Main requirements of vehicle to be used for long distance travel over both flat and mountainous country; diesel engined buses and coaches with power outputs of at least 150 bhp, fitted with 5-speed gear boxes, and having ratios sufficiently low to enable vehicle to take gradients of one in five or one in four, are necessary for many of services being operated on European Continent; engine exhaust brake system essential. From paper before Instn Mech Engrs. (See also -- discussion p 27-33; Instn Mech Engrs -- Proc (Automobile Division) pt 1 1951-52 p 23-7; Bus and Coach v 24 n 282 May 1952 p 151-2)
Long-distance diesel 'buses on European continent
Gas Oil Power
Gas and Oil Power ; 47 , n 561
1952
3 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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