1931 Albion Model LMA35 MV6614 seen on Madeira Drive in Brighton. (Gyles Carpenter)

Superbly restored 1934 Albion/Merryweather pump escape J4392 at the Jersey Motor Museum in 2007. (Ken Reid)

1935 Albion CMF641 new as a tipper to Acton Borough Council. Seen at the CVC show, 10/3/07. (Richard Haughey)

Rear view of the 1935 Albion seen at the CVC show, 10/3/07. (Richard Haughey)

Mark Farrall's Albion Model ML55 SH4747 climbing Shap. (Gyles Carpenter)

1936 Albion ACY165 made £3800 at the Donington auction on March 22nd 2008. (Harry Clark)

G.A.Harrison's 1935 Albion LH463 travelling hardware shop BAU329. Wollaton Park, Nottingham, 4/6/06. (NF)

1936 Albion KL127 BER940. No trees. (Richard Haughey, Donington 25/3/06)

1936 Albion K127 BER940 at the CVC show, 10/3/07. (Gyles Carpenter)

1936 Albion K127 BTB429 at the CVC show, 10/3/07. (Gyles Carpenter)

1936 Albion CLP584 seen on a Cheshire run.
(Dave Gothard)

1936 Albion B118 with Harrington bodywork (CXN247) at the 1980 CCMS. (Ted Taylor)

Andy Gibbs' splendid 1936 Albion KS126 on its way to Brighton, May 4th 2008. (Gyles Carpenter)

1936 Albion KS126 van DLB485 at the Cart Marking Ceremony, Guildhall on June 18th 2008. (Damon Cross)

Richard Robinson's 1936 Albion AM463 DMV317 seen at the AEC gathering on May 27th 2007. (Gyles Carpenter)

1936 Albion AM463 DMV317 seen on the run between Brough and Kirkby Stephen on April 11th 2009. (Gyles Carpenter)

Alf Sharratt's 1936 Albion CL127 RJ6071 seen on the Cheshire run on April 26th 2009.
(Gyles Carpenter)

1937 Albion M540 BNK758 owned by Mr Shaw on its way to Brighton, May 4th 2008. (Gyles Carpenter)

Ordered in 1937 as one of a batch of 30 vehicles by the London Midland & Scottish Railway, Albion M540 BNK758 was fitted with a Gardner 4LW engine, 4-speed gearbox and worm-driven rear axle. Restored over a ten year period by Bill Shaw from Sussex and photographed in 2008. (Alan Barnes)

Willie Maitland's 1937 Albion Model KL127 CS5341 by the sea. (Gyles Carpenter)

John Pomeroy's much-travelled 1937 Albion CL122 3 tonner (DXK851) seen in Tobermory on Mull. (Gyles Carpenter)

1937 Albion 500-gallon tanker from the London Transport Chiswick Works open day in July 1983. (Nigel Edward-Few via Chris Stanley)

1937 Albion Model CL125 EXA321 on the Tyne Tees run. (Gyles Carpenter)

1937/8 Albion Sp.PL557 GMK343 on the Brighton Run is a non-standard, long wheelbase Model 557 in weight range "P", chassis number 17817.J. (Gyles Carpenter)

Ray Smith brought this rare Albion Model MS550 (SX4665) over from Ireland for the Ayrshire run. (Gyles Carpenter)

1938 Albion Model KL127 EPP231 photographed at the Wood green Animal Shelter in Godmanchester. (Richard Haughey)

1938 Albion KL126 EXN909 seen on a Cheshire run. (Dave Gothard)

Don Huffer's 1938 Albion Model KL126 can carrier EXN909. (Gyles Carpenter)

Albion AM463 RAF ambulance on Madeira Drive after the London to Brighton run. (Gyles Carpenter)

The Robinson family's 1938 Albion AM463 ambulance JMV149 seen at the AEC gathering on May 25th 2008. (Gyles Carpenter)

1938 Albion AM463 ambulance JMV149 seen at Belvoir Castle 2008. (Dave Gothard)

Bill Struthers' 1938 Albion KL127 with cherished number plate SY127 seen on the Ayrshire Run on July 12th 2008. (Gyles Carpenter)

