AEC: Lorries






























Note: This is a sub-section of AEC.
General
- 1906 Servicing company for the London Motor Omnibus Company with the fleet name of Vanguard.
- 1912 AEC commenced manufacture of buses for London.
- 1916 Produced a lorry chassis for the Forces.
- 1926 It merged for two years with British Daimler.
- 1927 Moved from Walthamstow to Southall.
- WW2 Produced 9,620 Matador 4x4 medium artillery tractors and numerous other vehicles for the Forces.
- 1948 Produced the Matador and Monarch at 12-ton gross weight.
- 1948 Acquired Maudslay Motor Co Ltd of Alchester and Crossley Motors of Manchester.
- 1949 Acquired the body-building company Park Royal Vehicles and its subsidiary of Charles H. Roe of Leeds.
- 1953 Produced the Mercury for an 8-ton payload.
- 1957 Moved in to earth moving equipment but these ceased under this badge in 1967.
- 1968 The 'Mandator' uses the new V8 engine.
List of Models
- X type
- B type
- Y type (1916-23)
- 204 type ( -1928)
- Majestic (1930- )
- Mammoth
- Mandator
- Monarch (1932-39)
- Matador (1932- )
- Mercury (1928- )
- Merryweather
- Militant (1952- )
- Mogul