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 |  | | | 55 photos in 10 collections | | | UPDATED AUGUST 26 2009 | | | Some period brochure covers & trade advertisements | |  | |  | |  | |  | |  | |
| Vehicle Types from 1924 | | | LOAD CARRIERS
L10 (10/12-ton 6-wheeler, 1928)
Mogul (3-axle lorry, 1931)
Six-Four (6-ton, Gardner 4LW, 1933; later named Mogul)
LL1 (5-ton, 1936)
LL3 (4/5-ton, 1936)
L10/5 (10-ton trailing axle 6-wheeler)
Maharajah (rigid six, 1939, 1948)
Mikado (rigid eight, 1939)
Merlin (6-ton, 1940)
Militant (4-cyl Gardner or Maudslay)
Semi-Militant
Mogul I
Mogul II (7-ton, AEC or Gardner, 1943)
Militant II (7¼-ton, 6-cyl AEC, 1944)
Maharanee (tractive unit, AEC 7.7 or 9.6, 1946)
Mogul III (1947)
Mogul Empire Tipper
Mustang (10-ton, twin-steer, AEC, 1947)
Meritor (rigid eight, 1948)
Merlin II (for fire appliances until 1959) | | PASSENGER VEHICLES
Single deck, normal control
L (Low Level, 1924)
ML (Medium Low)
ML2 (15' w/b)
ML4 (16'8" w/b; later named Montrose)
Single deck, forward control
ML3 (16'6" w/b; later named Masta or Mentor)
ML5 (17'7½" w/b; later named Marathon)
ML6 (120bhp, 1928; later named Meteor)
ML6 Centurion
ML6 (90bhp Nimrod)
SF40 (15' w/b, 1934; later named Magna)
Marathon II (updated ML6 petrol engine, 1946)
Marathon III (AEC engine, 1947)
Marathon IV (AEC Regal IV, 1951)
Double deck
CPL (solid tyres)
ML7 (16'6" w/b, 1929; later named Majestic)
ML7 (16'2" w/b, 6-wheel, 1931; later named Magna) | | | Gallery opened May 17 2008 | | | MAUDSLAY.fotopic is owned and managed by Neil Fraser. | |
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| 1 | Style & Winch Brewery of Maidstone PKE42, 1952 Maudslay Mogul Mk IIIA (Monarch) with dray bodywork by Drake & Fletcher, also of Maidstone. This lorry featured in the November 1952 issue of the ACV Gazette. (NF collection) | Maudslay Mk IIIA | (44) |
| 2 | Chivers 1953 Maudslay Meritor Mk IIIA (Mammoth Major Mk III) 8-wheel platform lorry & drawbar trailer loaded with an impressive 22 pallets of preserves. (Richard Haughey collection) | Maudslay Mk IIIA | (33) |
| 3 | The double front axle 6-wheel goods chassis was developed by Maudslay as the Mustang in 1946. In the 1950s the Mk IIIA twin-steer took the old Maudslay name of Majestic, remaining in production until 1956. (NF collection) | Maudslay Mk IIIA | (32) |
| 4 | Ex-GPO 1953 Maudslay Mogul Mk IIIA (Mandator) M345110029 MYF974 regularly attends open days at Castle Point Bus Museum on Canvey Island in Essex, as seen here in October 2007. Insets show the Maudslay hub badges fitted on what were otherwise standard AEC Mk III types. (NF) | Maudslay Mk IIIA | (27) |
| 5 | Bonneted long wheelbase left-hand drive Maudslay Mammoth Major Mk IIIA for export, an exhibit on the Maudslay stand at the 1958 Commercial Motor Show in London. (NF collection) | Maudslay Mk IIIA | (19) |
| 6 | Maudslay Meritor Mk IIIAs (Mammoth Major 8s) on the assembly line at Parkside in Coventry. Production of certain Mk III AEC models was undertaken at the Alcester & Coventry factories when manufacture of Maudslays proper came to and end circa 1952. (NF collection) | Maudslay Mk IIIA | (14) |
| 7 | 1948 Maudslay Mogul JOA787 seen at the Rockwell-Maudslay works in Alcester in 1990. (NF) | Maudslay Mogul | (13) |
| 8 | 1948 Maudslay Mogul JXL198 on the seafront at Portpatrick, 11/7/09. (Dave Gothard) | Maudslay Mogul | (13) |
| 9 | Chivers & Sons Ltd of Histon was a regular Maudslay customer and their 1949 Maharanee HER619 was photographed in Cottenham many years before the road run started. (Richard Haughey collection) | Maudslay Maharanee | (12) |
