Air cooled diesel engines

UK PROFESSIONAL DRIVERS FORUMS OLD TIME LORRIES, COMPANIES AND DRIVERS (INTERACT
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Apart from Magirus Deutz, did anybody else use them ? also why did they never really catch on and ( stupid question i know) how did the cab heater work :confused:

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Suedehead:
Apart from Magirus Deutz, did anybody else use them ? also why did they never really catch on and ( stupid question i know) how did the cab heater work :confused:

Cab heater worked from the heat of the engine oil, piped through a radiator/matrix similar to a normal system.

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Tatra, also known for their 6x6 frameless-chassis

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ERF-Continental:
Tatra, also known for their 6x6 frameless-chassis

Indeed, and their swing-axle independent suspension.

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Did Tatra dump motors not have a handbrake on the prop shaft , made them rock when loading from machine

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Out of some brochures herewith detail-pictures. In Holland Tatra was very popular with dumpers for
the many quarries and excavating.

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I seem to remember that either Lincolnshire Road Car or Lincoln City Transport tried an air-cooled Ruston diesel in a bus many years ago, correct me if Iā€™m wrong.

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A Lincoln Corporation Guy Arab III, DFE 383 was fitted with a Ruston & Hornsby air cooled engine. This vehicle survives.

lvvs.org.uk/dfe383.htm

and a Gosport and Fareham (Provincial) AEC Regent 270 MHO was built up from parts with a Ruston & Hornsby engine.

regent8.co.uk/aec_ruston.htm