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B.M.C. Take Tuition to the Dealer
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-r-HE first six of a fleet of new mobile I. service training units are introduced today by B.M.C. Service, Ltd. Six more are on order. They are based on B.M.C. long-wheelbase coach chassis with a 2-ft. 1-in, extension, giving a wheelbase of 17 ft. 1 in. and an overall length of 30 ft. The vehicles are 8 ft. Wide and 9 ft. 9 in. high. They have B.M.C. 5.1-litre oil engines.
The . mobile schools are intended primarily for the instruction of dealers' staff. Apart from three permanent schools in England, there are establishments in Australia, South Africa, Ghana, Canada and the -U.S.A. where 'distributors' employees arc instructed, Restric
tions on accommodation prevent the acceptance of dealers' staff at these schools, and thc mobile units will help to make good the deficiency.
Marshall Motor Bodies, Ltd., Cambridge, built the bodies of the six vehicles, which have five-speed gearboxes, Eaton two-speed axles and air brakes.
A bulkhead with a sliding door separates the spacious cab from the instruction room. Behind the driver's adjustable seat is a bench-seat for three people, with another bucket seat beside the driver. Heating and ventilating equipment and radio apparatus are fitted in the cab.
There is a 2-in, lining of resin-bonded insulation between the inner and outer skins of the body.
The school section of the body is 17 ft. 6 in. long and 7 ft. 2 in. wide. It is entered by double doors at the side, with external steps. There are large side windows and a rear windowridentical to the wide wrap-round windscreen.
Equipment includes a Merlin Calimaster for calibrating fuel pumps Of oil engines and a Crypton Motormaster tester for petrol engines. Service tools are mounted on boards which clip to the sides of the vehicle during training: but are stored in lockers below the floor in transit. Each locker has a light with a time switch.
The Call master, strip lighting and Frigidaire. air-conditioning unit operate from mains supplies, but emergency lighting is provided from the battery. Other equipment includes a film projector.
In the first place the mobile schools will operate in •Britain, but later the service will be extended overseas. Two. instructors will be assigned to each vehicle: