OIL-ENGINED AMBULANCES PAY
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SEVERAL Morris-Commercial NN.S. ambulances have been Fitted with the B.M.C. 3.4-litre oil engine and are reported to be giving a 300-per-cent. reduction in fuel costs. Whereas previously, the petrol-engined vehicles were showing a fuel return of 9-10 m.p.g. on city calls, the oil-engined versions are averaging nearly 30 m.p.g. Because of the lower engine speed :he rear-axle ratio has been increased from 5.714 to 1 to 4.58 to 1 and this results in a road speed in excess of
50 m.p.h. The quiet running of this mit makes it most suitable for arribuLance work and the ccinversion from etrol to oil is not complicated.
One of these vehicles will he seen at Earls Court on the stand of Wadham Bros., Ltd. The 3.4-litre engine has also been successfully fitted to the Morris-Commercial L.C.5 30-cwt, chassis and has again resulted in a marked increase in fuel economy without loss of performance.