Leyland Introduce New Bus Chassis
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AFOURTH type of underfloor-engined passenger chassis has been introduced by Leyland Motors, Ltd. Full details are not yet available, but it has a maximum weight rating of 13 tons, and would appear to be a heavy-duty version of the Leopard 11-ton-gross model. It is known as the Royal Tiger Cub and has an approximate unladen chassis weight of 4 tons 16 cwt.
There are four models. in the range, two with right-hand drive and two with left. All have a wheelbase of 18 ft., making the chassis suitable for bodies of up to 33 ft. long, and the standard tyre equipment is 10.00-20-in. (12-ply). A Leyland 0.600 125-b.h.p. oil engine carried amidships below the frame is standard.
Two models—RTC1.1 and LRTC1.1 —have a four-speed synchromesh gearbox, as used in the Leopard chassis, whilst the RTC1.2 and LRTC1.2 have Pneumo-Cyclic four-speed semi-automatic gearboxes. When the PneumoCyclic box is fitted, a fluid coupling issupplied as standard, but the Leyland centrifugal clutch can be specified when required.
As with the Leopard, the standard rearaxle is a Leyland spiral-bevel unit with a standard ratio of 5.143 to 1 and alternative ratios of 4.625 and 4.111 to 1. Alternatively, a two-speed unit can be supplied with a choice of four sets of ratios.
GLASGOW CAN YIELD MORE
A'extra £296,000 may be yielded if, as Glasgow Transport Committee have agreed, 4d. motorbus, trolleybus and tram fares in the city are raised to 5d. Another £37,000 may be gained by increasing schoolchildren's weekly tickets from 4s, to 5s. 6d.
Weekly tickets on trolleybuses and trams are to be discontinued because of the small number sold, but no change is to be made to old-age pensioners' Id. concession fares.
The committee also wish to raise the cost of passes issued to 200 blind persons outside Glasgow from £3 to £7 10s. a year. (These passes are paid for by tne local authorities where the blind people live.) Mr. E. R. L. Fitzpayne, general manager of the undertaking, has stated that 2+ per cent. fewer passengers than last year were being carried at the present time.