Plastics Cab for Scammell Tractor A PLASTICS cab for Scammell I5-ton
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tractors has been evolved by Miekleover Transport, Ltd., Whitby Avenue, London, N.W.10, and future deliveries of these chassis for the United Dairies fleet are to be fitted with it.
It is I+ cwt. lighter than the composite cab formerly specified, but its advantages over the.previous type are claimed chiefly to be greater durability and ease of maintenance, particularly following accidental damage. The roof, sides, scuttle and rear of the cab are bonded as a unit, and there are top-hat-section reinforcing ribs across the back, whilst the door apertures are strengthened with timber.
The doors are made as shallow box components, flanged interior pieces being joined to the outer panels with a cavity
between. The cab, doors and detachable sides and top of the bonnet are made in grey-pigmented glass-fibre reinforced resin, whilst the wings and rear mudguards are black.
The rear mudguards are flexibly mounted, being bolted to short double sections of rubber hose attached to the outriggers from the chassis.