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12-seat Bus on Thames 15-cwt.

3rd April 1959, Page 57
3rd April 1959
Page 57
Page 57, 3rd April 1959 — 12-seat Bus on Thames 15-cwt.
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A PPROVED by the Ford Motor Co., Pl. Ltd., a 12-seat version of the Thames 15-cwt. van built to public service vehicle requirements is being made by Ken ex Coachwork, Ltd., Dover. It is stated to be the lowest-priced vehicle of its type at £724, including heater and certificate of fitness.

Passengers' seats are arranged longitudinally six a side, and the body interior is lined with embossed Kenite. The floor is covered with linoleum and an autO.matically retracting step is incorporated at the rear. An extractor vent is fitted in the roof, and there are guards on the skirts between the wheels.

In place of a passenger's seat next to the driver there is a luggage rack, and behind the driver is a• guard rail, a firstaid kit and fire extinguisher being bracketed to the bulkhead. To provide the necessary interior height, the original steel roof is replaced by a domed plastics unit.

DODGE WEEKS CONTINUE 'THE intensive Dodge sales weeks, 1. which have been held by distributors throughout the country since January, are to continue. The accent has been on practical demonstrations giving operators the opportunity to use Dodge trucks under conditions of their own choosing. During the next few weeks distributors will hold demonstrations at Reading, Blackburn, Presto n, Northampton, Thornton I leath (Surrey), Hadleigh (Essex) and Bedford.

£50 PRIZE OFFERED TREATISES on mechanical motive 1 power are being invited by the Royal Society of Arts for the annual £50 Howard Prize. Entries must be in by July 31, but the Society reserve the right not to award a prize if entries are not up to standard. No prize was awarded last year.

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Organisations: Royal Society of Arts
Locations: Surrey, Reading

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