Associated Equipment Co Ltd [AEC]
Other Business Names:
- AEC
- London General Omnibus Co Ltd
- Associated Daimler Co Ltd
- Crossley Motors Ltd
- Maudslay Motor Co Ltd
- Park Royal Vehicles Ltd
- Transport Equipment (Thornycroft) Ltd
- Leyland Motor Corp Ltd
- Rackham, George J
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Southall, Greater London, Greater London, Greater London, England
- Walthamstow, Greater London, Greater London, Greater London, England
Sectors:
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Transport equipment production
Motor vehicle production
Notes:
Traced origins to 1912 when established to hold the bus and commercial vehicle making interests of London General Omnibus Co Ltd recently acquired by London Electric Railway Co. Known generally as AEC. 1926 formed Associated Daimler Co Ltd with Daimler but closed 1928. 1927 relocated from Walthamstow to Southall. 1948 acquired Crossley Motors Ltd and Maudslay Motor Co Ltd followed in 1949 by Park Royal Vehicles Ltd and by Transport Equipment (Thornycroft) Ltd in 1961. 1962 acquired by Leyland Motor Corp Ltd. George J Rackham, bus designer and engineer sometime with Leyland Motors, was a significant personality in the business's development [2024]
Publications:
- 75 Years of AEC by Townsin, Alan
- 80 Years of AEC by Townsin, Alan, & Brian Goulding
- AEC 50 Years. AEC Gazette Jubilee Year Edition by Dennis, John A (ed)
- AEC. Builders of London's Buses by Thomas, Alan, & John Aldridge
- AEC Story by Thackray, Brian
- AEC Story. From the Regent to the Monarch by Thackray, Brian
- AEC. The first fifty years by Unknown
- AEC Vehicles. Origins to 1929 by Thackray, Brian
- Battleships, Buses and Bombers. A history of transport in the Lea Valley by Lewis, Jim
- Blue Triangle. Alan Townsin takes a nostalgic look at AEC buses by Townsin, Alan
- Contribution to Victory by the Associated Equipment Co Ltd by Unknown
- 'George John Rackham' in G Booth (ed), Characters of the Bus Industry. A tribute to some of the men who have shaped the industry over the 75 years since the Omnibus Society was founded by Townsin, Alan
- History of London Transport. Passenger travel and the development of the metropolis. Vol 1, The nineteenth century; Vol 2, The twentieth century to 1970 by Barker, T C, & Michael Robbins
- One Hundred Years of AEC in the West Country. A pictorial tribute to the many lorry and bus models operated by companies in Cornwall, Devon, Somerset and Dorset by Platt, Philip, & John Sykes
- One Increasing Purpose. The annals of an investor by Whyte, Lewis
Groups:
Other Business Names:
- AEC
- London General Omnibus Co Ltd
- Associated Daimler Co Ltd
- Crossley Motors Ltd
- Maudslay Motor Co Ltd
- Park Royal Vehicles Ltd
- Transport Equipment (Thornycroft) Ltd
- Leyland Motor Corp Ltd
- Rackham, George J
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Southall, Greater London, Greater London, Greater London, England
- Walthamstow, Greater London, Greater London, Greater London, England
Sectors:
- Transport equipment production Motor vehicle production
Notes:
Traced origins to 1912 when established to hold the bus and commercial vehicle making interests of London General Omnibus Co Ltd recently acquired by London Electric Railway Co. Known generally as AEC. 1926 formed Associated Daimler Co Ltd with Daimler but closed 1928. 1927 relocated from Walthamstow to Southall. 1948 acquired Crossley Motors Ltd and Maudslay Motor Co Ltd followed in 1949 by Park Royal Vehicles Ltd and by Transport Equipment (Thornycroft) Ltd in 1961. 1962 acquired by Leyland Motor Corp Ltd. George J Rackham, bus designer and engineer sometime with Leyland Motors, was a significant personality in the business's development [2024]Publications:
- 75 Years of AEC by Townsin, Alan
- 80 Years of AEC by Townsin, Alan, & Brian Goulding
- AEC 50 Years. AEC Gazette Jubilee Year Edition by Dennis, John A (ed)
- AEC. Builders of London's Buses by Thomas, Alan, & John Aldridge
- AEC Story by Thackray, Brian
- AEC Story. From the Regent to the Monarch by Thackray, Brian
- AEC. The first fifty years by Unknown
- AEC Vehicles. Origins to 1929 by Thackray, Brian
- Battleships, Buses and Bombers. A history of transport in the Lea Valley by Lewis, Jim
- Blue Triangle. Alan Townsin takes a nostalgic look at AEC buses by Townsin, Alan
- Contribution to Victory by the Associated Equipment Co Ltd by Unknown
- 'George John Rackham' in G Booth (ed), Characters of the Bus Industry. A tribute to some of the men who have shaped the industry over the 75 years since the Omnibus Society was founded by Townsin, Alan
- History of London Transport. Passenger travel and the development of the metropolis. Vol 1, The nineteenth century; Vol 2, The twentieth century to 1970 by Barker, T C, & Michael Robbins
- One Hundred Years of AEC in the West Country. A pictorial tribute to the many lorry and bus models operated by companies in Cornwall, Devon, Somerset and Dorset by Platt, Philip, & John Sykes
- One Increasing Purpose. The annals of an investor by Whyte, Lewis