As Earls Court opens its doors on safer, quieter, more productive commercial vehicles the attack on the heavy lorry, and by...

• A strong recommendation to review rates immediately has gone to the 17,000 members of the Road Haulage Association. In a...

• Mr K. C. Turner has been reappointed chairman of the Road Transport Industry Training Board for three years from September...

from our industrial correspondent • Trade union representatives on Tuesday walked out of a Road Haulage Wages Council meeting...

• A sharp rise in operating costs during the quarter ended June 1972 is shown by the updated figures of the Freight Transport...

from our Parliamentary correspondent • Demands for powers to direct more freight from road to rail transport will be heard at...

• Freight handlers at Containerbase Federation depots in Leeds, Manchester, Glasgow, Birmingham and Liveipool are to receive...

• The RAC has joined the environmentalist lobby in an attack on heavy goods vehicles. At the opening of the RAC's Anniversary...

But EEC transport director tells CM conference about Europe's opportunities 0 Because the EEC Council of Ministers has...

• A promise of improved comfort and reliability leading to reduced downtime and increased profits was made by Mr D. W. Redmond,...

• A computer-based method of specifying as closely as possible the exact truck for the job it is to do, which has been...

• That overloading of foreign lorries is not as prevalent as was at first believed is the pattern which is emerging from DoE...

• Road haulage executives attending a seminar organized by the Highlands and Islands Development Board will have proved that...

• Tipper vehicles built by Neville Industries (Mansfield) Ltd can now be serviced and repaired by any of Crane Fruehauf's 16...

• An application by Howitt Transport and Howitt Brothers, of Liverpool, to the National Industrial Relations Court for interim...

• Lane segregation between heavy vehicles and cars during fog on motorways has been urged by the Minister for Transport...

• The reorganization of British Road Services Ltd into seven operating companies with their own boards and managing directors...

Albert Burrows, 52, director-general of Merseyside PTE, has been elected national president of the Association of Public...

by a CM Reporter • Bus fuel rebates and new-bus grants Will not be affected by the proposed new system of block grants about...

• As comprehensive schools become more widespread, Education Authorities in largely rural areas have the problem of getting the...

• Local authorities in the Borders are considering proposals from Scottish Omnibuses Ltd which will change the timing and...

• Nottinghamshire people — including those of the city itself are to help in designing a new transport system for the county....

Martin Hayes reports last week's Eastbourne conference • Most men who operate Britain's municipal bus fleets think that...

Fines and costs of f 187 were imposed on a 'reston company, and one of its drivers, liter they had each pleaded guilty to one...

• C. P. Marshall, Ltd, haulage contractors, of Scunthorpe, were at Scunthorpe magistrates' court fined a total of £80 following...

• The DoE is to hold a public inquiry on November 21 into an application by the Tyne Tunnel joint committee to raise its tolls....

• A one-day working seminar on how to sell road haulage services and how to anticipate customers' developing requirements is...

Every reader can create his own reference library by slipping his weekly Commercial Motor into an easy-to-handle EASIBINDER to...

• "A new deal for tipper men" is how George Neville, of Neville Truck Equipment Ltd describes his demountable tipper body which...

• Full-throttle noise levels as low as 84 dBA in calm conditions, and in-cab levels "more typical of saloon cars than of...

• Automatic transmission with a twin-carburetter 1700cc engine are to be available on a new range of "super" commercial...

• A new Fiat all-steel, factory-produced van will be shown for the first time anywhere at the Earls Court Commercial Motor Show...

• Magirus Deutz (Great Britain) Ltd is reintroducing road haulage vehicles to Britain which have been specifically designed for...

• One of the largest commercial vehicle sales and service complexes in the Manchester area was opened last week by Mr E. B....

• Pictures of tanker pumps on pages 48 and 50 of CM September 1 were, unfortunately, transposed. The main sales address for...

• The new York Lo-Deck platform semi-trailer has a shallow frame design that enables ISO container-carrying versions and...

• Published by the Motor Vehicle Distribution arid Repair Economic Development Committee (Little Neddy), a pocket guide titled...

• Brown Brothers Ltd and ICI (Paints division) Ltd are jointly sponsoring the South East District Vehicle Builders and...

• A fly-ash treatment plant at Widnes, Lanes, is the first of a network of such installations now being set up by the...

by Martin Hayes A LAST-MINUTE announcement today by Willowbrook Ltd heralds the launch at Earls Court of the first...

new R - B, range by Paul Brackington A FOUR-VALVE cylinder head designed for high-boost turbocharging is an outstanding...

