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E. and H. Hora, Ltd., 36, Peckham Road, London, S.E.
[STAND 15.]
One of the biggest displays of bodywork is to be found on this stand, six examples of various types being represented. One is .a platform lorry on a big Straker-Squire chassis for lad, Coopes. This has a fixed wood canopy and so also has the van body for Reckitts on a Thornycroft chassis, which is naturally finished in Reckitts's blue! A box-van body in grey is shown on a two-cylinder Straker-Squire chassis for the Simplex Tyre Co., and there is a smart wagonette body on a Dennis chassis. This has a canvas canopy, the woodwork is in natural-wood finish, and the upholstery is in brown leather. The appearance of this vehicle is enhanced by the domed wings fitted, whilst another smart body is the van on a chassis of Thornycroft make, this being grey with red mouldings, with double doors at the rear. A notable example of the high-class char-inba.ncs body is the one fitted to a Dennis heavy chassis, this being painted in Royal blue with black mouldings and white lines. The finish is of a very superior order, the leather-upholstered seats having roll edges. A Cape-cart hood is supplied and all fittings are in nickel. A ht avy wood-framed windscreen is in position with an oval aperture for the use of the driver in ease of rain.
J. Liversidge and Son, Ltd., 561, Old Kent Road, London, S.E.
[STAND 12.] Some sound bodywork is to be seen here, two examples of different types being shown. One of these is a van body on a five-ton Hanford chassis for Simmons and Cotter, the flour carriers and contractors. There is a forward-extension hood for the driver, and there are lace-up canvas flaps at the back going down to the tailboard. The finish is red for the chassis and yellow for the body, while the interior has a natural-wood finish. The other body is a van ior the White Heather Laundry of Stonebridge Park. This has a black and white finish with the van top in white ; it has a folding hoed for the driver, and a. good feature is the staying of the rear guards by Y-shaped brackets front and back. The chassis in this case is a Luise with the big sheet-steel dash which affords so excellent a protection to the front seats and serves to house the gravity-feed petrol tank W. and T. Robson, Ltd.,
60, Farringdan Road, London, E.C.
[Srasso 40.] The three examples of Robson bodies shown are all mounted on Napier chassis. One is a very smart box body on a pneumatic-shod 15-cwt. machine. The finish is in a serviceable shade of lake, and the front is provided with side doors, while a curved screen is fitted above the dash, which, together with a wellextended roof, affords good protection to the driver. The other two chassis shown are of the one-ton longwheelbase type, both carrying van bodies with tilt tops. Mahogany panelling is used in all cases, and the detail finish is thoroughly in keeping with the reputation enjoyed by this house for sound work The box-van body is for Matthew Rose and Sons, of Hackney, and the others for the Army and Navy Auxiliary Co-operative Supply of Westminster and for Wallis and Co., Ltd., of Holborn Circus. The two latter have steel wheels, and, of course, solid twin tires on the driving wheels.
Howes and Sons, Ltd., Chapel Field, Norwich.
[STAND 16.]
Howes and Sons. Ltd., of Norwich. is a company which has been in the carriage-building industry since the 18th century and which was progressive c24
enough to take up motor body-work many years ago, exhibiting regularly in the coachwork section of the pleasure-car Show. It enters the field as a builder of industrial bodies with an excellent reputation therefore and a wealth of experience. Certainly the single exhibit on this stand is a very fine example of a high-class van body which it is only fitting should be on so excellent a chassis as the 16-20 h.p. Wolseley commercial machine. The finish of the body is in mauve with black beading and green lines, whilst the wheels are in cream. The varnishing is particularly good and with a nickel finish gives an exceptionally smart vehicle. Side doors and windscreen are fitted and the rear of the body has double doors with glass panels so that the driver can look right through the vehicle. The body is designed for 20 cwt. to '25 cwt. loads, and the wheels are shod with Frome solid tires.
Mann and Overtons, Ltd., 15, Commercial Road, Pimlico, London, S.W.
[STAND 111 The 12-15 h.p. Unic chassis is a well-known one, and very popular, especially for light delivery work, while the tilde taxicab is, of course, one of the best proved on London streets. A complete taxicab is shown with one of Dodson's well-finished bodies. The drop in the frame of this model to allow of a fullheight entrance and a low step is a very good feature, while the three-quarter-elliptic springing at the. rear adds, of course, to the comfort of the body. The second exhibit is a 12-15 h.p. chassis with a van body of a very roomy type, which should suit the requirements of a large number of trades. There is a partition behind the driver's seat provided with a sliding panel, and a good feature is the sensible side windows. There is a canvas extension over the driving seat, the occupants of which are further protected by the curved screen carried up from the dash. This body is by Bayleys and quite typical of the best work.
G. Scammell and Nephew, Fashion Street, Spitalfields, London, E.
[STAND 25.] Two Fo-dens, for which machines this firm is the London repairer, are shown at this stand, with very practical examples of bodies suitable for heavy chassis. One has a truck body with drop sides and the other a covered body. Both have, of course, a canopy to afford protection to driver and stoker. The open-bodied vehicle has "R.S." resilient wheels, which consist of an inner cast-steel portion with heavy-section wood blocks interposed between the inner and outer steel felloes. A wheel is shown dismantled, whilst a pair of wheels mounted on a Foden axle are also staged. The van body is one of the smartest fitted to a steamer in the Show, and the brown finish, while workmanlike, has a particularly smart appearance which should appeal to the user who wants his heavy lorries to possess some advertising value on every working clay.
Venesta, Ltd., 1, Great Tower Street, London, E.C.
[STAND 13.]
A single exhibit is staged here, but it happens to be a particularly fine example of Venesta work. The chassis is one of the subsidy-type Hallfords and the body of the box-van type. The feature of Venesta, coachwork is the panel construction, all boards and panels being unshrinkable and waterproof. This body is exceptionally smartly finished with three natural-wood panels extending the full length of the body and divided by black fillets with red lining. The body is supported above the chassis by cross-pieces, so as to give ready access to the mechanism. There are very ample locker spaces beneath the driver's seat—three in all—and altogether the body is a fine piece of practical body building, eminently suited to the subsidy type of chassis and giving a vehicle of very businesslike and sensible appearance.