A new sound on Britain's roads: the suppressed whine of a gas turbine truck. 'heralding the day when this will be a relatively...

Already competitive in total operating cost with an equivalent diesel • Announcing its 350/400 bhp gas turbine powered...

from our industrial correspondent • Garage delegates voted on Friday to accept an immediate all-round 10s. a week rise for...

• Some 30,000 goods vehicles in England and Wales, which have an unladen weight of 3 tons and over and which were registered...

• Discussions between the Road Haulage Association and the valuation branch of the Customs and Excise have produced a...

• On the eve of the Commercial Motor Show Ford announces plans for the introduction of a new range of six-wheeled trucks and...

• A British Railways plan to extend the Freightliner system across the Irish Sea has been approved by the Minister of...

• Mr J. D. Spooner. who, as reported in CM last week, has been appointed receiver and manager to Taskers of Andover 11932) Ltd....

• The two-weeks-old dispute which halted production at Albion Motors Ltd., Glasgow. ended on September 10, when 27 track...

another big issue Earls Court is a feast of interesting exhibits for transport men—but which are the important trends? The...

special Show Technical Review:— • Operators' own view of the vehicles on show. • An illustrated report of the Commercial...

who select their servicing equipment and accessories with care. On October 4, CM starts a regular fortnightly section devoted...

• Courses of evening studies leading to the Institute of Traffic Administration Graduate and Associate Membership examinations,...

An 'air-lift' for container stuffing Pelco Ltd„ of Handcross, Sussex, which has steadily developed the number of road and air...

by John Darker II A new Atlas Express depot was opened at Newhaven on Wednesday replacing outgrown premises in Clifton Hill,...

• IBM Data Centre Services have introduced a new "application package", available for customer use as from September 10. The...

• Food Securities Ltd. has opened a new 55,000 sq. ft. Alliance warehouse at Granby Avenue, Garretts Green, Birmingham. The new...

0 A joint operation involving Cyprien-Fox Ltd. and Alltransport Ltd. begins on Tuesday when two articulated outfits leave...

W. L. Russell, general manager of Dundee Corporation TranSport, has been elected president of the Municipal Passenger Transport...

Smith's Delivery Vehicles Ltd.—one ' of his first engagements is attendance at Smith's stand at the Corn .. mercial Motor...

this journal has arranged with the British School of Motoring for a special training course aimed at fitting drivers for the...

manager. Mr. Hunter was previously Kass Construction Co. Ltd. plant manager. F. V. (Fred) Jordan has been appointed sales...

• Marshall of Cambridge (Engineering) Ltd. has now produced, and is showing at Earls Court, a production version of the...

• After a meeting described by Mr Bill Ewen as "the stormiest" he had ever chaired. Aberdeen municipal busmen's branch of the...

• Awards made by the Institute of British Carriage and Automobile Manufacturers in the Public Service and Commercial Vehicle...

• One of the exhibits in the demonstration park at Earls Court during the Commercial Motor Show is a Leyland Leopard coach...

• An agrecment has recently been signed between Block and Anderson Ltd., a member of the Ozalid Group of companies and the...

• Newcastle upon Tyne Corporation is being asked to agree to concessionary fares for old-age pensioners operating daily from...

• The Yorkshire Traffic Commissioners were asked at a public inquiry in Leeds on Tuesday to arbitrate regarding the terminal...

• An application by Mr Cohn Protheroe of Marlborough Road, Newport, Mon., for a B-licence in order to set up business carrying...

rugger matches • West Yorkshire Road Car Co. Ltd. applied in Leeds on Tuesday to the Yorkshire Traffic Commissioners for 19...

• Grey Motors Ltd. of Bethesda had completely ignored his previous warning and the evidence showed that the vehicles were...

• A number of detail changes aimed at improving safety has been introduced on the Transit range by the Ford Motor Co. Ltd. Many...

• Mr. M. J. Carthew, of Al Shaws Caravan Site, Pinfold Lane, Aldridge, Staffs, has provisionally patented an axle-load-sensing...

• Hands Trailers Ltd. of Letchworth, is to introduce air-operated S-cam brakes on its range of small automatic coupling...

for hydraulics The Lockheed Brake Co. Ltd. has developed a spring brake unit for use with its full-hydraulic system for heavy...

• On the opening of the 1968 Commercial Motor Show today BMC has announced the introduction of the Laird range of trucks. This...

• Whether one is a complete newcomer to transport or an "old hand" who has grown up with the artic and witnessed all the...

by Paul Brockington • If a Rootes three-cylinder two-stroke diesel engine is operated on a compression ratio of 9 to 1 it is...

• This week the Dunlop Co. Ltd. announces its first big-single low-profile tyre for commercial vehicles. It is the Highway 70...

A completely new range of tyres is being shown for the first time at Earls Court by Uniroyal Ltd. These are the Fleetcarrier...

• Whessoe Ltd., Darlington, Co. Durham, announces major additions to the range of equipment manufactured in its Light Products...

The 400 bhp gas turbine that powers the Leyland GT 38-ton-gross tractive unit is 1,0001b. lighter than a comparative diesel....

The Leyland gas turbine is a two-shaft machine in which the compressor is driven by a turbine on the same shaft that is...

This new Leyland Lynx truck range, comprising 16 ton g.v.w. haulage and tipper models and two tractors rated at 26 and 28 tons...

The three axle, six wheel Bison has everything you look for in a great new Leyland -and then some. Like the Lynx, this range is...

Power Unit for the Lynx and Bison is a six-cylinder, in-line, direct injection overhead camshaft diesel. Combined head and...

which provides ten forward speeds through a five position gate. The driver uses the five normal gears, then lifts a button on...

The Lynx and Bison are fined with fail-safe spring brakes. They snap into action in event of air system failure, or are...

The 32 ton BV69/32 PTR Beaver Tractor is fined with the new 690 Leyland diesel, which is a turbocharged version of the well...

The Super Comet range, including 16 ton tipper and haulage models and a 22 ton tractor, is now powered by the 401 Leyland...

The 20 ton Reiver model RE.129T truckmixer chassis is a 6 x4 model with 151 bhp diesel engine. This high power allows the...

The Albion rearengined Viking passenger chassis is now also available in two-pedal form employing a PneumoCyclic four-speed or...

4-wheeled haulage model Powered by the reliable Leyland 400 diesel, the 16 ton Clydesdale CD21.CXLW has a built-in toughness...

Even greater versatility is brought to the rugged Super Reiver 20 range of 6-wheelers with the option of a 10-speed...

A special paint system developed by Detel Paints Ltd. gives protection against corrosion which is claimed to equal that...

An augmented range of electrode arms that facilitate welding vehicle bodies where access is difficult has been announced by the...

The Oilsafe, a safety device being produced by KL Automotive Products Ltd.,automatically stops a petrol engine in the event of...

Hallam Sleigh and Cheston Ltd. has announced two new bus window pans, both of which are made of aluminium. The Widney Leda...

with Ron Cater The Commercial Motor Show is with us again and amid all the Earls Court glitter many fleet engineers are having...

The Combopacker is the name of a compaction unit developed by Powell Duffryn Engineering Ltd. to handle waste materials and...

Treatments Ltd. to a concrete seal which it is now producin g for the up g radin g of concrete and similar floor surfaces. The...

TheBritish Standards Institution has revised parts covering "Fire of BS 4 two par76 c tests on buildin g materials and...

seen for the first time at the Commercial Motor Show on the Marchal Distributors' stand No. 294. This unit which replaces the...

m spanner to release s nipple and usin g a small always the screw has aays been an awkward and tedious j ob and to overcome...

switch-and-balance unit have been announced by Welwyn Electric Ltd. The Bean Model 201 strain indicator is a null-balance...

Wankel rotary-piston en g ine is reasonably simple, the mathematics involved in the desi g n of the unit are extremely complex....

A steam cleaner having a water consumption of 45 gal /h at 100 p.s.i. and 55 gal ih at 60 p.s.i. comes from the Warwick Pump...

by Handyman Manpower, maintenance and the MoT (1 0) • Besides the preventive maintenance systems I have described for the...

Van top poster holders which do not permit display material to tear or flap have been introduced by Martin Katz Display Ltd....

by the Hawk * Back in harness I know many people will be glad to hear that J. C. Martindale of Tate and Lyle Transport Ltd.,...

73 AEC AEC Ltd., Southall, Middx. TODAY, Earls Court opens its doors to a Commercial Motor Show which must go down as being...

Albion Motors Ltd., Scotstoun, Glasgow, W4. THE four chassis on the Albion stand include the new 6 x 4 chassis for truck-mixer...

Atkinson Vehicles Ltd., Walton-le-Dale, Preston, Lancs. A HEAVY-DUTY road-haulage tractor for operation at a gross rating of...

Vauxhall Motors Ltd., Luton, Beds. THE main exhibit on the Bedford stand at this Show is one of the new factory-built 22-ton...

British Motor Corporation Ltd., Longbridge Works, Birmingham. THERE are three BMC stands at the Commercial Show, car-based...

Bristol Commercial Vehicles Ltd., Bath Road, Brislington, Bristol 4. TVVO exhibits are on the Bristol stand, one a VRT chassis...

do Glas Concessionaires (GB) Ltd., Alexandre Dock, Kings Lynn, Norfolk, IN May this year Commercial Motor reported that Glas...

Rootes Motors Ltd., (Commer /Karrier Division), Luton, Beds. ALTHOUGH listed as the joint Commer and Karrier stand, only one...

Daimler Transport Vehicles Ltd., Coventry, Warwicks. THREE of the five exhibits on the Daimler stand have bodies and one of...

Dennis Bros. Ltd„ Woodbridge Works, Guildford, Surrey. TVVO models only will be featured on the Dennis stand and these will be...

by a Working Party on Ambulance Design which was published at the end of last year. The requirements included high performance,...

Rootes Motors Ltd. (Dodge Division), Luton, Beds. THE main exhibit on the Dodge stand is the new KP1000 28 tons tractive unit...

ERF Limited, Sun Works, Sandbach, Cheshire. SUSPENSIONS are a feature of the exhibits by ER F. There is a rear-steer tractive...

Fiat (England) Ltd., Northdale House, North Circular Road, London, NW70. FIAT does not sell commercial vehicles in this...

Fodens Ltd., Sandbach, Cheshire. FIVE chassis are on the Foden stand and while detail points of interest are to be found on...

Ford Motor Co. Ltd., Eagle Way, Walley, near Brentwood, Essex. QUITE a number of changes to its models have been announced by...

Guy Motors Ltd., Fallings Park, Wolverhampton. GUY is another manufacturer in the British Leyland Motor Corporation that has a...

Rover Co. Ltd., Solihull, Warwicks. A SELECTION of Land-Rover vehicles ranging from a special military version which can be...

Leyland Motors Ltd., Leyland, Lancs. IN SPITE of the numbers of new models to be seen at Earls Court those of Leyland Motors...

Klockner-Humboldt-Deutz AG., c Seddon-Deutz Ltd., Bentley Avenue, Stake Hill Estate, Middleton, near Manchester. TWO of the...

Mercedes-Benz (Great Britain) Ltd., Great West Road, Brentford, Middx. THIS Commercial Motor Show marks the first appearance...

Austin Crompton Parkinson Electric Vehicles Ltd., Crown Avenue, Duke stown, Tredegar, Monmouthshire. TVVO of the electric...

Scania-Vabis AB., Sodertalje, Sweden. THREE chassis from the 110 range introduced earlier this year by Scania-Vabis are...

Scammell Lorries Ltd., Watford West, Watford, Herts. TWO of the Scammell exhibits are new designs while a third started off as...

Seddon Motors Ltd., Woodstock Factory, Oldham, Lancs. ALTHOUGH none of the six exhibits on the Seddon stand is brand new, four...

Smith's Electric Vehicles Ltd., Eastern Avenue, Team Valley, Gateshead-on-Tyne, 11. FOUR of the five electric vehicles...

Transport Equipment Thorn ycroft Ltd„ Basingstoke, Hants. ON this stand there is a range of fire crash tenders equipped for...

Universal Power Drives Ltd., Aintree Road, Green ford, Middx. THE two types of Unipower-Eaton two-axle bogie used for third...

Volkswagen GmbH., lo Volkswagen Motors Ltd., Volkswagen House, Cargreen Road, South Norwood, London, SE25. IMPROVEMENTS to the...

Volvo AB., Gothenburg, Sweden. THREE chassis are on the Volvo stand at Earls Court: two four-wheel tractive units—the F88 and...

down to the production of plain, straightforward workhorses. Most of the exhibitors at Earls Court show the minimum of...

British Trailer Co. Ltd., Pheonix Works, Richmond Road, Trafford Park, Manchester 17 A TANDEM -AXLED lightweight for operation...

Loden Trailers Ltd., Royton, Oldham, Lancs THREE trailers are shown by this company, all based on its now well-known Mk 3...

Vehicles Division, J. Brockhouse and Co. Ltd., Victoria Works, Hill Top, West Bromwich FOUR exhibits are on this company's...

Carrimore Six Wheelers Ltd, Harelaw Industrial Estate, Stanley, Co. Durham THREE semi-trailers are shown on the Carrimore...