GCoter Krauss • The tall, fair, impressively knowledgeable international civil servant of 57 who opened CM's own conference...

AEC Ltd, Windmill Lane, Southall, Middx. AEC vehicles are represented by three exhibits, a two-axle tractive unit and threeand...

Atkinson Vehicles Ltd, Walton-le-Dale, Preston, Lancs Two Borderer two-axle tractive units are on show: one is displayed in...

/o British Leyland truck and ,us division, Leyland, oreston PR5 1 SN. Austin Morris introduced in August this year 7 and 10cwt...

Vauxhall Motors Ltd, Luton, Beds. Without a doubt the biggest last-minute surprise of the Show is the Bedford 32 tons gcw...

c/a British Leyland truck and bus division, Leyland, Preston PR5 1 SN. Two chassis are on show which have numerous small but...

Citroen Cars Ltd, Trading Estate, Slough, Bucks. Citroen makes its debut at this year's Show and together with Berliet whom it...

Chrysler United Kingdom Ltd (Commer/ Karrier Division), PO Box 46, London Road, Ryton-on-Dunsmore, Coventry CV8 302 Commer...

DAF Motors (GB) Ltd, Lancaster Road, Cressex, High Wycombe, Bucks Since the 1970 Show DAF has moved to larger premises in High...

.C'hrysler United Kingdom Ltd 'Dodge Division), 0 0 Box 46, London Road, Ryton-on Dunsmore, Coventry CV8 3DZ Undoubtedly the...

ERF Ltd, Sun Works, Sandbach, Cheshire ERF has shown a lively interest in Europe for some time now and to underline this a...

c lo British Leyland truck and bus division, Leyland, Preston PR5 1 SN. A Fleetline chassis fitted with a Park Royal body and...

Fiat (England) Ltd, Great West Road, Brantford, Middx. Fiat can claim without doubt to have th newest vehicle in display...

'dens Ltd, 'worth Works, Sandbach, Cheshire. ?dens have the unique distinction of being le only manufacturer at the Show with...

Ford Motor Co Ltd, Eagle Way, Warley, Nr Brentwood, Essex. Ford has chosen a "vehicleswith-a-difference" theme for its stand,...

Guy Motors Ltd, Fallings Park, Wolverhampton, Staffs. The Guy stand features sixand eight-wheel chassis designed to meet the...

c /a American Motors Corporation (GB) Ltd, Chiswick Flyover, Great West Road, London W4 5QR. American Motors return to the...

British Leyland Truck and Bus Division, Leyland, Preston PR5 The Leyland models on show exemplify the 500 transport system...

c/o British Leyland Truck and Bus Division, Leyland, Preston PR5 1SN. This is the first time that Leyland National ha; had a...

c/o British Leyland Truck and Bus Division, Leyland, Preston PR5 I SN. All Bathgate models now have a revised cat which gives...

Magirus Deutz (Great Brit - din) Ltd, Road Five, Industrial Estate, Wins ford, Cheshire. Magirus Deutz has had considerable...

Mercedes-Benz (Great Britain) Ltd, Commercial Vehicle Division, Chester Road, Boreham Wood, Herts. The Mercedes-Benz stand at...

Incotes Ltd, 1 Great Cumberland Place, London W7. MOL, the Belgian manufacturer of specialist vehicles, is exhibiting at the...

Satre Motors Ltd, Canada Road, Oyster Lane, 8 yfleet, Surrey. Four examples of the 8cwt Russian Moskvitch 434 van, two vans...

Peugeot Automobiles UK Ltd, Hadley House, 79181, Uxbridge Road, Ealing, London W5. Peugeot is represented at the Show for th....

?eliant Motor Co Ltd, "wo Gates, Tamworth, Staffs. ieliant has returned to the Show after 14 ears' lapse. Vehicles on the...

The Rover Co Ltd, Solihull, Wanvickshire. Rover has no less than eight vehicles on show,two being Range Rovers,five being...

Saab-Scania AB, C lo Saab-Scania (Great Britain) Ltd, Heathrow House, Bath Road, Cranford, Middx. Four Scanias are at Earls...

Scammell Lorries Ltd, To/pits Lane, Watford, Herts Scammell Lorries Ltd was founded in Watford on July 1 1922 so the 1972 Show...