Bill Capper's 1939 Albion KL127 CBO140 at Onslow Park, Shrewsbury 28/8/06. (Gyles Carpenter)

Mick Paul's beautifully restored 1939 Albion Drysdale pump escape DVF765 at the Basingstoke Festival of Transport on May 11th 2008. (Phil Rawlings)

Fred Haydon's rebuilt 1939 Albion AM463 GBD560 climbing Shap. (Gyles Carpenter)

1939 Albion Model LB40 WE3735 chugging up Shap on the "Sure as the Sunrise" run. (Gyles Carpenter)

1941 Albion WD.FT11N FAM701 at the start of a Great West road run a few years ago. (Gyles Carpenter)

A relic from Denyer Bros' yard in Ongar is this WW2 Albion FT15N. Milbank 2002. (Richard Haughey)

Bonnet-type Albion WD.FT15N rotting in Rush Green! (Harry Clark)

Albion CX22 recovery ESE624E seen at the Glenlivet Distillery near Ballindalloch in Moray. (Gyles Carpenter)

1944 Albion WD.CX22S (UTP68K) climbing Shap but normally seen in the Land Warfare Hall at Duxford. (Gyles Carpenter)

Albion CX22 Gun Tractor seen at the MVT Rally at Kemble on June 29th 2008 where it won best in show. (Andy Fowler)

Rear view of the beautiful Albion CX22 at Kemble on June 29th 2008. (Andy Fowler)

Two Albion CX22s found in the bushes of Cuthberton's yard with another yellow one just visible. (Jonathan Pye)

An old Albion right hand drive (ex-military by the look of it) found in a forest somwhere in Norway. (Lars Petter Skau)

The London Co-Op had a mixed fleet of tow trucks. This Albion was at Stratford. (John Harrington)

Albion Chieftain badge (which seems to have come from a Clydesdale, LAD661?) courtesy of Peter Skerry.

Graham Tinker's Albion AZ5N CRS280 on the 2006 Cheshire run. (Gyles Carpenter)

Thirty-eight years separate 1947 Albion CRS280 and the somewhat larger B-reg Volvo F10 tractor at Gaydon in 2006. (Dave Gothard)

Graham Tinker's Albion CRS280 & BMC 350FG VYU629G seen on the Pride of the Pennines Gathering & Halloween Run on October 26th 2008. (Dave Gothard)

1946 Albion AZ5N YVS379 seen at Gaydon in 2004. (Ted Taylor)

This 1950 Albion AZ9N was new to a Cambridge department store. Seen on the 1982 Enfield to Cambridge road run but hasn't been seen since. (Richard Haughey)

Albion MLH3N Cairn (JPR472, not to be confused with the heavier Claymore) seen climbing Shap. (Gyles Carpenter)

1960 Albion Caledonian XYP172, with Alfred Miles cab but minus the distinctive "yawning" mesh grille, and fitted with a Leyland 0.680 engine. New to Shell Mex & BP as a tanker it finished with them in 1970 and went to a Glasgow showman. Now with Frank MacDougall, whose grandson Mark supplied the picture.

Built purely for the Southern Hemisphere is this Albion Cameronian seen in the Sydney suburb of Ryde in August 1991. It's on 8-stud wheels which makes one wonder why Albion didn't just make a 6-wheeler on 10-stud wheels instead! (Jonathan Pye)

Jack Richard's latest offering in the shape of 1955 Albion Chieftain OHO10 seen on the the Wisbech & District Historic Vehicle Club's road run in Peterborough on August 10th 2008. (Paul Pearman)

Robin Smith's 1956 Albion Chieftain ODK281 seen on the Cheshire run on 29th April 2007. (Bob Grossert/Gyles Carpenter)

Albion Chieftain CTS669 seen on the A90 in Dundee on June 7th 2008. (Gyles Carpenter)

1955 Albion Chieftain EYJ791 owned by Lyall Norrie on the North East Scotland run on June 10th 2007. (Gyles Carpenter)

1952 Albion Chieftain FCL367 seen at the 8th Walpole Steam & Country Fayre in west Norfolk, July 12/13 2008. (Paul Pearman)

