1948 Commercial Motor Transport Exhibition, Earls Court, London
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1948 Commercial Motor Transport Exhibition, Earls Court, London
Glorious names from the heyday of road haulage, when British-made commercial vehicles dominated the scene in the United Kingdom and overseas.
Albion, Atkinson, Austin, Bedford, Bradford, Bristol, Coles, Commer, Crossley, Dennis, Dodge, Douglas, ERF, Foden, Ford, Fordson and Ford Thames, FWD, Guy, Haulamatic, Hydrocon, Jensen, Jones, Karrier, Lacre, Land-Rover, Leyland, Morris, Morris-Commercial, Morrison, Pacific, Pagefield, Rotinoff, Rowe Hillmaster, Scammell, SD, Seddon, Seddon Atkinson, Sentinel, Smith, Standard, Stonefield, Taylor, Thornycroft, Trojan, Unipower, Vulcan. etc
The first post-war International Motor Exhibition was held at Earls Court between October 27th and November 6th 1948. No motor show took place in 1946 or 1947, and the 1948 event, the 33rd Exhibition, was that which had been due to take place late in 1939.
The Motor Show and Commercial Vehicle Exhibition were re-introduced in October and November 1948.
1948 combined car and commercial show, the first one after the war, held at. Earls Court.