Martin & King was a manufacturing company based in Melbourne

Melbourne

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, Victoria

Victoria (Australia)

Victoria is the second most populous state in Australia. Geographically the smallest mainland state, Victoria is bordered by New South Wales, South Australia, and Tasmania on Boundary Islet to the north, west and south respectively....

, Australia

Australia

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. The company specialised in car and railway coachwork

Coachwork

Coachwork is the body of a horse-drawn coach or carriage, a motor vehicle , a railroad car or railway carriage. Usually reserved for bodies built on a separate chassis, rather than being of unitary or monocoque construction...

.

History

The company was initially based in the Melbourne suburb of Armadale

Armadale, Victoria

Armadale is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 7 km south-east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Stonnington. At the 2006 Census, Armadale had a population of 8,467....

 from at least 1948, later opening a plant for railway stock at Clayton

Clayton, Victoria

Clayton is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 19 km south-east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Monash. At the 2006 Census, Clayton had a population of 14,332.-Overview:...

 in the 1950s. In 1959 a new plant was opened at Somerton

Somerton, Victoria

Somerton is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 21 km north from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Hume....

, which was provided with its own railway siding. The company became part of Clyde Engineering in 1960, which is currently part of Downer EDI Rail.

Products

• Bodywork for Buick
  Buick
  Buick is a premium brand of General Motors . Buick models are sold in the United States, Canada, Mexico, China, Taiwan, and Israel, with China being its largest market. Buick holds the distinction as the oldest active American make...
  
   cars (late 1930s)
• Assembly of Volkswagen Beetle
  Volkswagen Beetle
  The Volkswagen Type 1, widely known as the Volkswagen Beetle or Volkswagen Bug, is an economy car produced by the German auto maker Volkswagen from 1938 until 2003...
  
  s (1954)
• Ford 103E Utility (1955)
• Melbourne's Harris
  Harris (train)
  The Harris trains were the first steel-bodied Electric Multiple Unit train to operate on the suburban railway network of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. They were introduced in 1956 by the Victorian Railways, and last operated in 1988, although a number of the carriages were converted for other...
  
   suburban trains ('T' car bodies) (1950s)
• Victorian Railways
  Victorian Railways
  The Victorian Railways operated railways in the Australian state of Victoria from 1859 to 1983. The first railways in Victoria were private companies, but when these companies failed or defaulted, the Victorian Railways was established to take over their operations...
  
   102hp Walker railmotor
  102hp Walker railmotor
  The 102hp Walker railmotor was a type of diesel railcar operated by the Victorian Railways in Australia.After the Second World War, the Victorian Railways undertook a major rebuilding program known as "Operation Phoenix"...
  
  s (1948)
• Victorian Railways 153hp Walker railmotor
  153hp Walker railmotor
  The 153hp Walker railmotor were a diesel railcar operated by the Victorian Railways in Australia.After the Second World War, the Victorian Railways undertook a major rebuilding program known as "Operation Phoenix"...
  
  s (1948)
• Victorian Railways 280hp Walker railmotor
  280hp Walker railmotor
  The 280hp Walker railmotor were a diesel railcar operated by the Victorian Railways in Australia.After the Second World War, the Victorian Railways undertook a major rebuilding program known as "Operation Phoenix"...
  
  s (1950)
• Melbourne's Hitachi
  Hitachi (train)
  Hitachi is the name given for one of a set of electric multiple unit trains that operate on the suburban railway network of Melbourne, Australia. Introduced to service in 1972, the trains are the oldest in the city's suburban fleet still in revenue service...
  
   suburban trains (fitting out of 'M' and 'D' cars) (1970s)
• V/Line
  V/Line
  V/Line is a not for profit regional passenger train and coach service in Victoria, Australia. It was created after the split-up of VicRail in 1983. V/Line is owned by the V/Line Corporation which is a Victorian State Government statutory authority...
  
   N class diesel locomotives (1985)
• Victorian Railways
  Victorian Railways
  The Victorian Railways operated railways in the Australian state of Victoria from 1859 to 1983. The first railways in Victoria were private companies, but when these companies failed or defaulted, the Victorian Railways was established to take over their operations...
  
   P class diesel locomotive rebuilds (from flat top T classes
  Victorian Railways T class (diesel)
  The Victorian Railways T class diesel electric locomotive are a small branch line and shunting unit built by Clyde Engineering . They were the most numerous class of diesel locomotives in the state....
  
  ) (1980s)
• V/Line G class diesel locomotives (numbers G516-543) (1984)