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Albion
United Kingdom: 1899 - 1972
Scotland's largest automobile company Albion belongs to the most famous British companies, who died in rubbles of collapsed in 60-70-ies UK automotive industry. Albion Motor Car Company was founded in 1899 on a place of a repair shop on Finnistonstrit street in Glasgow. The company was founded by two young graduate of the University of Edinburgh, Thomas Blackwood Murray and Norman Fulton, who worked at one of the first British car companies - the Arrol-Johnston. Establishment of the company was financed by John Murray, father of Thomas, who proposed to the ancient name of the British Isles for it.

The first passenger Albion car was presented in 1900. It was a high ugly 4-person car on wooden wheels with a 2-cylinder 8 hp engine. In 1902, a big wooden box was installed on the car, turning it into a van could carry 500 kg of cargo. From the beginning the young company was fastly growing, and in 1904 it moved to larger place in Scotstoun, near Glasgow, where it remained until his last day. The turning point in the history of Albion was 1910, when one of the most famous trucks of the brand - 3-ton Model "A10" was presented. 4-ton version - the Model "A12" was showed in 1913. the famous of "Albion" brand was brought by large orders for 6 thousand of such vehicles for the British Army in the First World War.

In 20-ies, the company's slogan saying "Reliable as sunrise", and the new logo on radiators was a stylized inscription "Albion" inside sunlight. In 1931, a first 5-ton truck with "cab over the engine" design was showed. In 1933 the company made the first 4-cylinder diesel engine of its own design with direct fuel injection. Using a wide experience to creating buses, Albion gradually became a leader of producing trucks with "cab over the engine" design. In 30-ies, almost all buses received beautiful names, but for trucks continued to use alpha-numeric combination. The trucks were offered in 2- and 3-axle versions with payload from 1,5 to 15 tons, equipped with gasoline or diesel engines.

Before the Second World War the ccompany Albion was one of the most prosperous British truck manufactories, becoming a kind of pride in Scotland. During the War, Albion produced a large number of army vehicles. Production of civilian models were resumed in 1946 with a range of six basic chassis of pre-war development with a payload from 1,5 to 18 tons.

By the early 50's, the Albion's range consisted only of COE trucks. In 1951 the Albion company was acquired by the Leyland Motors. Until the late 50's the production of older models was continued, but gradually the influence of Leyland Motors became stronger. The latest Albion developed trucks was presented in 1957. It was a 4-axle Caledonian model, which was a serious competitor to the Leyland Octopus; and soon the new management decided to streamline the entire program. In practice, this meant the phasing out of Albion brand models. In 1969, the programs of both companies were almost the same, and three years later the Albion had ceased to exist.
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Commercial

Albion Victor VT19N(HD) with Homalloy GRP cab

Albion Victor VT19

1958 - 1966
Albion Caledonian 24C/5 From the Albion of Scotstoun book

Albion 24C/5

1960 - 1961
Albion Claymore CL

Albion CL3 / CL5

1958 - 1965
Truck with no photos

Albion DW2

1938 - 1939
Albion DW1S Patrol Van From the Albion of Scotstoun book

Albion DW1 / DW3

1938 - 1940
Albion CX27 From the Albion of Scotstoun book

Albion CX27

1938 - 1939
Albion CX9 From the Albion of Scotstoun book

Albion CX9 / CX39

1938 - 1950
Albion CX7

Albion CX7

1938 - 1949
Albion CX3

Albion CX1 / CX3

1936 - 1949
Albion Model 563 From the Albion of Scotstoun book

Albion Model 563

1937 - 1937
Albion Model 561 From the Albion of Scotstoun book

Albion Model 561

1936 - 1938
Albion Model 549 From the Albion of Scotstoun book

Albion Model 549

1935 - 1938
Albion KS126

Albion Model 126

1935 - 1940
Albion Model 32. From the Albion of Scotstoun book

Albion Model 32

1928 - 1933
Van on the chassis of Albion PK28. From the Albion of Scotstoun book

Albion Model 28

1926 - 1932
Van on the chassis of Albion PK26 From the Albion of Scotstoun book

Albion Model 26

1926 - 1933
Albion A10 MkIII. From the Albion of Scotstoun book

Albion A10 MkIII

1925 - 1926
Albion A10 MkII. From the Albion of Scotstoun book

Albion A10 MkII

1923 - 1925
Albion A20. From the Albion of Scotstoun book

Albion A20

1920 - 1925
Albion A14

Albion A14

1911 - 1915
Albion A3 From the The Illustrated history of Albion book

Albion A3

1904 - 1915

Military

Albion WD66. From the Albion of Scotstoun book

Albion WD66

1956 - 1956
Albion WD.HD23N

Albion WD.HD23

1953 - 1954
Albion WD.FT15N

Albion WD.FT15

1945 - 1946
Albion WD.FT11N

Albion WD.FT11

1942 - 1944
Albion WD.CX24. From the Albion of Scotstoun book

Albion WD.CX24

1941 - 1944
Albion WD.CX23. From the Albion of Scotstoun book

Albion WD.CX23

1941 - 1944
Albion WD.CX22

Albion WD.CX22

1943 - 1945
Albion WD.CX6 From the Albion of Scotstoun book

Albion WD.CX6

1940 - 1941
Albion BY3N From the Albion of Scotstoun book

Albion BY3 / BY5

1940 - 1945
Albion BY1

Albion BY1

1937 - 1940
Albion AM463

Albion AM463

1934 - n/a
Albion Model 32. From the Albion of Scotstoun book

Albion Model 32

1928 - 1933
Albion Model 31 From the The Illustrated history of Albion book

Albion Model 31

1927 - 1931
Albion SB24

Albion SB24

1923 - n/a
Albion A10 Military

Albion A10

1914 - n/a

Concepts

Albion LD1. From the Albion of Scotstoun book

Albion LD1

1951 - 1951
Albion KD23

Albion KD23

1951 - 1951
Albion WD.CX33

Albion WD.CX33

1943 - 1944
Albion WD.EV1. From the Albion of Scotstoun book

Albion WD.EV1

1938 - 1938
Albion AZ2. From the Albion of Scotstoun book

Albion AZ2 / AZ8

1937 - 1940

Special

Albion CX14

Albion CX14 / CX20

1939 - 1939
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