THE SCOTTISH SHOW IN PROSPECT
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0 N Friday next, November 16, at 10 a.m., the Scottish Motor Show, which will include an important commercial-vehicle section, will open at Kelvin Hall, Glasgow. The exhibition will be open dairy from 10 a.m. until 10 p.m., and will close its doors on November 24. On Saturdays, up to 2 p.m., the price of admission will be 2s. Bd., and thereafter is., whilst on other days the charge up to 6 p.m. will be 2s. Gd., and is. thereafter.
The Show will be the largest ever held in Scotland, and on this and subsequent pages we forecast the commercial-vehicle exhibits.
Dealing with the stands in numerical sequence, the first exhibitor in the commercial-vehicle section is the Associated Equipment Co.. Ltd., which occupies Stand 67. This leading concern is to exhibit two passenger vehicles, in addition to a rigid eightwheeler, the former comprising a type 35-seater 35-seater front-entrance luxury coach and the other a Regal 32-seater of the same kind. In each case the power unit is an A.E.C.-Ricardo sixcylindered unit, although the sizes are different.
As is now generally known, the outstanding feature of the Q-type chassis is that the power unit is mounted out side the frame, behind the off-side front wheel. There are many advantages claimed for this disposition of the engine, and one that makes a strong appeal to passenger-vehicle operators is that the whole of the chassis space is available for accom
modating passengers, whilst the forward position occupied by the driver provides an uninterrupted view of the road and enables him to keep a check on the ingress and egress of the passengers.
The chassis to be shown will have a M.C.W. 35-seater body in which the seats have been specially arranged for long-distance travel. Amongst the refinements may be mentioned a sliding panel for the roof, Clayton Dewandre heating apparatus and radio equipment.
Radio on a Regal.
The Regal coach will be shown with a Duple 32-seater body, having a sliding-panel roof and a ramped floor, giving semi-observation seating and enabling large luggage space to be provided at the rear. In this coach, too, there will be a Clayton Dewandre heater and radio equipment.
On the goods side the company will exhibit a Mammoth Major eightwheeled chassis, which, when equip
will be given on the stand (68) of Crossley Motors, Ltd., to the oilengined double-decker with which the company has achieved much success. It is a 52-seater, in which the body is of all-steel construction. This vehicle is propelled by a six-cylindered oil engine of the indirect-injection type.
Beta and Delta to be There.
The Beta oil-engined lorry which the company intends to show carries a legal load of seven tons. It is powered by a four-cylindered oil engine of 6,080 c.c. capacity. The chassis to be shown will have a dropsided lorry body.
Another lorry will also be on view, this being for 4-ton loads and coming within the 3-ton taxation class. This is known as the Delta and, although available with oil or petrol power units, will, on this occasion, be equipped with an example of the latter.
The company's oil-engined chassis for double-deckers will also be available for inspection. It is equipped with a six-cylindered power unit and embodies other features representative of modern tendencies in passengervehicle construction. Two examples of four-cylindered oil engines will be shown separately.
The next stand (69) will be occupied by the Western Motor Co., Ltd.,
base model carrying a dual-purpose lorry body with a Luton van container, and the other a short-wheelbase chassis with a tipping body, both bodies being the product of Messrs. J. H. Kelly, of Glasgow. Lower in the scale will be a long-wheelbase 2tonner with a drop-sided lorry body, followed by a 30-cwt. chassis similarly equipped, the exhibit being completed by a standard 8-cwt. van. Vehicles for use in specialized trades will be given a prominent place on Stand 70, to be tenanted by the Westfield Autocar Co., Ltd. The company will have three Morris-Commercial vehicles on view, these being a 1-ton baker's van, a 30-cwt. newspaper van and a 30-cwt. forward-control generalpurpose fleshing lorry, the last-named having detachable high sides for the carriage of livestock.
• Two smart Morris vans will also be well to the fore, one being for 5-cwt. loads and the other for 8-cwt. loans. The body capacity of the smaller van is 50 cubic ft. and of the latter 77 cubic ft., although, in each case, additional space is available alongside the driver.
