Engineering:ERF A-Series
| ERF-A Series | |
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| Overview | |
| Manufacturer | ERF |
| Production | 1932-1954 |
| Body and chassis | |
| Class | Medium-duty truck |
| Layout | FR layout |
| Chronology | |
| Successor | ERF KV |
The ERF A-Series were a series of trucks produced by ERF from 1932 to 1954, as the company's first truck product. The truck's styling was made by a company near Sandbach, and the vehicle's components were made by Foden and David Brown; however, parts such as the chassis were built at the ERF factories, where final assembly took place.
The first prototypes of these trucks were built in 1932, and their mass production started some months later, but they were not built in very large numbers, and by 1938, just 2,000 of these trucks had been produced. A lighter-duty ERF was also added to the range powered by the smaller Gardner 4LK diesel engine. These models were fitted with a revised Jennings-built cab known as the Streamline, and carried the model designation OE4 (oil-engined 4-cylinder), although the chassis came from the 63 model, which was called the A-Series.
During the Second World War, the civilian production of the truck stopped, but production for military use continued. The company also produced some models from Commer and Foden, similar to the parallel production of the Studebaker US6 by REO Motors. After the war, production continued, and the sales of the truck slightly increased, until production ended in 1954, and was replaced by the ERF KV series of trucks.[1]
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