Albion Motor Co: Buses
From Graces Guide
Note: This is a sub-section of Albion Motor Co.
General
- Albion earned a reputation for solid no-frills engineering. It survived the Depression when rival Halley folded.
- 1900 The first vehicle was produced.
- Before World War I the company had built up a large base of customers for Public Service Vehicle.
- 6,000 A10 lorries were supplied to the war between 1914-1918, and carried on into the 1920s.
- In 1923 the Vikings was invented for up to 18 seats, a low frame height with only one step.
- The first forward-control chassis arrived in 1927, the Viking PM28. Vikings were phased out in 1931-1932.
- By 1933 diesels were an option.
- New Valkyrie models were came back in 1935.
- Valiants were not as popular spanning from 1931 to 1936. They were more powerful than the Valkyrie.
- The Victors were invented around the same time 20-seater 42bhp 3.15 litre engine gaining a 6bhp 3.62 litre unit.
- Victor models lasted till 1939, 30 seats were standard at that time.
- The Venturer arrived late in 1932, a double-decker 6.85 litre petrol engine/ Gardner diesel and seated up to 51 passengers.
- 1937 The Commercial Motor Show launched the first ever CX Series which had the engine and gearbox in one unit.
- For a short time a six-wheeler single decker was introduced a version of the Valkyrie 15 were bought in 1937-1938, seating a total of 39 passengers.
- 1946 The Venturer CX19 double-decker had the option of Albion's own diesel or petrol engines.
- Between 1947 and 1953 Glasgow Corporation were the main buyer of the Venturer, they purchased 138 models.
- 1955 The Nimbus was developed, and had a small underfloor-engined chassis.
- 1963 The Viking was introduced it had a 0.370 Leyland engine at the front, opposite the entrance.
- Vikings and Clydesdales were exported until the 1980s.
List of Models
- Model 24 (1923-24)
- Viking 24 (1924-32)
- Valkyrie (1930–38)
- Valiant (1931–36)
- Victor (1930–39)
- Venturer (1932–39)
- Valorous (1932)
- Valkyrie CX (1937–50)
- Venturer CX (1937–51)
- Victor FT (1947–59)
- Valiant CX (1948–51)
- Viking CX (1948–52)
- Nimbus (1955–63)
- Aberdonian (1957–60)
- Victor VT (1959–66)
- Clydesdale (1959–78)
- Lowlander (1961–66)
- Viking VK (1963-83?)
See Also
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Sources of Information
- Buses and Trolleybuses before 1919 by David Kaye. Published 1972
- Ian Allan - British Buses Since 1900 - Aldridge and Morris
- British Buses Since 1945 by John Creighton. Published 1983. ISBN 0 7137 1258 9
- [1] Wikipedia