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Roadless traction Ltd Was founded in 1919 by Colonel Phillip Henry Johnson, a brilliant engineer, to exploit the Tracks that he had worked on during the First World War. Between 1925 and the 1950s Roadless built crawler and half track conversions tractors based on several makes of tractor. From 1953, the company built 4-wd conversions based on Ford tractors, as well as some other makes, from the 1960 till 1983 when they went into liquidation. The firm was revived for a short time but then the new owners also went bust and tractor production ended.

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  • Roadless Traction Ltd
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  • Roadless traction Ltd Was founded in 1919 by Colonel Phillip Henry Johnson, a brilliant engineer, to exploit the Tracks that he had worked on during the First World War. Between 1925 and the 1950s Roadless built crawler and half track conversions tractors based on several makes of tractor. From 1953, the company built 4-wd conversions based on Ford tractors, as well as some other makes, from the 1960 till 1983 when they went into liquidation. The firm was revived for a short time but then the new owners also went bust and tractor production ended.
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defunct
  • 1983(xsd:integer)
location country
Logo
Footnotes
  • Trademark now owned by John Bownes Ltd
Name
  • Roadless Traction Ltd
Caption
  • Roadless Logo
location city
  • Hounslow, Middlesex
Fate
  • Dissolved
Foundation
  • 1919(xsd:integer)
Founder
  • Colonel Phillip Henry Johnson with Captain Edward Lionel Firth, Captain G. John Rackham, Captain Oscar Styles Penn, Lieutenant Shaw and Fredrick Lamb
Industry
  • Manufacturing
abstract
  • Roadless traction Ltd Was founded in 1919 by Colonel Phillip Henry Johnson, a brilliant engineer, to exploit the Tracks that he had worked on during the First World War. Between 1925 and the 1950s Roadless built crawler and half track conversions tractors based on several makes of tractor. From 1953, the company built 4-wd conversions based on Ford tractors, as well as some other makes, from the 1960 till 1983 when they went into liquidation. The firm was revived for a short time but then the new owners also went bust and tractor production ended.
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