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DUAL-PURPOSE BODYWORK.
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Employing the Coach Chassis During the Winter Months when Haulage Work Can Be Found for It.
TF a 16 or 20-seater coach be not used J_frequently during the winter months, the proprietor may wish to employ the vehicle during the slack season for carrying goods. If the body be not luxuriously finished, it may be possible 'le remove the passenger seats and load the body from the back, the hind panels being divided so that a hinged tailboard is provided.
A better but more expensive plan is to have a fixed driving seat and two in
terehangeable rear portions, one being practically indistinguishable from the main portion of an all-weather coach and the other built as a platform-sided lorry, or any other kind of commercial bodywork suited to tin_ special requirements of the owner in questidn.
The dividing line is made at the side of the body close to the. back of the
driving seat. A lip plate covers the division neatly and the necessary fasten. lugs are made on the inside by means of tapped finger plates and metal-thread screws.
In order to preserve a high-class Appearance fot the COACh body, it is made with the usual wheel-arch, 86' that it has
to be lifted and cannot be slid off. The question of the variety of hood mechanism used is not of much importance, because it does not affect the workability of the scheme, since the hood is slid towards, or folded at, the rear. The removable coach portion may have a front and rear door, so that the complete coach has three doers on the near side. The door immediately behind the driving seat may be dispensed with if this seat is made with a removable near-side half.
When the vehicle is being used as a lorry the driving seat is fitted with its own hood or, a roof and back panel is added so that a cabin is formed. The
lorry is made complete with its own cross-bearers and chassis runners. If this is done, then the floor of the lorry may he made high or low as required and is not dependent on whatever floor
level is decided for the coach. The garage should be fitted with two sets of lifting tackle, the chassis being placed first under one for the removal of the body and then under the other. This allows one body to he lifted off and the other to be lowered in position without having to find a temporary resting place for one of the bodies,