1924 to 1926 the first vehicles to be driven from Cape Town to Cairo by the Court Treatt expedition. A range of heavy goods vehicles starting with the 1931 diesel-powered 12-ton payload Atlas was announced but only a few were made as the factory was by then gearing up to concentrate on buses and military orders. From 1936 military production was rapidly ramped up with British re-armament at first with "IGL" models but from 1940 with a four-wheel drive "FWD" chassis in both tractor unit and truck form. By 1945 over 10,000 FWDs had been made. After World War II there was a boom in the bus industry as wartime losses needed to be replaced. Crossley won what was then the largest ever British export order for buses with a contract with the Dutch government. By the late 1940s bus orders were decreasing and it became clear that the company was too small to continue as an independent manufacturer and in 1948 they were sold to AEC. The last Crossley chassis was made in 1952, but body production continued at Erwood Park until 1958. Cars produced 22 hp 1904–1908 40 hp 1905–1910 15 hp 1909–1915 Shelsley sports 1909–1915 20/25 1909–1919 25/30 1918–1925 19.6 hp 1921–1926 14 hp and 15/30 1922–1927 Crossley-Bugatti 1923–1925 20/70 sports 1922–1926 18/50 1925–1927 20.9 hp 1927–1931 15.7 hp 1928–1931 Golden 1930–1935 Silver 1930–1934 Ten 1931–1934 Streamline 1933 Sports Saloon 1934–1937 Regis 1934–1937 Buses Eagle 1928–1930 Hawk 1929 Six/Alpha 1930–1931 Condor 1930–1934 Mancunian 1933–1940 TDD4 (Trolleybus) 1935–1942 TDD6 (Trolleybus) 1935–1942 DD42 1942–1953 SD42 1946–1952 PT42 1946–1949 TDD42 Empire (Trolleybus) 1948–1951 TDD64 Dominion (Trolleybus) 1948–1951 Military vehicles 20/25 1912–1920 BGT 1923 IGL 4 wheel 1923–1926 Crossley Kégresse 1925-1927 IGL 6 wheel 1927–1931 BGV 1927–1929 IGA Armoured car 1928–1929 FWD 1940–1945 Commercial vehicles 15cwt van 1913 14 hp van 1925 15cwt 1927 Atlas 1931 Beta 1933 Delta 1931–1937 See also Crossley Willys Overland Crossley Cairo – Cape Town Highway List of car manufacturers of the United Kingdom References Sources External links Crossley Motors website The Court Treatt Cape to Cairo expedition The Crossley Regis car Defunct motor vehicle manufacturers of England Defunct bus manufacturers of the United Kingdom Defunct truck manufacturers of the United Kingdom Military vehicle manufacturers Trolleybus manufacturers Vehicle manufacturing companies established in 1906 Vehicle manufacturing companies disestablished in 1948 Defunct companies based in Manchester Manufacturing companies based in Manchester British Royal Warrant holders Electric vehicle manufacturers