A Good Show by Albions.
In all 12 Albion vehicles will be on view, four of them being shown on the maker's own stand (71). There will be two passenger vehicles and two goods models, the former both being for Messrs. Young's Bus Service, of Paisley, whose activities were fully reviewed in our issue dated August 3 last One of the vehicles will be a 55-seater double-decker and with a Gardner sixcylindered oil engine. The body will be a product of the Northern Counties concern.
The other vehicle will be a 32-seater single-decker, with a body by. F. D. Cowieson and Co. The1 basis of this model, is the Albien• Valiant chassis, equipped with the Albion-Ricardo oil engine, a six-cylindered unit specially' designed for service buses or touring coaches. • The forward-control 31-ton lorry to be shown is for the Scottish Co-operative Wholesale Society, Ltd.. The body. is of the platform type, being 14 ft. long and 6 ft. 8 ins. wide.
Much interest is certain to be centred on the fourth exhibit, for it will comprise an illuminated travelling show room for William Beattie, Ltd., the well-known Glasgow bakery concern. The chassis has an extra long wheelbase and is of the 2-21-ton type, with a special radiator and bonnet. Messrs. John Mitchell aod Sons, Greenock, are responsible for the body, which has a streamlined finish and is equipped with three display windows on each side. Interior equipment includes walnut shelves, sliding cupboards, an Alhambrinal roof, a decorative floor, a desk, revolving chairs and a Clayton Dewandre heater. By reason of the extensive lighting of the interior, three dynamos are fitted. A public-address amplifier is also installed.
Stand 72 will house a comprehensive range of Bedford products, which are to be shown by the Scottish Motor Traction Co., Ltd. There will be four examples of the 3-ton chassis, in addition to two vans of lighter capacity, one being an 8-cwt. standard product, which has been sold to Messrs. Frigidaire, and the other a 12-cwt. baker's van.
A Tractor-trailer Cattle Float.
One of the 3-tonners will be a shortwheelbase product, coupled up to a Carrimore attachment equipped with a double-deck cattle-float body. A feature is the one-man-operated ramps. The other 3-tonners will all be longwheelbase models, one being equipped with a platform body, another with a furniture-van body of approximately 1,200 cubic ft. capacity, and the third with a panel-sided steel-lined tipping body operated by Bromilow and Edwards mechanism.
Those interested in the progress of the oil engine will have an excellent opportunity of inspecting three different types on Stand 73, which will accommodate the exhibits of Porteris, Ltd., for the company intends to show four lorries, in which three different makes of oil engine will be installed.
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A Dorman four-cylindered unit will be shown in a standard 2-ton lorry, a' Beardmore six-cylindered unit in a standard 7-ton lorry with a 16-ft. body, and Gardner four-cylindered and fivecylindered engines in a 6-ton three-way tipper and a standard 10-ton lorry respectively. A further example of the Gardner six-cylindered engine will be seen in a 32-seater luxury coach.
Reo Motors (Britain), Ltd., will display, on Stand 74, two 21-ton vehicles and two 31-ton models, one of the former being in chassis form and the other equipped with a drop-sided lorry body. One of the 31-tonners will also be a bare chassis, whilst the other will be equipped with a steel-lined tipping body operated by Bromilow and Edwards hydraulic gear. Both models have six-cylindered power units.
A range of Commer vehicles, from the standard 20-25-cwt. van to the 3-ton flat platform lorry, will be shown
by Armour and Melvin, Ltd., on Stand 75; a Centaur 2-tonner will bridge the gap between those limits.
An important exhibit on this stand will be the new Dorman-Ricardo sixcylindered oil engine. The design of this unit is very clean, which makes it suitable for conversion work and, as it is particularly quiet in operation, it should appeal to bus operators. A fully illustrated description of this new engine is published elsewhere in this issue.
The Dorman-Ricardo oil engine, type 4.DS, will also be on view as an alternative power unit for the Commer 3-ton chassis. It develops 50 b.h.p.
