Napier : Stand 41.
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Napier's business motors—as this maker likes them to be called—are well exemplified by a fine range of load-carrying machines. At the bottom of the list in this respect, of course. is the example of the standard Napier four-cylinder, wormdriven taxicab, of whose reputation in the -Metropolis especially there is no need to write here. The ma(thine staged is a particularly fine example of the modern motorcah in finish and equipment. The next on the list is a 15 cwt., pneumatic tired box-van, the body of which is a good example of high-class industrial coachwork, and is lettered for Derry and Toms, the well-known drapers, of Kensington, in gold on a black ground. The 30 ewt. model is another for Jacobs, the big biscuit makers, without one of whose machines no exhibition of commercial vehicles would seem to be complete A Carter Paterson van, finished in the well-known and rittractive colours of that Metropolitan carrier, is of the one-ton type, and of the larger machines there is a twotonner for Maple's, well finished in Napier green, and one df the recently-produced and largest of the Napier models—the :1lli-tonner. This is a brewer's lorry for Allsopp'e.
There is no need for us, on the pres,nt occasion, to describe in detail the many unique and interesting constructional features of the Napier business chassis, but we can well repeat what we have said before in these columns, that Napier designers have spared no pains to adapt the lessons which have been made available by the last few years' practice in respect of all classes of industrial xphieles, partioularly including that which was gained in motorbus operation in London, and which was of so valu able a character. To those who would like to refresh their meteoric., in respect of the particular mechanical features of the 3A-tonner, we would refer them to a fully-illustrated description which appeared in the issue of this journal dated the 3rd inst. All the models, with the exception of the 15 cwt. machine, are of the worm-driven types ; the one-tonner, it should be noted, is made in two wheelbases-9 ft. 11 ins., and 11 ft. 3 ins., respectively. Many of the Napier machines, which have seen several years of London service as taxicabs, have recently been converted into light-delivery vans, and are giving mach satisfaction as such-excellent tribute to the fine design and construction.