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A Commer van, having Visatone sound-recording equipment and a body built by Gurney and Ewer, Ltd., Commer agent, of Ruislip, has been purchased by the Twickenham Film Studios. The chassis is an N3 forwardcontrol 2-3-tonner of 12-ft. 9-in. wheelbase.
The body is 14 ft. long behind the cab and a sound-proof partition divides the interior into two compartments. Each window has two panes, one being of ordinary clear glass and the other of dark-tinted glass, so that the van can be converted into a dark-room.
The batteries for operating the recording equipment are housed in lockers beneath the floor and are charged by a generator carried below the floor of the cab and driven by a power take-off. The outfit can be used either in the studio or on location.
Next I. of T. Examination.
The next examination for graduate and associate membership of the Institute of Transport will be held on April 29, 30 and May 1, 1937, in London and a number of provincial and overseas centres. Full particulars, previous examination papers (at 1.s. per set), and a guide to candidates unable to attend preparatory courses (at 2s. 6d., post free) may be obtained from the secretary, 15, Savoy Street, London, W.C.2. The closing date for applications is March 1.
Duple's Busy on Bus Bodies.
The works of Duple Bodies and Motors, Ltd., Edgware Road, London, N.W.9, are busy on the production of bodies for a variety of types and makes of coach and bus for prominent passenger-vehicle operators in different parts of the country. Four 39-seater coach bodies are being built on Leyland Lion chassis for Barton Transport, Ltd., making a fifth repeat order and a total of 24 coaches supplied this year to this company.
Another interesting order is for 10 31-seater luxury coach bodies for the Ribble concern, this completing a total 8.20 of 64 Leyland Tiger coaches supplied to this company in the present year.
The Duple concern is also building 25 bus and coach bodies on Albion chassis for Red and White Services, Ltd., of Chepstow, making a total of 58 vehicles supplied this year to this progressive concern.
A New Air-line Coupling.
The number and variety of garage tools and items of equipment which consume compressed air are now so great that, in order that full advantage may he taken of them, an efficient means for connecting pneumatically operated units with the permanently installed pipe line is essential.
A new Schrader device, designed to meet this requirement, is a quick acting coupling with a number of attractive features. Attached to the flexible tube from the main pipe, it can be connected to the fitting on the tool simply by pushing it on, this operation opening a valve. Removal is as easy, aud as the coupling is withdrawn the air supply is cut off.
The coupling costs 5s. 6d. in swivelling form, and 6s. if equipped for nonswivelling. The maker is A. Schrader's Son Division of Scovill Manufacturing Co., 829, Tyburn Road, Erdington, Birmingham.
Institute of Metals Paris Conference.
The 28th annual autumn meeting of the Institute of Metals will be held in Paris on September 14-18. Full details can be obtained from the secretary, Mr. G. Shaw Scott, 36, Victoria Street, London, S.W.1.
Well-known Leicester Remover Killed.
Mr. Harry Timpson, a well-known Leicester furniture remover and head of the firm of H. Timpson and Sons, founded by his father, died on Wednesday afternoon, after falling down a liftshaft at his warehouse. Mr. Timpson was 63 years old.
The August 11 issue of The Motor will contain a full, illustrated description, with chassis drawings in photogravure, of the Austin models for 1937.
A MOBILE CRANE WITH AN OIL ENGINE.
The Ransomes and Rapier mobile crane illustrated on this page embodies an Ailsa Craig oil engine and direct-current electric drive. The system is a particularly interesting one embodying a D.C. variable-speed generator directly coupled to the oil engine. The latter is set to tick over whenever work is not required of the crane and need be speeded up only when power is required. The electrical equipment provides for a separate motor for each crane motion so that all or any of the crane movements can be carried out simultaneously.
The model illustrated has the unusual feature of a separately excited generator, with additional voltage
control by a pedal-operated rheostat. Its capacity is 21 tons at 10 ft. 6 ins. radius and 1/ ton at 17 ft. 6 ins. radius. These cranes are made for normal loads from 1 ton to 16 tons. The manufacturer is Ransomes and Rapier, Ltd., Waterside Works, Ipswich.
Wakefield Oiling Charts for Studebaker.
C. C. Wakefield and Co., Ltd., Wakefield House, Cheapside, London, E.C.2, in order to complete its range of Studebaker commercial-vehicle lubrication charts, has prepared approved diagrams, in collaboration with the maker, for the 2, 3 and 5-ton chassis. Copies of these may be obtained free on application.
Aluminium Tubes and Pipe Fittings.
A useful booklet giving the common sizes, weights, etc., of aluminium tubes and pipe fittings has been issued by the British Aluminium Co., Ltd., Adelaide House, King William Street, Lon
don, E.C.4. This material is used largely for stanchions, grab tails, luggage racks, etc.