Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and
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Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and
manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 147,919 pages of
information and 233,587 images on early companies, their products and the
people who designed and built them.
ERF of Sun Works, Sandbach, Cheshire produced commercial vehicles from 1932.
1932 Edwin Richard Foden retired from Foden. After a period of recuperation he returned to the development of a diesel lorry on his own account.
1933 With the collaboration of his son Dennis, and several key figures dismissed by Fodens, Edwin established a rival concern, which became ERF Ltd[1][2] specialising in heavy oil-engined transport vehicles from 5 to 40 tons capacity.
1933 The new company used the same Jennings cabs and Gardner engines as Fodens had done.
1933 The first ERF vehicle was a 6 ton type C14 which remained in production until 1946.
WWII Production of military lorries, mostly for the Royal Army Service Corps, with some vehicles for essential civilian users.
