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• AMONGST THE VEH ICLES ON PARADE.
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ONCE again the annual parade of commercial motor l/vehicles at Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, W.C.2, organized by the Commercial Motor Users Association (Inc.), London and Home Counties Division, has been held and has demonstrated how vehicles, some with hundreds of thousands of miles to their credit and employed upon rough and arduous work, can be kept in an excellent state of mechanical fitness and cleanliness.
With many of the teams in the 21st annual parade it was difficult for the uninitiated to believe that the vehicles had not been taken into the shops for a general overhaul and cleaning up preparatory to the display, but this is by no means the case, and if visited at any time it would be found that this general fitness is maintained throughout the year, and herein lies the primary object of the parade.
The average driver of a commercial motor vehicle is a sportsman and, if encouraged, he will display an esprit de corps which proves most valuable, and a good driver is almost as proud of his vehicle as is a captain of his ship.
The number of vehicles on parade this year was 165, including 129 petrol, 9 steam wagons and 25 battery-electrics. It will be noted that the number of the last-named class is growing in a surprisingly satisfactory manner. This is chiefly due to the co-operation of the British Electrical Development Association, Inc., which, in addition to nominating three judges, awarded a number of prizes for the best electric vehicles on parade.
The chief award for the parade was The Commercial Motor Challenge Cup, which is the second to be presented by the proprietors of this journal, the first being won outright at the parade of 1924 by Thomas Wethered and Sons, Ltd. The present cup was presented in 1925, when it was won bir Shell-3Iex, Ltd., and, last year, by the Gas Light and Coke Co. The drivers of the winning team hold the Shrapnell-Smith Challenge Cup.
Starting in their numerical order, the first comprised three handsome teams belonging to the Anglo-American Oil Co., Ltd., and included vehicles of Mandslay, Thornycroft, Tilling-Stevens and Morris make. The Morris vehicles were most practicable little tank wagons.
Next were five teams belonging to the British Petroleum Co., Ltd. Three of these were of Halley make, one of Daimler and one of Scammen and Karrier. We noticed that the Daimlers had handsome mascots.
Very conspicuous with their models and swan mascots were the Bryant and May teams of Albion, Thornycroft and Leyland vehicles.
The three Dennis vehicles entered by Carless, Cenci and Leonard had already done R good mileage, but were spotless. Looking at Carter, Paterson's Leylands it was almost
impossible to believe the mileage which they had achieved, In one example this was 247,000.
Next to them were three Leylands belonging to the Cement Marketing Co., Ltd.; these, considering the class of work with which they contend, were in excellent condition.
The Morris, De Dion and G.M.C. of the Chloride Electrical Storage Co., Ltd., were fine examples of the publicity vehicle with bodies built to represent Exide batteries. As behoves last year's winners of the Cup, the fleet of nine Dennis vehicles of the Gas Light and Coke Co. showed that the drivers were out to retain the Cup if possible.
Three tank wagons of Leyland make comprised the team of Glico Petroleum, Ltd.: these were conspicuous in their finish of yellow with red wings and chassis. The team of Graham Amplion, Ltd,, comprised vehicles of Dennis, Thornycroft and Renault make. The first was conspicuous for the Dragon Fly Amplion loud-speaker used as a mascot.
The Hovis feet of two Leylancls and a Saurer looked very well in their French grey with red bonnets and wheels. The tilt covers of the Straker-Squire vehicles forming the team entered by John Knight, Ltd., were tastefully painted to advertise different brands of ;soap.
When looking at the two teams of Leyland, Fiat and British Berne vehicles entered by John Leeanton and Son, Ltd., it was hard to believe that they were engaged in hauling heavy building material. Covent Garden transport was represented by two A.F.C. vehicles, forming part of the team of M, and W. Mack. The third AIE.C. was one run under coutract by the Albion Oil and Petroleum Co., Ltd.
Almost dazzling was the finish of the vehicles in the team entered by the National Benzole Co., Ltd. The first Thornyeroft, which had 75,000 miles to its credit, looked more like an Olympia model than anything else.
Daimler, Leyland and Karrier vehicles formed the team of the Red Line Motor Spirit Co., Ltd. Considering the large amount of work these vehicles do, they were in excellent conditior Shell-Mex, Ltd. as usual, muck a most conspicuous show with its Thornyeroft and Scammell vehicles. A peep beneath the bonnets of these vehicles is a revelation in cleanliness.
A new entrant to the parade was the Morris team entered by Stewart end Ardern, Ltd., the well-known Morris agents.
