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Leyland Motors Ltd - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Leyland Motors was a British vehicle manufacturer of lorries and buses. In 1946, AEC and Leyland Motors worked to form the British United Traction Ltd. In 1955, through an equity agreement, manufacture of commercial vehicles under license from Leyland Motors commenced in Madras, India at the new Ashok factory. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Leyland_Motors   (749 words)

[No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10) Scammell Lorries Ltd was formed in 1922 at Tolpits Lane, Watford. Scammell were pioneers of articulated transport, at the time their Articulated Six-wheeler set the scene for the company’s individualistic approach to lorry design and building. Later around 1930 Scammell developed the 100 tonner heavy haulage tractor and were to remain the UK’s leading builder of heavy haulage tractive units. homepage.ntlworld.com /clowesjw/Scammell.htm   (401 words)

Scammell - Danish Army Vehicles Homepage   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10) Scammell Lorries Ltd. was set up at Tolpits Lane in Watford in 1922. Scammell´s trailer division was sold to York Trailers in 1976. Scammell was then acquired by Unipower, which, by then, had absorbed what was left of Thornycroft. www.armyvehicles.dk /scammell.htm   (297 words)

Irish Times Article - Help Desk   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10) Scammell Lorries Ltd was formed on July 1st 1922, nine months after its prototype articulated combination had been displayed at the Olympia Motor Show. Scammell's future was determined by the policy of its Leyland parent (another sad story of British vehicle manufacturing). Unlike some of its luckless partners the Watford concern survived for another twenty years, a name to reckon with in its chosen areas of specialisation, and famous for its reliability whenever the going was tough. www.ireland.com /newspaper/motoring/2004/0804/2284101025MOT04HELP.html   (719 words)

history   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10) However Scammell Lorries as we know it didn't come about until 1921 when the company exhibited its first articulated combination with a 7.5 ton payload rating. Scammell Lorries Ltd was formed on I July 1922, nine months after its prototype articulated combination had been displayed at the Olympia Motor Show. Both the Michelotti-designed glass-fibre cab, and the Crusader tractors were in many respects well ahead of their time, but in the end Scammell's future was determined by the policy of its Leyland parent (another sad story of British vehicle manufacturing). freespace.virgin.net /scammell.man/history.html   (522 words)

Model Collector Magazine   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10) The name of Scammell is closely associated with two main areas: the Scarab and the railway network, and heavy haulage. Scammell Lorries Ltd was formed in 1922, an off-shoot of G. Scammell and Nephew Ltd. In 1955 the company merged with Leyland Motors. Doug's interest was kindled while working for Meccano Ltd. He realised there was a demand for models of cars which the major manufacturers could not contemplate. www.modelcollector.co.uk /content/a_z/s.htm   (3162 words)

REME Recovery Vehicle Wheeled CL 6 x 4 Scammell EKA The Scammell Crusader was originally a commercial tractor unit, produced in 4 and 6 wheeled versions with drive only to the rear axles. Because of their limited off road capability Scammell EKA recovery vehicles were usually issued to units with a peacetime recovery role or a wartime role mainly limited to route clearance. As the total absorption of Scammell Lorries Ltd into the British Leyland conglomerate took place at about the same time as these vehicles came into service some are badged as Leylands. www.rememuseum.org.uk /vehicles/wrv/vehseka.htm   (482 words)

Corgi - Kaye Goodfellow liveried Scammell Contractor - The Model Zone Forum   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10) Set up in 1922, Scammell Lorries Ltd was an offshoot of G. Scammell and Nephew Ltd, an already long established coachbuilding and steam wagon company dating from 1837. Responsible for some of the more well known heavy haulage trucks Scammell Lorries has an impressive lineup from it's stable, the Showtrac was produced post war for the fairground industry. This was followed by the Explorer, the Mountaineer and the Constructor with the Highwayman being built in the mid 1950's. www.themodelzone.org /forum/showthread.php?t=281   (249 words)

Unasylva - Vol. 9, No. 2 - Equipment news The double cage wheels illustrated here completely replace tractor wheels and are well suited to bog and swamp land. Catchpole Engineering Co. Ltd., 19, Hatter Street, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, England. With the Scammel automatic coupling a tractor may be coupled to a trailer at any angle up to 90° and the operation of either coupling or uncoupling is under the control of the driver who need not leave the cab during the operation. www.fao.org /docrep/x5375e/x5375e09.htm   (959 words)

West Coast Run This lorry was a big favourite with the people of Lewis and Harris, as it was this type of lorry that would have served the island’s villages back in the 1950s. The old lorries were also attracting the interest of many local residents as they watched them from their front gardens as the cavalcade passed by. I had received a phone call from the Head teacher at Seilebost primary school asking if some of the lorries would stop at the school so that the ten children in the school, who were doing a project on transport, could see the lorries. www.witpg.org.uk /westcoastrun.htm   (1661 words)

