New B.M.C. Delivery Vehicles Foreseen
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nEVELOPMENT of vehicles in the Li existing B.M.C. range specially for C-licence operation on delivery services was disclosed last week by Mr. Bernard Bates, fleet sales manager of the Austin Motor Co.., Ltd. He was addressing a meeting of fleet operators at the premises of L. F. Dove (C.V.), Ltd., Lower Addiscornbe Road, Croydon.
He accepted the fact that the present vehicles in the forward-control range above 2 tons left much to be desired for delivery work, even with the new cab first offered on the 702 chassis.
Answering Mr. L. J. Cotton, technical manager. cars and commercial vehicles. Unilever Ltd., who asked why operators should not be allowed to specify the makes of tyre and electrical and injection equipment fitted to their B.M.C. vehicles. Mr. Bates said that if such options were made available, individual vehicle costs would inevitably rise. He made the surprising point that already so many options existed in the range that all vehicles had to be built to order.
MORE Kamm ROAD WORKS A LTHOUGH he has authorized road ri maintenance works to cost £300,000 during the current financial year, the Scottish Secretary of State is to put a number of small major improvements" in hand to the same value to relieve local unemployment.
In 1958-62, he proposes to authorize schemes which will cost the Exchequer £40m.
BUS DEPOT TO CLOSE
ADECISION by Burnley, Caine and Nelson Joint Transport Committee to close their depot at Nelson has been upheld by Mr, E. Milner Holland, Q.C., after hearing an objection by Nelson Corporation. In his report he says that the committee have the power to close this depot.
The committee have agreed to close it next March.