Tun COACHWORK.
The saloon is steel panelled, and has four good sized doors. As there is no gear lever to cause an obstruction, the driver's door can be used as easily as the others. There is a choice of four colour schemes. The upholstery is leather, and the instrument and wood fillets generally are mahogany finish. The interior is not in the least fussy ; it all looks plain and good and likely to stand wear and tear without looking ,scratched and shabby. A useful " cubby hole ", is provided in the instrument board, and each door. has a recessed pocket pear the floor, with no flaps however. The sliding roof is ,a Pytehley, and very easily worked. I was glad to find that all the glass used was made of Triplex. Four of the six windows are made to wind ; I would mention that the winding gear worked extremely quickly and easily. The windscreen is a single sheet, with a tandem windscreen wiper ; the whole opens outwards as required.
• The movable bucket seats in front and a broad seat behind will easily hold five people. Indeed, the back seat is too roomy for two, and would be better divided by a folding armrest In the middle, and a footrest would alio be an advantage to keep one firmly in the seat. Although the saloon overall is *quite high, there is hardly enough headroom behind. Apart from this the seating as a whole is comfortable, but the driving position would be greatly improved if the steering wheel was set at a different angle, and much 'closer' to the bddy. The throttle pedal too is at an uncomfortable angle until it is depressed half way. An unusual type of disc wheel is fitted which not only adds to the appearance of the car, but is very easy to clean. A neat feature is the dimming device for the headlamps which is on the steering wheel and can be worked withOut taking the hand off the wheel. The effect is to put out the off side lamp, and to turn the near side one to the left, thereby lighting up the curb. A good luggage grid is mounted at the back, the spare wheel being on the near side front wing.
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