Electricars
of Lawley Street and Webb Lane, Birmingham, 4. Telephone: Aston Cross 2016/7. Telegraphic Address: "Elecomcar, Birmingham"
1920 Electricars Ltd was set up - producing mainly heavy duty electric road vehicles.
1927 Mr Treece who had been works manager of Electricars Ltd., Landor-Street, Birmingham for the past six years, was appointed general manager.[1]
1927 July. H. R. Simpson was appointed technical sales representative in London and the South of England.[2]
1930s Diversified into doorstep delivery vehicles.
1935 Began building industrial trucks.
1936 Acquired by Associated Electric Vehicle Manufacturers Ltd, subsidiary of Young Accumulator Co[3].
1937 British Industries Fair Advert for Electric Storage Battery Vehicles and Trucks. Manufacturers of all types of Storage-battery Propelled Vehicles for municipal and commercial purposes, from 5 cwts. (254 kilos) to 7 tons (6.35 tonnes). (Electricity: Industrial and Domestic Section - Stand Nos. Cb.911 and Cb.810)
Presumably this led to the Morrison Electricar
1950s The introduction of the more versatile fork-lift truck led to the demise of the platform truck in the early '50s.
Combined with Harbilt Electric Trucks and Vehicles
Files available
- 2-Ton Elevating Truck
- TLR6 1-Ton Elevating Truck
- TLR6 2-Ton Elevating Truck
- TU20 1-Ton Truck
- TU40A 2-Ton Truck
- TU40BA Heavy Duty Platform Truck
See Also
Sources of Information
- [1] Electrical Factory Platform Truck
- 1937 British Industries Fair Advert p569; and p358