Seddon Motors Ltd, Woodstock Factory, Oldham, Lams, Perkins engines are used in the fourand six-wheel Seddon models. Two...

Transport Equipment (Thornycroft) Ltd, Basingstoke, Hampshire The Thornycroft exhibits this year are al Nubian Major aircraft...

Unipower Ltd, Aintree Road, Perivale, Middx. Unveiled for the first time at the Show i a completely new airfield crash tende...

c lo Volkswagen (GB) Ltd, Brighton Road, Purley, Surrey, CR2 WO. New safety features have been introduced in the 1973 range of...

Volvo AS (Bus Division), clo Allsa Trucks Ltd, 101, Kelburn Street, Barrhead, Glasgow. Volvo has recently introduced two bus...

Volvo AB (Truck Division), c /o Ailsa Trucks Ltd, 101 Kelburn Street, Sari-head, Glasgow. Volvo having made news with its bus...

Anthony Carrimore Sales. Ltd. North Road, Harelaw, Stanley, Co. Durham DH9 8HJ. A nine-car transporter which can be converted...

J. Brockhouse and Co Ltd, Vehicles Division, 25 Hanover Square, London W1R ODQ. Three trailer models are on this stand: two...

Loden Trailers Ltd, do Crane Fruehauf Trailers Ltd, Hayes Gate House, Uxbridge Road, Hayes, Middx. Only one trailer, the 40ft...

Charrold Ltd, St Peter's Road, Huntingdon PE18 70L. Charrold is exhibiting a new range of tipper semi-trailers of an all-welded...

Crane Fruehauf Trailers Ltd, Hayes Gate House, Uxbridge Road, Hayes, Middx. Seven models of trailer are shown on this stand....

Cravens Homalloy (Preston), Craven Industries Sales Ltd, Anna Valley, Andover, Hants. Two models, the Taskvan and the Tasktip...

B. Dixon-Bate Ltd, Bridge Works, Tarvin Road, Chester CH3 5NA. A 7.75 tons gross, 21ft-long Unibox semi-trailer is shown by...

R. A. Dyson and Co Ltd, 76/80 Grafton Street, Liverpool L8 6RH. Four trailers and a tandem-axle air-suspension bogie plated to...

Gloster Saro Ltd, Hucclecote, Gloucester. A grp double taper design tank is displayed for the first time on this stand. The...

Highway Trailers, c/o Crane Fruehauf Trailers Ltd, Hayes Gate House, Uxbridge Road, Hayes, Middx. A 40ft. builder's chassis...

Chassis Developments Ltd, Bridge Works, S kimpot Road, Dunstable, Beds.. Hoy-Green will not have any semi-trailer exhibits on...

King Truck Equipment Ltd, Riverside, Market Harborough, Leics. A new hydraulically operated two-piece gooseneck is shown on...

Merriworth (Engineering) Ltd, Eonit Works, Richmer Road, Slade Green, Erith, Kent. A tandem axle tilt-top semi-trailer plated...

M & 0 Trailers (Lye) Ltd, Hayes Lane, Lye, nr Stourbridge, Worcs. Three semi-trailers are exhibited by this company; the first...

Muff/wheeler Ltd, c le Crane Fruehauf Trailers Ltd., Hayes Gate House, Uxbridge Road, Hayes, Middx. The Hydro-couple is a 14...

R. Murfitt Ltd, Sandell Road, Wisbech, Cambs. This company specializes in dry-bulk carriers and the only semi-trailer on the...

Industries (Mansfield) Ltd, Bradder Street Works, Mansfield, Notts. Tippers are the speciality of this company and one...

3eorge Neville Truck Equipment Ltd, Indleys Lane, Kirkby in Ashfield, Notts. 1 ,11 tipping semi-trailers from George Neville...

Peak Commercial Vehicles Ltd, Greg Sr. Reddish, nr Stockport, SK5 7DN Cheshire, Four exhibits are shown by this company, two...

Pitt Trailers Ltd, PO Box 54, Wigan, Lancs. Four models, one a new tipping semi-trailer, are on the stand. The tandem-axle...

Scammell Lorries Ltd, Tolpits Lane, Watford, Herts. Besides tractive units and rigids there is a 40ft Challenger TIR...

Scottorn Trailers Ltd, Chartridge, Chesham, Bucks. The Bushwhacker single-axle tipping drawbar trailer is on the stand. The...