Made in Preston - History of Leyland Motors   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10) J.Sumner Ltd was the initial name in 1895 and was formed when a Preston company, Coulthard and Co, purchased a half share. In 1951 Leyland Motors acquired the Glasgow-based bus manufacturer Albion Motors Ltd. There followed some heavy pruning of the Albion bus range after the purchase and by 1953 only the Albion Victor was still being sold. An amendment to the Construction and Use Regulations on 1st July 1956 saw the maximum length for double-deckers increased to 30ft and Leyland introduced a range of Titans to the new length. www.madeinpreston.co.uk /Road/leylandinfo.html   (3364 words)

Gardners History Page 3   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10) In December 1924 the first diesel driven lorry with direct injection was exhibited in Berlin by MAN and six years later Daimler-Benz began series production of diesel powered commercial vehicles. Following the introduction of the LW range, lorry makers began to offer Gardner engines as original equipment and, although the business in retrofitted units remained strong for several years, annual unit sales increased steadily from less than 500 to over 3,500 in 1937. Their largest customers were Guy of Wolverhampton and Foden of Cheshire, both long standing clients; others included Atkinson Lorries of Preston, Bristol Commercial Vehicles of Bristol, Daimler Transport Vehicles of Coventry, ERF of Cheshire and Scammell Lorries of Watford. basil.acs.bolton.ac.uk /~mjh1hlc/Gardners_03.htm   (3730 words)

Lorries.html   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10) The eight wheelers ERF and AEC used the same chassis, the Thames Trader and the Austin Prime Mover shared their trailers, either flat bed or with sides. Some lorries came with a load, like logs, timber, sacks or barrels and the 'London Brick 'AEC carried a load of bricks. Spot-On planned more lorries with the Bedford tractor, like a low-loader, but these models were never realized. home.wanadoo.nl /vandera/lorries.html   (351 words)

Brazil (film) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Kurtzman, is named after Harvey Kurtzman, the Mad Magazine creator, cartoonist and magazine editor who gave Gilliam his start in publishing by publishing his work in the magazine Help and serving as Gilliam's mentor. Jill's truck is a Scammell Lorries Ltd S24 tank transporter. Sam's "personal transporter" is a Messerschmitt KR175 with a jet engine attached to the back. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Brazil_(film)   (2743 words)

Alpha Toyz   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10) In 1971, the new Scammell Crusader with Motor Panels cab design became BRS's standard 32 ton vehicle and the most cost effective truck in operation until the Leyland Roadtrain joined the fleet. Scottish and Newcastle Breweries Ltd are one of the largest brewing concerns in the UK and the only one with their head office in Scotland - at Abbey Brewery in Edinburgh. He bough his first motor lorry in 1918 and by the mid 30s had a fleet of Leyland lorries. www.alphatoymaster.co.uk /acatalog/Online_Catalogue_Trucks_77.html   (614 words)

Leyland - Danish Army Vehicles Homepage In the next 20 years the company continued to expand its scope, dominating much of the world's bus market and growing to become the fifth-largest vehicle producer in the world. Leyland Trucks is also designing an expanding series of urban delivery vehicles for sale in North America by Peterbilt and Kenworth and has taken over assembly of all Foden models - a range of medium and heavy duty commercial and military vehicles. Leyland Trucks Ltd. is a wholly-owned subsidiary of PACCAR Inc - one of the world's largest truck manufacturers. www.armyvehicles.dk /leyland.htm   (428 words)

Corgi 1:50 Scammell Crusader King Trailer and Load Pickfords (CC12605) | Antics Online Corgi 1:50th scale Scammell Crusader, King Trailer and Load. The history of British Transport for the last 300 years is the history of Pickfords. The Scammell marque formed the mainstay of the Pickfords heavy haulage fleet from the Highwayman and Constructor to the heavies of the 70's. www.anticsonline.co.uk /582_1_20656.html   (189 words)

Bargains - Corgi Collectables "Road Transport Heritage : The Golden Years" 1:50 Scale   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10) This famous haulage Company was founded by W.G.D. Pollock in 1935 with one lorry based at Corstorphine to the west of Edinburgh. The fleet had grown to 16 vehicles at the time of nationalisation in 1949, and following de-nationalisation in 1954, the Company moved to Musselburgh, to the east of the City, where it has operated from ever since. Complete with sheeted crates of Babycham, our replica is painted in precisely matched paint colours of the period, and features photo-etched wipers and fine detail mirrors. www.hattons.co.uk /productlist/bargains2.asp?m=23&p=94&s=15   (430 words)

Moving Here | Stories | What happened to my two uncles and my aunt? My father got out of any schooling Barnardo's might have supplied by learning the cornet and joing the Home's brass band, which travelled the UK raising funds. On leaving the Home, he became an apprentice carriage wheelwright and then worked as a coachbuilder with Park Ward and H.J.Mulliner in London before joining Scammell Lorries Ltd in Watford, where he remained for more than 40 years until retiring in the late 1960s. Before marrying my mother Edna May Clinch of Yiewsley, Middlesex, in the 1930s, he lived in Whetstone with a Mrs Shepherd, and had a successful career as an amateur footballer. movinghere.org.uk /stories/story491/story491.htm?.../story491.htm   (430 words)