Crane Fruehauf Trailers Ltd., South Green Works, Dereham, Norfolk A NEW flat platform unit is displayed on this stand together...

B. Dixon - Bate Ltd., Tarvin Road, Chester A NEW ground-level-loading low-loader, a tanker trailer and a cross country trailer...

Duramin Engineering Co. Ltd., Harbour Road, Lydney, Glos. ALTHOUGH primarily a body-building concern, Duramin is showing two...

R. A. Dyson and Co. Ltd., Grafton Street, Liverpool 8. ONE of the largest semi-trailers exhibited at Earls Court is shown by...

Hands Trailers Ltd., lcknield Way, Letchworth, Herts THIS company has concentrated its display on the lightweight range of...

King Truck Equipment Ltd., Riverside, Market Harborough, Leics ONE low-loading semi-trailer is shown on this stand—it is of a...

HWP Engineering Co. Ltd., Lindum Street, Hexthrope, Doncaster, Yorks TWO semi-trailers on this Stand are both equipped with...

Merriworth (Engineering) Ltd.. London Road, Stone, Dartford, Kent SPECIAL multi-purpose trailers, lightweight container...

Hoynor Trailers, Main Road, Danbury, Essex TWO semi-trailers are shown on this stand, one being a 48 cu.yd. tipper which...

Multiwheelers (Commercial Vehicles) Ltd., Multiwhealer Works, The Airport, Southampton, I-/ants THIS special vehicles division...

Pitt Trailers Ltd., Barton Stacey, Hants A TRAILER designed to replace the twinoscillating axle model it has built in the past...

Northern Trailer Co. Ltd., Old Mill Park, Kirkintilloch, Dunbartonshire THREE trailers and two sets of running gear are on...

Scottorn Ltd., Victor Works, 173 Kingston Road, New Malden, Surrey SCOTTORN is showing a new version of its Bushmaster...

M and G Trailers (Lye) Ltd., Hayes Lane, Lye, Worcs A COIL CARRIER is shown which has a V-shaped coil well. It is 36ft long...

Scammell Lorries Ltd., Watford West, Watford, Herts ALTHOUGH Scammell is such a wellknown name among articulated vehicles, the...

Taskers of Andover (1932) Ltd., Anna Valley, Andover, Hants THE FORMULA range of semi-trailers makes up the display on this...

John Thompson (Transporter Division) Ltd., Thompson Trailmobile Division, Gloucester Trading Estate, Hucclecote, Gloucester A...

Peak Trailer and Chassis Ltd., Ashton Road, Stockport THREE semi-trailers are shown by Peak on this stand; all are equipped...

Weeks and Co. (Engineers) Ltd., Bridge Works, Ferry Road, Hess/a, East Yorks THIS company, better known in the past for its...

York Trailer Co. Ltd., St. Mark's Road, Corby, Northants A VEHICLE completely new to the York range of products is seen on...

have developed a forward-looking awareness of how to exploit the merits of available materials to the best advantage. Overall,...

Always Welding Ltd., Ashe Works, Ash, Aldershot, Hants. A DUAL - PURPOSE tanker-truck and a domestic fuel-oil tanker of...

Anthony Hoists Ltd., Harelaw industrial Estate, Stanley, Co. Durham. AN Anthony/Autolifts ST7 single-ram underbody tipping...

Apple yard Coachbuilders Ltd., North Street, Leeds 7. AN Appleyard/Unit Body Developments light-alloy van body is seen mounted...

Arlington Bodybuilders Ltd., High Road, Ponders End, Enfield, Middx. AT the 1966 Show this company exhibited a lightweight...

Atkinson's of Clitheroe Ltd., Kendal Street, Clitheroe, Lancs. SPECIALIZING in the production of bulk vehicles for handling...

Autolifts and Engineering Co. Ltd., HarelaW industrial Estate, Stanley, Co. Durham. A STEEL-BARREL-SCAMMELLS lightweight steel...

W. B. Sawn and Co. Ltd., Byron Works, Blackhorse Lane, Walthamstow, London El 7, TWO Byron animal-feed/granular-products...

Bonallack and Sons Ltd., Paycocke Road, Basildon, Essex. THIS company is exhibiting an entirely new type of demountable body...

Bonallack Refrigerated Vehicles Ltd., Paycocke Road, Basildon, Essex. THE two Bonallack Coldsaver refrigerated vehicles shown...

Bowyer Bros. (Congleton) Ltd., West Heath, Con gleton, Cheshire. ALL the three exhibits on this stand— two tippers and a...

