SEVERAL important improvements are embodied in a popular refuse collector produced by a
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prominent British maker. Page 42.
SOME surprisingly good mechanical features are to be found in the new-model van just introduced by an established American maker. Page .54.
BUILT for demonstration work, the caravan described in this issue has as its basis a well-known
make of British six-wheeled chassis. Page 52.
AN articulated five-wheeler, of which we give brief details, has just been placed on the market by the maker of a petrol utility truck. Page 43.
FRONT-WHEEL drive has certain merits, and this forin.of construction is employed in a new lowloading light van, of which we give preliminary con structional details. Page 44.
THE assistant general manager of one of the foremost British commercial-vehicle concerns expresses his opinion on the recently published Report of the Royal Commission. Page 41. * ILLUSTRATIONS which accompany an article describing a mobile crane for 6-ton loads clearly show the all-round usefulness of the appliance, which has several novel features. Page 56.
HAVING dealt in our issue for last week with the frontal appearance of the passenger vehicle, our bodybuilding expert discusses in this issue the design of the rear of the double-saloon bus. l'age 58.
IN a short article which we publish a suggestion is put forward that by modifying the usual type of tower wagon it might be made to serve as an effective medium for facilitating rescues at fires.
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COMMERCIAL-VEHICLE servo-braking equipment marketed by a well-known concern has just been improved by the use of a vacuum-storage reservoir—an idea strongly advocated some time ago by this journal. Page 46.
THE manner in which one of the leading British railway organizations has adopted commercialmotor vehicles to provide extensive feeder services to its railway system is dealt with in a comprehen sive article in this issue. Page 48.