"Sure as the sunrise" - Albion Motors of Glasgow - bus advert, 1933
Albion Motors, founded in 1899, were amongst the great survivors of the British vehicle industry and, especially, of the indigenous Scottish motor industry - many early companies failed and it was only in the 1960s that there was a vain attempt to re-introduce mass vehicle production into Scotland with Rootes at Linwood and BMC at Bathgate. Both the latter ultimately failed. But Albion kept going, making commercial vehicles, for many years. A takeover by Leyland Motors in 1951 saw the steady introduction of 'badge' engineering and true Albion chassis and vehicle production fell away as the Glasgow plant began to specialise in transmission products and, after various ownership changes, the works are still in production.
This advert show one of the popular Valiant single-deck buses, in 'generic' form - Albion liked marques that began with "V" - and also uses the famous Albion motto - Sure as the Sunrise.
"Sure as the sunrise" - Albion Motors of Glasgow - bus advert, 1933
Albion Motors, founded in 1899, were amongst the great survivors of the British vehicle industry and, especially, of the indigenous Scottish motor industry - many early companies failed and it was only in the 1960s that there was a vain attempt to re-introduce mass vehicle production into Scotland with Rootes at Linwood and BMC at Bathgate. Both the latter ultimately failed. But Albion kept going, making commercial vehicles, for many years. A takeover by Leyland Motors in 1951 saw the steady introduction of 'badge' engineering and true Albion chassis and vehicle production fell away as the Glasgow plant began to specialise in transmission products and, after various ownership changes, the works are still in production.
This advert show one of the popular Valiant single-deck buses, in 'generic' form - Albion liked marques that began with "V" - and also uses the famous Albion motto - Sure as the Sunrise.