FORD'S SHOW IN MANCHESTER
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THE Ford provincial exhibition is in
progress at the City Hall, Deansgate, Manchester, this week, and there is much of interest, including the commercial vehicles and agricultural units
• produced by that concern, whilst, in addition, there are various notable specimens of bodywork _being displayed by the dealers in Lancashiie and the vicinity, who are co-operating with the manufacturers.
Standard products shown include the 5-cwt. van, l0-cwt. van, vans and lorries of 1-ton, 30-cwt. and 2-ton capacities, V-8 forward-control lorry and van, Fordson Surrey and Sussex six-wheelers, 2-toss refuse collector, V-8 ambulance and Fordson agricultural and industrial tractors.
An interesting Fordson Sussex sixwheeled double-deck livestock carrier is shown by Alfred Miles, Ltd., Cheltenham. The upper deck is in four sections, which arc quickly and independently removable. The complete vehicle costs £470. Passengertransport operators are catered for with a 20-seater coach shown by Harold J. Willett, Ltd., Colchester.
Designed chiefly for the furniture remover, a roomy van, incorporating a Fordson eight-cylinder 2-ton forwardcontrol chassis, has a body by Manchester Garages, Ltd., and sells at £295. It is 11 ft. 6 ins, long behind the cab, 6 ft. 6 ins. wide, 6 ft. 6 ins. high and allows a considerable loading space above the cab.
A Fordson 2-ton lorry with Edbro tipping gear, selling at £298, is the contribution of H. E. Nunn and Co., Ltd. Another Manchester concern, H. and J. Quiet:, Ltd., shows a speeia large-capacity body, with drop-sides, mounted on the Sussex double-drive six-wheeled chassis.