Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

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Vulcan Motors

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July 1938.
March 1939.
January 1948.
April 1951.

of Maidstone

1937 J. Brockhouse and Co acquired the entire share capital of Vulcan Motor and Engineering Co of Southport; the purchased would use the Vulcan works for general engineering but would take steps to maintain production of the Vulcan chassis[1] which they did by selling the rights to the motor vehicle side of the business[2] to Tilling-Stevens of Maidstone, Kent. Vulcan Works was renamed Brockhouse Engineering (Southport)[3]

1950 Tilling-Stevens was taken over by the Rootes Group and a new 7 tonner appeared at that year's Commercial Motor Show in London.

Rootes had their own established commercial makes in Commer and Karrier and both Vulcan and Tilling-Stevens vanished finally in 1953.

1953 Controlled by Tilling-Stevens Sales Manager: F. M. S. Best. Service Manager: F. J. Hughes.

See Also

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Sources of Information

  1. The Times, Oct 06, 1937
  2. The Times, Dec 09, 1937
  3. The Times, Dec 15, 1938