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19th November 1929
19th November 1929
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Built by users for users

The lessons learned from twenty years' experience of building and operating motor omnibuses are embodied in the "Bristol"...

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"PERFECTION"

AT THE SHOW VALUE FOR MONEY COACHWORK Extract from "Commercial Motor," Nov. 5. "Full advantage has been taken of the forward...

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18 miles of 1 in 10

— NOT a test climb, but the DAILY WORK of the Daimler C.F.6 Coach Chassis. Here are some of the mountain gradients climbed day...

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took, race ; .

Daisies!" TenoiD is real tough stuff—always ready to give the quickest pullup in any weather. Its as good as a lining can be,...

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Keep your RED if REO

• •• fit only Genuine Spares 1. Reo Motors (Britain) Ltd. are the Sole Distributors of Guaranteed Reo Spares in Great Britain...

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How's that?

9 6% of the Passenger Vehicles exhibited with Destination Indicators at the Commercial Motor Show were equipped with " ECO "...

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That 6d. a mile sticks

T HE proved fact that the K.S. Diesel Lorry can be run for 6d. a mile, all in, on a 600 mile week, is causing all those who...

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WE describe an entirely new engine-operated tipping gear which has promising features.

REFERENCE is made in an article to the part played by a standardized municipal fleet for main taming supplies Of gas. Page...

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LOOSE LEAVES

A LTFIOUGH there Ili was no Diesel-engined British vehicle at the Show, there was a very interesting exhibit in the gallery,...

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ONE HEARS

That the body beautiful has it. That on the 11th few radiators were without a poppy. Some very weird stories from temporary...

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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 roughness of the roads °oar which it...

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Personal Pars.

We publish on this page a portrait of Mr. )D. R. Walters, who returned from Australia in April of this year, „after having been...

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Extensive Irish Railway Road Service.

The extent to which Irish railway companies are absorbing the various bus organizations was indicated last week in the Northern...

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Efficient Tar Spraying.

Illustrated on this page is one of the latest Vialit tar-spraying trailers as sold in this country by Fox, Stockell and Co., of...

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A Swansea Appeal Disallowed.

The Ministry of Transport has now announced its decision on the appeal of Enterprise Motors, Ltd., Gorseinon, against Swansea...

Conferences on the

Royal Commission's Reports Some of the Views Expressed at the C.M.U.A. Discussion on the First Report. rINE would say that...

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Municipal Purchases and Proposals

ToNmliDGE Urban District Council is buying two S.D. Freighters at a cost of £692 each. MERTHYR TyDEIL Corporation ia to...

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The Arrival of THE ARROW

A New Dennis Low-load-line Six-cylinder Chassis for 32 seater Bodies, which Incorporates Many Novel Features This semi plan...

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Passenger-vehicle

ROOFS Combining the Features of Utility and Attractiveness rr HE roof of the passenger-carrying vehicle is curved from side...

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Power-propelled Plant for ROAD-CONSTRUCTION WORK

T IIE speed with which mechanical methods nowadays gain ascendancy over hand labour is, perhaps, nowhere better exemplified...

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THE PUBLIC WORKS, ROADS AND TRANSPORT EXHIBITION

A Report on the Road Rollers, Refuse Collectors and other Motors and Appliances which are Being Shown This Week at an Important...

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FODENS, LTD. Sandbach.

Stand 72 (Main Hall). O NE of the company's overtype steam IL/road tractors capable of hauling, with trailer, a load of 10-12...

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R.A.C. Trials of Commercial Vehicles

MHE results of several trials recently 1 carried out under the open competition rules of time Royal Automobile Club have just...

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TECHNICAL IMPRESSIONS PARIS SHOW

A FTER a close study of the exhibits at Olympia It was interesting in the same week to visit the commercial-vehicle show at...

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The Coachbuilder's Effort to IMPROVE THE PASSENGER VEHICLE

TN our issue for last week we 'dealt at some length with the many examples of bodywork seen at the Commercial Motor Show at...

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OPINIONS

and QUERIES On Mile-a-minute Motor Coaches. Sir W. R. Morris's Opinion. The Editor, THE COMMERCIAL MOTOR. [2940] Sir,—A...

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IN A LINE OR TWO

The watch committee of Leeds Corporation has decided to install, as an experiment, the police-box system. Newport (Mon.) Town...

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How Motors Aid the MAINTENANCE OF GAS SUPPLIES

T HE maintenance of the gas supply for a large town is a matter which calls for constant attention, but so reliable are the...

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An Unusual Travelling Dispensary

A Special Fiat Vehicle Equipped with a Wide Range of Medical Appliances to Aid in Combating Disease W ITH the object of aiding...

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An American Goods-chassis Range Reintroduced

MITE Atterbury chassis was one of the earliest com mercial chassis made in America—in fact, the Atterbury Motor Car Co:, which...

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PHASES OF PASSENGER TRAVEL

AN OPEN DOUBLE-DECKER FOR RURAL WORK The Latest Guy Four-wheeled Passenger Chassis Equipped with a Body of Outstanding...

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A New Engine-operated Tipping Gear

TrISITORS to the Commercial Motor V Show at Olympia last week must have noticed on the Vulcan stand a 30-cwt. chassis equipped...

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Problems of the

HAULIER and CARRIER A S this is the third article of a series, and as there no doubt, an unusually large number of new readers...

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The Creditable Record of a Laundry Fleet

T HE important publicity value of the commercial-motor vehicle is being increasingly studied by all classes of...

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A Gudgeon Pin

With an Enlarged Centre Portion A Resume of Recently Published Patent Specifications T 'specification No. 319,067, of Einar...