TWO HANDSOME BOX VANS.
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On this page we illustrate two handsomely decorated vans built by J. L. Plater and Co.' 376, High Road, Streatham, London, S.W. 16. The smaller is mounted on an Overland chassis and has been built for Our Sons, Ltd.
This van presents a most pleasing apeeratice, the side panels being painted to represent the rising sun, the wording, " Our Sons," being painted in colours to represent sections of gnarled branches. The sun is shown shining over a rippling sea, and our illustration cannot convey more than a very vague idea, of the really striking colour scheme.
The large van is built for James Carter and Co.' the well-known seed specialists, and is fitted on a new. 4-ton Karrier chassis. This vehicle also forms a striliing publicity medium. The outstanding feature is the absence of any moulding on the top panels, thus permitting a very large, unobstructed space for carrying the company's registered trade mark. At night, the van is rendered even more effective by having the side panels electrically illuminated, by means of a series of *lights contained in a reflector box situated at the extreme top of each ede panel, the current for these lights
being taken from the C.A.V. dynamo equipment. The lower panels are provided with vertical mouldings with rounded corners, and excellent. consideration has been given to the comfort of the driver by means of a well-protected cab of symmetrical design.
Plater and Co. are also builders of the Piace convertible bodies for the Ford ton chassis. This type of body, which we have previously described in The Commercial Motor, forms a well-finished box van or a comfortable passenger vehicle tO seat 12 persons, six on each side.