Bristol Metal Contracts Ltd., Whitefield Road, Bristol 5. A B121-MEC multi-purpose lorry body is again exhibited by this...

Bromilow and Edwards Ltd., Springfield Road, Hayes, Middx. THE new Edbro I 5cwt hydraulic tailload loader is making its first...

W. P. Butterfield (Engineers) Ltd., PO Box 38. Shipley, Yorks. TWO tankers are shown by this company, one of which is a...

Carmichael and Sons (Worcester) Ltd., Engineering Division, The Butts, Worcester, A NON-TIPPING pressure type bulk-sand...

Chan-old Ltd., St. Peter's Road, Huntingdon. STAINLESS-STEEL construction is used for an integral box-van semi-trailer shown...

Coachwork Conversions Ltd., Stanbridge Garage, Leighton Road, Stanbridge, Beds. THE THREE aluminium Maxivans on this stand are...

James Cocker and Sons (Southport) Ltd, Kew Works, Meols Cop Road, Southport, Lancs. A COCKER KEWTAINER demountable body of the...

Cravens Homalloy (Preston) Ltd., Homalloy Works, Blackpool Road, Preston, Lancs. A TIPPER BODY, platform body, two ISO...

Dial-Holmes (England) Ltd., Caxton Hill, Ware, Hertford, Herts. A NEW wrecker body is displayed by this company based on a...

TWO of the three Dunnspencer animalfeed/grain bulk vehicles shown are of the pneumatic-discharge type and are equipped with the...

Duramin Engineering Co. Ltd., Harbour Road, Lydney, Gloucestershire. AN EXAMPLE of the company's standard type of ISO 20ft...

Edwards Bros. (Tippers) Ltd„ Springfield Road, Hayes, Middlesex. A FEATURE exhibit on this stand, an Edbro 4LNCS single-ram...

A 2,6000AL petroleum-spirit five-compartment tanker, a 2,000gal three-compartment fuel-oil tanker and a 2,500gal...

Garner Motors Ltd., Brooklands Close, Windmill Road, Sunbury-on-Thames, Middx. THE company's latest integral van body is shown...

Gloster Saro Ltd., Hucclecote, Gloucester. TWO of this company's wide range of tankers are exhibited—an articulated 5,300gal...

Hawson Ltd., Brook/and Close, Windmill Road, Sunbury-on-Thames, Middx. A NEW model on this stand described as "Kinger than...

HWP Engineering Co. Ltd., Lindum Street, Hexthorpe, Doncaster. A REFRIGERATED body and a tipper body shown by this company are...

J. H. Jennings and Son Ltd., Crewe Road, Sandbach, Cheshire. AN ALUMINIUM cattle container on a light-alloy platform body, a...

Kenning Coachwork Ltd, Manor Offices, Old Road, Chesterfield TWO Thruway vans, an aluminium box van, a van of composite...

Locomotors Ltd., Leustone Road, Wythenshawe, Manchester 22. THE Four Locomotors bodies displayed are of light-alloy...

Marsden (Coachbuilders) Ltd., Longshaw Street, Warrington. AN integral one-piece glass-fibre cab is a feature of a 27ft bin....

Marshall of Cambridge (Engineering) Ltd., Airport Works, Newmarket Road, Cambridge. THE Export integral van, shown by this...

Martin Wafter Ltd., Dormobile Division, Tile Kiln Lane, Folkestone. ONE of a fleet of mobile fuel-testing laboratories...

R. Murfitt Ltd., Weasenhall Lane, Wisbech, Cambs. A 400 SERIES tipping pressurized-tank vehicle, exhibited by this company, is...

Neville Industries (Mansfield) Ltd., Bradder Works, Bradder Street, Mansfield, Notts. THE three exhibits of this company...

Pennine Coachcraft Ltd.. Moss Lane Works, Royton. Lancs. PRODUCTION, economy and a light weight are provided by a special form...

A. C. Penman Ltd.. 46 Buccleuch Street. Dumfries, Scotland. A WELL-KNOWN exhibitor at the Scottish Show and pioneers in the...

Peterborough Engineering Co, Ltd., Oxney Road, Peterborough, Northants. TWO variations of the now well-known Loid-O-Matic...

Pilot Works Ltd,, Springfield Road, Hayes, Middlesex, THE first Edbro hydraulically operated lever-type bucket-loader designed...

Powell Duffryn Engineering Co. Ltd., Cambrian House, Maindy, Cardiff. SHOWN for the first time, in 115 Dinopacker is exhibited...

