Lawton was a body-builder in Adelaide, South Australia from 1865 until taken over by Freighters in 1954. Lawton built bodies for Ford (and Both - see Both post); made mobile industrial trucks (fork-lifts etc., electrical and petrol driven); prototype army automobiles etc.
Also part of the Ivan Hoffmann Collection, but not appearing here are copies of articles; Mobile Industrial Trucks booklet; prototype photos: factory photos; correspondence; blueprints; etc.
Also see Freighters / Freighter-Lawton and PMC posts.
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| Lawton (bus) Size: 111mm x 175mm |
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| 15 June 1950 The Australasian Manufacturer |
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| 6 September 1952 The Australasian Manufacturer |
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| 13 December 1952 The Australasian Manufacturer |
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| L20 December 1952 The Australasian Manufacturer |
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| 20 December 1952 The Australasian Manufacturer |
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| 28 March 1953The Australasian Manufacturer page 1 |
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| 28 March 1953The Australasian Manufacturer page 2 |
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| 15 June 1954 The Australasian Manufacturer |
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| Mobile Industrial Trucks - booklet cover |
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| Mobile Industrial Trucks - booklet page 30 |
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| Mobile Industrial Trucks - booklet page 31 |
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| Mobile Industrial Trucks - booklet page 32 |
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| Lawton trollybus |
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| December 1954 Modern Motor |
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| 20 May 1957 prototype dimensions page 3 |
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| 1978 |
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| Army Transport Museum at Puckapunyal, Victoria |
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| Army Transport Museum at Puckapunyal, Victoria |
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| September 1989 Restored Cars #80 page 1-2 |
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| September 1989 Restored Cars #80 page 3-4 |
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