Vulcan Motor and Engineering Co: Lorries
Note: This is a sub-section of Vulcan Motor and Engineering Co
The Vulcan Motor and Engineering Company of Crossens, Southport, Lancashire produced commercial vehicles from 1904
1904 The company started in business
WWI maker of aeroplanes
1920 October. Exhibited at the Commercial Motor Exhibition at Olympia with several lorries all with a 20 hp engine. One was a 30cwt tipping wagon claimed to be the lowest price in its class.
1936 The company was in financial difficulties and was sold to J. Brockhouse, a trailer manufacturer, who only wanted the works and the land. Therefore the production rights were sold to Tilling-Stevens and production transferred to the Maidstone works - see Vulcan Motors
1953 Tilling-Stevens was taken over by the Rootes Group and the business was absorbed in to the Commer and Karrier ranges and the name dropped. At that time the range included a 6ton fitted with a Perkins P6 diesel engine
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