Engineering News

New engines soon from Gardner AT LAST week's Institute of Road Transport Engineers' exhibition the major exhibit from L. Gardner and Sons was its now well established 8LXCT, but......

Irte Changes

IN HIS keynote address to the Institute of Road Transport Engineers conference last week, Lord Stokes of Leyland, the IRTE president, spoke of some imminent changes at the......

Well-travelled Kiwi

GEOFF WALSH of Auckland, New Zealand must have travelled farther than any other delegate to reach last week's Institute of Road Transport Engineers' conference at Solihull. Mr......

Ali Wheel From Volvo

VOLVO HAS a new cast aluminium alloy wheel which is being manufactured to Volvo's specification by a Scandinavian supplier. The wheel is deeply scalloped and finned for good......

Step-frame Tl

THE STEP frame conversion on the Boalloy-bodied, 16-ton gvw Bedford TL at the IRTE exhibition was carried out by Chassis Developments of Leighton Buzzard to a Bass......