Milnes-Daimler: Stand 51
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The two newest types of Manes s. Daimler chassis are exhibited by this company. The smaller of them —a30 h.p. machine for three-ton loads—whilst retaining many of the characteristic points of the MikesDaimler construction, is not now fitted with the rack-and-piniqn drive to the back wheels, but a bevel-driven live back axle has been substituted, the design being particularly clean. The ManesDaimler perch-bar construction, however, has been retained, the perch bars taking account of both torque and thrust due to the drive. In the larger chassis, which has a 45 h.p. engine, and is intended to deal with loads up to six tons, the rack-and-pinion drive has advisedly been retained by this maker. This is probably one of the finest examples of chassis construction for six-ton loads to be seen at the present Show, and all its components have been well proved by long service in various parts of the world. A serviceable-looking brewer's van, on a 30 h.!). chassis for fourton loads, built to the order of Style and Winch. Ltd., of Maidstone and Brixton, and a 35 h.p., five-ton, stiff-sided, canvas-covered van for Sainsbury's, the provision merchants, of Blackfriars, are two other exhibits on the ManesDaimler stand which have already found purchasers, whilst one of the most handsome chars-à-bancs in the Show is also to be seen here. This is one of the Milnes-Daimler 35 h.p. models, the vehicle being most beautifully finished in lake. A 22 h.p. delivery van is also staged, and a most interesting exhibit is a set of differential bevels, mounted in the centre of the stand, which have seen very lengthy service on a five-ton van owned by James Nelson and Sons, meat contractors. The machine in which this gear was fitted was supplied in February, 1903. and the vehicle has since travelled a distance of 110,000 miles without any replacement of this portion of the transmission mechanism being needed. The excellent condition of the gears now staged is abundant evidence of the quality of material fitted in all the Milnes-Daimler productions, and the fact that the tooth formation is still practically the same as when it left the gearcutting machine is proof also that the machinery employed for tooth generation in the. Milnes-Dairnler factory, even in those days, was quite equal to any that may be found in modern shop practice.