THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.
THE OLYMPIA MOTOR TRANSPORT EXHIBITION.
Evidence of Tremendous Progress.
[Special Report to the Hongkong Telegraph.].
The chassis of a siz-wheeled lorry designed for agricultural work.
MOTORING SUPPLEMENT. SATURDAY, JANUARY 7, 1928.
fitted with
upon a modified edition of the lin, India, South Africa, East cles
producerarily Interesting film which was Morris-Cowley chassis. The Africa, Persia and The Sudan. gas plant must not be allowed prepared by the journal" "Motor. vehicle has a petrol consumption. The lightest chassis of the to obscure the great value of the Transport and exhibited twice of no more than about 20 mp.g.; Albion range were not exhibited, steam lorry, particularly for use in
It is fitted with four wheel brakes, the lowest carrying capacity on countries where liquid fuels are ex daily at Olympia throughout the la capable of high speeds, has this stand being represented by a pensive. Among the many new Exhibition. Largely owing to the wheel track of 4 ft. 8 ins and is 2-ton baker's van on pneumatic British six-wheeled vehicles on the support given by the War Depart marketed at home at the very low tyres. A 30-45 hp. 8-ton Albion market the only steamer is the mont, the London Fire Brigade and price of £105. The Morris with 4-speed gear and overhead "Sentinel," built on the lines of the other, Important organisations, It travellers car, which is a very worm drive, fitted with pneumatic famous "Super Sentinel~~~four-
useful double purpose vehicle, tyres and four-wheel brakes was wheeled waggons and tractors. The was possible in this film to give seils at a very slightly higher exhibited for the first time at Sentinel" six-wheeler will deal visitors to the show a really good price.
Olympia. This also applies to the with loads of 10 to 16 tons. Its idea of the extraordinary capabil A still lighter class of exhibit is 4-ton overtype Albion, which, power is drawn from a 2-cylinder ities of the more exceptional vehi- that which is based upon the incidentally, has an unusually Poppet-valve engine, 6 x 8 ins.,
Substantial Six-Wheelers.
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ed the educational value of the Show.
popular British mater, eyelo and small turning circle of 45 ft. The working at a steam pressure of 276cles to be seen in the hall, and side-car, a collective exhibit of type is particularly for work, in lbs. por aq. inch. It has a two thus to give real meaning to many such machines was shown by the docks and railway yards and other speed gear with differential con- exhibits which otherwise, to the tained in an aluminium crankcase average visitor, would have appear- British Cycle and Motor Cycle congested areas.
and the final drive is by two allented to be nothing more than ingeni- Manufacturers* Union. These
ous though rather mysterious; chains, The boiler is, of course, of the Sentinel" patent vertical water doubt that this film largely increas
mechanical devices. little three wheelers are of very
There is no wide utility and are being in-. Here again was to be seen the tube type... creasingly used for light delivery 4-ton six-wheeled Albion chassis; work by large concerns, and for notable among the six-wheelerson included a tractor capable of haul. The other exhibits by this firm general purposes by small ones. account of its substantial useful
Cross-Country Vehicles, In this group were several exhibits load carrying capacity, which ing 20 tons on hard roads: a light-i
Without some practical demons- of Rudge-Whitworth motor cycles makes it a commercial propositioner "Sentinel" six-wheeler for 6 ton
loads and two four-wheeled waggons tration it is certainly deult to with side-car tradesman's bodies, together with one of particular where smaller machines in the of about the same carrying capa-visualise the true capabilities of
six-wheel class might be quite city. interest which, in addition to the
such a machine as the new six. competent to travel, but hopelessly side-car, incorporates quite a sub-handicapped by reason of their
wheal-driven F.W.D. This is, of The Scammell six-wheeler is uni-course, a development of the four- stantial trailer van body. With a high operating costs per ton-mile.que in the design of its transmis wheel-driven vehicles of that maku. petrol consumption of 35 to 40
£100.
