From 1929, AEC began developing a new range of lorries, all with model names beginning with the letter M. There was the Mercury, Monarch, Majestic, Marshal, Matador and Mandator. The Mammoth, model 667, was a forward control 7-8 tonner. AEC developed a 6-wheeler from this 4-wheel Mammoth in 1931, which they called the Mammoth Major, the first being model 668.
AEC were determined to be the first manufacturer to build a rigid 8-wheeler with an internal combustion engine (there had been some steam powered rigid eights previously), and in 1934, the Mammoth Major Eight was duly launched, model 680, with either a petrol or diesel engine. Only 33 of the original version were built before the Mammoth Major Eight MkII, model 386, was introduced in 1935.
This was over 1-ton…
