contrast to the high esteem which turbocharged oil igines stand with certain ators, the majority view is the turbocharger is an...

R EAR-VIEW mirrors seem to receive less attention from manufacturers than any other part of a vehicle. A new lorry or van with...

Factors in U.S. Road Transport S OME interesting points on the transport of goods by road are referred to in a study made by...

an American claim that the average octane number of spirit will rise by 3-5 points during the next five at in premium grades...

INVESTIGATIONS are being made by I the Austin Motor Co., Ltd., into the application of the basic design of the new Austin 7...

C OUNTEIUNG complaints, voiced by Mr. Jim Simmons, Ml'. for Brierley Hill, that bus services from the Wornbourn housing estate...

vehicles was granted, without the production of any supporting evidence, to a Sunderland scrap metal merchant and carter by the...

L.T.E. Report Warns About Growing Car Traffic : No Full Recovery from Strike UCH of the report of Mr. A. B. B. Valentine....

By a Special Correspondent 'HE first passenger-carrying bus from London to Calcutta was pioneered by Paddy Garrow-Fisher in...

EE XTENSIVE tests of the modified C.5 high-speed coach that Midland " Red " intend to use on the LondonBirmingham motorway...

T HE Central London Busmen's committee at their meeting last week decided to make a triple claim to the London Transport...

T HE difficulties of providing A.C. power supplies for fluorescent lighting from a D.C. bus battery are well known. The problem...

A SEALED rim specifically designed 1 – X for both tubed and tubeless truck tyres has been introduced by the Goodyear company....

MR. H. P. OLDHAM has resigned his position as director of manufacturing of Hardy Spicer, Ltd., to return to the USA MR. H. 0....

.CONDUCTORS of Scottish Omnibuses, Ltd., have been asked to take on the additional role of salesmen, by the chairman of the...

A T Blackpool last week Ribble Motor Services, Ltd.. contended-that the provisions of Section 72 of the Road Traffic Act, 1930,...

EN an application came before the Vestern Licensing Authority, Mr. Nelson, at Bristol last week, he :el out that the Transport...

Haller bulk cement lorry has started in the workshops of J. house, South Africa, Ltd., Jupiter, land, Transvaal. The vehicle...

A VEHICLE carrying nine tons of rA carrots between Liverpool and Glasgow when its restricted B licence allowed only the...

living in some villages had to leave Hull cinemas and theatres before the end of shows to catch last buses home. East Yorkshire...

IN their written judgment on the Metcalfe case, which concerned the I revocation of special A licences by the Northern...

A LTHOUGH the total number of commercial vehicles newly registered in 'May was slightly lower than in March or April, the...

reorganization— which has gathered all light van body production and final assembly operations under one roof—Bedford light Nan...

CAUSE" many of their customers wanted to go to Clacton in preference ondon. W. Robinson and Sons (Great wood), Ltd., applied to...

an inquiry at Leicester last week that he had to leave his vehicles on open ground, where teddy boys got at them and where...

TW 0 new prime-movers for use with articulated units have been introduced by Dodge Bros. (Britain), Ltd., Kew Gardens, Surrey....

A FOUR-MILE motorway is planned. for Hendon, to cope with the greatly increased traffic expected to pass throu g h the borou g...

fi ATERIALS stated to have been consumed on repairs and maintenance— worth £l,319,625—could not,be verified because of the...

to accept a £43,000 road maintenance scheme between Punch's Hotel and the town boundary, as part of its programme to improve...

AN rate of fuel consumption of improvement of 1 m.p. g . in the 60-seat double-deckers has been achieved by co-operation...

HE settin g -up of a vehicle main tenance advisory committee is bein g considered by the Metropolitan and south eastern area of...

H AVY demands for the " Cornettc " ice cream sales vehicle, made by Smith's Delivery Vehicles, Ltd., Gateshead-on-Tyne, 11, and...

the permission of the Traffic Commissioners—and carried more than seven passen g ers—were warned by the Chairman or the Keswick...

nc EXCESS WEIGHT-150 FINES F OR five offences of allowing vehicles to be on the road when the combined wei g ht of vehicle and...

IR travel was becoming an important factor in holiday travel, said Mr. ). Walker, when the North • Western tic Commissioners...

carriage operation, a 14-in.-diameter clutch is now available as optional equipment on Leyland 0.350 oil engines fitted into...

S theatre traffic was not of a general nature and only arose from block bookings of seats, operators who wanted CO run...

+.TCE the Beach Station and other ailway property in Great Yarmouth into disuse on the closing of the land and Great Yarmouth...

been submitted by General Motors Corporation to the 'ntina authorities. It would be for nsion of present installations and an...

C ',AIMED to be less costly to manufacture than a conventional turboblower. a positive-displacement exhaust-driven turbine,...

a Thornycroft Big Ben 21-ft.-wheelbase six-wheeled chassis, has been shipped to Libya for use by the B.P. Exploration Co. The...

By C. Duncan Jewell C ENTRAL WALES, with a population of approximately six to a square mile, is an area in which there can be...

By P. A. C. Brockington, A.M.I.Mech.E. RE directors of Van Doorne's Automobielfabriek, N.V., Eindhoven, Holland, have no...

G IVEN a continuous supply of clean oil at a high enough pressure, the bearings of a turbocharger should last indefinitely, but...

+1 anti-theft device which immobilizes the engine and sounds a horn should a vehicle be tampered with has been devised by rity...

rscale Road Test of Turbocharged Heavy Shows Gains in Speed, Fuel Economy flew Performance : Outstanding Braking .es Achieved...

A REWARDING sight was presented at Leyland last week when two financial experts in neat, dark suits crawled under a bus to see...

Filling in Forms for the Renewal or Variation of Licences Is More Than a Matter of Routine : Many Things Have to Be Done Before...

T HE blown-discharge bulk container introduced by Bonallack and Sons, Ltd., Basildon. last year as a detachable container for...

40RANCE is no excuse for breaking the law, but may soften the severity of the punishment. This nciple has several times been...

Better Ride in E-ton Van D EVELOPMENTS in this country and overseas with the application of air suspension to...

T HE details of the Bacon Hydrox fuel cell which were given in your issue dated August 28, and which, incidentally, were far...

entral works for the vehicles based ield from Lincoln. original workshops operated by )mpany consisted of two large...

A HYDRAULICALLY opera ted I - % Bedford-Eagle three-stage tower wagon is to be displayed by Vauxhall Motors, Ltd., at the...

Many Difficulties, Largely Involving Personal Relations Between a Transport Manager and His Colleagues, Are Removed if There Is...

EMARKABLE feature of the new Austin 7 and Morris ii-Minor front-wheel-drive cars is that ample accommodation ur adults is...

A N independent suspension system with rubber as the resilient medium is shown in patent No. 814,290. Although illustrated as...