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An Eight-Wheeler.
miles her gallon, this combination The only goods-carrying model son. In place of two driving axles Even they are capable of excep can deal, under decent travelling among the Associated Daimler Co's. t has only a single axle at each end tional feats in cross-country work conditions, with leuds as large as exhibits was a new 70 cwt. com- which is a strong gear-cuse con and under exceptionally bad travell 8 cwt, and has accommodation for merciai chassis with an amply ining a train of gears transmiting conditions; but the new model quito bulky goods up to that limit powerful engine and designed to sing the power to the driving combining the capabilities of the and yet selfs complete with a maintain good average speeds with wheels. These scar-casings aro ordinary-aix-wheeler with the ex lighting set at only a little over an ample reserve of power for hill Journaled on the ends of the axle ceptional powers that result from The system gives enor driving the front wheels also, ia climbing. The rapid increase in orging. The products of Morris Com-the use of pneumatic tyres under mous freedom of relative movement something quite unique and repre- mercial Cars are distinct from heavy loads is indicated the fact to the short axles on whith the sents what is, at present at any rate, those of Morris Motors. The ex-that they are fitted to this model, driving wheels are carried, and on the last word in the design of a of the results is that the two driv-cross-country motor for, the carri- hibits of the former included, a afthough the chassis is of the or
ing wheels on one side of the vehicle age of substantial lends and capable. 12 cut. maikvan, two examples ordinary four-wheeled variety.
are always in the same plane, what- also of good performance on ordin- 1 ton vehicles with van and truck
́ever inequalities of the ground mayary roads. The Use of Solid Fuels. bodies respectively, an excellent 30
be encountered. ewt. chassis and a six-wheeled The smallest of the goods vehicles
An absolutely unique form of tractor of new design was shown The Commercial Motor Trans-ments and improvements in equip owners who appreciate the adver- chassis of considerable interest, on the Karrier stand was a 2-tonner
An extraordinarily successiul by Messrs. Armstrong Siddeley. port Exhibition which has just mest. It is no longer the passing value of their vehicles, and as being much the lightest and on pneumatic tyres; whilst the been held in London has reflected senger-earrying vehicle only that consequently provide full external least expensive of any of this largest was a tremendously strong new exhibit on the Scammell stand This has only four wheels, but may great credit on the Society of is provided with a full electrical as well as internal lighting.rapidly growing group. The 6-ton tractor dusigned to form the was the eight-wheeler. This is, in be regarded as consisting of two engine of the six-wheeler is rated power portion of the 12-ton Karrier fact, a development of the Scam-short chassis. Of these, the front Motor Manufacturers and Traders, equipment for lighting and start- and also indicated in no doubtful"ing purposes.
at.15.0 h.p. and the load capacity combination vehicle, which is of the mell flexible six-wheeler, which has one carries the engine unit, change Thus he finds
The range of British goods-is 30 ewt. to 2 tons according to flexible six-wheeled or "Tractor & been well known and appreciated speed gear.controls and transmise- manner, the wonderful power of manufacturers of accumulators i
Trailer type. Intermediate in for many years. It is capable of ion to the two front wheel. The recuperation of this branch of
and electrical machinery catering tarrying vehicles, now extends travelling conditions.
capacity is the Karrier 3-ton six dealing with a lead of 15 tons and rear chassis carries a transmission British industry, which has been especially for the goods-carrying from the lightest types capable of
wheeler which may fairly be claim the carrier portion of the combina- gearbox for the two rear wheels. For instance, Messrs. C. commercial use to section.
the very A. Vandervell market a -lamp heaviest permited by legal restric-
of which the exaniple shown was parture. It is carried on two shert entire jointed independence bet und the
Etted with a producing plant gener- axles arranged in line, each axle ween the front and the rear por of electric lighting equipment for tio. At use
transport scale comes that very handy and
ating gas from ordinary wood. As carrying two wheels; between each tions and the power is transmitted vehicles of tac types subsidised by practical little van the Trojan,
a means of comparison it may be
is a broad leaf spring, the con- from one to the other through a the War Department, the require-manufactured by the makers of ments of which demand a system the famous Leyland vehicles. The
axle is free to oscillate about a which, in the event of a damaged Trojan is extraordinarily simple
longituditional axis, and thus the battery or connexion, is such that as regards its mechanism and is
inad is always evenly distributed the dynamo alone can continue to also of stout construction, and is
over the four tralier tyres whatever provide all the lamps with current, marketed at an extremely low The price; consequently its popularity regardless of engine speeds. same firm also build special bat- throughout the world needs no In both sections one finds not teries for heavy duty work which further explanation. only anticeable advances in are much appreciated, amongst design, but also numerous refine-others, by commercial vehicle
so hard hit since the war.
