A NEW BRITISH PARCELCAR.
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ONE of the most recent introductions of the Coventry-Victor Illoor Co., Ltd., Cox Street, Coventry, takes the form of a parcelear body mounted on the three-wheeler 7 11.p. chassis. The useful load capacity is 3 to 4 cwt. and the price of the standard product is £110, at which figure the body is finished in grey ready for further painting according to the customer's choice. The wings and chassis are finished black.
Dealing first with the body, this has an ash framework covered with three-ply panels and a roof of the same material. Inside dimensions are as follow :—Width, 3 ft. 3 ins.; height, 3 ft. 3 ins.; back of driver's seat to rear door, 2 ft. 7 ins. Long objects up to 6 ft. can be carried on the left of the driver. the forward limit being the sloping floorboard through which the pedals pass. There is a wheel-arch in the centre of the body floor, but this need not • interfere to any great extent with the stowage of small packages.
At the rear is a single door 2 ft. 2 ins, wide by 2 ft. 10 ins. high, having a glass windowsat the top for the convenience of the driver. On each side of the hody is a glass winders, on the same lateral lines as the driving seal and the adjustable windsereen is of the single-panel type hinged at tht. top and equipped with a rain-excluding flap. The driver's door is on the off side.
For lime benefit of those who are not familiar with the chassis design werrivie, the following leading pariculirs. The engine is a horizontally opposed water-cooled twin, with a mechanical oil pump driven from the limning gear. The valves are plaeM side by side and lie horizontally on the -upper side of each cylinder so that access is easy. It is rated at: 6.9 h.p., the capacity being ass v,e.
'I't.in,inission comprises a single
dry-plate clutch and a dog-type twospeed gear, final drive being by two chains—one for high and one for low gear. The chain centres are fixed, so there is no tendency for spring motion to affect the chain tension. Quarter-elliptic springs are used fore and aft and the foot brake is of the external contracting type on the countershaft. The hand-operated brake is internal-expanding in the rear-wheel drum. Steering is by enclosed rack and pinion and a big lock is provided for quick manoeuvring. All three wheels are shod with 4-in. tyres and the hubs are of the ball or roller-bearing variety.
Carried on the front of the dash under the bonnet is a tank holding 2i gallons of fuel and gallon of oil. Fuel consumption is claimed to be in the neighbourhood of 60 m.p.g. A three-lamp Lucas electric lighting set is provided, the dynamo being belt-driven from the clutch shaft.
Among the advantages of this type of vehicle is the low tax of £4 per annum and the small upkeep costs. For the tradesman whose loads are light it is an alternative to the sidecar delivery outfit and possesses the advantages of affording weather protection to the driver and a large loading space.