Maudslay Motor Co of Parkside, Coventry was a manufacturer of Lorries and Trucks from 1903 to 1954.
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1903 The Maudslay Motor Company was formed by Cyril C. Maudslay. Alexander Craig and John Reid joined him.
See Maudslay Marine Motors which was presumably connected with this company.
1905 April. Details of the commercial vehicles including a 14-hp single-deck omnibus and 15 cwt covered van.[1]
1907 Became a public company. The company, Maudslay Motor Co (1907) was registered on 7 March, to take over the business of a company of almost similar title. [2]
1907 Maudslay Motor Company (1907) Ltd formed to acquire the business of Maudslay Motor Co incorporated in 1903. First directors: Sir Charles S. Forbes, Bart., Alexander Craig, Francis Edward Foster, Cyril C. Maudslay, Samuel Sanders and J. W. C. Seymour. [3]
1911 April. Details of a large marine engine set of two 60-hp engines for a whaling boat.[4]
1913-1917 For a list of the models and prices of Petrol Motor Commercial Vehicles see the 1917 Red Book.
1914 Car and motor manufacturers. Specialities: pleasure cars, motor lorries and marine motors. Employees 300 to 350. [5]
WW1 Built parts for aero engines.
1920 October. Exhibited at the Commercial Motor Exhibition at Olympia with two motor lorries (one at 6 tons and the other was side-tipping) and a 40 hp charabanc. [6]
1921 At Motor Show they had 3/4-ton, 4/5-ton, 5/6-ton and 6/7 ton vehicles with 50hp engines.
1923 Introduced a 7-ton forward-control model
1925 Introduced an 8-ton truck
1929 Launched the L10 10-ton forward-control six-wheeler
1935 Financial difficulties and rescued by Oliver Douglas Smith
1946 Moved production to Great Alne
1947 Range consisted of Mogul 6-ton, Militant 7cu yd tipper, Mustang 10-ton, Maharajah 13-ton rigid six-wheeler, Maharanee 13-ton tractor unit and the Meritor / Mikado 15-to rigid eight-wheeler.
1948 AEC, shortly to become Associated Commercial Vehicles (ACV), bought the Maudslay Motor Co.
1961 Subsidiary of ACV. Employs 1,000 persons. [7] Manufacturer of commercial vehicles. [8]
1972 Rockwell Standard purchased Maudslay Motor Co of Alcester from Leyland [9].
1986 Rockwell retained the Axle bay of John Thompson Motor Pressings when it sold the main Motor Pressing business; the Axle bay works was run from Maudslay Motor Co at Alcester and eventually closed on 22nd May 1987.
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Sources of Information
- ↑ The Autocar 1905/04/22
- ↑ The Stock Exchange Year Book 1908
- ↑ The Times, Thursday, Mar 14, 1907
- ↑ The Autocar 1911/04/22
- ↑ 1914 Whitakers Red Book
- ↑ The Engineer of 29th October 1920 p424
- ↑ 1961 Guide to Key British Enterprises: Motor, Motor-Cycle and Commercial Vehicle Manufacturers
- ↑ 1961 Dun and Bradstreet KBE
- ↑ The Times, 19 December 1972
- British Lorries 1900-1992 by S. W. Stevens-Stratten. Pub. Ian Allen Publishing
- A Short History of Naval and Marine Engineering by E. C. Smith. Published 1937
- Buses and Trolleybuses before 1919 by David Kaye. Published 1972
- Ian Allan - British Buses Since 1900 - Aldridge and Morris