Fleetline-based Motor Racing Service Vehicles
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0 new vehicles introduced by the iotor department of Shell Mex and Ltd. are virtually mobile service ns. They are to be used at race rigs to dispense petrol and provide of the services associated with a de garage.
is of the new vehicles, which were led by A. V. Johnson, 'motor tment engineer, and R. M. Ma!pass, ltant, is the Daimler Fleetline reared double-decker ehassis. Regulalimit the overall length to 30 ft, and ing a rear-engined p.s.v. chassis, the num use can be made of this length, ier with a low floor line and more distribution of weight. The chassis perfectly orthodox Fleetline with ier 6LX engine, derated to give a num output of 140 b.h.p. and al brake adjusters are employed in of the automatic adjusters which andard on this model.
lywork has been constructed by s of Loughborough, and is of cornconstruction with alloy framing imber reinforcement. The body is etely double-skinned, with 18-gauge exterior panelling and 16-gauge interior panelling, and insulating sheeting between. A 5-ft.-wide ice is employed at the centre near trid this houses a 4-ft. 6-in.-wide which can be folded away for he stowed position the ramp carries etrol pumps which are bolted to the rm. On arrival at a race meeting, imp is unfolded and the pumps J, one on each side of the ramp, they are fed by petrol lines running the vehicle from a tanker posibehind it. A wide awning is fitted nearside of the vehicle, and can be led over the pumps during service ions. The front end of the Fleetline is based on the standard Yeates coach body, and coach seats are 'provided for a crew of two in addition to the driver. Immediately behind the driver is a full-width bulkhead, fitted with a communicating sliding door, and a wide gangway runs down the centre of the vehicle. Storage shelves are fitted on each side and are adjustable for height; those to the rear of the entrance are provided with sliding doors. A small tool locker and workbench complete with vice are located at the rear of the gangway.
Natural interior illumination is by two roof lights, supplemented by windows ai each end of the gangway and four fluorescent light fittings. Two extractor fans are provided and Smiths heaters are employed. Safety Walk flooring manufactured by the Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company is used throughout.
The first vehicle is intended for car race meetings and went into service at the R.A.C. Tourist Trophy at Goodwood last Saturday. The second vehicle, which is still in the hands of the coachbuilders, is intended for motorcycle race meetings. It will be fitted with two 6 ft. nitrogen cylinders, one for inflating tyres and the other to be used for sump extraction. These are housed in a special compartment on the offside. the first vehicle having provision for similar cylinders. Both vehicles can carry up to 750 gallons of lubricating oil.
Next Year's Shows PROVISIONAL dates bave now been given for the 1964 vehicle exhibitions in Europe. Shows at which all types of commercial vehicles and cars will be displayed are Geneva, March 12-22; Oslo, April 3-12; and Paris, October 1-11. Commercial vehicles of all types, but no cars, will be exhibited at Amsterdam from February 6-16. Public service vehicles and cars, but no goods models, will be shown at Turin from October 31 to November II; goods vehicles will be shown this year and in 1965 in place of
No commercial vehicles will be shown next year at Brussels or Copenhagen; the Belgian show, from January 15-26,.and thc Danish exhibition, from February 28 to March 8, will be devoted to cars.
Refrigerated Artics 'THE refrigerated artic outfits with I A.E.C. Mercury tractive units and B.T.C. Four-in-Line semi-trailer running gear recently ordered by the Humber Warehousing Co. Ltd. are six in number. and not five as stated last week on the basis of incorrect information supplied to his journal. They will be run on open A licence, and not exclusively for he carriage of Findus frozen foods. ThermoKing K120 refrigeration units will he employed.
The vehicles are being supplied through S.P. Motors (Grimsby) Ltd.