Johnny Cullen with Arthur along side him driving HUE in 1948 |
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They early days of Hueys test program withe the cut holes in the rear body along side the driver seat |
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Cullen and Goddard testing |
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Johnny Cullen testing the Land Rover tractor concept in 1952 |
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Johnny Cullen, a key man in the the development team moved on to Aston Martin in the mid 1950s to look at developing a 4?4 with them which didn’t come to anything.
He then moved to Lucas Girling where he stayed and worked again with his friend Arthur Goddard.
Arthur became Technical director of Girling in 1957.
It was great that his family got in touch to get a signed copy of ‘They Found Our Engineer’ and remembered Arthur well.
I had asked Arthur when he and Cullen last met which was the early 1980s in Sydney, but they had lost contact after that.
Johnny Cullen sadly died around 25 years ago.
I learnt that Johnny Cullen was extremely proud of his part in the Land Rovers development and it was great to find his story.
His family were pleased be in touch again with the Goddard’s and also learn of the photos of their father driving HUE, which led me to get a photo of a concept of Rovers that is a touch different.
From around 1952, Arthur and his team took a look at tractors. Arthur says it was another one of Maurice Wilks ideas but it didn’t really go anywhere. The tractor design had four wheel drive and steering, but it was a touch unstable off road. Rover also didn’t
They early days of Hueys test program withe the cut holes in the rear body along side the driver seat
Cullen and Goddard testing Huey hard. Note the replacement rear body so no mud or water would fly onto those testing through the cuts in the bodywork.
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