Associated Equipment Co history

The first truck AEC was built on the chassis of the X-type, but already in 1914, a mass production of 3-ton truck Y-type.

AEC commenced large-scale production of their 3-ton Y-type lorry in 1916, including some with Daimler-built engines, badged and supplied as Daimler.

In 1926, AEC and Daimler formed the Associated Daimler Company, which was dissolved two years later.

In 1927, AEC moved its manufacturing from Walthamstow to a new plant at Southall.

Since 1929, all new models of trucks AEC started to call the words beginning with "M" - for example, Majestic and Mammoth.

In 1932, AEC took a controlling interest in the British subsidiary of the American Four Wheel Drive (FWD) company, and began to use more standard AEC components in those vehicles.

Production of the AEC Armoured Car started in 1941.

In 1946 AEC and Leyland Motors formed British United Traction as a joint venture to manufacture trolleybuses and traction equipment for diesel railcars since reduced demand would not require the existing capacity of both parents.

Also in 1948 AEC acquired Crossley Motors and the Maudslay Motor Company and on 1 October 1948 AEC set up Associated Commercial Vehicles (ACV) as the holding company for the newly acquired businesses and its own manufacturing firm, which was renamed AEC Limited.

In 1949 ACV acquired the bus coachbuilding company Park Royal Vehicles, along with its subsidiary Charles H Roe.

In 1961 ACV acquired Thornycroft.

The most famous of AEC brought double-Decker buses Routemaster and Regent, by 1962 fully have replaced the London trolleybuses.