Taskers Trailers Ltd, Anna Valley, Andover, Hants. The Formula 8 platform skeletal semi-trailer is on the stand. Plated to 30...

York Trailer Co Ltd, St Mark's Road, Corby, Northants. York in Europe is the theme behind the stand The three main exhibits on...

(alter Alexanders and Co (Coachbuilders) 0 Box 24, Glasgow Road, Falkirk, tirlingshire. le 1970 Earls Court Show was the first...

IMVT Salvador Caetano Sari, lo Moseley Continental Coachwork Ltd, 140 Knightthorpe Road, Loughborough, Leics. Three of the...

uple Coachbuilders Ltd, icarage Lane, Marton, Blackpool, Lancs. ight models of Duple's important new ominant luxury coach body...

Eastern Coach Works Ltd, Eastern Way, Lowestoft, Suffolk. Two vehicles are , on show on this stand, a 70-seat double-decker on...

Carrosserie Jon ckheere, B8800, Roeselare, Belgium. As this is the Belgian company's first ever show in the UK there should be...

Marshall of Cambridge (Engineering) Ltd, Airport Works, Newmarket Road, Cambridge, CB5 8RX, The only psv exhibit on the...

Metro-Cammell-Weymann Ltd, PO Box 248, Leigh Road, Washwood Heath, Birmingham 88 2YJ. There are two vehicles on the MCW stand...

Northern Counties Motor and Engineering C Ltd, Empire House, Mountstuart Square, Cardiff. Two double-deckers fill this stand —...

Park Royal Vehicles Ltd, Abbey Road, London NW10. London is in the limelight with the On vehicles on this stand. Both al...

'ermine Coachcraft Ltd (Seddon bus body loss Lane Works, Royton, Lancs. he Seddon group has three passenger ehicles at Earls...

Plaxtons (Scarborough) Ltd, Castle Works, Seamer Road, Scarborough, Yorks. There are three coaches on Plaxtons stand, all...

Charles P. Roe Ltd, Crossgates Carriage Works, Crossgates, Leeds LS15 BSLi. Like Park Royal, the other British Leyland...

J. H. Sparshatt and Sons Ltd, Burrfields Road, Copnor, Portsmouth P03 5NN. Yet another new Midi bus is featured on this stand....

Van Hoof and Fils SPRL, B-2578, Koningshooikt Miistraat 61, Belgium. Van Hool made its UK debut at the last Earls Court Show...

Willowbrook Ltd, Derby Road, Loughborough, Leics. , No fewer than eight Willowbrook models are at the Show — all of them...

1any smaller bodybuilders havebeen absorbed into groups over the past few years. But rpically -'--- andfortunately — this has...

inthony Carrimore Ltd, lorth Road, Harelaw, Stanley, aunty Durham. , tipping semi-trailer with a payload capacity f 20 tons...

nthony Hoists Ltd, forth Road, Harelaw, Stanley, 'ounty Durham. ightweight steal tipping bodies of 5 cu yd nd 9 Cu yd capacity...

irlington Bodybuilders Ltd, Ugh Road, Ponders End, Enfield, Middx. itroduced since the last Show, the Coronet ghtweight Luton...

Atkinson's of Clitheroe Ltd, Enterprise Works, Kendal Street, Clitheroe, Lancs, 1187 I NZ The single exhibit on this stand is a...

Autolifts and Engineering Co Ltd, North Road, Harelaw, Stanley, County Durham. An Anthony Carrimore lightweight steel tipper...

Boa/lay Ltd, West Heath, Congleton, Cheshire. A Tautliner curtain-sided body, a Linkliner sliding-door van and the company's...

Lone/lack Refrigerated Vehicles Ltd, Payeocke Road, Basildon, Essex. Three examples of /he company's Coldsaver refrigerated...

Booker Motor Bodies Ltd, Brunel Road, Newton Abbot, Devon. The two exhibits on this stand are sideopening bodies designed for...

Bristol Street Group — We/ford Engineering (Oldbury) Ltd, Hainge Road, Tividale, War/ay, Worcs. Exhibits on this stand...

W. P. Butterfield (Engineers) Ltd, PO Box 38, Shipley, Yorkshire. Two insulated articulated tankers of 5500gal and 9000gal...

Carmichael and Sons (Worcester) Ltd, Gregory's Mill Street, Worcester, WR3 88E. A feature exhibit on this stand, the company's...

