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3 unusual facts about Crossley Motors


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The Irish Army continued to use them for troop transport throughout the Civil War period, but they were worked hard and appeared to have received little care: of 454 originally supplied, only 57 were in service by 1926 with a further 66 being overhauled or repaired.

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They were commissioned by leading British motor manufacturers to produce their official mascots; these included the Star Motor Company, Crossley Motors, Alvis Car and Engineering Company, Rolls-Royce Limited and Bentley Motors Limited.

Trolleybuses in Wellington

The trolleybus fleet peaked at 119 vehicles, including Crossley Empire, British United Traction RETB1 (in various forms) and Volvo B10M and B58 models.


Associated Commercial Vehicles

Associated Commercial Vehicles (ACV) was founded on October 1, 1948 by the United Kingdom based vehicle manufacturer Associated Equipment Company upon that company's purchase of the motor manufacturers Crossley Motors & Maudslay Motor Company; at which time ACV became the holding company for those concerns and the manufacturing business of the Associated Equipment Company itself that was renamed AEC Ltd.


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