Albion FT37EL Chieftain approaching the Glenlivet Distillery in North East Scotland. (Gyles Carpenter)

Alex Anderson's Albion FT37 Chieftain GWG142 seen by the sea at the start of the Ayrshire run. (Gyles Carpenter)

Rebodied and rebuilt Albion FT37CL Chieftain HJD936 at the Pickering steam rally. (Gyles Carpenter)

Bruce Cook's Albion FT37CL Chieftain HJX645 seen on the HCVS Tyne Tees run. (Gyles Carpenter)

1952 Albion Chieftain tipper HSA226 reminding us of a long gone Aberdeen haulier. (Bill Reid)

Seen many years ago at a steam rally in Kent 1957 Albion Chieftain JBV474 is now in the safe hands of Tyson Burridge's boys and nearing the end of a full work over. (Gyles Carpenter)

Scott Jardine's 1955 Albion Chieftain JHH249 seen on the Ayrshire run on July 12th 2008. (Gyles Carpenter)

1953 Albion Chieftain JVA26, owned by Peter Drummond, seen on the Tyne Tees run on June 1st 2008. (Gyles Carpenter)

1951 Albion Chieftain JWO821, Welland Steam & Country Rally, Worcs, 29-30/7/06. (Gyles Carpenter)

Marking a contrast from many preserved classics is unrestored 1954 Albion Chieftain KAV999, seen at the start of the NE Scotland run on June 8th 2008. (Gyles Carpenter)

J&G Riddell's 1954 Aberdeen-registered Albion Chieftain KAV999 seen on the NE Scotland run on June 8th 2008. (Gyles Carpenter)

Jeff Graham's Albion FT37EL Chieftain tanker KCK750 seen on the A6 at Eamont Bridge. (Gyles Carpenter)

1951 Albion FT37L Chieftain KRM496 in H.C. Davis colours. (Alan Drake)

The late John Holgate's 1951 Albion FT37L Chieftain KRM496 seen at the start of the Tyne Tees run. (Gyles Carpenter)

1950 Bowyer-cabbed Albion Chieftain KWR244 at the CVC show, 10/3/07. (Gyles Carpenter)

Albion FT37L Chieftain MAR68 seen in Yenston on the A-Z run. (Gyles Carpenter)

1953 Albion Chieftain MWX623 only out of the paint shop the day before the Kirkby Stephen event. (Gyles Carpenter)

Albion over the rainbow! 1953 Chieftain MWX623 climbing Shap on the Cumberland Trunk run, September 2nd 2007. (Gyles Carpenter)

1952 Albion Chieftain NUC153 seen at the Southport rally on April 19th 2009. (Gyles Carpenter)

1954 Albion Chieftain NYG619 seen at Marley Fields, Keighley. (Andrew Riley)

1956 Albion Chieftain ODK281 in the hands of Cheshire run organiser Maurice White on April 26th 2009. (Gyles Carpenter)

Ken Faithfull's Albion FT37L Chieftain OHU948 seen on the Great West run. (Gyles Carpenter)

1951 Albion FT37L Chieftain OHU948. September 2007. (Peter Quinn)

1950 Albion Chieftain FT37L OVK682 at Gaydon in 2004. (Ted Taylor)

Albion FT37C Chieftain OWW390 on the Tyne Tees run. (Gyles Carpenter)

1958 Albion Chieftain flatbed RSG261. (Paul Fuller)

1957 BRS Albion UFJ691 seen at the Great Dorset in the early 1990s. (Harry Clark)

BRS Albion Chieftain ULD528 at the Leyland gathering in September 2007. (John Turnbull)

1956 Albion Chieftain USM288 restored in recent years by the Gillespie brothers to represent a lorry operated by James Wyllie, erstwhile grain & feed merchants from Dumfries. (Bill Reid)

1956 Albion Chieftain VKF124 seen leaving the Southport rally on April 19th 2009.
(Dave Gothard)

William Hunter's 1955 Albion Chieftain WTD873 seen at the Southport rally on April 19th 2009.
(Gyles Carpenter)

Len Isherwood's 1955 Albion Chieftain WVK337 seen on the Trans Pennine run on August 5th 2007. (Gyles Carpenter)