Charrold Ltd, St Peter's Road, Huntingdon, PE18 7DL. Constructed for an agricultural merchant, a Tippermatic 870 cu ft bulk...

Coachwork Conversions Ltd, Winsor Street, Colne, Lancs. A new Freightbox aluminium van of 775 cu ft capacity, shown mounted on...

John Cocker and Sons (Southport) Ltd, Kew Works, Meols Cop Road, SouthPort. The Cocker company has exhibite demountable bodies...

Crane Fruehauf Trailers Ltd, Hayes Gate House, Uxbridge Road, Hayes, Middx. A tipper body is featured on this stand that i...

Cravens Industries Sales Ltd, Anna Valley, Andover, Hants. A taskvan TIR van of integral all-aluminiun construction is shown...

arham Industries Ltd, c 10 Clarke 'lapman-John Thompson Ltd, ansporter Division, Great Bridge Road, Iston, Wolverhampton. I...

ial-Holmes (England) Ltd, ax/on Hill, Ware Road, Hertford, Herts. le company's recently developed air-cushion covery system is...

B. Dixon-Bate Ltd, Bridge Works, Chester CH3 5/11.4. Having a capacity of 980 GLI ft and designed for the delivery of...

Dunnspencer Bulk/Jo Ltd, llton Works, Ilton, Ilminster, Somerset. The two tipping-type bulk-animal-feed pneumatic-discharge...

Edbro Ltd (Alloy Body Division), Bolton, Lancashire, 8L3 6DJ. A tailboard with a heavy-duty locking device is a special...

Edbro Ltd, (Steel Body Division), Bolton, Lancashire, 8L3 6DJ. A fixed-sided U-shaped Huckbolted aluminium body on this stand...

Edbro Ltd (Wood Body Division), Bolton, Lancashire, 8L3 612.I. A 9 cu yd fixed-sided body of lightweight high-tensile-steel...

Fergussons (Motor Engineers) Ltd, Limberline Road, Hi/sea, Portsmouth, Hants. A petroleum spirit tanker of 4260ga1 capacity is...

Freight Bonaflack Ltd, Paycocke Road, Basildon, Essex. A 16ft 815 Cu ft version of this company's recently introduced ValueVan...

Garner Motors Ltd, Brook/ands Close, Windmill Road, Sunburyon-Thames, Nliddx. Exhibits on this stand comprise a Commer /Garner...

Gloster Sara Ltd, Hucciecote, Gloucester. A 32-ton-gross articulated fuel-oil tanker being exhibited on this stand is of the...

Hawson Ltd, Brook/ends Close, Windmill Road, Sunbury-on-Thames, Middx. A Hawson-Garner 400 series under-3-tons boxvan with a...

Imperial Coachbuilders (Basildon) Ltd, c lo Crane Fruehauf Trailers Ltd, Hayes Gate House, Uxbridge Road, Hayes, Middx. Of the...

J. H. Jennings and Son Ltd, Crewe Road, Sandbach, Cheshire. Two horse-boxes and a mobile library are shown by Jennings this...

Locomotors Ltd, Barlows Lane, Andover, Hants. An aircraft passenger-catering body, a refrigerated retail-delivery van and a...

Marsden (Coachbuilders1 Ltd, Longshaw Street, Warrington, Lancs. Following normal Marsden practice, the thre full-fronted...

Motor Bodies Division, Airport Works, Cambridge. A racing car transporter built for the Joh Player/Lotus team and mounted on a...

?bort B. Massey and Co Ltd, gh Street, Market Weighton, Yorks. lightweight refrigerated type of 'v-temperature body is...

lerriworth (Engineering) Ltd, onit Works, Richiner Road, Slade Green, rith, Kent. aking pride of place on this stand, a Super...

4 and G Trailers (Lye) Ltd, (ayes Lane, Lye, nr Stourbridge, Worcs. t 12m semi-trailer with a TIR superstructure nd a coil...

?. Murfitt Ltd, andall Road, Wisbech, Cambs, PE1 3, 21i'R "wo non-tipping bulk vehicles are exhibited by his company, together...

George Neville Truck Equipment Ltd, Lindleys, Kirkby-in-Ashfield, Notts. Known as a skeletal tipper, a dual-purpose vehicle...

Neville industries (Mansfield) Ltd, &redder Works, Mansfield, Notts. Of the four tippers being exhibited by Neville...

