Are you at all familiar with Britain’s Turner Manufacturing Company? Throughout its surprisingly long lifetime, Turner (which changed names slightly over the years, but always kept the “Turner” part of the name) operated in a number of different industries. Cars, machine tools, diesel engines, tractors, hydraulic systems, and truck gearboxes are just a few of the things Turner created. During World War II, it was a crucial supplier of both recovery winches and aircraft landing legs—both of which it produced straight through from the late 1920s/early 1930s until the late 1970s/early 1980s.
That’s just a little context about the company, though—and we’re not here to talk about any of that stuff. Instead, we’re here to talk about Turner’s attempts at Light Delivery Vehicles—or LDVs. Have you ever heard of the Turner By-Van or Tri-Van? They were both crafted during a time when fuel prices were only getting higher, and small businesses in England were especially feeling the pinch.