Tress and Coe Ltd., was represented by a team of commercial travellers' vehicles, two being Studebakcrs and the other a Ford.
A very appropriate radiator-cap mascot was carried on each of the six Leyland and six Thornycroft vehicles entered 1315 by United Glass Bottle Manufacturers, Ltd., this being a bottle made in brass.
The three Albiens belonging to the United Yeast Co,, Ltd., showed that a tremendous =punt of work had been done in keeping the engine, etc., in Aiick-and-span condition.
The steam-wagon driver is noted for the care which he pays to his machine, and this was well exemplified in the three Foden fuel-oil tankers of the Anglo-American Oil Co., Ltd., and in the 6-ton Sentinels shown by the Cement Marketing Co., Ltd. This also applied to the three Garretts entered by Hovis, Ltd., which carried an illuminated Hovis sign over each cab, Conspicuous amongst the electric-vehicle-section entrants were the Garrett vehicles run by the Metropolitan Borough of Hackney, two of which were equipped with removable refuse containers, whilst the other was a water cart.
Winning team which gains The Commercial Motor Challenge Cup and the 0.M.U.A. Silver Medal:—Carter, Paterson and Co., Ltd. (3 Leylartds, total mileage 247,000, 214,000
and 220,000 respectively). They were the runners-up last year.
Mr. It. Burgess, the chief engineer, receives the Engineer's Prize, the C.M.U.A. Silver Medal. The drivers, T. W. G. Jude, P. T. Bird and W. H. French, win the Shrapnell-Smith Challenge Cup and 12 and a Souvenir Medal each. The three winning Vehicles are attached to the Penge, Walthamstow and Brixton depots.
Itunners-up (the drivers each receiving 11 10s, and a Souvenir Medal) :—Gas Light and Coke Co. (3 Dennis). Third Gas Light and Coke Co. (3 Dennis). Fourth: Gas Light and Coke Co. (3 Dennis). (The drivers of each of these teams receive £1. each.)
Fifth: Hovis, Ltd. (3 Garrett steam wagons). Sixth: Anglo-American Oil Co., Ltd. (3 Pollen steam wagons). Seventh: Shell-Mex, Ltd. (3 Thornycroft). Eighth: D18
National Benzole Co., Ltd. (3 Thornycroft). Ninth AngloAmerican Oil Co., Ltd. (11.faudslay and Thornycroft and Tillings-Stevens). (The drivers a each of these teams receive 15s. each.)
10th: Shell-Mex, Ltd. (3 Scammell). 11th: AngloAmerican Oil Co., Ltd. (3 Thornycroft). 12th: United Yeast Co., Ltd. (3 Albion). 13th: British Petroleum Co., Ltd. (3 Halley). 14th: Bryant and May, Ltd. (Albion and 2 Thornycroft). 15th: Bryant and May, Ltd. (3 Leyland). (The drivers of each of these teams receive 10s. each.)
16th: John Lenanton and Son, Ltd. .(2 Leyland and a Fiat). 17th: John Lenanton and Son, Ltd. (3 British Berria). 18th: Higgs and Hill, Ltd. (3 Dennis). 19th: Post Office Stores Department (3 Maudslay). 20th: British Petroleum Co., Ltd. (3 Daimler). (Drivers receive 5s. each.)
21st: Anglo-American Oil Co., Ltd. (3 Morris). 22nd: South Metropolitan Gas Co. (3 Albion). 23rd: British Petroleum Cob, Ltd. (3 Halley). 24th: Carless, Capel and Leonard (3 Dennis). 25th: Redline Motor Spirit Co., Ltd.
(Daimler, Leyland, Karrier). 26th: Glieo Petroleum Co., Ltd. (3 Leyland). 27th: United Glass Bottle Manufacturers, Ltd. (3 Leyland). 28th: J. Wallis and Co., Ltd. (3 Morris). 29th: British Petroleum Co.. Ltd. (2 Scammell and a Kerrie* 30th: United Glass Bottle Manufacturers, Ltd. (3 Leyland). (The driver of each of these teams was highly commended.) Electric Vehicle Section.—First place : London Wholesale Dairies, Ltd., Walker electric, winner of the British Electrical Development Association's silver plaque. Second
place: Hovis, Walker electric. Third place : Brown and Poison, Ltd., Walker electric. Fourth place: Carter, Paterson and Co., Ltd., General Vehicle Co.'s electric. (The drivers of the, vehicles gaining 1st to 4th places in the electric-vehicle section received prizes of £1 10s., n, 15s. and 10s. each respectively.)