Peak Commercial Vehicles Ltd, Greg Street, Reddish, nr Stockport, Cheshire, SK5 7DN. A 24ft TIR open-span body with aluminium...

Pengco Transport Systems Ltd, Oxney Road, Peterborough, Northants. The principal Pengco exhibits this year include a...

A. C. Penman Ltd, Heathall Works, Dumfries, Scotland. Live demonstrations of three Penman demountable systems can be seen on...

Pitt Trailers Ltd, PO Box 54, Wigan, Lancs. Pitt semi-trailers plated for 32-ton-gross operation include a tipper chassis...

Reading and Co Ltd, London Road, Hi/sea, Portsmouth, P02 9RW. Two of the Reading range of under-3-tonunladen Luton vans of 1000...

Reynolds Boughton Ltd, Ben Lane, Amersham, Bucks. Visitors to this stand can study details of the company's recently...

Road Transport Services (Hackney) Ltd, 14 Andrews Road, London E8. This company claims that the latest form of grp...

Rollalong Ltd, Southampton Road, Ringwood, Hants, BR. 1JB. A lining of WP plywood with a thickness is cited by Rollalong as an...

Rootes Maidstone Ltd, Mill Street, Maidstone, Kent. Designed for under-30-cwt applications, lightweight drop-sided tipping...

Silverdale Motor Bodies Ltd, York Road, Birmingham 828 OLIN. Insulated/refrigerated vans of plasti( sandwich construction are...

J. H. Sparshatt and Sons Ltd, Burrfields Road, Portsmouth P03 5NN. An under-3-ton 1025 cu ft Luton van, lightweight swop-body...

ie Steel Barrel! Co Ltd, orth Road, Harelavv, Stanley, County tlrham. 1 18 cu yd insulated body of light-alloy onocoque...

3skers Trailers Ltd, IQ Craven Industries Sales Ltd, one Valley, Andover, Hants. TIR demountable body is to be seen in the...

?lehoist Ltd, 'anor Road, Cheltenham, GL51 95H, Glos. re company's new single-ram front-end aping gear having a lifting...

7ompson Brothers (Bilston) Ltd, 'o Clark Chapman —John Thompson d, Transporter Division, 'eat Bridge Road, Bilston, Wolver...

Torridon Steel Ltd, Fresh Wharf, Highbriclge Road, Barking. One of the two tankers displayed by this company is a rigid...

Universal Bulk-Handling Equipment Ltd, Orrell Lane, Burscough, Lancs. Stainless-steel tankers of 6060ga1, 2850ga1, 5250ga1 and...

University Commercials Ltd, University Truck-Trailer Centre, Silverdale Road, Hayes, Middx. The two exhibits on the University...

B. Walker and Son Ltd, 1 Gammons Lane, Watford, Herts. Walker exhibits this year comprise a 10ft drop-sided body with...

We/ford Truck Bodies Ltd, Hainge Road, Tividale, Warley, Worcs. A triple-dropside timber body is exhibited on this stand on a...

Yorkshire Engineering and Welding Co Ltd, Friars Works, Idle, Bradford. Three articulated tankers displayed by Yewco comprise...

York Trailer Co Ltd, St Mark's Road, Corby, Northants. On show for the first time, a new Freightmaster 39ft 6in. semi-trailer...

Meals without wheels THE FACE of Earls Court, 5W5, changes so rapidly that even the Earl himself would not recognize it if,...

Power is going up, weight saving is at a premium, long life is a must, pollution is the enemy and it/s often necessary to ring...

Financial aspects of truck replacement by P. R. Packham, BSc(Eng), AGIT Director, Howard Peckham and Associates (Consultants)...

ally and otherwise acceptable. If, as is often the case, sufficient capital is not available or the consequential effects are...

by L. J. Boulter VALUE-ADDED TAX, when introduced, will replace both purchase tax and SET. The VAT on all purchases of goods...

by M. Chris Smith, MBA Director, automotive power management, Cummins Engine Company, Columbus, USA VEHICLE MISSION...

)y C. D. Brown, C.Eng, MIMechE 4anager. application engineering, Cummins Engine Co Ltd, Darlington 6 HAS BEEN EXPLAINED in...

by Herbert Bress General manager, Pickfords International (Deutschland) GmbH AS IN YOUR COUNTRY, the Continental haulier...

workshop by Handyman Tyre bills — everyone can contribute to economies • Mechanical condition affects tread wear. •...

