CONTINENTAL DESIGN IMPROVES
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slovak exhibits, Which'. have already, been cleseribefi in -4 .The Commercial Nlotor.' were-powered-Mainly by coin pressiOnr-ign:tion the Belgian" S+A edish 'Volvo and French Delahaye chassis suggest that the petrol engine still has a future: -the Delahake 39-seater coach Chassis.. retaining the all-welded frame structure. 'has feWer cross-members than in the earlier design, but the present members are of light -box section. They are fabricated from channel-section pressings welded together and. forming a square.of approximately 8 ins. depth.
A six-c.ylindered 41-litre overheadvalve petrol engine, is fitted, having a monobloc light-alloy cylinder block and crankcase. . Its power output is 100 b.h.p. at 3,000 r.p.m. A Westinghouse single-servo vacuum braking system is used.
ming. Apart from the rubber floor covering and leather-cloth upholstery for the seat cushions, the whole interior of the body is left in natural metal colour and without trimming. Empioymnt of sheet-metal pressings has now been extended, on the Belgian F.N. chassis, to .:a full-width dashboard,. which -is joined to the wings, :bonnet and floor-plate assembly and tied at the head of the steering column through: a rubber buffer motinting. Petrol engines were fitted to all the F.N. chasscs exhibited: and the latest model, a 7-ten-gross forward-control. machine, had a-ventilator fitted in place of the engine rear pa-net, with space behind for dispersal of
hot air. .
The R.A. Y. • ca.ble,drum carrier is arranged foroneman loading:and operation of the drum, ft has a pin-attached rear crossmember that can be removed to winch a new drum into
• position. •
..A four -. wheel.drive machine-for military purposes waS one of ;the F.N. exhibits,,. but.. its • l.•-ceinstruct ion shctwed tollabeiration be twieit
ging if the outfit were tested over the Farnborough proving ground: Another four-wheel-drivi Model seen at the Brussels Salon was the Ford, which Was a conversion from the standard single-axledrive model. Obviously, the Ford had not been tested under cross-country conditions, because there was less elearanc,e between the front-axle final-drive housing and the engine than between the springs and buffers. , • . • These were. the sole examples of cross-country machines at the Show, • An R.A.Y. cable-drum carrier wac an interesting exhihi7, because of its frame construction and manual operation for oneman loading. The R.A.Y. Company makes specialized trailers and uses fabricated box-section parts for the frame.
To load the drum, the rear' sliding doors of the cab, pull-up handbrake lever, combined bumper bar and step at the rear of the body, arid tow panel line of the cab. it has a steeringcolumn gear lever and a pedestalmounted driving seat.
The Brussels Show that Closed on Wednesday is said to have. attracted more foreign visitors than either the Paris or Geneva Exhibitions of last year and was indeed international in character. The appearance of German and Czech exhibits in force was one of its noteworthy features.
At present; Germanmanufacturers seem to be concentrating mainly -on the improvement of prc-war models,. rather than on the production of new designs, but a great will to Work is to be found in the factories, and the German Motor industry holds promise of again becoming a powerful, romnetitive force in world markets.