New Edition of "B.C.V.I." Now on Sale
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INDISPENSABLE to all concerned with the purchase and maintenance of vehicles and bodywork, the sixth edition of "The British Commercial Vehicle Industry " has been published by Temple Press Limited,. Bowling Green Lane, London, E.C.I, at £2 2s. plus 2s. 3d., by post. It is compiled by the staff of The Commercial Motor.
In this latest form, this unrivalled publication is the most comprehensive and informative work of reference of its kind ever produced. A colour code system provides ready identification of the special sections which deal with goods, passenger, municipal and special vehicles, and tables of specifications give the chief features of every commercial vehicle and works truck made in this country.
There is a guide to bodybuilders, and makers of proprietary components, transport service equipment, accessories and tyres are classified. French and Spanish translations are provided, and weights and measures are given in metric as well as English units. For overseas operators there is a list of distributors and agents for all the vehicles described.
Profusely illustrated and containing a number of drawings of the most up-todate British chassis, the book has 342 pages and is bound in full cloth boards. In the introductory pages, there is a useful article explaining how vehicle performance may he calculated.