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4th June 1929
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. - WE ,include illustrations and details of a new small-Wheeled 2-tonner with many novel characteris tics. . _ Page 564.'

OUR coach expert treats this week with the subject of doors on buses and •coaches, which is one. of considerable importance....

The Necessity of a Revision of Licensing Methods.

T HE extraordinary variations which are made possible—and are, in fact, often insisted upon--by the present chaotic methods...

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LOOSE LEAVES

TAURING the past couple of years there has been a marked tendency towards the adoption of much lighter colour schemes for coach...

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WHEELS OF INDUSTRY

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

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Municipal Purchases and Proposals

The works sub-committee of SHIPLEY Urban District Council recommends that tenders be invited for the supply of a new...

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CONVERTING THE CHEVROLET into a Tractor lorry

A LTHOUGH introducea to the 13ritish market only comphrativelx recently, the six-cylinder Chevrolet chassis for 80-cwt. loads,...

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WEYMANN CONSTRUCTION for Long-distance Coaches

T HAT those concerned with passenger transport by road are taking a considerable interest in the Weymann form of construction...

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New and Interesting

FIREFIGHTING UNITS A Thornycroft-Simonis Six-wheeler and a Portable Pumping Set for Use in Connection With a Lorry or Van. D...

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A Fire engine for

Thinly Peopled Areas A New Dennis Product Designed for Running at High Speeds. 12.4VBN our home country many rural areas are...

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A LIGHT SIX-WHEELER With a Rigid Bogie

A New Trojan Model for Special Military Work or Cross-country Service, Capable of Carrying Eight or Ten Men. D Y reason of...

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AN ENTIRELY NEW

DUSTLESS REFUSE COLLECTOR F OR several years there has been a great controversy in the world of public cleansing regarding...

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A NEW SMALL-WHEELED TWO-TONNER

A Vehicle of Great Mobility with a Fourcylindered Engine and a Very Low Load-line. "Cl OR many purposes a greater degree of...

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A New Carburetter of Marked Simplicity

TN the earliest days of the internal-combustion engine the surface carburetter was almost universal. Its general principle was...

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DOORS

Which Provide Safety and Efficiency ON BUSES and COACHES T HE mechanically operated door, which is a familiar feature of...

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OPINIONS FROM OTHERS

Vehicle Depreciation for Income-tax Assessment The Editor, TEE COMMERCIAL MOTOR. [2802] Sir,—Would you kindly inform me what...

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The Quick Handling of Ford Engines

NV IEEN visiting recently the works of a go- ahead concern i n London dealing in Ford vehicles we noticed that a type of engine...

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ROAD TRANSPORT IN OTHER LANDS

Britain's Imports and Exports. THE following statistics of Britain's shipping trade in complete commercial vehicles and motor...

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PHASES OF PASSENGER TRAVEL

Notes on Every Aspect of Coach and Bus Development. BUSY DAYS IN BOURNEMOUTH. Many Imposing New Coaches and Buses Cater for...

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SIX-WHEELER CONVERSIONS for Carrying Bulky Loads

The Experience of Many Years Causes an Industrial User to Standardize on Sixwheelers for Carrying Fibrous Material. I N the...

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Reducing Friction in Steering Connections.

WHEN hall-and-socket or yoke ends are 'fitted to a track V V rod the contact in the joints of the stub-axle arms and the...

A Simple Control for Tyre Inflation.

A S a rule the procedure when inflating a tyre is to connect the air supply to the tyre valve and then to detach • the...

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Independent

WHEEL SPRINGING Tr HE Sunbeam Motor Car Co., Ltd., and Louis Coatalen, in specification No. 3/0,391, describe an interesting...

More Attention to Life Guards. WE are glad to see

that efforts to provide some means' whereby the lives of careless pedestrians may be safeguarded are not entirely abandoned,...