From 1929 until 1979 a succession of buses & trucks trundled out of the AEC works in Southall Middlesex. Th e company was responsible for the successful Routemaster double-decker buses used by London Transport as well as numerous other bus & lorry designs. In this volume Brian Th ackray examines in some detail the AECs passenger & commercial vehicle designs of the early & middle 1930s. Th e spotlight also falls on the development of the high-speed oil engine & the less familiar military & off -road designs as well as the railcars built for the Great Western Railway. This is a book of interest to people who once worked in the factory which closed down in 1979 & to those with an interest in British buses & commercial vehicles.