• A Luxurious Thornycroft Saloon.
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A Highly Finished Addition to the Fleet of a Southsea User.
A BURNETT and SOT1B, who are the
proprietors of the "Royal Blue" fleet of motor coaches run in Southsea, have recently added a luxurious Thornycroft saloon coach to their fleet, Snaking the eighth vehicle of this particular make in their service.
The body was designed by the company and built by Messrs. C. and F. Plaisman, of Chester Place, Southsea. It is built up of ash framing in the usual way, the window frames and the windscreen frame being of mahogany. The appearance of the body is considerably enhanced by the rounded corners, which are all hand polished. The interior provides seating accommodation for 27 per
sons, five persons being seated in the back row, which extends right across the full width of the body, the remaining seats being ranged in pairs on either side of a central corridor. Provision is also made for fitting temporary seats in the gangway to accommodate extra passengers.
The dome roof of the body is built of 3-in, pine matchboarding, stained and varnished to match the leather trimmings, which are of a very deep red colour; the whole interior, apart from being very comfortable, is pleasing and restful to the eye.
The length of the body from the dashboard to the rear is 17 ft. 6 ins., the width outside the waist rail being 7 ft., the contour of the body reducing this dimension to 6 ft. 2 ins. at the bottom. The greatest height of the body from the floor to the roof Is 5 ft. 6 iris. We should not fail to mention that the C.A.V. light• ing system is incorporated on this extremely handsome all-the-year-round passenger vehicle.