Demonstration Kitchen with Extensible Body
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QNE of the first vehicles of its type to be built in this country, an extensible mobile demonstration kitchen has been constructed on a Karrier chassis by Messrs. T. G. Simmons and Son, Staines. Incorporating Deplirex bearers which allow the body to be expanded to a total width of 13 ft. 8 in., the vehicle was designed by Vehicle and Aircraft Installations, Ltd., 20-24 Uxbridge Street, London, W.8, who supplied it to the Nestle Co., Ltd.
An Ascot water heater, Vulcan cookers and an Electrolux refrigerator are supplied from three Calor-gas cylinders. A Vent-Axis extractor fan, E.M.I. sound-amplifying equipment and an illuminated signhox are connected to a battery, whilst an Alco dynamo provides current for fluorescent lighting.
Glass-fibre insulation material is used between the interior and exterior panels. In the roof is a 32-gal. water tank, and below it is a sink unit. A demonstration table is disposed across the main floor section.
The extensible off-side section has cabinet accommodation, whilst that on the near side has a divided wall. The lower part lets down to form a counter and the upper, when raised becomes a canopy.
A Deans canvas canopy may be erected on the near side when the vehicle is set up on site. There are double doors at the rear of the main part of the body, and a single door at the rear of the near-side extensible section. The vehicle is finished in an attractive paintwork scheme.