Reynolds Boughton Engineering Services Ltd., Bell Lane, Amersham, Bucks. AN ANCHORPAC compaction container of 30 cu.yd...

Road Transport Services (Hackney) Ltd„ 14 St. Andrews Road, Hackney, London, E8. CONSTRUCTED of polyester materials, an RTS...

Rollalong Ltd., Southampton Road, Ringwood, Hants. AN hydraulically lifted swop body, a fourpost 8-ton gantry and a 12-ton...

Rooter Ltd., Mill Street, Maidstone, Kent. THE only goods vehicle on this stand is mounted on a Commer 2500 chassis/cab and is...

G. Scammell and Nephew Ltd., Harelaw Industrial Estate, Stanley, Co. Durham. THE Supervan body shown by this company is of...

Sheppard Fabrications Ltd., Rymer Lane, Barnham, IVr. Thetford, Norfolk. FEATURE exhibit on this stand, a Sheppard Meiller...

Silverdale Motor Bodies Ltd„ York Road, Birmingham 28. THE Silverdale 1611 refrigerated meat body displayed is of...

Smith's Delivery Vehicles Ltd., Eastern Avenue, Team Valley, Gateshead-on-Tyne 11. A MOBILE butcher's shop, a mobile grocery...

J. H. Sparshatt and Sons Ltd„ Burrheld Road, Copnor, Portsmouth, Hants. A COMMER KCB Walk-Thru van is shown converted to...

Spars/tarts (Metal Bodies) Ltd., Ringwood Road, Totton, Hants. A NOVEL exhibit on this stand, a twoberth sleeper cab is based...

OF special interest on the Spenborough stand, an all-aluminium tipping body is of all-welded construction. Details include...

Spurlings Ltd., Edgware Road, The Hyde, London NW9. AN AIRCRAFT baggage loader displayed by this company is one of a number of...

Steel Barrel Co. Ltd., HarelawIndustrial Estate, Stanley, Co. Durham. AN aluminium fixed-sided tipper body of 22 cu.yd....

Stewart and Ardern (Coachbuilders) Ltd,. Abbe ydale Road, Wembley, Middx. A BOX BODY and a drop-sided body of aluminium...

Telehoist Ltd., Manor Road, Cheltenham. TEL-LITE welded steel and Tel-by welded aluminium lightweight bodies are featured...

John Thompson (Transporter Division) Ltd., Darham Industries Division, Bradley Engineering Works, Bilston, Staffs. TWO new...

John Thompson (Transporter Division) Ltd, Thompson Bros. Division, Bradley Engineering Works, Bilston, Staffs. A NEW...

Tort/don Steel Ltd„ Fresh Wharf, Highbridge Road, Barking, Essex. TWO articulated tankers of 3,500gal and 5,750gal capacity...

TWO articulated tanks and a demountable tank. all of stainless steel, can be found on this stand. A 3011, three-compartment,...

University Commercials Ltd., 99 Boston Road, Hanwell, London W7. THE two University Commercials exhibits on display comprise...

A FINEL1NE Pantechnicon and a Thruvan are again feature exhibits on the Walker stand. The pantechnicon is mounted on a Bedford...

Welford Engineering (Oldbury) Ltd., Hainge Road, Tividale, Warley, Worcs. A LONG-WHEELBASE version of the Maxitrail tipping...

Weston Hydraulics Ltd., Weston Lane, Greet, Birmingham 11. THREE tipping gears shown by this company, namely a 4 SM twin-ram...

Yorkshire Engineering and Welding Co. (Bradford) Ltd., Friars Works, Bradford Road, Idle, Bradford, A PICKFORDS tanker for...

as to whether standee type single-deckers or more comfortable double-deckers should be employed on city and dense urban....

Wafter Alexander and Co. (Coachbuilders) Ltd., PO Box No. 24, Glasgow Road, Falkirk FOR the second Show in succession,...

Duple Motor Bodies Ltd., The Hyde, Hendon, London NW9 TWO coaches are shown on the Duple stand—an example of the...

Duple Motor Bodies (Midland) Ltd., Derby Road, Loughborough, Leics. THE most interesting exhibit of Duple (Midland) is a...

Duple Motor Bodies (Northern) Ltd., Vicarage Lane, Blackpool, Lancs. THREE eye-catching coaches are exhibited by the main...

Eastern Coach Works Ltd., Eastern Way, Lowestoft UNDOUBTEDLY one of the most outstanding passenger exhibits is an ECW 36ft...

