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16th January 1948
16th January 1948
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Standardization and Fewer Models

T HE present tendency in design, and one which is likely to continue for a considerable period in order to promote production,...

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Should More Stand in Buses?

S YMPATHY must be accorded to the thousands of people throughout the country who have to wait in long queues, and often for...

Passing Comments

Some Previous-war FROM a somewhat unex Leylands that Never . pected source—" Motor Die Sport "—comes a note that Waring...

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That some say the new generation was born tyred.

Of batteries specially designed to save distilled water Of the Socialist grace—Thank the Government for our daily BUs. That...

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Oil Pump in Rear Axle

XPERIMENTS are being made by Kirkstall Forge, Ltd., Leeds, in the application of an oil pump to the rear axle. This development...

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Ministry Backs War on Dazzle A STRONG . appeal to drivers

to coPi. operate in the prevention of dazzle, was made on Monday by the Ministry of Transport. The Road Research Board has...

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Personal Pars

SiR STEWART DUKE-ELDER, K.C.V.O., F.R.C.S., surgeon oculist to the King and holder of many other important appointments, has...

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In a Line or Two

HAULIERS' CAPACITY-INCREASE PROBLEM A N important principle arose in a case before the East Midland Licensing Authority for...

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L.T.E. Has Three-stage Plan A THREE-STAGE bus plan for ri•

London was outlined by Lord Latham, chief of the London Transport Executive, on Monday. Stage 1 is to replace worn-out buses,...

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A Long Fight for Quality

Capt. G. T. Smith-Clarke Outlines Early Developments in Vehicle Design and Describes Some of his Experiences Since 1905 F...

The Industry's Record fINE c ompl et e trolleybus was "\-/ exported by the United Kingdom in

1946. It went to Denmark. Total production of commercial vehicles, home and export, was 146,120, compared with 103,849 in 1938....

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OPINIONS and

UERIES BUILDING A FLEET FOR TIMBER HAULAGE WAVING been a regular reader of your journal for "some 20 years, and noticing the...

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Chrome Hardening Makes Reboring a Legend

IN a paper entitled "Porous Chrome 1 Hardening of Diesel Cylinders,'.' which was read in London to the Diesel Engine Users...

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THE SWITCH TC LIGHT ALLOY

, ONTINUES T HE increasing employment of aluminium alloys in commercial bodybuilding has been mentioned frequently in these...

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High-speed Phenomena -Recorded on Film

New Equipment Provides IS Oscillograph Traces Side by Side H IGH-SPEED mechanical or electrical variations can be translated...

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The Apprentice Training School of Leyland Motors, Lid., Provides a

Valuable Pool of Competent Personnel of all Grades for the Commercial vehicle Industry O NE of the major problems facing the...

Taking the

Long View of LABOUR PROBLEMS up to the age of 16 years are put into trade apprentice training to enable them to become...

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Rigorous Tests for

a Vibration Damper T HE study of shock-absorber design' over a period of years has had as its chief object the elimination of...

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RECOMMENDED RATES ARE

T HE time is rapidly approaching when Public authorities will be inviting tenders for haulage. In this connection, I had a...

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.0C1( BOTTOM in Municipal Haulage

"Good," I said, "with petrol at 2s. lid: a gallon that is 2.55d. per mile. For oil," I said, "1 will take 1/10d. per mile, or...

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Overcoming Twisting Stress in Road-borne• Tanks

AODERN tankers usually have their IV/ tank made of light steel or aluminium alloy, supported by a number of strapped or welded...