"C.M." Trophy for 1913 Commer
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HE third rally to be organized by the Historic Commercial Vehicle Club was unquestionably the most ssful of the series. The site made able for last Sunday's event, the lark alongside the headquarters of Id Wood and Sons. Ltd., at Jon. was almost ideal for the purand there was ample space both for ests and the spectators who came in large numbers.
it performance on points was put V. E. Brewster in an immaculately -ed Model I Ford van of 1422. was the standard 8-cwt. version of a us and long-suffering marque and Brewster's, now shining in blue and , was in daily use on a farm until Unlike some of the entries at Jon, the Ford arrived from ridge Wells that morning, under its power.
e senior class, for vehicles built e 1917, attracted several remarkable s, including a gleaming Foden steam n of 1916 which proved as spry as a World War I Traffic and an D. In the timed driving tests, ver, steamers and electric vehicles penalized 5 sec. by reason of their ness off the mark. With that handihc Walker Electric in the livery of )ds, and entered by E. J. Beveridge, tell to finish third in the tests.
The Commercial Motor trophy. awarded to the winner of the pre-I917 class, went to a 1913 Commer, entered
by L. G. W. Tate. This magnificent vehicle was once Lord Lonsdale's shooting brake, finished in that brave yellow which was once so well known wherever sportsmen gathered. The vehicle has been lovingly restored by apprentices of Commer Cars, Ltd. It is understood that when they were in need of new bearings. Skefco were able to supply them from
stock. After-sales service could hardly be better!
In the two tests. the first of which demanded exact braking on a line, and the second, a burst of acceleration and a reversing movement, best performance was put up by the 1914 Dennis fireengine entered by J. Wadsworth, Also rebuilt by the manufacturers' apprentices, the machine gave a most stimulating demonstration of quick starting and zestful handling.
A late entry was the toast-rack Austin driven by Denzill Stewart and Sterling Lacy. This has a chassis of remarkable. and probably non-standard, length, but it would certainly carry an impressive payload. The vehicle had recently returned from an extended tour in France, where it was thought by the natives to have someth;ng to do with Bleriot celebrations.