Maudslay Motor Co: Buses
Note: This is a sub-section of Maudslay Motor Co.
1904 Began to produce a PSV chassis with a 25 hp three-cylinder 6-seater bus. It used overhead valves and four-speed gearbox.
1905 Produced its first double-deck chassis with a four-cylinder 6.44 litre engine. The valves were driven by an overhead camshaft.
1905 a number of 12 seater buses that were powered by two-cylinder overhead valve engines of 2.4 litre were supplied to Great Western Railway.
1907 First commercial vehicles at 1.1 and 5-ton capacity.
WWI The production of models to the Government approved subsidy design.
1924 the first design of a PSV chassis with a four-cylinder, ML type with a low frame was introduced. This was an idea started by AEC in 1923.
1927 normal and forward-control models were offered, with six-cylinder engines added to the options. This range stayed in production until 1936.
SMT bought 165 Maudslays between 1925 and 1929.
In the 1930s Maudslays' sold to mainly independents.
1935 the Magna was introduced it had a conventional vertical engine and radiator and had up to 40 seats.
The Marathon was introduced shortly after, again a conventional single-decker with a neat compact front end.
The Marathon and the Magna had Maudslays 5.43 litre petrol engine or Gardner 4LW/5LW diesel.
1946 the Marathon II was produced it had a petrol engine 120 of them were sold in two years.
1947 the Marathon III was then launched it had a diesel engine, this model was the most popular and 600 were sold.
1948 AEC supplied components to Maudslay.
1948 The company was absorbed in to AEC.
Production of the third Marathon was continued until 1950.
1950 Maudslays built AEC dump trucks.
1972 Leyland sold Maudslay to Rockwell International from the US.
1929 10-ton six-wheeler with 75hp engine produced and saved a company in problems.
WW2 Produced the Mogul and Militant two-axle vehicles plus military equipment with another factory at Alchester.
List of Models
- ML2
- ML3 (1924-36) Mastra
- ML4 Montrose
- ML5 Marathon
- ML6 (1928- ) Meteor
- ML7 Majestic (1929- )
- ML7 Magna (1931 - )
- Marathon (1947-50)