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READ this, all you hauliers who
dream of plenty of petrol! The Iguanodon, a new product of the concern of Hepplethwaite-Smythe, Ltd., needs no petrol, only coal and water. Give your rival an Iguanodon for Christmas He'd love it. What other vehicle gives such simplicity of control; such a marvellous field of view from the driving position?
The reader will be able to compre
hend how it works from the accompanying illustration. The actual vehicle shown, went into the service of the Government after the Deputy Controller.General's Under Secretary for Transport had filled in Form 2I3/XAP /13.T., and handed it to the Parliamentary Under Secretary Comptroller for the Ministry of Nail Supplies for ratification. Having spent the necessary five months in a Board of Tracts pigeonhole, Form 213/XAP/D.T, was checked by the Secretary Assistant General Deputy-Controller for Powdered Egg Supplies, and then the Government could buy one of these machines.
No wonder it wants to nationalize road transport, for we have it on good authority that the roads of Britain are to be alive with Iguanodons, so pleased is the Cabinet with the superlative performance, the unrivalled economy, of this revolutionary 1, chicle.
We will now briefly explain some of the technical points of interest of the Iguanodon. The spring is one of the longest ever fitted to a vehicle of this type, and absorbs all road shocks. Minor vibrations are ameliorated by the driver's cushion. An interesting point about the steering is that it is done by means of a device similar to the handlebars of a bicycle The maximum speed of the vehicle varies according to geographical and meteorological concijtions, but, as we have hinted, this lorry, -despite its vagaries of performance, is sure to be used extensively if and when road haulage is State-controlled. It will be noted that the latest form of gas turbine is used for propulsion purposes.