British Lorries 1950s Leyland Dennis Pax Foden FE ERF

British Lorries of the 1950s

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This guide features several classic British lorries of the 1950s.
AEC Mercury

Introduced in 1953, the low-weight AEC Mercury, produced at Maudslay, near Alcester, brought a new style to AECs with its flush mounted headlamps and wide dummy radiator grille. Park Royal Vehicles built most of the cabs but there were numerous others from proprietary bodybuilders such as Duramin, Holmes and Bowyer Bros. At 12 tons gvw the Mercury was a full 8-tonner. It was powered by the new AV410 98bhp diesel although for customers wanting a larger engine, the 125bhp AV 470 was an option.
Albion Claymore

Underfloor engines were being considered by several manufacturers in the fifties including Sentinel, Albion, Commer, Atkinson and Rowe-Hillmaster. Among the best remembered was Albion's underfloor-engined Claymore, launched in 1954 and aimed at operators requiring a three-seater cab such as in brewery and furniture removal fleets. It was powered by a horizontal version of Albion's 4.1-litre 4-cylinder diesel and had payload ratings of 4 or 5-tons.The Albion name disappeared in 1972, being replaced by Leyland.
Bedford S-type

Bedford's first civilian forward-control truck was the 7-ton S-type or "Big-Bedford" as it was christened by the marketing men. A completely new design concept for General Motors, its style was clearly influenced by the parent company's GMC trucks of the period. Originally fitted with a 110bhp 6-cylinder petrol engine a diesel option in the form of the Perkins R6 arrived in 1953 and in 1958, Bedford's own diesel. The S-type was discontinued in late 1959.
Dennis Pax

In the period that followed WW2, one vehicle that typified the local delivery brewers dray was undoubtedly the Dennis Pax. Available originally with the makers own petrol engine, a diesel engine option was offered later. With a wheelbase of 3.5m and a set-back front axle, the Pax was a plain vehicle built to the highest standards. It had no pretensions about following the styling trends of the post-war years. Whitbread were confirmed users of the products of the Guildford based manufacturer.
ERF KV

Edwin R Foden broke away from his family Foden concern and started to make his own diesel powered lorries in 1933 using proprietary units such as Jennings cabs and Gardner engines. A classic ERF model of the 1950s, with arguably the most striking cab design of the period, was the KV (

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