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Heater Mounted on Coach Roof

27th April 1956, Page 52
27th April 1956
Page 52
Page 52, 27th April 1956 — Heater Mounted on Coach Roof
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Keywords : Home Appliances, Heaters

AN interesting adaptation of the standard Key-Leather combustion heater has been fitted by Sheffield United Tours, Ltd., in the first of eight Burlingham Seagull bodies on A.E.C. Reliance chassis, ordered for the 1956 season,

Normally, the unit is mounted beneath the floor, and hot or cold air is directed into the saloon from outlets at floor level. By placing it on the roof, S.U.T. claim that not only is the distribution improved, but it is also effective in obviating misting of the side windows itt cold weather.

Situated almost in the centre of the roof, theā€¢ heater has ducting fitted beneath the parcel racks along each side of the saloon. Narrow apertures, baffled to direct the air on to the windows, are incorporated at approximately 6-in. intervals.

A representative of The Commercial Motor, who sat in the coach when it made its debut at the Brighton Coach Rally last week-end, found there was no draught, even immediately under the air apertures. Nor was the noise any more disturbing than with an underfloor unit, the panel beneath it having been insulated. .

S.U.T. have fitted an air cleaner inside the heater air intake and the. cowling is designed to blend with the general contours of the body. Slight modifications 'have been made to the unit to keep to the minimum the overall height of the coach and, in this connection. Burlingham have shaped the roof to provide a slight dip in the centre.

The other seven A.E.C.-Burlingham coaches will also have the heater on the roof.

THREE APPELLANTS IN BURTON CASE

APPEALS a g ains t the Eastern Licensing Authority's action in allowing Mr. E. E. Burton, Lynn Road, .Walsoken, Wisbech, to change from C-hiring to A-licence work were heard by the Transport Tribunal in London on Wednesday. The appellants were Messrs. C. J. Tribe and Sons. Brett's Transport, Ltd., and the British Transport Commission.

As reported in The Commercial Motor on l?.nuary 20, Mr. Burton was granted an A licence for six vehicles and two trailers. He sought nine vehicles and four trailers. The case raised the question of the legality of the system by which drivers were employed.

ONE-MAN 67-SEATERS

'TEN Leyland Royal Tiger World" master buses with Pneumo-Cyclic gearboxes have been put into operation by South African Railways on services -radiating from Johannesburg. The bodies are designed for one-man operations and have a. pay desk next to the driver's seat. They were built by Bus Bodies (S.A.), Ltd., and are 36 ft. lona, with seats for 67.


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