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in Crossley Bodies BODIES designed specially for the easy replacement of damaged components have been built by Cross's), Motors, Ltd.. Stockport, on two A.E.C. Mk. IV left-hand-drive chassis for the Compania Omnibus Pando Sociedad Anonima, Uruguay. Of semi-integral construction, they each have 42 seats.
The framework is designed to provide maximum strength with minimum weight, and to ensure interchangeability. Steel and light-alloy sections arc riveted or bolted together, bolts being used where easy replacement is considered necessary. Longitudinal steel inner truss panels are solid-riveted to the framework and extend the full length of the body between the waist and seat rails. Framed body outriggers connected to the chassis side-members by means of steel brackets give transverse strength, Pillars and roof connections are also secured by pressed-steel brackets to ease replacement.
Main windows are of the three-panel sliding type, and additional ventilation is provided by four intakes in the roof. Triple guard rails protect main side windows, and sun blinds are provided for all windows on each side of the body.
The separate entrance and exit doors are single folding and are pneumatically controlled from the driver's compartment.
A +-in. layer of insulating material in the floor isolates noise from the saloon. Insulating material is also fitted in the double-skin roof.