I have read with a great deal of interest in the past few weeks, comments regarding the pros and cons of British and foreign...

have read with great interest the two articles on tyres (Road and Workshop, CM August 25, September 1). One cannot stress the...

That flooding is thought to be possible ir Greater London is indicated by the very considerable effort the GLC are making to...

Many of us who sell British trucks car understand Mr P. L. Bevan when he writes regarding a need for improved cab desigr for...

view by the Hawk I Do you reverse? Yell, here we are again. Having been queezed out of last week's issue I'm a it late to...

Nether World ARCHITECTS, it can easily be supposed, would welcome the collapse of an old and dilapidated structure. They would...

• By definition a commercial vehicle — i contrast, say, to a sports car — is purchase and subsequently operated with an...

driving licence. I work Monday to Satarday, having a day off on Tuesday. In the summer lam being asked to work my day off, due...

rates and quantity licensing affecting British operators when we join the EEC. Is this going to apply to everyone? A Your...

licence for driving a vehicle with mechanical defects? A Regulations do not specifically state that a driver would lose his...

transport of a certain amount offreight for export. We understand that export goods will be zero-rated when value-added tax is...

by John Darker, AMBIM Shop stewards and the Law (1) The Lords' Judgment does not settle the issue of responsibility:...

by Les Oldridge, AMIRTE, MIMI Trade-Descriptions Act ON September 1 I dealt with the criminal offence under Section 60 of the...

learning by George Wi !mot Road transport economics marginal costs and demand elasticity The terms "fixed" and "variable"...

300 Super permits for '73? • With entry into the Common Market nex January, Britain is staking its claim for a quot of the...

The Prices and Incomes Board's pronouncements on costs and charges were made after a detailed study of each case....

reduce jack-knife accidents TRRL reports on three-year study with BRS artics by the Technical Editor • A three-year study on...

• A sharp attack on the RHA's recommendations for rate increases of 10 per cent or more was made by Mr John Davies, Secretary...

Mr John Peyton has rejected suggestions that doctors should be required to notify the icensing Authority when they consider...

• "The road transport industry's best assurance that it will not be hobbled by a complex of expensive but unenforceable...

• The Transport Development Group increased its six-month turnover to 05,364,000 (132.954.000) and its tax-paid profit to...

Drivers and dockers still clash in retaliatory picketing from our industrial correspondent • Although it is some six weeks...

• A reduction in incidents of gross overloading from 60 per cent before the implementation of the Road Traffic (Foreign...

• A technical visit, a talk with a Customs and Excise man about VAT and dinner with a senior official from the Department for...

• The road transport division of Gee Industries Ltd And Grounds Transpoi Services Ltd, both of Spalding, Lincolnshin merged...

• A "long-haul" package designed t increase driver safety and comfort is no being offered by Ailsa Trucks Ltd on th full range...

• On Tuesday the 25,000 dw containership Australian Endeavour saile from Seaforth terminal at Liverpool b inaugurate the new...

I The European Commission has proosed to the Council of Ministers that iminated windscreens should be fitted to 11 vehicles...

igency agreement Removals company Bullens Transport lroup Ltd has si g ned an a g reement with Hied Van Lines to act as...

I A new depot for the stuffin g and .rippin g of containers was opened by the ritish Transport Docks Board at Hull ocks on...

Europe by John Darker • The FTA's conference in London on Tuesday with the theme "Distribution Europe" opened on a lively note...

• Motec 2, the £1.8m RTITB complex at L iv ingston, Scotland, has started its first autumn session with only half the number of...

I Volvo is setting up a factory at Irvine sTew Town, Ayrshire, in which it plans to nanufacture a complete range of trucks...

• A report just published by a special working group appointed in the Northern Economic Planning Region says that hundreds of...

• Having for a number of years entered its drivers in the CM-sponsored LDoY competitions, Total Oil Great Britain Ltd has...

• The first commercial vehicle manufacturer to offer the Lockheed Antilok system, designed to prevent a vehicle's driven wheels...

Where does the commercial vehicle dealer meet his customers in largest numbers? In CM, it seems. This September 29 issue...

• "I am pro-bus, the Minister for Transport Industries is pro-bus, the Secretary of State for the Environment is pro-bus — HM...

• London Transport's new minibus route, serving the Eltham, Elmstead Woods, Bromley and Bicktey areas, will start on Saturday,...

• The 40th Congress of the IJIT'P — the international public transport union — will be held from May 6 to 12 next year in The...