The company's display will be completed by a Talbot L.C.C.-type ambulance, equipped with a two-stretcber low-loading body.
The next stand is 76, on which a display will be made of some of the products of J. Brockhouse and Co., Ltd. One of the company's most successful vehicles is the Kwikfiks, a semitrailer attachment, which will be shown coupled up to a Reo chassis. One of the features of this attachment is the ease and speed with which it can be coupled and uncoupled.
The company's trailers will be represented by several light models lip to 10-12-cwt. capacity, whilst in the heavier class there will be a 4-5-ton four-wheeled trailer with a drop-sided body. Two examples of the company's flat platform body will be on view, one carried by an Albion 3i-ton chassis, the other, with front and back loading boards, being staged independently.
An Attractive Streamlined Coach.
Rossleigh, Ltd., will have a fine array of Dennis products on Stand 77, and, amongst the three passenger vehicles to be staged, the Lancet 32seater aerodynamic streamlined coach is certain to catch the eye. The body of this vehicle is being built by Cadogan (Perth), Ltd., and is designed on ultra modern lines, with bottom and rear panels outswept. The 32-seater de luxe {service bus to be shown will also have a Cadogan body. Both these tastefully finished vehicles have similar four-cylinder chassis as their basis
The popular Ace chassis will form the basis of a 26-seater service bus, which is particularly well suited for urban service.
On the goods side there will be a 40-45-cwt. hinged-sided three-way tipping lorry, in which the body is raised by hand-operated gear; it will be shown in normal-control form. A bare chassis will also be on view, this being for 7-7i-ton loads and having a Gazaner six-cylindered oil engine. Much interest is sure to centre on the company's new four-cylindered low-compression oil engine, full details of which are given in a separate article in this issue.
In all, 10 Leyland vehicles will be exhibited at Glasgow, four of them on the company's own stand (78). Impressive by reason of its size and its well-known characteristics, the Titan 52-seater all-metal double-deck bus will certainly attract attention. The vehicle to be shown will have the makers' six-cylindered 8.6-litre directinjection oil engine, which develops 96 b.h.p. at the governed speed of 1,800 r.p.m.
Another passenger model will be the Lion single-decker, built to seat 32 people. This will also have an allmetal body, in which the framework is of high-tensile steel, the panels being of aluminium. The power unit is a Leyland four-cylindered 5.7-litre oil engine, which develops 70 b.h.p. at 1,900 r.p.m., at which speed it is governed.
There will be two goods models on
the stand, one being a boxyan, having a KG3 Cub chassis as its basis, and the other a platform-bodied Beaver, the body of the former being the product of F. D. Cowieson and Co. Both these will be oilers, the first being equipped with the company's six-cylindered 4flitre engine and the second with a fourcylindered unit, as used in the Lion.
A Semi-observation Coach.
The Daimler Co., Ltd., concentrates on passenger vehicles, and there will be three examples of its products on view on Stand 79. The most interesting will, possibly, be the semi-observation coach with a body by Thomas Harrington, Ltd., of Brighton, a feature being the construction of the floor, by which the seats are raised to the rear, thus providing all passengers with a good view. The interior possesses many refinements. The body has a Walman sliding head, operated from the cab.
There will be two examples of the Daimler C.0.G.5 chassis on view, both being equipped with the Gardner fivecylindered oil engine. One will carry a M.C.W. 48-seater double-deck bus body, whilst the other will have a 32seater saloon coach body by the Brush concern, a feature being the single
panel sliding roof.. The type of power unit used in this chassis will also be available for independent inspection, as will sectional models of the Daimler Fluid Flywheel.
Messrs. James Ross and Sons will devote the whole of their stand (80) to a display of Commer products, from the smallest model in the maker's range to the 3-ton Popular chassis, the former being an 8-cwt. van and the latter a standard normal-control drop. sided lorry. Between these limits will be three other • vehicles, a 20-25-cwt. normal-control platform tarry, a Raider 30-cwt. van and a 2-ton Centaur van.
