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The Parade,
The Editor, THE COMMERCIAL MOTOR.
[i35-1] Sir,—I should like to suggest this year that, in my opinion, the makers of all commercial vehicles paraded would do well to tell off some responsible assistant. to be in attendance at the Parade in order, so far as possible, to see that any interested inquirer may get specific and definite information about each type of machine. The officials of the C.M.U.A. last year were courteous in all respects, but they could not be expected to tell all there is to tell to an interested spectator, who perhaps may be a buyer, with regard to the various types of ma
chines. -Yours faithfully, " OUT TN THE COLD."
Like the Durr Inverted.
The Editor, THE COMMERCIAT. MOTOR.
[1555] was much interested in reading the description of the Darr atomizer as given in your issue for the 2nd of May.
For the benefit of your readers I enclose tracing if a similar device, with which I carried out some experiments five years ago. This was attached to a motorcycle after taking off the old surface carburetter ; the engine was a Werner.
After starting up on petrol and getting the engine warm, it would work well on paraffin. The drawing I think needs little explanation. A is a circular baffle A in less in diameter than the tube ; this has small holes in the bottom.
B is a needle valve' C, knob for flooding; Li, an adjusting screw for increasing the resistance on the baffle ; E, a sliding shutter ; F, throttle. E and P, are coupled together and move in a downward direction. As F is opened more air is admitted by E. There are four openings as at G.—Yours faithfully,
Peterborough. J. T. WADE.
Proposed Edinburgh Exhibition,
The Editor THE COMMERCIAL MOTOR.
[15561 Sir,—With reference to the proposal by the Scottish Motor Trade Association Committee to hold an exhibition of commercial-motor vehicles at Edinburgh a fortnight after the usual pleasure-car exhibition to be held there in January, 1913, a recent vote taken of the members showed that approximately 15 were prepared to exhibit, and 35 were against the holding of the show. Apart from those figures there were approximately 28 who were in favour of holding the exhibition but who themselves were not prepared to support it. This latter number therefore does not call to he reckoned with. irrespective however of this clear indication against the holding of such an exhibition, there would still appear to be a. hankering by the committee to carry it through. Now Sir, the general feeling is that this particular section is not so desirous that the special interests of the commercial vehicle should be served as of the fact that they would have considerably more room for the exhibition of their pleasure cars in the January show if the commercial vehicle were in a sense turned out.
The general experience of the principal manufacturers of commercial vehicles is that with the exception of London there is little prospect at the present time of any exhibition, confined entirely to this class ef motor vehicle apart from private cars, being a business success, and this is especially so as regards Edinburgh, which can by no means be termed a commercial or industrial centre. Any attempt therefore to foist this exhibition on the motor trade should be resisted by manufacturers generally, as there is very little doubt that it will meet with but poor support from the potential purchaser.—Yours faithfully, " MANUFACTURER." The Resurrected Pleasure Car.
The Editor, THE COMMERCIAL MOTOR.
[1557] have just returned from a visit to the north of Ireland, after an absence of six months, and I find a number of otherwise up-to-date coinmereial firms committing the error made some. five or seven years ago, of adopting second-hand pleasure ears for commercial purposes.
It is most unfortunate that these firms cannot see the risks they are running in expecting such a motor vehicle to give satisfaction with dead loads and under commercial conditions, when it is essentially designed for private work. This is all the more regrettable, as, in a few months, the experience of these firms will be such as to tend to prejudice the commercialmotor trade in this part of the country, as prospective users will no doubt be closely watching the experience of these firms. Yours faithfully, " " " "
The Editor, THE COMMERCIAL MOTOR.
[1:538] Sir,—While in many points we agree with the opinions expressed in your leader of the 9th inst. on the new War-Office vehicles, we do take very strong exception to the opinion expressed by you that governed engines are largely things of the past. If economy is to be maintained in commercialvehicle work, we say unhesitatingly that it. is absolutely necessary to have governed engines. Otherwise, owners will be inevitably put to great expense through drivers racing their machines when light, which causes much more rapid deterioration of tires than even running with full load at reasonable speeds, and undoubtedly the only way to prevent such abuse of vehicles is to fit an efficient governor on the engine which will limit the maximum speed.
We are surprised that you should not realize this very important point.—Yours faithfully, For THE ..A.LBION MOTOR CAR CO., LTD., Scotstoun, Glasgow. T. BLACKWOOD MURRAY.
{We willingly place the Albion within the exceptions covered by our words. No governor, however, is of any certain value on a downgrade, at which time its elect, it nvitileblo, might be of must use,—En.I