At one time the chassis built for use under the motor ómnibus or under van or dorry body were Now the practically identical. two branches of the industry have separated out, very definitely and consequently in this report we are dealing, at the moment, only with goods-carrying vehicles, leaving those designed for the carriage of passengers for treatment in a second article.
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Light Vans,
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The lightest of the Morris,range of woods-carriers is a half ton van
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One of these chassis was shown led to be the pioneer of its class and tion represents an entirely new de- and a loading platform. There is
fully equipped as a fire fighter; and in this form should appeal strongly to the smaller, Municipal
now
shown
of
ties and to authorities responsible mentioned that about 20 lbs. of nexions of which are such that each universally jointed shaft. The for fire protection in the country wood used in this producer serves
feats of which this tractor is cap districts; the abilities of the sixs the equivalent of a gallon of
able are very extraordinary, and wheeler, in cross-country work petrol. The installation is such
when equipped with blades which constituting a notable advantage that petrol can be used for starting
are fitted to the wheels, and can A very handsome fire engine of up, or regularly if available at may be the camber of the road. either be housed, within the rims large capacity was shown by sufficiently low price. Gas can be
or · swung outwards to grip the Messrs. Dennis Bros., whose cars provided in ten minutes from cold. The action of the Scammell B-ground, it is able to draw very are, of course, used in enormous
The fact that examples are wheeler was admirably demonstrat-heavy loads with great efficiency numbers by the London Fire
petrol vchi-ed in one section of an extraordin- over the roughest ground.. Brigade and by important Corpora- tions throughout the world. This machine has a 60-70 hip. engine with an electric self-starter and runs op pneumatic tyres. The combination of speed and safety ia ensured by the fitting of vacuum serva-operated brakes. The makers also show a small portable catute-fire-pump capable of being carried or wheeled and depending On a single cylinder 4-stroke engine for the power applied to the pump. Sa
far as, normal commercial vehicles are сол- cerned the principal Den- nis exhibit was 1 30 ewt. worm-driven chassis, incorporat ing a number of new features of désign and having a 4-cylinder engine, developing up to 36 h.p. at 2,000 r.p.m. The track of this vehicle is 4 ft. 8 ins, and its whole design has been largely influenced by a thorough study of Overseas requirements.
The Two Ton Class. There is a considerable selection of first class vehicles having a carrying capacity of round about 2 tons. An interesting exhibit was that of a 2 ton Guy lorry run- ning on producer gas which, of course, has very obvious advan- tages in countries where petrol 'is expensive or difficult to obtain. The gas producer fitted on the vehicle was of the type known as the "Tulloch-Reading." Messrs. Guy, of course, also manufacture vehicles of lighter carrying capaci ties, examples of the 25 cwt, and 30 cwt. models being exhibited.
A very attractive new 2-tonner This is the Halley W. 20 model. weighs only 321⁄2 cwt, will travel at 36 m.p.h. and consumes one. gallon of petrol over about 13 to 15 miles. The engine will develop upwards of 40 b.h.p. and the chassis, though light, is of very robust construction.
The Thornycroft A. 1 chassis nominally intended-for-30 cwt.- londs, but, being of the type. approved by the British War De- partment, it may perhaps better be classified as a 2-tonner when applied to ordinary civilian use under normal conditions. Very large numbers of this model are in use and the example actually shown was a repeat order for the Great Western Railway Co., which now operates over 160 Thornycroft vehicles. À slightly larger Thornycroft model is the A 2 which is rated as a 2-tonner and the exhibits also include a 5-ton chassis with a 50 h.p. engine, and a six-wheeler of subsidy type, designed to carry from 2 to 8 tone of useful load. A noticeable feature in the design is the aus- pension of the rear bogle.. This six-wheeler, though of compara tively recent introduction, is aiready giving good service in many countries including Austra-
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