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Albion Motors was a Scottish automobile and commercial vehicle manufacturer, founded in Glasgow in 1899 as the Albion Motor Car Company by Thomas Blackwood Murray and Norman Osborne Fulton, who had both worked at Arrol-Johnston. It began with cars and moved to its Scotstoun works in 1903, renamed itself Albion Motors in 1931 under the sunrise badge, and built trucks and buses that became widely used, among them the A10 lorry of the First World War. Leyland Motors bought the company in 1951 and it passed into British Leyland in 1968. The Albion name was dropped in 1972 and vehicle production at the Scotstoun factory ended in 1980.

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Founded Year
1899 1
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Dissolved Year
1972 1
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Manufacturer 1
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Albion Motors was a Scottish automobile and commercial vehicle manufacturer.

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Albion Motors was a Scottish automobile and commercial vehicle manufacturer.

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Albion Motors was a Scottish automobile and commercial vehicle manufacturer.

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Albion Motors was a Scottish automobile and commercial vehicle manufacturer.

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The Albion A10 was a British lorry built by Albion Motors.

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Albion Motors was a Scottish automobile and commercial vehicle manufacturer.

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Note: This is a sub-section of Albion Motor Co, later Albion Motors.

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The Albion Aberdonian was an underfloor-engined bus designed and manufactured by Albion Motors between 1957 and 1960

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Chieftain (1948)

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Claymore (1954–1966)

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Clydesdale (1959–1979) Export model built on truck chassis.

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The Albion CX22S was designed and built by Albion Motors in late 1943 to supplement the Scammell Pioneer heavy artillery tractor, which was not available in sufficient numbers.

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Albion Motors was a Scottish automobile and commercial vehicle manufacturer.

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SBG business to competitors AEC, Daimler or Guy, Leyland commissioned Albion Motors to develop a low-height front-engined double-decker bus using Leyland units, most of which already in production, the frame design was new as was the drop-centre rear axle but every other unit was made from production Leyland Motors parts.

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Albion Motors was a Scottish automobile and commercial vehicle manufacturer.

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Albion Motors was a Scottish automobile and commercial vehicle manufacturer.

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It was the first Albion bus chassis to have a name that did not begin with the letter V.

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The Reiver was a six-wheeler.

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Royal Scot (1959) 15.2 litre underfloor-engined 6×4 dirt-road bus. 20 built for South African Railways.

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Talisman TA (1959) 9.8 litre front-engined 6x4 dirt-road bus. 5 built for Rhodesian Railways.

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Valiant (1931–1936) Mainly sold to the coach market.

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Albion Motors was a Scottish automobile and commercial vehicle manufacturer.

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Albion Motors was a Scottish automobile and commercial vehicle manufacturer.

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Valkyrie (1930–1938) Forward control.

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Albion Motors was a Scottish automobile and commercial vehicle manufacturer.

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Albion Motors was a Scottish automobile and commercial vehicle manufacturer.

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Venturer (1932–1939) Albions first double-decker. 51, later 55 seats.

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Albion Motors was a Scottish automobile and commercial vehicle manufacturer.

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Victor (1930–1939) Normal or forward control. 20 or 24 seater.

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Albion Motors was a Scottish automobile and commercial vehicle manufacturer.

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Albion Motors was a Scottish automobile and commercial vehicle manufacturer.

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The Albion Viking was a bus chassis manufactured by Albion between 1963 and 1980.

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Albion Motors was a Scottish automobile and commercial vehicle manufacturer.

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Albion Motors was a Scottish automobile and commercial vehicle manufacturer.

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The factory was originally on the first floor of a building in Finnieston Street, Glasgow and had only seven employees.
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    Founded in 1899, Albion Motors was purchased by Leyland Motors in 1951.
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    British Leyland eliminated the Albion name in 1972 with the products continuing to be built at the same factory under the Leyland brand.
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    Vehicle production at the former Albion factory in the Scotstoun area of Glasgow, Scotland, continued until 1980.
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    Albion Motors was a Scottish automobile and commercial vehicle manufacturer.
  • History
    The factory was originally on the first floor of a building in Finnieston Street, Glasgow and had only seven employees.
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