The engineer’s engine
On display at the Greater Manchester Museum of Transport is a Gardner 6LW diesel engine. With a capacity of 8.37 litres, it produced 102 hp and during its long production life, the engine enjoyed great popularity in both the road haulage and bus sectors, earning an unrivalled reputation for reliability and fuel economy - a true engineer’s engine.
Gardner engines were a Manchester product, its workers very proud of their high levels of skills at the Patricroft factory. Among the makes of buses commonly powered by the Gardner 6LW were Guy, Bristol, Daimler and Dennis. A couple of municipalities even specified the fitment of Gardner 6LWs in their orders for AEC chassis.
Gardner engines were also popular among the fishermen of Hong Kong - many a scrapped British bus donated its 6LW unit to Chinese fishing junks.
The engineer’s engine
On display at the Greater Manchester Museum of Transport is a Gardner 6LW diesel engine. With a capacity of 8.37 litres, it produced 102 hp and during its long production life, the engine enjoyed great popularity in both the road haulage and bus sectors, earning an unrivalled reputation for reliability and fuel economy - a true engineer’s engine.
Gardner engines were a Manchester product, its workers very proud of their high levels of skills at the Patricroft factory. Among the makes of buses commonly powered by the Gardner 6LW were Guy, Bristol, Daimler and Dennis. A couple of municipalities even specified the fitment of Gardner 6LWs in their orders for AEC chassis.
Gardner engines were also popular among the fishermen of Hong Kong - many a scrapped British bus donated its 6LW unit to Chinese fishing junks.