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Stand I06 of Diverse Businesses nNE of the best-known commercial
vehicles in America, the Oldsmobile has been on the British market for a year or so, and a useful range of vehicles is available, as is testified by the varied display on this stand, ' Dairymen and mineral-water manufacturers will be interested in the 1-ton lorry, which has a 7-ft. 6-in, platform carrying stanchions and chains. Another 1-ton chassis serves as the basis of a laundry van.
Two 3-3/-ton models are on view, one being a tipper incorporating B. and E. universal hydraulic end-tipping gear. With a 3-cubic-yd. body, the vehicle weighs unladen 2 tons 71 cwt. The other 3-3/-ton chassis carries a stan dard lorry body suitable for a general contractor, the complete vehicle weighing 2 tons 2i cwt.
Anthony all-steel bodywork and vertical hoist are features of the 4-cubicyd. 4-tormer on 34 by 7 tyres. Like the 4-ton 1,000-cubic-ft. furniture van which is also on view, the 4-ton tipper vireighs 2 tons 9/ cwt. Finally, there is a 5-6-tonner weighing under 2/ 'tons unladen for fast main-road work.
Among the builders of the bodies shown on these chassis are Avon Bodies, Ltd., Super Line Bodies, Ltd., Bromilow and Edwards. Ltd., and Anthony Hoists, Ltd.—Oldsmobile Distributors, Ltd., 5, Lower Marsh, London, S.E.I.