• Next year's conference of the Association of Public Passenger Transport Operators will be held in Liverpool in the week...

• The wording of an item, "Schoolbus fleets are building up", in CM September 22 implied that the Strachans Bedford BS buses...

• Details of Stockport's new multi-storey bus station-cum-industrial complex — which will cost several million pounds — were...

• Starting on Saturday October 14 a special evening-late night bus service — the Star-Bus — will link off-street car parking...

• The first passenger-carrying service by a Post Office minibus operating in the Highlands was inaugurated at a special...

• An order — worth 050,000 — for 100 coaches has been received at Earls Court by Plaxtons (Scarborough) Ltd. The coaches — for...

William B. Batty, 59, managing director of Ford of Britain for the past five years, has been elected to the additional role of...

• Petrol which was put into the fuel tank of a diesel-engined Spanish coach was discharged into the gutter by the driver in...

• When a bus driver was charged at Chester-le-Street, Co Durham, with driving without due care and attention, his solicitor, Mr...

• Though holding a licence for 56 vehicles, Kestral Freighters Ltd, Barking, had operated only six, Miss E. Alton, appearing...

• Because he felt he might lose his job as the result of minor motoring offences, an Irish lorry owner-driver offered a...

• An operator had his operator's licence for two vehicles and trailers curtailed to one vehicle and trailer and then the...

Too many goods vehicle operators in the icottish Highlands are neglecting safety, he LA, Mr Alex Birnie, said in Inverness in...

• A Bromsgrove councillor who claimed that both his employers, Cartransporters (BRS) Ltd, of Birmingham, and his union, the...

false entry • A Cheshire lorry driver who made a false entry in his driver's record was told by the chairman of South East...

• Headlamp wipers and washers will be standard on all new motor vehicles in Sweden from the beginning of next year; rear...

• The elimination of the flexible drive cable — a particular advantage for rearengined vehicles — is the main feature of a...

• Motor Panels (Coventry) Ltd, currently supplying cabs to ERF, Foden, Guy, Scammell and Seddon, is exhibiting a...

• Lockheed, member company of the Automotive Products Group which has been involved in developing commercial vehicle disc...

• The parts of a Cummins NHK 180 diesel that powered an ERF 32-ton-gross two-axle tractive over a distance of nearly 500,000...

SEEING vehicles specially prepared for show on the stands at Earls Court and using them in service are two entirely different...

. . . in labour relations, the effect of new tax laws, our entry to Europe, and more efficient vehicle choice and replacement...

by Gibb Grace VEHICLE MANUFACTURERS face enough problems today to daunt the most optimistic industry. Apart from pressure from...

But wider decks for TIR trailers to take side-by-side metric pallets, reports Trevor Longcroft THE TRAILER manufacturers,...

But which method will win out, asks Paul Brockington THE QUESTION has been asked over the years at Earls Court and at...

.NTICIPATION is the keynote of the arls Court Show so far as passenger men re concerned. Despite several important ew models,...

materials by Gordon Crabtree iteresting developments in municipal ansport are being given a first showing at ails Court, even...

view by the Hawk • Colour and Style It's the Corporate Image Show, folks! Never have we had such a colourful, stylish and...

by Handyman Tyre bills: economy practices • Move tyres around when one-third of their tread is worn • Start winter with good...

Last in first out — but not always • When reduction of staff is forced upon an employer this is invariably a distressing...

Old readers start here FOR certain people of a certain age, Winston Churchill is remembered chiefly as the man who raided the...

Philip Ward • Philip Ward has been in the transport business now for 40 years, and judging from the perpetual smile on his...

will skid on ice or packed snow as readily as one having worn tyres. What is the explanation for this? A A tyre with a good...

the CM Table of Operating Costs reflect any discount terms which might be available? Does the maintenance figure refer to any...

products of a local firm which involves all smalls work mainly bags and drams. We operate three Transit 35cwt vans and one Ford...

fleet of artic units. Some of these are Baffords which, without the trailer, weigh less than 3 tons. Is it permissible to drive...

by John Darker, AMBIM Shop stewards and the Law (2) The recent House of Lords judgment in the appeal of Heatons Transport...

by Les Oldridge, AMIRTE, MIMI Trade Descriptions Act (2) ON September 15 I discussed the offence committed under the Trade...

by George Wilmot Senior Lecturer in Transport Studies, University of London. Road transport economics what is a monopoly?...