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Jaguar Corner a Bus Market
T WONDER how many people in the passenger-vehicle field I realize the strong position that Jaguar Cars, Ltd., are now in. The recent news that Dennis are to cease production of their Loline double-decker chassis means that devotees of Gardner diesel engines virtually have only Daimler or Guy to turn to— and both these concerns are owned by Jaguar.
Not bad for a company that was completely unconnected with the commercial-vehicle industry less than two years ago.
It will be interesting to see where the engine will be in the first double-decker design to be produced by either Daimler or Guy since they were taken over. Will it be a rear-engined Wulfrunian, or an air-sprung, disc-braked Fleetline?
The Diplomat
THE North Western Deputy Licensing Authority was told recently, during an inquiry in Liverpool, of a depot manager in Manchester who had the "ability and personality" to keep customers at bay when there had been delays in the collection and delivery of their goods, so that angry letters of complaint were not sent through to his head office in London. He'is probably an ex-employee of British Railways!
Making Friends .
FOR several weeks recently I saw quite a number of green left-hand-drive single-decker buses travelling down the Al on their way through London, obviously going to. the docks for shipment overseas. Frequently the timing meant that, when
approaching London, some were involved in the cut of the early morning rush-hour traffic.
Normally, in spite of the size of the vehicles (th. about 36 ft. long), they did not get in the way of flu cars. Until one day. . . .
Probably one of the busiest stretches of the 4-mile section where it is part of the North Circular
re are frequent blockages here and a I-mile morning was found to be caused by three ,hich were parked in the westbound lane at the obviously something seriously wrong, as the 'ere having a quiet chat and a smoke in front vehicle.
!angers !
1AD SERVICES really can "go to town" when o. An example of this was the recent opening emouth depot. They invited over a hundred f them customers from the mid-Scottish area; on coaches to get their guests there from Glasd no effort to give them a good time whilst at y they failed to take account of an important 1-important local football derby between Lngers. One could hardly blame them for this it was due to be played the previous Saturday r had caused it to be postponed to coincide with th opening.
the organizers thought it prudent to hurry -luncheon speeches and toasts. Now, in the this would be very welcome. But one of the Ir. T. G. Gibb, general manager of B.R.S.—an :r.
ime, however, to " sell " B.R.S. to his customers, )me of the difficulties. He was very brave in :angers at one point but, before anything was he endeared himself to his audience by referas "that colony of yours south of the Tweed."