Garner Motors Ltd.
In the 1920s and 1930s there were many lorry manufacturers located across the British isles. One was Garner, a name all-but-forgotten today, but once a maker of medium-sized commercial vehicles located in Birmingham. Tom sent this photograph over, hoping that the lorry in it might be identifiable.
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The firm began life producing bicycles, as so many motor manufacturers did, and moved into production of their own vehicles in the 1920s. A new factory was opened at Kings Road, Tyseley, enabling a new range of forward-control lorries to make their debut in 1931. The lorry in the photograph appears to be brand new, judging by the glistening paintwork, and is fitted with a fairly shallow drop-side wooden rear body. The gent behind the wheel of this example, is the grandfather of Tom's parents' neighbour, and clearly was used in its early years around South Wales.
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Prior to producing lorries of his own manufacture, Henry Garner Ltd imported truck chassis built in Lima, Ohio, by the Gramm-Bernstein Company. Some two hundred or so of these Continental-powered chassis were imported in this way.
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