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19th December 1922
19th December 1922
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Bridges for Modern Traffic Requirements.

T HE BRIDGES which carry the highways over rivers, canals, streams and railways are highly important links in the highway chain...

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A YEAR'S WORK ON THE ROAD.

A FORTY-EIGHT-page document has been issued by the Minister of Transport containing a report on the administration of the Road...

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ONE HEARS

Cashion the wheels to save the load—and chassis. Of a demand for agricultural tractors from Russia. That the Orwell truck has...

HERE'S ONE.

The bus driver on a dark, country service had dismounted in order to tighten a leaky exhaust union, and turned from his...

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WHEELS OF INDUSTRY.

"The wheels of wealth will be slowed by all difficulties of transport at whatever points arising, as .a carriage is by the...

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A DEEP LIFT EXPRESS FIRE-ENGINE.

In Fire Fighting, High Road Speed and Enormous Engine Power are Qualities Often Demanded of the Fire Pumps. M OTOR FIRE pumps...

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UNSPRUNG WEIGHT.

A New System of Spring Suspension in Which a Pivoted Bracket Transmits Minor Shocks to a Supplementary Spring. A T THE...

IMPORTS AND EXPORTS FOR NOVEMBER.

T HE IMPORTS of commercial motor -vehicles, including omnibuses, fireengines end ambulances, for the month of November show a...

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• THE VULCAN-WATSON TRACTOR-LORRY.

A New Vehicle which Embodies a Vulcan-built Trailer Attachment. I N 01711 issue dated October '24th we I published the first...

A NOVEL ELEVATING PLATFORM TRUCK.

R ANSOM ES, Sims and Jefferies, Ltd., have recently made great-improvements in their elevating platform truck, and this is one...

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A TRACTOR-LORRY WITH EIGHT WHEELS.

An interesting Type of Vehicle Employing a Four-wheeled Trailer Attachment. A MONGST the patents accepted recently was one...

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A NEW LIGHT WEIGHT FARM TRACTOR.

Simplicity, Economy in Upkeep and Low Cost, Features of the Latest SaUnderson, A T the recently held Smithfield Show at the...

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PASSENGER TRAVEL NEWS.

The Latest Doings and Developments in the Bus and Coach World. COACH OWNERS—LARGE AND SMALL. Some of the Advantages which are...

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POWER FARMING IN ITS INFANCY.

With a Factory Designed to Turn Out a Million Agrimotors a Year, Mr. Henry Ford's Views on the Possibilities of Power Farming...

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THE SIX-WHEELER WI] UR DRIVEN WHEELS.

D URING a recent, visit to the works of the Four Wheel Drive Lorry Co., Ltd., whose head office is at 44-46, Kingsw ay, London,...

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Another Gearbox for Ford Trucks.

A N AUXILIARY gearbox for Ford 1-ton trucks was recently placed on the market by the Ikless Gear Co., Ltd., Crown Works, Aston...

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FORD VAN POINTERS.

By R. T. Nicholson (Author of "The Book of the Ford "). M R. EDITOR has gently chidden me for devoting too much space to...

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COMMERCIAL VEHICLE MARKET IN DENMARK,

An Analysis of an Adjacent Market that is Worthy of the Attention of British Makers of Industrial Vehicles. D EI'aEARK is...

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New Roads for Old

M ANY delightful old-country lanes are disappearing in the great road improvement schemes which have been rendered necessary by...

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OPINIONS FROM OTHERS

The side Editor invites correspondence on all subjects connected with the use of commercial motors. Letters should be ot, on...

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HINTS ON MAINTENANCE.

How to Get the Best Out of a Vehicle, to C ONTRIBUTIONS are invited for this pa g e from fleet, mana g ers, drivers, garage...

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A THIEF SHOCKER.

Our Driver and Mechanic Readers Talk Upon Matters Pertaining to Ignition. T HE FOLLOWING iather.ingenious wheeze is...

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AN AUTOMATIC CHANGE-SPEED GEAR.

A Resume of Recently Published Patents. T HE OPERATION of a awash-plate, which, by its angularity with the main driving shaft,...