New Light Roe Body for A.E.C. Reliance A A LIGHTWEIGHT composite

30th April 1954, Page 80

30th April 1954

Page 80

Page 80, 30th April 1954 — New Light Roe Body for A.E.C. Reliance A A LIGHTWEIGHT composite

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41-seat central-entrance coach body weighing 2 tons 6+ cwt. and priced at 12,115 has been introduced for A.E.C. Reliance chassis by Charles H. Roe, Ltd.. Leeds. It has been named the Dalesman.

Main pillars are reinforced with steel and exterior panelling is in aluminium. Polished aluminium alloy is used for side mouldings and for the front and rear bumpers.

The tubular steel luxury seats are upholstered in a combination of Vynide and moquette. The driver is seated in the saloon, and his equipment includes a demister and an adjustable sun vizor.

Ventilation is provided by two RoeVac ventilators and two hinged transparent Weathershield panels in the roof. There arc also eight Quicktho full-drop balanced windows. Natural lighting is enhanced by two Perspex amber panels let into the front dome.

Fawn worsted velvet is used to cover the side lining and roof underdrawing panels above the luggage racks, the underside of which is covered in Florestin oyster leathercloth relieved by decorative nrquette plaques. Florestin is used to fine also the centre of the roof, except between the roof lights where polished veneered timber panels are fitted.

A large luggage locker is provided at the rear.

NO CERTIFICATES FOR • INSTRUCTORS

THE Ministry of Transport has con

sidered issuing a certificate for driving instructors and the wider issue of licensing them. The matter, however, involves tests of a high standard, and this is impracticable with the existing acute shortage of examiners.

Mr. E. Y. Bannard, a spokesman of the Ministry, made this statement at a meeting of the Hull and East Riding (Yorks) Accident Prevention Federation.

He doubted whether the provision of a certificate of competence for driving instructors would solve the problem being created by the " mushroom " growth of driving schools all over the country. An answer might be the nationalization of the training schools, but the Government had no intention of doing this, Mr. Bannard said.

LEY LANDS FOR NIGERIAN ROAD WORK

ROAD work in Nigeria is to be IX accelerated by the use of 14 Leyland Comet lorries and tippers which have been specially ordered by Oiukwu Transport, Ltd., one of the largest operators in West Africa. The Comets, which will be fitted with oil engines, will replace a number of petrol-engined vehicles.

Anthony Hoist tipping gear and 6-eu.-nl, bodies are to be fitted to 10 of the vehicles. The remainder will have locally" built bodywork.

c30 Mr. Ojukwu, who was-a member of the Nigerian mission that visited the U.K. recently, already operates a fleet of Comets on long-distance haulage between Lagos and the eastern provinces.

PASTE FOR BATTERY REPAIRS

THE newest product of Douglas Holt (Est. 1919). Ltd., 5-6 Eagle Street, llendon, W.C.1, is Batrepair, a smooth black paste sold in a tube for the repair of cracked battery casings. It is claimed to resist acid electrolyte and to be unaffected by petrol, oil, water or chemical solutions.

GREEN LINE EXPERIMENT SUCCEEDS

THE first of the "cross-country" Green Line coach services (No. 725), running between Windsor and Gravesend. via Croydon, has been doubled ill frequency. Started as an experiment