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Midland "Red" Buses I ETTERS written to bus Greatly Interest " companies from the public Younger Generation fall, roughly, into two cate gories—complaints from aged spinsters and "fan-mail "• from adolescent youths. As an example of the latter category, the Midland " Red " undertaking receives many letters from the younger generation asking questions about the vehicles and garages of the company. The most common is to the effect that the• writer is "very interested in your buses and would be very glad to receive a list of identification numbers." Occasionally the writer gives some tangible evidence of his interest, such as that he has " logged " more than 1,000 vehicles, or has viewed (from the outside) all the Midland " Red garages. On one occasion, a young enthusiast wrote to say that, according to his record, one of the Midland " Red " buses was displaying a wrong identification number. A check was
A20 taken and it was found that the correspondent was correct, for the signwriter at the bodyworks had inadvertently transposed two of the digits, and the vehicle had gone back into service without the defect having been noticed.
Successful Mechanical p EMOTE controls are Form of •Remote "'usually associated with an
Control electric or an hydraulic system of actuation; the Simrnonds Push-Pull, however, has, it is claimed, been installed in over a million war-time applications in the U.S.A. It can work with a flexibly mounted engine, serve for dashboard controls up to 20-lb. loads; also from a tractor to loosely coupled farm implements up to 60 lb., and deal with the cyclic operation of a small motor up to 40-lb. load, in both compression and tension.
FOR the first time the mak m. of Timken-Detroit axles is offering a standard line of axles with aluminium hous. ings, hubs and brake shoes, which has been developed in conjunction with the Aluminum Company of America, Pittsburgh. In a typical axle the weight is 220 lb. less than in a similar unit equipped with malleable-iron parts. It is claimed that the reduction in unsprung.weight will lengthen the life of vehicles and impart improved riding qualities to them
New Light-metal Axles Designed for Buses