Outstanding amongst the exhibits of Messrs. A. and D. Fraser, on Stand 81, will be a new Morris-Commercial model, this being a short-wheelbase end-tip ping lorry propelled by a six-cylindered engine. This vehicle will be shown in the company of two other MorrisCommercial products—a 15-cwt van and a 2-tonner with a platform body.
The company will also have on view two products of Morris Motors, Ltd., one being a 5-cwt. van and the other an 8-10-cwt. van.
Certain Austin models which have achieved much success in the privatecar world will be shown in their commercial counterparts on the stand (82) of David Carlaw and Sons, Ltd. The 7 h.p, chassis will be shown with a van body, built to carry 5-cwt. loads. A van body will also be mounted on the 10 h.p. chassis, for 6-8-cwt. loads. The 11.9 h.p. chassis will likewise be represented in van form, and is intended for 7-10-cwt. loads. The exhibit will be completed by a St. Andrews-type ambulance, based on an Austin Twenty.
Several examples from its latest range will be shown by John I. Thornycroft and Co., Ltd., on Stand 83. The popular Handy 2-tonner will be shown with a Duramin lightweight aluminium body, which can accommodate 180 dozen loaves of bread. The Bullfinch
chassis will be displayed in platforms lorry form. This is a 3-ton forwardcontrol oil-engined model with --a Dorman-Ricardo four-cylindered oil engine. Apart from the power unit, the main components are similar to the company's well-known Bulldog petrolengined 3-tonner. Another platform lorry will be the Beauty 4-tonner.
The final exhibit will be an example of the company's new lightweight 7-8ton oil-engined chassis, which should attract much attention by reason of its low unladen weight and large payload capacity. This model is known as the Trusty, and is referred to at full length elsewhere in this issue. An example of the company's 100 b.h.p. sixcylindered oil engine, which is offered as an alternative unit for its heavyduty chassis, will also be to the fore. Another stand on which Morris pro
ducts will be seen is that to be occupied by William Gillespie and Son, Ltd. This company will show, on Stand 84, examples of the Morris 5-cwt. and 8-10cwt. vans, in addition to two MorrisCommercial products—one a 2-ton normal-control lorry and the other a 3i-4-ton forward-control lorry.
Another Baker's Van.
There will also be displayed an Albion 30-40-cwt. van with a special body, built by Messrs. Robert Lawrie, of Paisley, for carrying 122 dozen loaves of bread.
Elsewhere in this issue we give a separate description of the new Halley Perkins-engined oiler, which will be shown in normal-control and forwardcontrol chassis form on Stand 85 by Halley Motors, Ltd.
The name of Morris will be well to the fore at the Show, for, apart from the stands already referred to on which products bearing this marque will be displayed, McLay's Garage, Ltd., will also have two Morris products and two Morris-Commercial vehicles on view on Stand 86. The former will be 8-10-cwt products, one being shown as a milk lorry and the other as a baker's van. The Morris-Commercial 2-tonner to be exhibited will be a normal-control tipping lorry, and the 3-tonner a forwardcontrol platform lorry. The well-known concern of F. D. Cowieson and Co., of Glasgow, intends to display four examples of its coachbuilding products on Stand 87. The Albion Venturer chassis will be used to emphasize the merits of a 52-seater double-deck body.
There will be three examples of the company's 32-seater body, two in coach form and the other as a saloon bus. The Leyland Tiger and Albion Valiant chassis have been chosen for displaying the former, and an Albion Valkyrie Gardner-engined chassis for the latter. The body of the Leyland coach has a luggage container built in the forward part of the roof—a position which improves the load distribution. Features of the body are Clayton Dewandre heating equipment, Rawlings halfdrop windows and Triplex toughened safety glass.
Stand 88 will house the exhibits of Ritches, Ltd., which comprise five sixcylinder models from the Dodge range. These are a 15-cwt. extended chassis with a baker's van body, a 2-ton longwheelbase chassis in three forms—with • a platform body, a baker's van body and a furniture van body—and a 3ton long-wheelbase lorry. The bodies of the light baker's van and furniture van are products of Wilsons (Kingston), Ltd., features of the latter being a low-loading line, an easily detachable false floor, and square-pattern wheelarches. The other baker's van body is the work of Messrs. R. Angus and Sons.
