The Hinged Cab "Catches On"
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DESCRIBED in The Commercial Motor," dated April 20, 1945, was a driver's cab hinged for maximum accessibility. A patent was applied for by Mr. G. E. Neville, of G. E. Neville and Son, Ltd., Mansfield, Notts, and the complete specification was accepted recently. We now learn that the patentee is making arrangements for manufacturing rights with coachbuilders, to include the feature in cabs of their own make and design.
This move has been made to help to meet demands frofn various interests. It is stated, incidentally, that 'offers to purchase have been made by several foreign organizations.
The cab is incorporated in an interesting conversion to forward control of a
Bedford 5-ton shortwheelbase vehicle. Bodywork in this exi ample is by Messrs. J. S. Robson, Blackhill, Co. Durham. This is the first type, employing this divic41 cab, to • be constructed in timber framing, and 'it appears to be entirely satisfactory. .
Stays are 'provided so as Ito steady the cab folded forward.