| 10 | 1949 Maudslay Meritor KXU781 from the Lloyd's of Ludlow collection at the Guildhall in London on June 18th 2008 for the annual Cart Marking Ceremony. (Damon Cross) | Maudslay Meritor | (11) |
| 11 | Canham of Whittlesey MPT588, 1951 Maudslay Marathon III 79544/Burlingham FC37F acquired 3/58 from from Cosy Coaches of Meadowfield. Seen in Peterborough Bus Station on April 23rd 1960. (Peter Relf) | Maudslay Marathon | (9) |
| 12 | T Burrows & Sons of Wombwell 61 (HWW767), an elegant Duple-bodied Maudslay Marathon. (Peter Relf) | Maudslay Marathon | (9) |
| 13 | 1951 Maudslay Meritor MUG340 seen at Gaydon 2004. (Ted Taylor) | Maudslay Meritor | (9) |
| 14 | Horlock's of Northfleet HYD920, 1947 Maudslay Marathon (chassis 60066) with a rather ungainly Whitson C35F coach body, new to Burnell, Weston Super Mare. (Peter Relf) | Maudslay Marathon | (8) |
| 15 | 1949 Maudslay Meritor KXU781 from the Lloyd's of Ludlow collection at the Guildhall in London on June 18th 2008 for the annual Cart Marking Ceremony. (Phil Rawlings) | Maudslay Meritor | (7) |
| 16 | Eastern Counties Maudslay Marathon III with Gurney Nutting body, new to Beeston's of East Bergholt but seen in Wetherby on hire to West Yorkshire, 11/4/55. (J.C.W. Halliday via David Beilby) | Maudslay Marathon | (7) |
| 17 | Lloyd's of Ludlow 1949 Maudslay Mogul III JAC21 wending its way through Onslow Park at the steam fair held their in August 2008. (Dave Gothard) | Maudslay Mogul | (7) |
| 18 | 1949 Maudslay Meritor HCE656 with the showman W. Nichols, ex-Chivers & Sons Ltd. (Richard Haughey collection) #1 | Maudslay Meritor | (7) |
| 19 | Greenslades of Exeter LFJ804, 1951 Maudslay Marathon III (chassis 79536) with Gurney Nutting FC26C body. Dec 1953. (Peter Relf) | Maudslay Marathon | (6) |
| 20 | Maudslay Mercury Mk II, equipped with Telehoist Telelever tipping gear, on the Telehoist stand at the 1956 Commercial Motor Show in London. Subsequently entered service badged as an AEC. (NF collection) | Maudslay-badged AECs | (6) |
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The L-series of Low Level passenger chassis was introduced in 1924 and incorporated advanced features such as electric lighting & starting. Type letters changed to ML (Medium Low); ML2 and ML4 (later named the Montrose) were bonneted types. ML3 (Masta) was a forward-control side type. An improved ML3 with longer wheelbase was the ML5. The 4-cyl engine, gearbox & axles were by Maudslay. The ML6 of 1928 was a 6-cyl version, renamed Meteor in the 1930s. Two chassis designed for double-deck bodywork were the ML7 Majestic (1929) and 6-wheel ML7 Magna (1931). By 1937 the ML5 was renamed Marathon, available with optional Gardner oil engine.
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 | | Maudslay Mogul
4x2 Load Carrier. The Mogul name first appeared on a Maudslay chassis in 1931 as a 6-tonner with Gardner engine. In 1938 the 7½-ton Mogul with 4-cylinder petrol or diesel engine was introduced, followed by the 13'6" wheelbase Mogul II with AEC 7.7 litre or Gardner engine in 1943, and the 16' wheelbase Mogul III in 1946. A heavy duty tipper version of the Mogul was known as the Empire Tipper. In the mid-1950s the Mogul name was used on standard AEC Mk III Monarchs built at Alcester and badged as Maudslays. AEC used the Mogul name again in 1962 for a bonneted 4x2 chassis intended mainly for export.
