ATTRACTIVE PASSENGER-CARRYING VEHICLES.
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Brief Details of a Distinctive Saloon Bus and an All-weather Coach Recently Supplied by Karrier Motors, Ltd.
AMONGST the various passenger vehicles which have recently left the works of Karrier Motors, Ltd., at Huddersfield, we illustrate, on this page, two of attractive design. One is a 20seater saloon bus, the basis of which is the .makers' new Ch-type low load-line chassis, in which a 30-48 h.p. engine, a four-speed gearbox and worm final drive are used. This vehicle has just been commissioned by the Yeadon Transport Co., of Yeadon, near Bradford, who, it is interesting to note, have been users a Karrier vehicles for six years.
The bus is of the one-mat-control type, in which the pas,sengers' entrance is at the front near side, this entrance , being of deep and wide proportions to facilitate movements to and from the vehicle; a single step only is employed. An emergency door is fitted in the rear • panel. The driver is 'partitioned off from the main passenger compartrnent.
• The seats are oin the orthodox fashion and are well sprung and upholstered, and in mounting them particular attention has been paid to the spacing which is left between them so that ample knee room is available.
• There are only three windows in each • of the body ,sides, these being particularly, wide and . ensuring adequate . natural lighting for the interior. The centre window on each side is arranged to slide, and this feature, along with a ventilator provided in the roof, provides plenty of ventilation.
The body is built on very pleasing lines, and the bulbous outline, in conjunction with the tapered bonnet and scuttle dash, give the vehicle a most attractive appearance.
The standard equipment of the vehicle includes a 12-volt lighting set, speedometer, mirror, electric horn, spare wheel, tyre and tube; the spare wheel is carried in a bracket below the body at the rear. Disc wheels are used and they are fitted with 36-in. by 6-in. Dunlop pneumatic tyres, twins being used at the rear.
An illuminated destination indicator box is fitted above the body at the front, whilst route boards are carried along the waist line at the sides.
The other vehicle is intended for coaching service, and has recently been delivered to Messrs. Stephen Whittaker and Sons, of Guiaeley, near Leeds, who have also had much experience of Karrier vehicles, having made their original purchase of this Make as long ago as 1919.
Their latest purchase is a handsome 26-seater coach of the all-weather type and, in this instance, the makers' JKtape chassis is employed. This chassis has a powerful engine of 42-52 h.p., and, as in the case of the other model, is worm driven. The petrol tank is at the rear, but an Autovac is fitted as standard, and, in this case, a mechanical tyre pump driven from the gearbox is also employed.
The coach is fitted with the Triumph patent all-metal head with plate-glass drop windows running in felt-lined channels. The head and windows are, of course, distinct from the main body, but they combine to form a serviceable totally enclosed vehicle. The seats are arranged transversely in pairs, and are of the semi-bucket type ; they are stuffed with hair and upholstered in antique leather.
The body was constructed by John Buckingham, Ltd., of Birmingham, and is certainly a•high-class product. It is provided with two entrances 'on the near side. one at the front and the other behind the rear:Wheel arch.; a separath entrance is provided on the off side for the driver. .
The vehicle is finished in an attractive shade of purple, and its appearance is greatly enhanced by the aluMinium bonnet, nickel fittings (which are teed throughout) and a T-shaped windscreen.