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A SIMPLE SOLUTION OF THE ALL-WEATHER BODY PROBLEM.
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THAT old-established company of coachbuilders, motor agents at d engineers, John C. Beadle and Co., Ltd., Dartford, Kent, has attractive showrooms and offices fronting the main road in Spital Street, with a well-appointed garage at the rear. Owing to the keen demand experienced for the new Beadle all-weather coach and high-class bus bodies, a new large body shop is in an advanced stage of construction.
The Beadle all-weather coach equipment consists of fixed
side pillars and ant rail. Adjustable windows of any desired make may be fitted. To the cant rail is screwed a metal tube, slotted at the top and providing a bearing for the ends of the metal hoopsticks. These have ball ends, and therefore move in their guides with a minimum of friction. For simplicity of design and ease of operation it would be diffi
cult to find a more admirable solution of the problem of the ideal coach suitable for summer or winter use. It is understood that metal pillar tops will be included in the standard specification of all future bodies: In the bodybuilding shops there were several buses and coaches under construction, whilst a special department is set apart for the laying down of larger batches of work on a repetition basis such as justify the construction of jigs.
A cellulose-painting plant has been in use for some time, but it is at present chiefly used for private work. An interesting feature of the ordinary painting department is a
mobile varnish room. Instead of having to manceuvre large vehicle into the right position in the paint shops, a light Wheeled structure, consisting of sides and roof, is taken to the bus or coach where it stands. The "varnish room" is in two sections, one being wheeled from the front and the other from the rear.
Amongst recent orders for bus bodies is 12 for the Redcar fleet. These rear-entrance bodies are mounted on Albion chassis, and have a seating capacity of 30. The chassis is of the forward-control type, the driver being enclosed and entering by an off-side door.