A CROSSLEY CHASSIS FOR LIGHT LOADS.
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Designed to Carry Loads of From 15 cwt. to 20 cwt., This Van is Claimed to be Reliable and Economical.
rpHE new 15-cwt. to 20-cwt. Crossley
van of 15 h.p. has already been referred to in our columns, but only briefly because information on certain points was awaited. The aims of the manufacturers, Crossley Motors, Ltd., of Gorton, Manchester, in producing this chassis include long service, complete reliability, economy in fuel, simplicity in maintenance and freedom from trouble iii lubri
cation, etc. The chassis is lubricated at every moving point by oil, springcapped oil fillers being fitted for this purpose. The four-cylindered vertical engine has a detachable head, the cylinder bore being 3i ins, and the piston stroke 41 ins„ the Treasury rating being 15.6 h.p. The crankshaft runs on three bearings, the valves are entirely enclosed, the valve tappets are adjustable, the pistons are of aluminium, the cam
shaft is driven by a silent chain, means for adjustment for wear being provided, whilst the lubricating oil is circulated by pump located in the sump, and the cooling water circulates thermo-siphonically.
The power is transmitted through a single-plate clutch, the• plate having reroclo facings and adjustment for spring loads being naturally provided.
Power is taken to a four-speed gearbox with a right-hand change lever, the gearbox forming a unit with the engine and having an oil filler at the correct level The 0-ear ratios are : 24.29-1 on low gear, 1508-1 on secondgear, 9.54-1 on third gear and 61-1 on top, the reverse ratio being 20.41-1.
The final drive is through an overhead worm and worm wheel, the rear-axle casing being a steel_ stamping without any underneath tie rod.
All the wheels run on roller bearings. The front axle is of H-section special steel, and both axles carry their load through semi-elliptic springs, the rear springs being -underslung, and all of them being fitted directly under the frame.
The standard wheel equipment consists of pressed-steel artillery-type wheels with 32-in. by 41--in. straightsided pneumatic tyres, but any type of wheel specially ordered will be supplied. The petrol tank is fitted on the dash and has a capacity of 10 gallons.
The chassis is completely equipped for electric lighting, and provision is made for electric starting, a starter being fitted if ordered.
Control levers for both the ignition and throttle are mounted on the steering column.
The steering gear includes a worm and complete worm wheel with easy adjustment for wear. The side steering rod is spring-loaded and centre-point steering is adopted.
The chassis Nis equipped with brakes on all wheels, the gear for the front brakes being designed on the Perrot eye AT a meeting of the Leeds Watch .Committee Mr. E. Harrison, divisional secretary of the Commercial Motor Users Association, and a representative of Hemingway Brothers, Ltd. of Wakefield, attended and made a further application for the licensing of motor omnibuses to run in the city in connection with a proposed service between Wakefield and Leeds (via Wakefield Road and Thwaite Gate).
Mr. Charles Warren and representatives of the Leeds and District Horse and Motor Owners' Association attended with respect to the specifications and conditions adopted by the committee in connection with the granting of licences for motor omnibus services, and asked
tern'. The whole of the brakes are operated by pedal, but the brake lever operates on an additional set of shoes on the rear wheels. All the brake drums are of generous dimensions and, in fact, ample strength has been allowed for throughout the whole of the chassis.
The essential dimensions of the 15 h.p. Crossley van chassis are : wheelbase, 10 ft. 5 ins.; track, 4 ft. 8 ins.; overall width, 5 ft. 64 ins.; overall length, 14 ft. 7* ins. Towing shackles are fixed on the forward end of the front dumb-irons and on the rear end of the side frame members.
The bonnet and radiator are extremely
the sub-committee (1) not strictly to enforce the specification with respect to the type of motor omnibus until .the question of the adoption of a national specification has been settled by the Ministry of Transport ; (2) not to enforce condition No. 4 with respect to charging fares in excess of tramway fares on routes served by the corporation tramways ; and (3) for the amendment of condition No. 5 by the substitution of a three-mile radius from the centre of the city as the restricted area for picking up and setting down passengers on tramway routes.
The committee declined to accede to the application of Hemingway Brothers, Ltd., but decided to inform the Leeds shapely, the radiator consisting of a gilled tubular block with aluminium top and bottom water tanks. The bonnet tapers from dash to radiator and is louvred at the sides.
The body ia well designed, has a smart appearance and is very capacious. The driver's cabin is totally enclosed, with a door at each side, and with a fixed quarter-light to the rear of each door. The windscreen is in two sections, the bottom half being fixed and the top half being divided into two separately hinged and adjustable panels. The dash is beaten to shape and its lines merge in an extremely graceful manner into the body as a whole. The doors at the rear of the van are of ample width with an espangolette bolt and a lock. The frame of the body is of hardwood with plywood panels, coachpainted and varnished.
The capacity of the body is indicated by its internal dimensions, these being 7 ft. 2 ins, in length, 5 ft. in width and 4 ft. 2 ins. in height.
and District Horse and Motor Owners' Association that it saw no reason to vary the specification and conditions adopted in connection with the granting of licences for motor omnibus services.
It was reported that tile following motor omnibus proprietors running services into the city from outside areas had signed an undertaking to comply with the conditions to be attached to motor omnibus licences :—Messrs. Newton and Ward .(Lee Moor to Leeds) ; Messrs. Cole and Tate (Rawdon to Leeds) ; Kippax and District Motor Co. (Ledston Luck to Leeds) ; J. Bullock and Sons, Ltd. (Hemsworth to Leeds, Castleford to Leeds and Woodlesford to Leeds)'.