Marshall of Cambridge (Engineering) Ltd., Omnibus Division, Airport Works, Cambridge ONCE AGAIN Marshall is exhibiting a...

Martin Walter Ltd., Dormobile Works, Folkestone, Kent THE only vehicle to p.s.v. standards on the Martin Walter stand is a...

Metropolitan-Cammell-Weymann Ltd., Elmdon Works, Bickenhill Lane, Marston Green, Birmingham 37 MCW has three single-decker bus...

Northern Counties Motor and Engineering Co. Ltd., Empire House, Mount Stuart Square, Cardiff FOUR double-deck bus bodies are...

Park Royal Vehicles Ltd., Abbey Road, Park Royal, London, NW10 TWO very interesting double-deckers are shown by Park Royal on...

Pennine Coachcraft Ltd., Moss Lane Works, Royton, Lancs. FOR the first time this expanding firm is showing a "full size"...

Plaxtons (Scarborough) Ltd., Castle Works, Seamer Road, Scarborough THERE seems to be no end to the variety of Panorama coach...

Charles H. Roe Ltd., Crossgates Carriage Works, Leeds 16 TWO dual-entrance o-m-o double-deckers of contrasting styles are...

Rootes Ltd., Mill Street, Maidstone, Kent A ROOTES 12-seater special personnel carrier, based on a Commer 1500 passenger shell...

1 Gammons Lane, Watford, derts A MARK II version of the interesting Fineline 12-seater mini-coach is shown by this...

Willowbrook Ltd.. Derby Road, Loughborough, Leics. TWO one-man single-deckers are exhibited on the Willowbrook stand. One is a...

Appleyard Coachbuilders Ltd., North Street, Leeds 7. THE interior equipment of the Appleyard Statesman ambulance body is well...

Herbert Lomas Ltd., Handforth, Wilmslow, near Manchester. THREE designs are available for inspection on the stand of Herbert...

Austin Crompton Parkinson Electric Vehicles Ltd., Countesthorpe Road, Wigston, Leics. A NEW MOBILE medical research...

Karrier Walk-Thru van, a special ambulance being shown by Rootes has an all-steel body, the specification including sliding...

Powell-Duffryn Engineering Co. Ltd., Cambrian House, Maindy, Cardiff. BEING exhibited here for the first time is the...

Rover Co. Ltd., Lode Lane, So//hull, Birmingham. USE of the Land-Rover for various forms of public service is being...

Wadhams (Coachbuilders) Ltd., Hambledon Road, Waterlooville, Hants. A COMPLETELY new design, the Series P. is exhibited here...

preceded their introduction, have focused attention on tyres as never before. Quite apart from the vital safety aspect. this is...

Avon Rubber Co. Ltd., Melksham, Wilts THE Radial and the Traction Radial are key exhibits on the Avon stand this year. The...

Bergougnan Tyre Co. Ltd., 95-100 White Lion Street, Islington, London, N.1. TYRES shown by this company are in two broad...

Dunlop Co. Ltd, Fort Dunlop, Erdington, Birmingham 24. BIG news from Dunlop is its surprise introduction this week of the...

Firestone Tyre and Rubber Co. Ltd., Great West Road, Brentford, Middlesex. EIGHT types of tyre are shown on Stand 193. Two of...

Goodyear Tyre and Rubber Co. (Gt. Britain) Ltd., Bushbury, Wolverhampton. WEIGHT-SAVING is a central theme of Goodyear's 1968...

Henley's Tyre and Rubber Co. Ltd., Melksham, Wilts. AT present for export only, the Super 70 truck tyre exhibited on Stand 196...

India Tyres Ltd., lnchinnan, Renfrew. INTRODUCED in 1967. the Super G89 is a nylon cross-ply cover designed for operation on...

John Bull Rubber Co. Ltd.. Tyre Div., Fort Dunlop, Erdington, Birmingham 24. "BRITISH quality is the theme for this stand's...

Kelly-Springfield Tyre Co. Ltd., 29145 High Street, Edgware, Middlesex. MAKING big strides in the replacement-tyre market....

Michelin Tyre Co. Ltd., 160 Brampton Road, London, SW3 "X" MARKS the spot as usual in the case of Michelin, who will be showing...

Pirelli Ltd., 343 Euston Road, London, NW?. FOUR Pirelli commercial tyres are making their first exhibition appearance in...

Uniroyal Ltd., Castle Mills, Edinburgh 3. A NEW range of nylon-construction tyres is exhibited on Stand 200. First is the...

