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Revision as of 09:38, 26 May 2009
Trucks
- Before the 1960s lorry production was big business for the company.
Buses
- During the 1950s M. G. Rowe Motors Doublebois were based in Cornwall. They built some Hillmaster bus and coach chassis.
- 1953 A prototype was produced. It had a Meadows 4DC four-cylinder 5.7 litre engine and five-speed Meadows gearbox.
- Meadows later produced its own version of the 4DC.
- 1956 A Reading bodied bus to seat 44 passengers was built for Millbrook Steamboat and Trading.
- 1957 Three more followed and were sold to Morlais Motor Services.
Sources of Information
- Ian Allan - British Buses Since 1900 - Aldridge and Morris