Martin & King
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Martin & King was a manufacturing company based in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The company specialised in car[1] and railway[2] coachwork.
[edit] History
The company was initially based in the Melbourne suburb of Armadale from at least 1948[3], later opening a plant for railway stock at Clayton in the 1950s. In 1959 a new plant was opened at Somerton[4] The company became part of Clyde Engineering in 1960,[4] which is currently part of Downer EDI Rail.
[edit] Products
- Bodywork for Buick cars (late 1930s)[5]
- Assembly of Volkswagen Beetles (1954)[6]
- Ford 103E Utility (1955)[7]
- Melbourne's Harris suburban trains ('T' car bodies) (1950s)[8]
- Victorian Railways 102hp Walker railmotors (1948)[9]
- Victorian Railways 153hp Walker railmotors (1948)[10]
- Victorian Railways 280hp Walker railmotors (1950)[11]
- Melbourne's Hitachi suburban trains (fitting out of 'M' and 'D' cars) (1970s)[12]
- V/Line N class diesel locomotives (1985)[13]
- Victorian Railways P class diesel locomotive rebuilds (from flat top T classes) (1980s)[14]
- V/Line G class diesel locomotives (numbers G516-543) (1984)[15]
[edit] References
- ^ Buick Car Club of Australia Inc. in N.S.W. - Buick - Australian History the chassis of which was imported from Canada by Preston Motors of Melbourne and had a body constructed by Martin & King. It is known that Martin & King built bodies on Buick chassis for the Victorian Electricity Commission in this era.
- ^ VictorianRailways.net: 280 Walker railmotors
- ^ State Library of Victoria: Car bodies and premises of Martin & King, auto body finishers
- ^ a b VRHistory: Somerton, which was provided with its own railway siding.
- ^ Buick Car Club of Australia Inc. in N.S.W. - Buick - Australian History
- ^ Classic and Vintage Volkswagen Club of Australia
- ^ Ford 103E Ute :: Vintage Car Parts
- ^ S.E. Dornan and R.G. Henderson: (1979) The Electric Railways of Victoria'
- ^ Peter J. Vincent: Walkers 102hp Railcar
- ^ Peter J. Vincent: Walkers 153hp Railcar
- ^ Peter J. Vincent: Walkers 280hp Railcar
- ^ VICSIG: 30 YEARS OF HITACHI TRAINS
- ^ Locopage: N class locomotives
- ^ Locopage: T / H / P class locomotives
- ^ Locopage: G class locomotives
