Lucas Memories C.A.V.

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=100 BGCOLOR="#003333" TEXT="#F7F7FF"> <div> <B><IMG SRC="250b2560.jpg" border=0 width="690" height="86" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=210 BGCOLOR="#003333" TEXT="#F7F7FF"> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="173" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" BGCOLOR=#339966 > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP ROWSPAN=9 BGCOLOR=#006633 HEIGHT= 50 ><NOBR><div>  <script src="/links.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript"> writeHTMLasJS(); </script>  </div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> </tR> <tR> </tR> <tR> </tR> <tR> </tR> <tR> </tR> <tR> </tR> <tR> </tR> <tR> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" height=380 BGCOLOR="#006633" TEXT="#F7F7FF"> <div>  <input type="button" value="Lucas Forum" onClick="javascript:window.open('http://forum.birminghamhistory.co.uk/forumdisplay.php?f=347');return true;">  </div> <div>  <script language=JavaScript>  </script>  </div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B> <marquee> If you would like to contribute to this site please use the link below. You are also most welcome to join our forum, just click the link at the top of any page.</marquee>  </B></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div>  <A HREF="mailto:history@lucasmemories.co.uk">Contact Us</A>  </div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>I would like to apoligise to anyone who has tried to contact me</B></div> <div> <B>through the contact button on the site, the link from the button</B></div> <div> <B> is broken</B></div> <div> <B>If you have tried to contact me and had no reply please contact me</B></div> <div> <B>on</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>jackie.hill44@blueyonder.co.uk</B></div> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="311" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#339966" BORDERCOLORDARK="#339966" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" BGCOLOR=#339966 > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#003333 HEIGHT= 83 ><NOBR><div> <B>Lucas C.A.V.</B></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="lucas_memories.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Lucas Memories C.A.V Sudbury.Gallery 1"><U><B>SUDBURY</B></U></A><B>  </B><A HREF="lucas_memories8e.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Lucas Memories C.A.V.Rochester Gallery 1"><U><B>Rochester </B></U></A><B> </B><A HREF="lucas_memories98.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Lucas Memories C.A.V.Gillingham Gallery "><U><B>Gillingham</B></U></A></div> <bR> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <div> The name 'C.A.V.' is derived from the initials of the founder,</div> <div> the late Charles Anthony Vandervell, a pioneer who began</div> <div> making electric storage batteries and apparatus in West</div> <div> London in 1892.</div> <div> The firm of C.A.Vandervell & Co. moved to Acton in 1904</div> <div> <IMG SRC="c13fe9a0.jpg" border=0 width="510" height="666" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Charles A Vandervell 1911</div> <bR> <div> Today the name is simply C.A.V. Limited</div> <div> The products of the company include: diesel injection equipment,</div> <div> turbochargers for high- speed diesels,and a variety of electrical</div> <div> equipment, and today C.A.V is the largest manufacturer of fuel</div> <div> injection equipment in the world.</div> <bR> <div> Information sent in by Ernest Norman</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="a4dfe020.jpg" border=0 width="510" height="514" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <B>CAV</B></div> <div> Bob Lucas was Appointed Director and Genaral Manager</div> <div> of Lucas CAV Ltd in 1978</div> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="353" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" BGCOLOR=#003333 > <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER BGCOLOR=#003333 HEIGHT= 57 WIDTH="347"><div> <B>  Lucas C.A.V</B></div> <bR> <bR> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>