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16th July 1948
16th July 1948
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Passing Comments

What i.)o You Really IF his words mean anything, Mean Us to Believe, I which seems doubtful, Mr. Mr. Barnes ? • . . , Alfred...

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One Hears

That British-made two-speed axles arc becoming extremely popular. That America intends to keep its synthetic-rubber factories...

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News of the Week

MAY OUTPUT STEPPED UP TO 3,200 A WEEK O UTPUT of British commercial N./vehicles during May averaged about 3,200 a week. The...

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Increased Range for Electrics

TO increase the range of the battery'. electKic, Lansing Bagnall, Ltd., Isleworth, Middlesex, ,has introduced, in its' latest...

Road Transport Link with

Groundnuts Scheme H EADED by a new Maudslay 10-tonner, an impressive convoy of mixed vehicles made a 6.30 a.m. start from the...

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'Personal Pars MR. C. McCoRmAcx has been appointed director of Douglas (Kingswood), Ltd.

MR. STANLEY S. DAWES has been re-elected chairman of the Institute of the Motor Industry. MR. D. HARRISON, general sales...

May Exports Drop

I---IXPORTS of new commercial vehicles, of industrial trucks. road haulage tractors and 'trailers, dropped in May, when the...

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Southend Fares to be Reconsidered B ECAUSE the matter was urgent,

Brig. Dowse, Metropolitan Licensing Authority, said last week that he would at once ask the Central Fares Committee and the...

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In a Line or Two

Firestone Tyre and Rubber Co., Ltd., has moved its Glasgow branch to 65-67, Townsend Street. The works of the Eagle...

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NEW HICTRIC OFFERS CHEAP IMPORT

By L. J. COTTON, M.I.R.T.E. B ATTERY-ELECTRIC tests are usually protracted, because of the mileage which has to be covered to...

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New Crossley Trolleyblis

Uses Oder Components Maintenance Simplified and Spares Stocks Reduced, in those Organizations Operating Oil engined Machines...

Fuel Filter with Easily Replaceable Elements

A FUEL filter of robust construction, in which the PAfilter elements can, if necessary, be changed in a few minutes without the...

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Germany's Bus System Battles with Heavy Odds

By ASHLEY F. TAYLOR, A.I.R.T.E. S YMPTOMATIC of life in Germany to-day is the fact that Hamburg's trams are carrying 50 per...

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Pre-war "Subterfuge" Costs Operator 10 13-licence Vehicles

A : Et LICENCE for 10 vehicles, granted by the East Midland Licensing Authority to Lloyd Brothers (Haulage), Ltd., a company...

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MORE BODIES BUILT UNDER DIFFICULT CONDITIONS

H AVING some claim to be :a pioneer of bodybuilding in West Africa, I was greatly interested in a paragraph in your issue of...

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RESEARCH Produces Better Vehicles

T HE,acklition of copper to steel has been found to increase both the yield and tensile strength, and the ratio of yield...

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"Back-bone" Trailer Frames the Continental Vogue

A FEATURE of present-day trailer and semi-trailer design on the Continent is the rapidly increasing use of "backbone "-type...

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Craftsmen I MASS BC

ODERN flow production of van and lorry chassis sets a hot pace for the bodymaker. To avoid bottlenecks, where large-scale...

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B.B.C. Reinforces its Television Fleet OR this - year's Olympic Games

and I other important outdoor events, the B.B.C. is reinforcing its mobile television outfits with a number of Bedford-Scammell...

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"See-Saw" Depreciation Will Not Do!

S. T. R. Explains to a Haulier the Fallacy of Fully Depreciating in Three Years Vehicles Covering Only 10,000 'Miles a Year A...

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A Power-operated Tailboard

P ATENT No. 599,841 refers to tail. boards for lorry bodies, whereby the board is used to lift loads from the ground to the...