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DEALING with these popular yehides in order of size, there is the Leviathan covered double-decker bus. This is one of the new models for 1926 and has much of interest to offer to the visitor.
The Leviathan has a low-level frame and gives a driver-beside-engine position. In the cab is a tip-up seat for the driver, and he is protected from the elements by windows on. all sides, the glass panels behind him sliding in order that he may communicate with the conductor if necessary, and the window to the right of him may be moved for signalling purposes.
On the Iowa. deck the forward seats are of the lateral type, but those at the rear are placed longitudinally. There are six upright pillars for the convenience of the passengers and the hand loops are of the solid type. On the top deck drop windows are employed and electric roof lights are mounted horizontally. This vehicle is intended for use in the 'Warrington district and accommodates 52 persons.
So far as the mechanical details of the Leviathan are concerned the specification includes an engine of 40 h.P., the cylinders are cast in pairs and the valves are located overhead. A cone clutch takes the drive to the four-speed gearbox, which has right-hand control. A double reduction axle is employed in which spiral-bevel gears and doublehelical gears are used. Brakes are of the_internal-expanding type in the rear wheels, that on the transmission being external contracting. .
Known as the Lion is a 31-seater single-decker bus mounted on a low loadline chassis. In brief the specification comprises a four-cylinder overhead-valve
engine, inclined to give straight-line drive so far as possible. This engine is of typically modern design and has the water pump, magneto and dynamo in line. Servo operation is employed for the front-wheel brakes. The body has drop windows operated by key. There is a semi-divided. rear compartment, anemergency exit at the back and a nearside forward entrance. A communicat lag window to the driver's compartment is supplied and the seats are cloth upholstered with spring backs and are of semi-bucket formation.
On the ordmary standard Lion model braking is effected by shoes in the rear wheels and by a contracting brake on the transmission, servo-operated frontwheel brakes being fitted as an extra. This model affords a driver-besideengine position and is one of the innovations of the Leyland concern for 1926_ It has been designed as a passenger vehicle.
Destined for service in Scotland is a 26-seater single-decker bus on the Lioness chEgssis. This differs from the foregoing exhibits in that the engine is under a bonnet, the driver being behind it. The body is designed for one-man -operation. This vehicle also has a low load-level and a rear emergency door.
One of the new, passenger chassis for 1926, this Lioness model has an overhead-valve engine of 22.5 h.p. rating, .a plate clutch of the single fabric-to-metal variety and a right-hand controlled fourspeed gearbox. Overhead worm drive is used An the rear axle giving a top gear of 6.25 to 1. Internal expanding and external contracting brakes are fitted in the rear-wheel drums and on the transmission respectively.
Turning to the.goods vehicles, there is the Q.H. 2 chassis of the six-tonner type fitted with a porcelain-lined tank for milk transport. The specification of this model is well known, including such items as a two-piece propeller shaft and double reduction axle. On the exhibition . model a windsereen is fitted, a five-lamp electric lighting set, and there is a plat_ form to the rear of the tank furnished . with a rail and chain for the transport of cans:, Finish is in white and the general appearance is very striking.
Thii machine is of course, of the . bonneted type and is the descendant of the well-known vehicles supplied in such large numbers to the Forces during the war.
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