Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

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Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 162,258 pages of information and 244,500 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 147,919 pages of information and 233,587 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Caledon Motors

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April 1916.
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1919. 4-ton 40hp. Exhibit at Glasgow Museum of Transport.
January 1920.
February 1921.

Caledon Industrial Motor Vehicles were built at the firm's Duke Street works. Run by the Tainsh family

See Scottish Commercial Cars for the origin of the company

1915 Selling the Caledon, a bonneted chain-driven four-wheel lorry with a Dorman engine

Later built heavier trucks with engines from Buda and Hercules

1920-23 Built around twenty 11.9hp cars designed by Sam Gilchrist

1924 Launched the first ever 10-ton rigid six-wheel with 20ft long body

1926 - November. Company acquired by Richard Garrett and Sons.[1]


See Also

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Sources of Information

  1. The Engineer 1926/11/05