Martin & King was a manufacturing company based in Clayton, Victoria, Australia. The company originally specialised in making motor vehicle bodiesBuick Car Club of Australia Inc in NSW – 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. and railway locomotives and rolling stock.
History The company was initially based in the Melbourne suburb of Armadale from at least 1948,State Library of Victoria: Car bodies and premises of Martin & King, auto body finishers later opening a plant to manufacture railway rolling stock at Clayton in the 1950s. In 1959, a new plant was opened at Somerton, which was provided with its own railway siding. Clyde Engineering acquired a controlling interest in the company in 1954."Notes and News" Diesel Railway Traction July 1954 page 171 The Somerton plant is today occupied by Downer Rail.
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Bodywork for Buick cars (late 1930s) Body for the Reo Speed Tanker trucks (1937) Assembly of Jowett Javelins (1952)Jowett Car Club of Australia Assembly of Volkswagen Beetles (1954)Classic and Vintage Volkswagen Club of Australia Ford 103E utility (1955)Ford 103E Ute :: Vintage Car Parts Melbourne's Harris suburban trains ('T' car bodies) (1950s) Victorian Railways 102hp Walker railmotors (1948)Peter J. Vincent: Walkers 102hp Railcar Victorian Railways 153hp Walker railmotors (1948)Peter J. Vincent: Walkers 153hp Railcar Victorian Railways 280hp Walker railmotors (1950)Peter J. Vincent: Walkers 280hp Railcar Melbourne's Hitachi suburban trains (fitting out of 'M' and 'D' cars) (1970s)30 Years of Hitachi Trains Vicsig V/Line N class diesel locomotives (1985)N class Vicsig V/Line P class diesel locomotive rebuilds (from flat top T classes) (1980s)P class Vicsig
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