1956 Albion Chieftain WYA589, one family owned since new, seen on the New Year's Day run. (Gyles Carpenter)

Phillip Powles' Albion FT37C Chieftain XFO256 climbing Bannerdown Hill on the CTP Bournemouth to Colerne run. (Gyles Carpenter)

1955 Albion Chieftain XFO256 new to Bulmer's as a brewery dray. Bought by present owner in the 1960s for general haulage and still in original condition. 1959 Thames Trader PPM927 restored from a derelict state. (Dave Gothard)

Albion FT37EL Chieftain YSJ244 seen on the Tyne Tees run. (Gyles Carpenter)

Albion Chieftain FT37CL 752HMM on the Brighton Run 7/5/06. (Gyles Carpenter)

Albion FT37L Chieftain 946FRA with rare one piece windscreen, seen at the Midlands Festival of Transport. (Gyles Carpenter)

Peter & Andrew Marquet's Albion Chieftain FT37 24717H at the Timbertown Truck Show, Wauchope. (Andrew Blacklock)

Bonneted Albion Chieftain type FT38L, S11543. (Andrew Blacklock, Beenleigh Showground, QLD, 21/5/06)

1960 Albion FT111KTR Chieftain recovery vehicle (497NTD) with its unique version of the Homalloy cab. (Gyles Carpenter)

Rob Hood's 1962 LAD-cabbed Albion Chieftain HSX316 seen on the 2007 Jim Clarke memorial run. (Gyles Carpenter)

Albion LAD Chieftain seen at Pwllheli in about 1998 or 1999. (Andrew Wright)

1966 Albion Chieftain GRH248D seen at Redhill Steam Fair on August 12th 2007. (Harry Clark)

Traveller Dave's Albion LAD Chieftain HNR307D seen in March 2006 in Montfavet, Avignon. (via RH)

Ex-Chettle's 1966 Albion Chieftain Super Six JAU9D seen in April 1992 at Chettle's Industrial Estate in Nottingham. (Traveller Dave)

1966 Albion Chieftain JAU9D seen at the Morton Steam & Vintage Weekend near Bourne Lincs on June 24th 2007. (Paul Pearman)

1968 LAD Albion Chieftain tipper KTP698F, Madeira Drive 7/5/06. (Gyles Carpenter)

The Leech family's LAD-cabbed Albion CH13 Chieftain Super Six RBK634J on the Cheshire run. (Gyles Carpenter)

1971 Albion Chieftain CHS200J from the Alex Anderson fleet seen in beautiful Scottish scenery on the 2006 Ayrshire run. (Gyles Carpenter)

1971 Albion Chieftain CHS200J from Alex Anderson on the Scottish National road run from Lathalmond on August 17th 2008. (Dave Gothard)

"My Scotstoun Lass" [20816H] is a 1965 4-cylinder 6-speed LAD Albion Chieftain brewery lorry owned by HVCCVC member Keiran Jeffriess, seen at the Vintage Truck Muster, Swansea NSW, October 2005. (Andrew Blacklock)

Smith's Beer lorries at the Hunter Valley Truck Muster in May 2009. (Andrew Blacklock)

HVCCVC Albion Chieftain 20816H [left] and Albion Chieftain 20555H from Dubbo [right] at the Swansea NSW truck muster. No info about the Albion in the centre. (Andrew Blacklock)

1950 Albion Clansman DCS179 was originally an explosives carrier for the ICI Nobel works at Stevenston, in Ayrshire. It would have had a short boxvan body. (Dave Gothard/Bill Reid)

1950 Albion Clansman DCS179 seen on the Cheshire run. (Gyles Carpenter)

Military Albion FT103N Clansman (GSK499) seen at Chatham Dockyard. (Gyles Carpenter)

1951 Albion Clansman JSV232, Welland Steam & Country Rally, Worcs, 29-30/7/06. (Gyles Carpenter)

1951 Albion Clansman JSV232 at Gaydon, June 2006. (Ted Taylor)

Albion Clansman KSJ148 at the Luton Festival of Transport, 11/6/06. (Richard Haughey)