Automobile Engineer: 1958/11
From Graces Guide
Note: This is a sub-section of the Automobile Engineer
CONTENTS
- 407. Editorial - Commercial Vehicle Progress
1958 Commercial Motor Exhibition
- 408. Engines - AEC, Cummins, Daimler, Foden, Gardner, Leyland, Henry Meadows, Perkins, Standard, Thornycroft
- 418. Clutches - Borg and Beck Co, Small and Parkes, Powder Couplings, Automotive Products
- 419. Gearboxes - Moss Gear Co, David Brown Industries, Borg-Warner
- 425. Final Drive Units - Kirkstall Forge Engineering, Eaton Axles, Moss Gear Co, Lockheed Hydraulic Brake Co
- 427. Suspension and Steering - Reliant Engineering Co
- 408. Engines - Quest for increased power continues: more interest in turbochargers and distributor type fuel injection pumps
- 418. Clutches - Further development of well established units, and an extension of the use of hydraulic actuation
- 419. Gearboxes New and modified gearboxes to meet the demand for more ratios, and steady development of automatic and semi-automatic transmissions has continued since the previous Show
- 425. Final Drive Units - Fewer worm drive units, and new two-speed and third differential arrangements
- 427. Suspension and Steering - Air suspension attracting much attention and some transverse leaf spring front suspension systems introduced for light commercial vehicles - Primrose Third Axle Co, Eagle Engineering Co
- 434. Brakes - Braking performance improved because of increased engine power, vehicle loads and speeds; more promising outlook for disc brakes - Clayton Dewandre, Westinghouse Brake and Signal Co, Feeny and Johnson
- 438. Frames and Body Structures - Reductions in weight and floor height and increasing use of plastics - Bonallack and Sons, Park Royal Vehicles, Charles H. Roe
- 442. Electrical Equipment and Heaters - Increasing interest in the four-headlamp lighting arrangement, and in the employment of A.C. generators - CAV, Simms Motor Units, Smiths, Crompton Parkinson, Oldham and Son, AC-Delco, Joseph Lucas
- 447. Bodywork - Great improvements in cabs, and some well designed special purpose vehicles Guy Motors, Walker and Son, Scammell, Commer Cars, Leyland, Bedford, Wadham Brothers, Locomotors, Jensen Motors, Edwards Brothers (Tippers), James Cocker and Sons (Southport), Karrier Motors, Thomas Harrington, J. H. Jennings and Sons, Martin Walter, Dennis Brothers, Marshall's Motor Bodies, Austin Motor Co, Spurling Motor Bodies, Atkinson Vehicles, Seddon Diesel Vehicles, A. G. D. Peters and Co, W. P. Butterfield, Holmes (Preston), York Trailer Co, Reall (Coachbuilders), Carbodies, Beardmore Motors, Mulliners, AEC, Park Royal Vehicles, Standard Motor Co
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