Name of trucks on the good old days

[fh13]

I amused myself with writing up the former English Lorries different name then I think it’s nicer to have a name other than a name with two or three letters and numbers. It can be seen as a swipe at contemporary factories that do not have better imagination.
Volvo had in the 1950’s names on their trucks like these: Titanium, Starke, Brage, Raske and Trygge meaning Titanium, Strong, God of poetry, Quick and Safe.

I see that the producers of yesteryear were very specific in terms of names and not experimented with names here and there, but reacted to a letter of the alphabet which I think was good.

AEC:

Beaver
Comet
Majestic
Major
Mammouth
Mandator
Mercery
Monarch
Mustang

Albion:

Chieftain
Clansman
Clydesdale
Clydmore
Reiver AUS
Victor AUS

Leyland as had many creature names:

Badger
Beaver
Bison
Boxer
Buffalo
Chieftain
Clydesdale
Super Comet
Constructor
Crusaders
Hippo
KUR
Lynx
Mastiff
Mercery
Octopus
Super Reiver
Retreiver
Rhino
Rocklea
Steer
Terrier

Atkinson:

Borderer
Continental
Leader
Nazar
Scearcer
Silver knight
Venturer

Seddon Atkinson Strato

Commer:

Commando
Commersial
Maxiload
Superpoise

Ford:

Thames
Thames Trader
Transit

Schamell:

Constructor
Crusader
Handyman
Higwayman
Pioneer
Routeman

ERF:

Trunker

Maudslay:

Maharajah
Mammouth Major
Merioit
Meritor
Mogul
Monarch
Mustang

This is not too bad although I see that some brands have the same name. Bedford is hopeless as they don’t have names. You may correct me if something is missing or incorrect

[retired_old_fart]

How about Scammell’s Mechanical Horse and Scarab?
Thorneycroft’s Sturdy, Sturdy Star, Trusty and Antar.- Help me out here: what was the 8-wheeler called?
Guy’s Max, Pax, Warrior and Invincible.

[dave_the_renegade]

Retired Old ■■■■:
How about Scammell’s Mechanical Horse and Scarab?
Thorneycroft’s Sturdy, Sturdy Star, Trusty and Antar.- Help me out here: what was the 8-wheeler called?
Guy’s Max, Pax, Warrior and Invincible.

Wolf
Vixen
Warrior
Invincible
Big J
Otter

[retired_old_fart]

Well you can’t expect me to think much at this time of night!!!
Not after a hard day on th’allotment followed by a couple of pints of Banks’ bitter1

[dave_the_renegade]

Retired Old ■■■■:
Well you can’t expect me to think much at this time of night!!!
Not after a hard day on th’allotment followed by a couple of pints of Banks’ bitter1

Huh .

[steve_owen]

schamell…SCAMMELL, also made Rigid 6 & 8, Showtrac, Explorer, Mountaineer, Contractor, Commander, Trunker

[intertype7]

When I was about 10 I enrolled in the Scammell Spotters Club, out of something I read in my father’s Motor Transport.
I used to get a monthly newsletter. I wonder if I am the only former member left?

[robert1952]

You’ve got Trunker under ERF instead of under Scammell! That leaves ERF with no name so I’ll provide one: the European. Robert

[wideboybob]

all of AEC’S trucks start with an M matador,majestic, mandator,mercury, monarch, militant, mustang, marshall, marshall minor, marshall major, marshall 6, mammoth, mammoth minor, mammoth major , mogul, phew! PS does the sabrina count towards erf?

[smokinbarrels]

Thornycroft Nubian.

[robert1952]

Maudslays all had names out of the Indian Raj: Maharanee, Maharajah, Mogul, Meritor… Beats the hell out names like Eurostar, Eurotech and Eurotrakker! Robert

[craig_111]

As a proud Cornishman I’ll add one to the list, built in Dobwalls near Liskeard:

Rowe - Hillmaster

How about that for an evocative name; if only it had been true (the handful of Rowe lorries I’ve witnessed in action seemed more akin to Hill-struggler)

~ Craig

[robert1952]

Craig 111:
As a proud Cornishman I’ll add one to the list, built in Dobwalls near Liskeard:

Rowe - Hillmaster

How about that for an evocative name; if only it had been true (the handful of Rowe lorries I’ve witnessed in action seemed more akin to Hill-struggler)

~ Craig

I reckon a picture of one of these vehicles with that proud name should go on the ‘Really nasty hills’ thread! Robert

[craig_111]

Perhaps we should start a retroactive marketing campaign for Rowe’s finest Robert? Something along the lines of:

“You’ve got a nasty hill? . . . We’ve got the Hillmaster!”

Anyway, here’s a pic of a friend’s father with the Hillmaster he drove back in the dark ages.

As we’d say back in Kernow: “T’was sum 'andsome lorry”

~ Craig

[robert1952]

Craig 111:
Perhaps we should start a retroactive marketing campaign for Rowe’s finest Robert? Something along the lines of:

“You’ve got a nasty hill? . . . We’ve got the Hillmaster!”

Anyway, here’s a pic of a friend’s father with the Hillmaster he drove back in the dark ages.

As we’d say back in Kernow: “T’was sum 'andsome lorry”

~ Craig

It MUST have been handsome: he looks as if he’s just married it! Proper driver! Robert

[retired_old_fart]

I’d liked to have seen that Hillmaster fully loaded going up out of Launceston toward Holsworthy!

[erf-continental]

Good idea to highlight the typification in names.

OM (Officine Meccaniche) in Brescia named their truck range according to capacity to animals:

Orsetto, Daino, Lupetto, Cerbiatto, Leoncino, Tigrotto were common names and appearances
on Continental roads during the seventies and eighties

Lancia in Turin named their vans and trucks:

Jolly, Super Jolly, Esaro, Esadelta, Esagamme

Alfa Romeo in Milan named their vans and trucks:

Romeo, Romeo 2*, Romeo 3*, Mille, Mille A

There were also various nicknames:

Mercedes-Benz LP333/LPS333 (Chinese six, twin-steer) was called Tausendfussler

DAF FA/FT2600 was called Jukebox

[3300john]

hiya Jennings of Sandach made the cabs for hillmaster
John

[3300john]

Hiya Robert robert robert what can i say EEEEEEERRRRRFFFFFFF did’nt use names !!! what about poor old Sabrina…well i never.
that,s a red card you know…it might even be some type of epitaph in your book…LOL
John

[retired_old_fart]

3300John:
hiya Jennings of Sandach made the cabs for hillmaster
John

So that’s why they looked so good!