Dennis : Stand 45.
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LIST OF DENNIS COMMERCIAL 45] MODELS. [43
NOTE.-28 h.p. 29-seater char-abanes, as exhibited, £810 complete.
(a) Chassis with tires and standard body complete.
' Example staged at Olympia, and three fire-engines.
It is a matter of opinion as to whether the exhibit staged by Dennis Bros., Ltd., is the most attractive at Olympia. Many visitors seem to agree that it is the most striking. Certainly the finish of the various machines exhibited leaves nothing to be desired. The 45 h.p. 300-gallon turbine fire-engine sold to the Basingstoke corporation attracts a great amount of attention. We had some little difficulty in getting close enough to this model to examine it in detail. Shortly, we may state that this engine combines a 30-ft. escape ladder, 35-gallon first-aid tank, a separate first-aid pump, and 180 feet of first-aid hose. The speed of the machine on the road reaches :30 m.p.h. The pump is of the turbine balanced type, while the tires are of special block section.
A 60 h.p., 400-gallon turbine motor fire-engine, sold to the Et. Hon. the Earl of Macclesfield, is a second exhibit not very dissimilar except in point of power and size to that already described, whilst the 39 h.p. 150-gallon turbine motor fire-engine on view represents an entirely new type of Dennis machine.
A splendidly-finished char-itbanes painted in white with red lines and upholstery is an object of much attention on the part of the visitors. This machine has a fourcylinder water-cooled engine of 28 h.p. with a boie and stroke of 110 mm. by 130 min. respectively. The drive is through an amplesized cone-clutch to a gearbox giving four speeds forward and a reverse. The final drive is by worm of the over-type.
The fifth exhibit consists of ail ambulance van for the Metropolitan Asylums Board, and this departs in no way from the construction usually adopted in the 18 h.p. Dennis model. Last of all is the three-ton chassis exhibited without body, which has been accepted by the War Office as suitable for incorporation under its subsidiary scheme. Our readers are already familiar with the leading points of this model.