Demonstrating Commercial Three-wheelers T HE commercial side. car and tricar demonstration,
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organized by the Auto-Cycle Union at the request of the British Cycle and Motor Cycle Manufacturers and Traders Union, Ltd., Which has come to be regarded as an annual event, has been revived after a lapse of one year. On Sunday last the 14 light commercial vehicles entered for this event foregathered in that historic town of Stratford-on-Avon, a a d yesterday morning they
set off on their six-days' tour around what may be termed the western Midlands, Although the number of entries is not quite up to the number in previous years the demonstration is certainly interesting, and it includes representative designs in both the sidecar and the trim classes. Indeed, the tricar exhibits are greater in number than on former occasions.
In an adjoining table is given a list of the entries with a brief description of each, and it is interesting to note that, in addition to the Coventry Victor three-wheeler exhibited in 1927, a Morgan delivery van, an Ivy Karryall and a 3 11.p. Scott are included for the first time. The Ivy breaks away from the accepted type of three-wheeled vehicle -at any rate in this country-as it is more or less in the form of a box-tricycle with the addition of ample protection for the . rider ; whilst the Scott, with its car controls and compensated brakes, is sure to attract attention.
Arid Works, Ltd., the Triumph Cycle Co., Ltd., and Budge Whitworth, Ltd., show sidecars of a type designed •primarily for the conveyance of a solo motorcycle and should kiPPeal to the agent, either for delivery purposes or for a motorcycle breakdown service.
Another type of commercial sidecar apparently in demand is the milk float, and examples of these have been entered by the B.S.A. Cycle Co., Ltd., the Enfield Cycle Co., Ltd., and the Watsonian Folding Sidecar Co., Ltd., whilst the last-named is also showing a specially insulated outfit for the transporta tion of ice-cream. A. J. Stevens and Co. (1914), Ltd., has two fabricfinished bodies suitable for general trade purposes.; In another table we publish a detailed itinerary, this being explained by the sketch map also reproduced. Reference to these shows that 39 towns-varying in size and importance from such big industrial centres as Cardiff and Swindon. to country towns such as Evesham and A bingdon-will be visited in turn, and at each of these towns a suitable public parking has been obtained, so that local motorcycle dealers can arrange for potential customers to view the exhibits during their brief stay.
Much spadework has been done by the British Cycle and Motor Cycle Manufacturers and Traders Union, Ltd., by way of propaganda for the event, and attractive programmes, posters, booklets, leaflets, etc., have been distributed in thousands In previous years the result of these demonstrations has been very gratifying, not only to the exhibitors themselves, but also to their agents along and in the vicinity of the routes which have been covered. This year, we understand, interest generally is more pronounced than it has ever been before, and we commend the initiative of the organizers in carrying on the demonstration which they instituted in 1925.