History > Miscellaneous articles Hoadley's Scammell - A similar picture actually features in the World's Fair showing this as a novel showman's road tractor from Messrs Scammell Lorries Ltd of Watford. The article notes that a large number of notable roundabout proprietors and general public have been along to inspect the vehicle. Presumably the back of one of the Pinder family circus shows - Ling's Ben Hur Ark is visible, and the flat lorry on the left is part of the Collins' Showboat attraction. www.shef.ac.uk /nfa/history/miscellaneous_articles/article14.php   (559 words)

Corgi Collectables CC12308 Scammell contractor "Kaye Goodfellow" Scammell Lorries Ltd, of Watford was set up in 1922 and was an offshoot of G. Scammell & Nephew Ltd., the coach building and steam wagon company whose history dates back to 1837. Shortly after setting up, the Company took on a young engineer, Oliver D. North who was responsible for a number of important designs. Guy invincible 8 wheel platform lorry "Frederick Ray Ltd" www.ehattons.com /Stock.asp?SID=17671   (390 words)

LinksD - Open Links Directory Lorries, Heavy Haulage - UK Also road haulage services and contractors' plant hire Moorhouse Transport Services Ltd, Birmingham, United Kingdom. Lorries, Heavy Haulage, Off Road - UK Kellysearch for Lorries, Heavy Haulage, Off Road - UK. UK Commission for Integrated Transport are a real risk to other road users and lorries and to enforce prohibitions of heavy lorries from took its remit from the Integrated Transport White Paper www.linksd.co.uk /catalogs/general/transport/heavyroad   (2601 words)

Thornycroft Lorries By 1902 they had started to build the new petrol engined lorries and by 1907 they had finished building Steam lorries at Basingstoke, although a subsidiary Stewart and Co continued building them in Glasgow until 1910. Some 5000 of these lorries powered by the 40hp 4 cylinder petrol engines were produced. A Magnificent new Thornycroft Tartar 6 Wheeler JR 4383 for RT and J Hewitt Ltd of Morpeth www.users.totalise.co.uk /~thetyke/id37.htm   (590 words)

Lorries Thomas, Joseph and Lennie Sunter set up in transport in 1923 with a converted Ford Model T which carried cattle and produce from their village of Gunnerside in North Yorkshire to the market town of Richmond. An expertise in timber haulage later prompted the transition into long steel transport and eventually heavy haulage. They lost their identity in 1986 after merging with Econofreight and Wynn's to form Econofreight United Heavy Transport Ltd. www.diecast-models-and-toys.co.uk /lorries.html   (163 words)

eBay.co.uk Shop - jamesytrainsy modelrailways: 00 LORRIES: RNLI RANGEROVER AND LIFEBOAT POSTFREE UK 00 H0   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10) SCAMMELL HANDYMAN BP FUEL TANKER 00/H0 LLEDO*NO RES* ERF and TRAILER KEN THOMAS LTD 00/H0 TRACKSIDE SCAMMELL CONTRACTOR PICKFORDS 00 X 2 AND TRAILER NO RES stores.ebay.co.uk /jamesytrainsy-modelrailways_00-LORRIES_W0QQcolZ2Q...   (284 words)

Scania Haulage Lorries   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10) He added: 'The biggest lorries allowed on UK roads are 44... with the theft of three tipper lorries from a compound. LPG petrol trucks and tankers lorries tractor units and commercial... www.haulagetransport.com /scaniahaulagelorries   (980 words)

eBay.co.uk - scammell, scammel, scammell crusader, Diecast Vehicles items at low prices   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10) SCAMMELL MECHANICAL HORSE SR 00 1:76 SCALE MODEL TRUCK SCAMMELL HANDYMAN LO LOADER WYNNS OO MODEL TRUCK 175005 Scammell Pioneer R100 Gun Tractor set of four mugs search.ebay.co.uk /scammell_W0QQfrtsZ400QQfsooZ1QQfsopZ19   (410 words)

Corgi 1:50 Scammell Crusader Sheeted Flatbed Morris Young Ltd (CC12609) | Antics Online Corgi 1:50 Scammell Crusader Sheeted Flatbed Morris Young Ltd (CC12609) Corgi 1:50 Scammell Crusader Sheeted Flatbed Morris Young Ltd (CC12609) Scammell Crusader sheeted flatbed trailer ' Morris Young Ltd ' Perth. www.anticsonline.co.uk /574_1_1002633.html   (198 words)

Wicor Models Corgi 1/50th Lorries Scammell Highwayman and Flatbed Trailer and Cradled Load - Westfield Transport Ltd Scammell Crusader and Flatbed - J R Adams Morris Lorry and Platform Trailer and Sheeted Crates - E Lacon Ltd www.e-modelshop.co.uk /acatalog/Corgi_150th_Modern_Trucks.html   (1079 words)

Corgi Classics Eddie Stobart - Collectiques.co.uk for Diecast, Models and Kits   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10) Scammell Crusader Tautliner - Eddie Stobart Ltd, Carlisle Scammell Crusader 3-Axle Low Loader - Eddie Stobart Scammell Contractor x 2, Girder Trailer, Bogies and Sheeted Load - Eddie Stobart Ltd www.collectiques.net /shop/directory/Corgi_Classics/Ranges/Eddie_Stobart   (212 words)

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