Demonstration Vehicle for Wheel Alignntent
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0 that their Optiline wheel alignment I equipment can be shown on cusmers' premises, Laycock Engineering, d., have put into use a specially built monstration vehicle. The layout ables the principles 'of the Optiline to explained in comfort inside the closed hide and the screens, projectors and ciliary parts can be removed and italled in a customer's premises for monstrations.
Basically the vehicle is a Commer 30t, chassis with a 25-in. Baico extenin. The body, which incorporates mslucent panels in the roof, has headom of 5 ft. 10 in. and an inside length of 13 ft. 6 in. It was built by "1 homas Allsop, Ltd., of Sheffield, and the fittingout of the interior was completed by Laycock themselves.
Along the interior length of the vehicle, on each side, Optiline screens are mounted, those for single-beam on one side and the twin-beam screens on the other. Beneath these are full-length lockers which are used to carry the larger ancillary parts in spring clips. The tops of the lockers hinge upwards to reveal upholstered scats, with the locker tops acting as padded backrests. The inside of the front bulkhead also carries equipment and a pair of turntables for use on customers' premises is clipped to the rear of the side lockers.
If customers wish to see the equipment in operation on their own premises the screens can be taken into the workshop and erected on built-ineasel attachments, the turntables set in position, the projectors mounted. Within five minutes the customer's vehicle can be undergoing
tests for castor angle, camber, king pin inclination, toe-in and toe-out.
The Optiline demonstration service was introduced by the makers recently and an extensive programme is planned for operation throughout the British Isles.