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26th February 1954, Page 134
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PAA 1-TON van similar in appearance, layout and dimensions to the German Volkswagen, but with a twocylindered two-stroke air-cooled oil engine at the rear, is now being built in Austria. A prototype of this new Palten van, made at Rottenmanh. Styria, was displayed at the Vionna Show, which coincided with the Geneva Salon.

The van is made almost entirely of aluminium alloy, apart from the pressed-steel underframe supporting the floor and body. and as a complete vehicle weighs under 151 cwt. The 991 c.c. oil engine, with the two cylinders at 90°, was designed by Prof. List, of Graz University, and is being built by Warchalowski, of Vienna.

Many details of the engine are similar to those of the Turner unit, which was also designed by Prof. List. It operates on the loop-scavenge principle and has direct injection, an output of 20 b.h.p. being derived at 3,000 r.p.m.

The engine, differential and gearbox. using light-alloy castings and bolted at the clutch bell-housing to form a unit, weighs 2 cwt. It is claimed that the van has a maximum speed of 50 m.p.h. and a fuel-consumption rate of 53 m-P.g

Its wheelbase and body dimensions are similar to those of the Volkswagen and the Palten van has independent suspension of all four wheels and fullforward control. A four-speed synchromesh,gearbox is employed.

Other Austrian developments disclosed at the Vienna Show include Graef and Stift six-cylindered twostroke oil engines of 125 b.h.p. and 180 b.h.p. for use in coaches and buses, and a four-stroke unit of 135 b.h.p. for a 6-ton lorry. Steyr introduced a I7-seat bus equipped with a 55 b.h.p. petrol engine, which is also to be fitted in a 2-ton chassis.

PERKINS EXPAND IN FRANCE A NEW company. which will be

responsible for the manufacture of Perkins oil engines in France, is being formed to replace F. Perkins, S.A., a wholly owned subsidiary of the parent company in England. It is expected that French sales of the engines, which are mainly for agricultural use, will increase in volume.

French interests will have a half share in.the capital of the new company, and the engines will be produced by an independent concern, Ateliers G.S.P.. Courbevoie.

CLYDE PROBLEMS FOR SIR BRIAN

rLyDE VALLEY transport problems `s-, will be discussed between Sir Brian Robertson, chairman of the British Transport Commission. and various parties concerned with transport operation in the West of Scotland this week. Sir Brian has already visited Inverness.

The Clyde Valley Planning Advisory.. Committee last April discussed transport problems with his predecessor. Lord Hurconib. and the Commission have had a working party engaged upon revising points included in the Inglis Report since then.

OBJECTORS SHOULD HAVE BEEN QUICKER

REPLYING to objections by the Western National Omnibus Co., Ltd., and Bristol Tramways and Carriage Co.. Ltd.. to a proposed marketday bus service in Chippenham, last week, the Western Licensing Authority, Mr. S. W. Nelson, said they should have had an eye to providing the service and have submitted applications. He was not going to refuse the only application before him.

Messrs. W. H. Vaughan and Son, who are to operate the service, were supported by the National Farmers' Union., the local Chamber of Commerce and auctioneers.

differentially, and the worm-drive rear axle also has a differential.

The third new truck is a 25-cwt. Pony with sprung front wheel and parallel frame. The front suspension comprises two semi-elliptic springs and hinged arms pivoted to the frame.

Geest Industries, Ltd.. Spalding, Lincs. are exhibiting a three-whee'cd I-ton low-loading industrial truck with Villiers 11 h.p. 120 c.c. petrol engine and Burma n three-speed-and-reverse gearbox.

TOUGHENED-LASS STANDARD UNDER REVIEW

THE British Standard specific:114M to which makers of toughened glass conform is under review. This infomiation was given by the Joint Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Transport, Mr. H. Molson, in a written reply to Mr. Robson Brown last week.

Mr. Brown asked whether regulations governing toughened glass could be amended to provide that, when fractured, it should fragment in such a way as to permit a reasonable amount of vision. Mr. Molson said that there had been no evidence that shattered windscreens had caused accidents and it was not considered that the regulations needed strengthening.

The United Nations working party studying vehicle construction at Geneva had recommended that windscreens should be made of a substance which, when broken, would afford • a certain degree of visibility.


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