Definition of terms 1.1 THE words "co-ordination" and "integration" of transport have dominated the transport vocabulary for...

1.4 The argument is not of course about words. It is about concepts; and it is impossible to prove conclusively that one is...

1.9 It is superficial, I suggest, to regard road and rail as two clear-cut homogeneous entities and to conceive the task as one...

1.12 It is fallacious to regard the traffic pattern as static. There is a "to-and-fro" all the time between road and rail; and...

1.13 In no sphere is superficiality more dangerous than in transport. The swift sweep of the eye that sees the simple solution...

2.1 Delving below the level of superficiality soon results in the explosion of popular fallacies. One I have mentioned—get all...

I am not advancing these facts and figures to decry rail or to minimize the important role which rail has to play. But it is...

4.1 The general scheme of the Bill, in so far as is relevant for present purposes, is as follows:— 4.2 Thos. Cook and certain...

4.7 It will be observed that freight integration under the Bill is confined to activities already within the public sector....

be a public corporation. It is a free-standing statutory authority, the board of which is appointed by and answerable to the...

trains from BR in exactly the same way as Tartan Arrow does today. The chartering will be done on an ordinary commercial basis...

4.20 As I have said, the popular notion that BR is being deprived of the fruits of the new technologically advanced system...

is always regarded as the user's bastion of defence; and this is quite understandable. Leaving aside quantity licensing for...

companies and road hauliers is essential for the well-being of all—providers and users, and the country's economy as a whole....

to say that the arrangements outlined above would command a large measure of support from the haulage industry and trade and...

have observed the different ways in which integration may be achieved. I would now like to elaborate a little on some further...

like shipping, provides an increasingly important link in the conveyance of freight between land points separated by sea. The...

430 As regards these links it should be noted that it is by no means essential for the transport operator to own the links—on...

4.57 Hitherto in referring to freight integration in the "public sector" I have had in mind the major interests in BR and the...

4.61 What is the true essence of integration? In my view there is no question of mystique. Neither is it a magical solution of...

Co-ordination in a different guise 5.1 When we come to took at co-ordination in passenger transport we find a picture which is...

5.3 The character of co-ordination between road and rail in the passenger world is quite different from what it is in road...

5.13 The general scheme of the Bill is to:— (a) provide for the establishment of Passenger Transport Authorities to secure the...

5.15 Passenger Transport Areas are designated by the Minister (the Secretary of State in Scotland and Wales). Greater London is...

of persons appointed by local authorities on a basis determined by the Order plus some (a seventh at most) appointed by the...

passengers itself or through subsidiaries. It may carry passengers by road within (and to and from) its designated area; and...

the Executives will be greatly facilitated by the fact that, excluding London and municipalities, three-quarters of...

closer co-ordination be enhanced in the new sphere? Taking the NBC first, the common ownership of Tilling and BET bus companies...

6.1 My task of canvassing the principles of co-ordination and integration does not embrace a comprehensive exposition of the...

7.1 We are all proud of our country's achievements. We led the world with our industrial revolution and no small credit is due...

BY IVAN SWATMAN MASME, MSAE THE almost unbelievable growth of turbine power within the aircraft industry, and to some extent...

BY FRANK COUSINS, PC WHEN preparing a paper on matter concerning the road transport industry, it is not unusual for the writer...

I wish to congratulate Commercial Motor on its excellent series of articles. "The next 10 years". I feel this has done much to...

After recently retiring from the Police after spending more years than I like to think about in driving and instructing, from...

Strange interlude INVARIABLY hauliers come high on the annual list of bankruptcies. In some years this dubious numerical...

The lesson of Millom The sudden closure of a small iron works at Millom, West Cumberland, displaces some 40 vehicles and puts...

Operating Costs to assess the cost of running articulated vehicles but we are not clear whether the figures for tyres,...

sidering converting the engines to run on liquefied petroleum gas. Could you provide fitting instructions and give your views...

A Indicated mean effective pressure (i.m,e.p.) is the uniform pressure that would be required throughout the power stroke of...

contains a reference to a p.s.v. driver training scheme operated by a Manchester (Moss Side) p.s.v. operator. Can you please...

cab of this type and have been told that there would be no use for it in this country. A it is certainly not illegal to use a...

IN early June, I wrote that road transport management courses seemed to have turned the corner and were emerging on a solid...

by Les Oldridge AI RTE, AMIMI Noise (2) THE Motor Vehicle (Construction and Use) Regulations 1966 are not only concerned with...