New Models of a Sliding Tilt.
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WE have already drawn atrention in our columns to the merits of the Sparshatt sliding tilt, which is handled in London by Messrs. A. Fleming and Co., 39, Victoria Street, SAVA, and our readers will doubtless be interested to learn that two new models of this appliance have recently been designed and that they can now be built under licence in the same manner as the established type A.
The two new models are known as types B and C. The former pattern is of similar design to the model A, but differs from it in that it incorporates a slack cover or sheet. 'This arrangement allows the vehicle to which it is fitted to be driven with the tilt in the forward position, that is, over the driver's compartment, as the slack sheet can be unlaced from the framework and rolled back to give the driver a clear field of vision. This enables the vehicle to carry unusually high loads, such as are sometimes encountered in transporting baskets and crates to and from-fish and fruit markets. Thus it may be said that the model B equips the vehicle with
a double-purpose body. Another advantage with this type is that even when the vehicle is carrying a particularly high load the sheet can be detached from the tilt frame, thrown back over the goods and secured to any convenient part of the body.
The other new pattern, type C, has a short portion of the body, behind the driver's compartment, fixed, .whilst the major and rear portion is equipped with a sliding tilt which has a loose sheet, as in the case of type B.
We learn that a special telescopic sliding tilt is also being handled by this company. This is intended for vehicles with bodies of unusual length.
In conclusion, it may be stated that, as some little difficulty has been encountered in the past with certain smaller bodybuilders wishing to undertake the construction of these tilts and not having adequate facilities for manufacturing the locking irons and rollers which are necessary with these struc