A *Useful Range of Karriers.
A range of the vehicles produced by Karrier Motors Successors, Ltd., is to be shown by Wylie and Lochhead, Ltd., on Stand 89. Specially designed for localized delivery work, the Bantam 2ton chassis is certain to evoke favour able comment. This is the smallest four-wheeler in the Karrier range. Another vehicle for 2-ton loads is the Colt Major three-wheeler, which will be shown with a hand-operated tipping body. A feature of this vehicle is that it can turn in little more than its own length. • • Another example of the mechanicalhorse three-wheeler will be the Cob Major tractor, which deals with trailer loads up to four tons, and incorporates in its design patent coupling and brake gear, whereby the trailing portion is automatically coupled and uncoupled. There will also be a Cob Six tractortrailer outfit for dealing with 6-ton loads.
Another stand on which Morris-Commercial products will be in the limelight is that to be occupied by Messrs. Peter Holmes and Son. This firm will be staging, on Stand 90, a 1-ton van of this make, in the company of a 30cwt. six-cylinder normal-control chassis equipped with a special baker's van body. Space will also be found for two Morris light vans.
On Stand 91 the Spenborough Engineering Co. is takieg the opportunity of bringing to the notice of visitors a number of its different types of tipping gear. Apart from a range of tipping c38 gears shown independently, there will be two examples incorporated in different makes of chassis. The 5-6-ton power-operated, telescopic, hydraulic end-tipping gear will be embodied in an Albion oil-engined lorry ; the body is also a Spenborough product. An example of the 31-4-ton power-operated, hydraulic three-way tipping gear will be shown adapted to a Dennis chassis, having a lorry body with a steel-lined floor.
Jowett Cars, Ltd., Idle, Bradford, makes several light commercial vehicles, and examples will be staged on the stand (92) of Tradeston Motors, Ltd. The smallest model in the, range is the 7-cwt. van, but there will also be a 10-cwt. model on view, the capacity of the former being 88 cubic ft. and of the latter 1071 cubic ft. In each case, the chassis embodies a horizontally opposed twin-cylindered engine, its capacity being 907.2 c.c.
A covered lorry will be exhibited, as well as a lorry with drop sides, the area of the platform being 281 sq. ft.
Gardner-engined E.R.F.s.
A trio of E.R.F. vehicles will be seen on Stand 93, which will carry the name of Messrs. James Bowen and Sons. There will be two 6-tonners, one a standard chassis with a 15-ft. platform body, and the other a long-wheelbase model with a saloon cab and a body 17 ft. 6 ins. long. In each case, the power unit incorporated is the Gardner four-cylindered oiler.
A further exhibit will be a 7-8-ton long-wheelbase chassis, embodying the Gardner five-cylindered oil engine, also equipped with a saloon cab and a 17-ft. 6-in. body.
Messrs. H. T. Harvey will exhibit on Stand 94 three Dodge products. There will be a de luxe boxvan, the body being 10 ft. 6 ins. long, 5 ft. 8 ins. wide and 5 ft. 6 ins. high. The Dodge 2-ton long-wheelbase chassis will be on view in the form of a drop-sided lorry, and lastly there will be a short-wheelbase chassis with a standard cab and a tipping lorry body, which is raised by telescopic gear.
Guy vehicles will figure on Stand 95 of the Stobcross Motor Co., Ltd. The largest machine will be a 6-ton forwardcontrol chassis with a Gardner 4LWtype oil engine, and a body and cab. The outfit will weigh under 4 tons. Another exhibit will be a Vixen forward-control chassis weighing unladen under 2 tons and having a Dorman four-cylindered oil engine, and body and cab. A further machine that will arouse interest will be the Vixen 3tonner, with Jennings horsebox body.
On the passenger side there will be a Wolf forward-control 24-seater.
Stand 96 will house a range of Singer 5-cwt. vans, in various colour schemes, under the banner of Messrs. John B. Fenwick.
