ROTINOFF INFORMATION

[Stanley]

“ROTINOFF Rotinoff Motors Ltd was formed at Colnbrook, near Slough in Buckinghamshire, in 1952 by George Rotinoff, a White Russian immigrant, to build heavy tractors suitable for military lank transport. After suitability trials, the 6x4 Rotinoff Atlantic GR.7 was approved by the Swiss Army. The first example appeared in 1955.

It had a maximum gross train weight rating of 140 tons, was powered by a 12.17 litre/ 743cu in Rolls Royce C6.SFL Series 109 direct-injection supercharged diesel developing 250bhp, and had a David Brown 12-speed (four main, three auxiliary) transmission. Kirkstall axles were fitted. Later models had the 275bhp C6.TFL Rolls Royce turbocharged diesel and 15-speed transmission. A heavier Super Atlantic GR.7 look the C8.TFL 16.2 litre/ 988cu in "straight eight" Rolls Royce turbo diesel giving 335bhp. These were fitted with 15 or 18-speed transmissions and were capable of gross train weights up to 300 tons. As well as the Atlantic and Super Atlantic, Rotinoff built a 7.3m/24ft wheelbase Viscount GR.37/ AU load-carrying drawbar tractor suitable for Australian road train operations. This had the additional option of a Rolls Royce B.81.8P 8-cylinder gasoline engine rated at 220bhp, designated the Viscount 64.GKS. Also listed was a forward-control Viscount 84.BJS rigid eight drawbar tractor. An estimated 35 Rotinoffs were built. From 1960 onwards the company changed its name from Rotinoff Motors to Lomount Vehicle & Engineering Ltd. Later still, when Lomount ended production in 1962, the design rights were acquired by Atkinson Vehicles Lid of Walton-le-Dale, Preston, who briefly marketed the trucks under the Atkinson name badge.”