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 | | Maudslay Maharanee
4x2 swb Tractor Unit. Introduced to the Maudslay civilian vehicle range in 1946, the Maharanee 5th wheel articulated motive unit was first offered with the AEC 7.7 litre diesel engine. Later models were supplied with the AEC 9.6 litre diesel.
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 | | Maudslay Marathon
The first Maudslay chassis with the Marathon name was the ML5 of 1937 with Maudslay petrol or Gardner oil engine. The 17'7" wheelbase Marathon II from 1946 also used the petrol engine, coupled to a Maudslay 5-speed gearbox. The Marathon III announced in October 1946 featured the AEC A173 7.7 litre diesel engine and AEC D124 4-speed sliding mesh gearbox, a specification similar to the AEC Regal I which would effectively see the Marathon off a year or two after Maudslay Motors became part of the ACV group of companies. In 1950 Marathon III's wheelbase was lengthened from 17'6" to 19'3" to accommodate 30' bodywork.
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 | | Maudslay Meritor
8x4 Load Carrier. Flagship of the Maudslay range, the rigid eight was originally named Mikado when it was first introduced in 1939. Construction was suspended around 1943 and resumed in 1948 with the AEC-engined Meritor. Its production life was cut short after only four years by ACV as it competed with the mighty AEC Mammoth Major, but in its day it was a popular choice for long distance trunking, often fitted with van bodywork and towing a drawbar trailer.
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 | | Maudslay Regent III Fire Appliance
From March 1950 to April 1957 some 138 AEC Regent III passenger chassis were assembled at the Maudslay Motors factory in Alcester and supplied to fire brigades in the UK and around the world. With its low centre of gravity the Regent III was particularly suitable mount for a 100' turntable ladder and in its shortened form as a pump escape. Each had a standard Maudslay 5-digit chassis number, the 'P' or 'D' prefix denoting petrol or diesel engine, and the 'L' or 'R' suffix standing for left or right hand drive. Ladders and pump equipment were manufactured by Merryweather & Sons Ltd of Greenwich, S.E. London. Bodywork was by Merryweather, or by Park Royal Vehicles Ltd.
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 | | Maudslay Regent III
Coventry Corporation received nine Regent IIIs (M9612E4639-47) assembled at the Maudslay works at Alcester in late 1950, apparently supplied to the Corporation in lieu of a rates debt. The buses received Maudslay badging & chassis numbers 50001-9. Bodywork was by Metro-Cammell.
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 | | Maudslay Mk IIIA
ACV made much of the group's 'Proud Inheritance' but by 1952 production of proper Maudslay models had ceased (other than the Merlin IIs for Merryweathers) and instead the factories turned out Mk III AECs. Operators could still purchase Maudslays but since 1951 they were regular AECs with Maudslay badges and Maudslay names such as Maharajah (Mammoth Major 6), Meritor (Mammoth Major 8), Mogul (Monarch & Mandator) etc. Whether any vehicles actually carried these names is unclear. Classified Mk IIIA, chassis numbers comprised the standard AEC model number prefixed with the letter M, in a separate series from AEC, eg M3451.10029.
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 | | Maudslay Merlin II
Often mistaken for an AEC Mercury, the Maudslay Merlin II chassis with 12' wheelbase was chosen by Merryweather & Sons Ltd for their first & second series of 'Marquis' fire appliances built between 1954 and 1959, and were the last true Maudslays in production, outlasting all other types by several years. Marquis Series I appliances were Merlin chassis nos 50501-50506 with AEC AV470 diesel engine and 4-speed sliding mesh gearbox. Marquis Series II were Merlin chassis nos 50507-50551 with the AV470 and 4- or 5-speed synchromesh gearbox. The first, 50501, was on the Maudslay stand at the 1954 Commercial Motor Show and later sold to the Municipality of Kisumu, Kenya. The last, 50551, was Bradford Fire Brigade's VKY634.
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 | | Maudslay-badged AECs
Under the ACV corporate umbrella, additional stand space for Maudslay (and Crossley) was taken at the London Commercial Motor Shows of the 1950s. The exhibits where standard AEC products rebadged; most regained AEC badges after each show.
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