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SPECIAL FEATURES OF DEN NIS BODY CONSTRUCTION.
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THERE is a very large body-building shop at the works of Dennis Bros., Ltd., at Guildford, Surrey, with a well-stocked timber store and with every facility for the production of high-class work. These facilities are usually fully employed, so that at any time of the year interesting bodies for goods carrying and passenger carrying and special jobs are to be seen going through.
In the course of a recent visit we noted various major and minor features which constitute "selling points," and to some of the latter we would like to refer, the major points all being so well known that detailed reference is not necessary. For instance, in their range of municipal vehicles and appliances there is abundant evidence that to their design has been brought an amount of accumulated knowledge that could nowhere be excelled. One of the lesser, yet important, features of a well-designed practical coach body is the hood, which is erected and lowered with extreme ease. The employment of a guide railon each side of the body, on Which slide rollers at the base of the hoop sticks, consider. ably facilitates the manipulation of the hood. Pins fasten the hoop sticks in their vertical position. Another interesting detail concerns the design and operation of the extra gangway seat provided in the 19-22-seater
coaches which are mounted on the 11-ft. wheelbase Dennis chassis. To provide a clear gangway the seat is placed in the position shown on the left of our illustration as at D. When required for seating purposes it is moved as shown by
the operator in this 'view, the joints at 33 and 0 permitting the necessary rotation. The actual weight of the seat and passenger is sup,ported on the ledges visible at each side, whilst the two legs prevent any unwonted movement. As there are joints at the two points (A), the back of the seat may be brought down to allow passengers to step over the seat when it is in its operating position.
The side screens supplied with many motor coaches are kept, when not required; in a.locker which allows them to lie horizontally on ton of each other. In the Dennis coaches, however, provision is made for the screens to stand verti
cally in a locker behind the rear seat, which prevents them from rubbing one against the other and thus becoming "cloudy." All too little consideration is, we are afraid, given to side screens.
A striking vehicle which we recently inspected is a oneman-controlled bus built for Newborough. This bus has an emergency exit at the rear, and when the door is opened the back seat hinges outwards and downwards so that it forms a step. Dennis fire-fighting and municipal appliances are well known and have from time to time been fully described in our columns.