Lawton

Lawton was a body builder in Adelaide, South Australia from 1865 until taken over by Freighters in 1954.  Lawton built bodies for Both - see Both post & Ford; made mobile industrial trucks (fork-lifts etc., electrical and petrol driven); prototype army automobiles etc. Lawton also made a four-wheel drive prototype called the Imp.

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.

Lawton (bus)
Size: 111mm x 175mm

15 June 1950 The Australasian Manufacturer

6 September 1952 The Australasian Manufacturer

13 December 1952 The Australasian Manufacturer

L20 December 1952 The Australasian Manufacturer

20 December 1952 The Australasian Manufacturer

28 March 1953The Australasian Manufacturer page 1

28 March 1953The Australasian Manufacturer page 2

15 June 1954 The Australasian Manufacturer

Mobile Industrial Trucks - booklet cover

Mobile Industrial Trucks - booklet page 30

Mobile Industrial Trucks - booklet page 31

Mobile Industrial Trucks - booklet page 32

Industrial Truck

Lawton van

Lawton trollybus

December 1954 Modern Motor

20 May 1957 prototype dimensions page 3

plate 2 plate 4

plate 3 Lawton prototype #2 registration SA509-681

1978

Army Transport Museum at Puckapunyal, Victoria

 Army Transport Museum at Puckapunyal, Victoria

September 1989 Restored Cars #80 page 1-2

September 1989 Restored Cars #80 page 3-4

Lawton Imp

Lawton Imp