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Alvis became part of Rover in 1965, which ended the company's car manufacturing in 1967 to allow it to concentrate on the manufacture of armoured vehicles. [1] In 1968 Rover and its Alvis subsidiary were incorporated into the Leyland Motor Corporation later British Leyland or BL. In 1981 the then nationalised BL sold the Alvis business to ...
Kahn Design is a British-based company that specialises in the modification of motor vehicles. Founded by Afzal Kahn, the company has its headquarters in Bradford and showrooms in both Chelsea and Kensington in London. [1] Initially the company designed and sold alloy wheels, but in 2003 developed into car design modifications and coachbuilding.
The union was formed in 1834 as the United Kingdom Society of Coachmakers, adopting the name National Union of Vehicle Builders in 1919. [4] In 1920, the London and Provincial Coachmakers, the Operative Coachmakers' Federal Union, and the Coachmen and Vicesmiths' Trade Society joined the union, while the Amalgamated Wheelwrights, Smiths and Kindred Trades Union joined in 1923.
The War Office purchased an additional 822 Y Types in 1919 and the type remained in production for civilian customers until 1922. [ 1 ] as a 5-ton lorry [ 3 ] A number of Y Types were sold to civilian operators after the war, a common conversion saw the military body removed and the chassis used as the basis of an omnibus .
The LTI TXII is a hackney carriage (London hail taxi) manufactured by LTI. It is the second model following the modernisation and redesign of the London taxi that began with the TX1 . The vehicle has a handful of differences from its predecessor including a change of engine from Nissan to the intercooled Ford Duratorq , which, according to the ...
The very first Alvis Project Vehicle for a 5-ton off-road truck - PV1. Also known as The Beast. The Stalwart is a frameless vehicle with an all welded waterproof hull - the hull forms a punt chassis. The engine is situated under the load deck in the rear of the hull and the gearbox with transfer box and differential forward of this. The load ...
The Nationalisation of British Transport: The Early History of the British Transport Commission, 1948-53. London: Macmillan Press, Ltd. ISBN 0333419006. Morton, Ian (February 2008). "British Road Services". Hornby Magazine. No. 8. Hersham: Ian Allan Publishing. pp. 114– 116. ISSN 1753-2469. OCLC 226087101
[1] [2] During the 1960s it bodied many buses for British Electric Traction. [3] [4] [5] It ceased manufacturing in the early 1980s. [6] [7] In January 1992, Marshall Bus re-entered the bus bodying industry after purchasing the rights to the Duple Dartline from Carlyle Works. [8] It also completed bodies on Iveco Ford 49.10s and Volvo B6s. [9]