ERF
Edwin R Foden broke away from the family Foden
concern and started to make his own diesel powered
lorries in 1933 using some proprietery units such
as Jenings cabs and Gardner engines. The first
vehicle was a foward-control four wheeler for a 6ton payload (type C14) and
the model proved so successful that it remained in production until
1946. All ERF vehicles since that time have been
forward-control and have had conventional radiator grilles and the prewar
range catered for 6ton to 15ton payloads on rigid four, six or eight
wheeled
chassis.The range continued after the war but
with a redesigned radiator grille which was larger
and almost flush with the slightly curved cab front which had lower
windscreens. Then followed a
more streamlined cab with with wrap-round windscreen which was introduced
in 1949.
In 1952 a completely new design of oval radiator grille
was
incorporated on all models and this lasted until 1961 when the LV cab type
was introduced. The company produced its first 32ton gcw tractor
unit in 1962.
The production of fire appliances was commenced in
1967 and
this lasted for 10 years until it was taken over by Jennings, which had
always had close links with ERF, as Cheshire Fire
Engineering Ltd.
In 1970 the range was rationalised and in 1974 the
B
range with steel framed plastic cabs appeared for the highly succesful
four, six and eight wheeled rigids and for the four and six wheeled tractor
units for load
of up to 32ton gtw which appeared in 1975. With the increasing use of
British lorries on the continent, ERF developed the SP cab in 1973 on
vehicles up to 42ton gcw with the Motor Panels
sleeping cab as an optional extra.
A lighter
version of the B range known as the M range was
introduced in 1978 which had the same cab but was
a four wheel 16ton gtw with the option of a Gardner or Dorman engine; this
was followed by
a six wheel 26ton rigid.
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The range continued after the war but with a redesigned radiator grille which was larger and almost flush with the slightly curved cab front which had lower windscreens. Then followed a more streamlined cab with with wrap-round windscreen which was introduced in 1949.
In 1952 a completely new design of oval radiator grille was incorporated on all models and this lasted until 1961 when the LV cab type was introduced. The company produced its first 32ton gcw tractor unit in 1962.
The production of fire appliances was commenced in 1967 and this lasted for 10 years until it was taken over by Jennings, which had always had close links with ERF, as Cheshire Fire Engineering Ltd.
In 1970 the range was rationalised and in 1974 the B range with steel framed plastic cabs appeared for the highly succesful four, six and eight wheeled rigids and for the four and six wheeled tractor units for load of up to 32ton gtw which appeared in 1975. With the increasing use of British lorries on the continent, ERF developed the SP cab in 1973 on vehicles up to 42ton gcw with the Motor Panels sleeping cab as an optional extra.
A lighter version of the B range known as the M range was introduced in 1978 which had the same cab but was a four wheel 16ton gtw with the option of a Gardner or Dorman engine; this was followed by a six wheel 26ton rigid.
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