One of the most interesting vehicles in the Show will be an A.E.C. Q-type observation coach with a smart Harrington body, exhibited on Stand 97 by Thomas Harrington, Ltd.
Another exhibit on this stand will be a handsome 32-seater observation body mounted upon a Leyland Tiger TSfl. chassis. The scats will, as in the case of the A.E.C. vehicle, be raised one above the other from front to rear, below which there will be large luggage lockers having a total capacity of 85 cubic ft. The vehicle will be equipped on lavish lines.
Beardmore Oilers Well Represented.
Five oil engines will be displayed on the stand (98) of Beardmore Diesels, Ltd., one of them being installed in an Albion PL57-type chassis. The sixcylindered power unit is of 43100 h.p., with a bore of 41 ins, and a stroke of 6 ins., two other units of this capacity also being shown. One of these engines will be sectioned to expose the working parts. The other two engines will be four-cylindered.units of 29-65 h.p., with bore and stroke dimensions of 41 ins. and 6 ins, respectively, and one will be inverted to show the crankshaft and lubricating-oil system.
Three Leyland oilers, including two of the Cub type, and a Leyland Tiger petrol-engined coach with a Duple body, will be seen on Stand 99 of John Gibson and Son, Ltd. One of the Cubs will have a flat-platform body, the machine being rated to carry 31 tons and weighing 2 tons 9 cwt. unladen. The other Cub will have a special van body, whilst the third goods model will be a Hippo 12-tonner with a flat-platform body. The van and lorry bodywork will be by the John Gibson concern.
Stand 100 will be occupied by Cornmer and Austin vehicles exhibited by Messrs. Hamilton Bros. There,will.be four Commers—one a 20-seater coach with body by John Stewart and Co., a 6-ton forward-control platform lorry, a 15-cwt. de luxe van, and a 2-ton shortwheelbase chassis with Edbro tipping gear and a special tipping body by Messrs. Edward Bros.
The Austin exhibits will be two standard vans of 10-cwt. and 6-8-cwt. capacity respectively.
There will be four exhibits, including three goods models, on the stand (103) of Dodge Brothers (Britain). Ltd. Starting at the bottom of the scale, there will be a 2-ton long-wheelbase chassis priced at 2215 10s. ; next, a 21-ton forward-control chassis with cab ; and, thirdly, a 3-ton short-wneetbase hydraulic tipper with Bromilow and Edwards gear. On the passenger side there will be a 20-seater coach, with opening head, costing £573.
Principal interest in the exhibits of Scammell Lorries, Ltd., on Stand 104, will doubtless centre around the new 12-13-ton rigid six-wheeler, which was recently subjected to a thorough road test by The Commercial Motor. This machine can be equipped with either the Gardner 6LW 102 b.h.p. oil engine or the Scammell four-cylindered 80 b.h.p. petrol engine. The vehicle is notable for the use of 1150 by 16 low
pressure single pneumatic tyres, in conjunction with rubber suspension.
There will, of course, be the 6-ton mechanical horse and trailer, and the new-type three-wheeled chassis with 20 b.h.p. engine. The latter machine has a four-cylindered engine.
The famous Gardner range of oil engines, to be seen on. Stand 106 of Norris, Henty and Gardners, Ltd., will be represented by the 4LW, 5LW and 6LW models.
The first-named is of 5.6-litres capacity, whilst the other two are of 7 litres and 8.4 litres respectively. The cylinders are cast in a special iron, an en
closed chamber being built upon the upper part of the head, in which are housed the valves, sprayers, etc. The crankshafts are of nickel-alloy steel. whilst the connecting rods are of forged alloy steel. The engines incorporate the Bosch fuel pump.
Perkins oil engines, which are making rapid headway, will be shown on Stand 141 by Mansons, Ltd. In addition to a sectioned Wolf model, there will be a Leopard, the former having a swept volume of 2.75 litres and the latter 4 litres. The Wolf has a speed range from 300-3,500 r.p.m., whilst the Leopard varies from 300-3,000 r.p.m.