CHASSIS ON THE BRITISH MARKET.
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• A Complete Guide for Buyers of Goods Vehicles, Passenger Vehicles, Tractors, Municipal Appliances and Fire-fighting Plant.
w"11 present below and on subsequent pages of this issue and our next the essential details of all chassis, tractors and appliances (except road rollers) on the British market.
We have endeavoured to make the tables complete and to include every production of every make, but this is more difficult to do than one might imagine, for makers and concessionnaires are not always able to give all the information in time or to be definite concerning the details of their productions within the limits of the headings which, necessarily, we have had arbitrarily to adopt. We provided forms for the purpose and have carefully translated the information given, so that it shall fail within the terms of the headings, but not until one has attempted to frame such a set of tables as we present would one realize the extent of the divergences in points of view.
The two main divisions are British productions and foreign productions, the former being subdivided into petrol vehicles, steam vehicles, electric vehicles and fire-engines. The vehicles, tractors and appliances are placed in alphabetical order, according to the name they bear, and they.are again divided into the different categories of goods-carrying, passenger-carrying and application to municipal needs.
The information provided is not so full as that given in the tables of chassis specifications published in The Commercial Motor earlier in the year, but that information occupied 26 pages of the journal, and so much space could not be spared at this time of the year. We have, therefore, decided to provide informa
tion under the heads of (1) Pay load or seating capacity—because the purchaser always knows what loads he is called upon to deal with ; (2) H.P. of engine and
(3) Number of gears as those tell him if the vehicle is suited for the work in the country in which it is intended to operate; (4). Platform space—which concerns the load to be carried ; (5) Height of frame above ground—of importance now that the low load-level chassis is so prominent ; (6) Wheelbase—affecting the question of manceuvrability ; (7) Type of tyres and their sizes—covering suitability for the work and affecting the cost of the vehicle ; and (8) Price both of the chassis and standard body. With this information before him the prospective purchaser is enabled to make his first choice of chassis for inspection.
The abbreviations employed throughout are as follow :—Tyres.—S. = solid, P. = pneumatic, C. = cushion, Tw. = twin, F. = front wheels, R. = rear wheels.
Prices.—An * indicates that lighting set is included. A t that lighting set and engine starter are included. A means with standard lorry body, B with van body, C with bus body, D with traveller's brougham, E with coach body, F with saloon coach body, G with taxi body, and H with farmer's wagon body.
Platform Space.—Throughout the tables platform space is to be read as from the rear of driver's seat, except in any case where the reference mark * is employed. In this case the dimension given is the length from the rear of the dash. The height of the frame above ground is the loaded height.