of the carburetter or cleaning of the plugs to the renewal of main bearings, without disturbieg any other part of the chassis. A simple cone clutch connects the engine with the four-speed-and-reverse gearbox. The footbrake is mounted at the after end of the gearbox, and in order to facilitate cooling the brake drum is surmounted by an aluminium fan which is forced on to the drum and secured thereto by means of set screws. The tailshaft from tne change-speed gearbox to the differential countershaft is not universally jointed, and objection might be taken to this fact by some users, but. we are assured that the makors have experienced no trouble, on this account. The differential countershaft casing is of very clean design, and it will be noted that a most-simple provision is made for locking the differential gear, this taking the form of a rod, with self-locking handle, that passes through the side members of the frame, and is connected through the medium of a suitable lever with one of the main differential members. These members are of the spur type ; the one on the near side differential shaft is mounted so that it may be brought into engagement not only with its own planetary pinions but with the planetary pinions which normally mesh only with the differential wheel on the off-side shaft.
Another model on the same stand, however, is the four-seated taxicab with 75 mm. by 110 mm. engine, a large number of which is in use in the south-west of England by the Bristol Tramways and Carriage Co., Ltd. In this chassis, the dashboard is made of .box section, and at first sightlooks like an auxiliary radiator. It is, however, a petrol tank, the radiator, of the Renault. type, being mounted immediately in front of it. The other two models shown are both fitted with box van bodies. One of these is on practically the same type of chassis as the taxicab, and is intended for loads of 10 cwt. The other, intended for loads of 1520 elvt., has a four-cylinder 14 h.p. engine.
Some of our readers may not be familiar with the fact that these machines are built by ClementBayard, Levallois, Paris, a company surely with a most excellent international reputation.