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Page 54
A ' " The Commercial Motor" has already emphasized, there is a risk that the supporters of free enterprise, by their failure to...
Designed for Maintenance T HE chief engineer of Walker Bros. (Wigan), Ltd., Mr. R. Dean-Averns, is proud of the Walker Mark II...
Page 55
That the Royal Automobile Club has beat raided —in Egypt. That unlike London's sedate and well-conducted establishment, the...
Page 56
QTATISTICS issued last week by the 0.-) Ministry of Transport showed that at September 30, 1951, there were over 1im commercial...
Page 57
CERTAIN motor Manufacturers, including the Ford Motor Co., Ltd., Humber, Ltd., Morris Motors, Ltd., and Vauxhall Motors, Ltd.,...
tt Ltd., and Scottish Omnibuses, Ltd., against decisions of the Scottish Licensing Authority, limiting the number of vehicles...
Page 58
ALD. H. M. tillErn_AND, chairman Of Plymouth Transport Committee, recently received the freedom of the city. Ma. A. J. Buten...
INCREASED wages have been secured 1 by the Transport and General Workers' Union for thousands of transport employees of...
Page 59
A PPEALS lodged by the North Western Road Car Co., Ltd., Birminghan . and Midland Motor Omnibus Co., Ltd., Majestic Express...
W HEN the hearing of the application by Northern Roadways, Ltd., to renew its Scotland-London licences was resumed last week,...
Page 61
A. 'NATIONAL . council to advise on road development and a Royal Commission to study present-day transport problems were among...
T a conference at Bristol, last -r -1 Saturday, held by the Labour Party and the trade union movement to protest against the...
Page 62
nBSERVATIONS on the comparative merits of trams, motorbuses and trolleybuses were given by Mr. E. R. L. Fitzpayne, general...
Page 63
A N underfloor-engined 3-4-tonner . named the Gamecock and a .14-seat passenger vehicle have been added to the Karrier range...
Page 64
in delivery vans Better Accessibility By Cdr. P. Jeyes, R.D., R.N.R., A.I.N.A., M.I.R.T.E. A YEAR ago I should have had much...
By W. J. Edbrooke, A.M.I.R.T.E. I N local delivery work the only serious drawbacks to the batteryelectric are its limited range...
Page 65
By R. H. Wynne, A.M.I.M.I., A.I.R.T.E., A.M.I.T.A., Transport Manager, Excel Co., Ltd. r I REATER attention to the corn fort...
By L. G. Sewell 0 UR fleet of some 200 delivery vans contains vehicles ranging in capacity from 5 cwt. to 5 tons. Only about...
Page 66
A LIGHT 8-ton chassis, Weighing 31 tons complete with a compositeconstruction cab and drop-sided body, is to be added to the...
Page 75
By G. Mackenzie Junner, m.i.Mech.E., M.I.R.T.E. N OT many years ago, the average vehicle operator, when he bought oil for his...
Page 77
0 NE comparatively minor feature of the Transport, Act, 1947, which was, nevertheless, a source of dissatisfaction and rancour...
Page 78
W ASTE of transport could be said to occur when many manufacturers in a particular industry undertake their distribution...
Page 80
CDR all routes with fairly high'. density traffic, where roads are suitable, it is, at present, cheaper to run a trolleybus...
Page 81
S INCE 1945, Sheffield Transport Department's annual expenditure has been increased by over film. a year. Some of this...
Page 82
W EIGHT saving by detail modification, combined with the use of the well-tried component parts of the CVD6DD chassis, is the...
Page 84
T HE Daimler lightweight chassis will be exhibited at the Commercial Motor Show on the Metropolitan-Cammell stand carrying an...
Page 87
A NEW tyre to be known as the X has been developed by the Michelin Tyre Co., Ltd. It is designed to improve road-holding and,...
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SHOW A LTHOUGH the majority of the models to be shown at Earls Court will be based on chassis which have been in production...
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in advance T HE largest trailer that will be seen at this year's Commercial Motor Show will be on Stand 98. This will be the...
Page 105
A LIGHT four-wheeled 8-tonner with all-steel cab, hypoid-drive axle and a frame specially designed to save weight, has been...
Page 106
E VERY goods-vehicle operator with, technical knowledge and a creative mind has had the desire to build a chassis to his own...
Page 112
A BLY supporting the drive for economy in evidenee in the exhibits of the chassis manufacturers at Earls Court, the...
Page 123
I N my previous article I referred to a clause in the Transport Bill which may make licences easier to obtain, and will g ive...
Page 124
IT can now be disclosed that the new oil-engined van, forecast in "The Commercial Motor" on August 22, is the Trojan 15 model,...
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T.R.T.A. and the Railways T HERE seems, writes Serviteur, in your issue dated September 5, to be no attempt by anyone, parti•...
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676,680, r't the most effective way of applying brakes, especially on a slippery surface, by repeated rapid jabs on the pedal,...