Thornycroft was a United Kingdom-based vehicle manufacturer which built coaches, buses, and trucks from 1896 until 1977. This article discusses transportation vehicles. ... TheBus, established by Mayor Frank Fasi, is Honolulus only public transit system. ... The driver of a car transporter truck prepares to offload Skoda Octavia cars in Cardiff, Wales For further uses of the word truck, see Truck (disambiguation). ... 1896 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... 1977 was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1977 calendar). ...

History

Thornycroft started out with steam vans and lorries. John Isaac Thornycroft, the naval engineer, built his first steam lorry in 1896. Their first petrol vehicle was in 1902 and the company completed the move into internal combustion engine power in 1907. Sir John Isaac Thornycroft (d. ... 1896 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Gasoline, as it is known in North America, or petrol, in many Commonwealth countries (sometimes also called motor spirit) is a petroleum-derived liquid mixture consisting primarily of hydrocarbons, used as fuel in internal combustion engines. ... 1902 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... 1907 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ...

Thereafter the vehicle building firm and the marine side (later to become Vosper Thornycroft) were separate companies. Vosper Thornycroft is a limited business traditionally associated with the shipbuilding industry in the UK. They hold a shipbuilding yard in Southampton, Hampshire. ...

From 1931, Thornycroft used names for their vehicle range - descriptive and colourful ones. 1931 is a common year starting on Thursday. ...

In 1948, the company name was changed to Transport Equipment (Thornycroft) Ltd to prevent confusion with the shipbuilding Thornycroft company. 1948 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ...

They were taken over by AEC, by then Associated Commercial Vehicles Ltd and production was limited to the Nubians, Big Bens and Antars. ACV was then taken over by Leyland who already had a specialist vehicle unit in Scammell, another manufacturer of large haulage vehicles. Thornycroft's Basingstoke factory was closed in 1969 and specialist vehicles transferred to Scammell at Watford. AEC was a United Kingdom based vehicle manufacturer which built buses and trucks from 1912 until 1979. ... Leyland Motors is a British vehicle manufacturer of lorries and buses. ... Scammel Lorries Limited was a British manufacturer of trucks, particularly specialist and military off-highway vehicles from 1921 to 1988. ... Location within the British Isles View from Basingstoke railway station forecourt; the chrome yellow buildings stand on the site of older office buildings that have been demolished to build apartments. ... 1969 was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1969 calendar). ... Watford is a town and district (styled as borough due to the historical charter granted by Henry VIII) just to the north-west of London. ...

Models

Bus and coach

• Boudicea
• Patrician
• Lightning
• Cygnet
• Beautyride

Lorry

• Hardy
• Dandy
• Sturdy - 5/6 tonner
• Trusty - 8 ton forward control 4 wheeler
• Bullfinch
• Strenuous
• Mastiff
• Taurus
• Iron Duke
• Amazon
• Stag
• Bulldog
• Jupiter - 6.5 ton
• Big Ben
• Nubian
  • 3-ton vehicle.
  • Available as 4 x 4, 6 x 4, 6 x 6
• Mighty Antar
  • 85-ton
  • 6 x 4 pipeline and tank transporter

The Mighty Antar was a heavy duty prime mover built by Thornycroft during the 1940s. ...

External links

Thornycroft vehicle preservation group

See also