The years during Vanaja

• 10.6.1948
  An extra meeting confirms that the company's new name is to be Vanajan Autotehdas Oy.
• 15.6.1948
  The ministry of trade and industry confirms the new name.
• 1.7.1948
  The new name is officially taken into use and the official production starts. During the same month the first Vanaja car is completed, model V-48.
• May 1950
  The first Vanaja bus-chassis is completed.
• 1951
  The first bulldog-model Vanaja is completed.
• 1951
  The last Vanaja VaWh cars are sent. All together 60 of these cars were produced.
• 1952
  Vanaja Autotehdas Oy gets to represent the Italian Ansaldo-Fossat company's earth-movers. The first Vanaja diesel trucks are completed with German engines Kämper and Swiss engines Saurer. Some customers own engines are installed to certain trucks, because the petrol engine period is starting to get old. The last halftrack car is being sold. For the first time the company's books show profit.
• 1953
  The only Ansaldo-Fossat earth-movers that was brought to Finland are given to the customers.
• 1955
  Together with Kiitokori Oy Vanaja delivers four rail bus type of railroadwagon to Valtion Rautatie. Vanaja buys the first big series of Leyland diesel engines from Great Britain.
• May 1956
  Vanaja buys Leyland engines from Holland that are produces with license in a DAF factory. Vanaja shows the first bus with the engine in the back produced in Finland and brings two A.E.C. trucks to Finland.
• 21.11.1956
  A separate selling company, Vanaja-Sells Oy, is founded.
• 1.3.1957
  The factory's additional building is taken into use.
• April 1957
  The first Vanaja type of 6X4 and first four wheel dive (4X4) Vanaja were produced.
• 24-28.3.1958
  Vanaja takes part into the Finnish military winter test with three, for this reason buit four wheel drive (4X4) special vehicles and with one rear wheel drive (4X2) truck.
• 1958
  The first bus chassis equipped with a recumbent engine was manufactured. Vanaja also produced the first 6X6-typetruck. Vanaja is for the first time taking part in a foreign exhibition, the international exhibition in Barcelona in Spain. One of the trucks is left in Spain for exhibition.
• September 1958
  Vanaja takes part in Thessaloniki´s 23:rd international exhibition in Greece. One of the trucks is directly sold from the exhibition to Greece.
• 30.10.1958
  Vanaja shows the new exhaustbrake.
• 13.6.1959
  Vanaja makes an order of 500 diesel engines from the British factory A.E.
• September 1959
  A small series of trucks are delivered to Turkey.
• 3.12.1959
  The number 1000 cockpit is being delivered from Lahden Autokori Oy to Vanaja.
• February 1960
  HKL (Helsinki city bus company) buys ten Leyland bus chassis equipped with Leyland engines from Vanaja.
• March 1960
  55 prestigious people from Vanaja visits Great Britain. During the trip again 5000 A.E.C. engines were ordered.
  17.5.1960 Land is bought from Gustaf Winberg in Helsinki in order to later build there.
• 31.5.1960
  The first Sisu S-22 truck produced and used in Yhteissisu Oy's is taken out of use in Vanaja.
• September 1960
  Vanaja brings eight A.E.C. trucks to Finland and one more in the next year.
• November 1960
  Vanaja presents the first bus with air suspension and that famous full load hoisting bogie.
• 1-20.6.1961
  Vanaja takes part in the international exhibition in Barcelona. Four trucks are driven to Spain!
• October 1961
  Wide nose Vanaja truck nicknamed "Barn-Vanaja" / "Nose-Vanaja" was introduced.
• 1962
  Eero Kytölä gave up his job as managing director and house manger Ilmari Karttunen is named to his succesor. Opeations of Vanaja-sells Oy are cancelled and the company was closed down.
• 13.4.1963
  When company have its 20th birthday it has 340 employee.
• November 1963
  Vanaja import two 6X6 drive Thornycroft air-field fire-engines to Finland.
• December 1963
  State institution called TVH orders 80 road service trucks, which are delivered to customer during year 1964.
• Spring 1964
  Vanaja negotiates with Swedish AB Scania-Vabis about possible co-operation.
• 30.5.1964
  Vanaja´s headquaters moves from Helsinki to Hämeenlinna.
• November 1964
  Vanaja orders 400 A.E.C-engine from Britain.
• April 1965
  State institution called TVH orders 250 road service trucks. These are mentioned to be delivered by the end of year 1966.
• September 1965
  HKL (Helsinki city bus company) orders 30 bus chassis, and they were delivered during year 1966 So called. Muros-Vanaja´s prototype is manufactured.
• November 1966
  A new service station and sales office is open into Helsinki city.
• 31.12.1966
  Town called Vanaja disappear, when it was split between Hämeenlinna city, and Janakkala and Renko towns.
• 1967
  Vanaja negotiates with German Klöckner-Humboldt-Deutz AG with possible co-operation and a Swedish Ab Scania-Vabis renew their offer to co-operation. "Muros-Vanaja" was officially introduced. 30 bus chassis were deliverd to HKL. Vanaja also introduced brand new bulldog type B6-76. This type is similar with A.E.C Mandator tractor. Ilmari Karttunen resigns himself and was replaced by administration manager Jaakko Jarimo.
• December 1967
  Finnish goverment was proposed Tor Nessling that Vanaja could be mergered to Sisu.
• February 1968
  A long term contract with Lokomo Oy crane factory (later known as Rauma-Repola Oy Lokomo factory) was sigened.
• 5.4.1968
  Preliminary combination contract between Vanaja and Sisu was sigened.
• 17.5.1968
  A proper combination contract was accepted in Sisu´s stockholders meeting.
• 30.5.1968
  Vanaja and Sisu signed the combination contract.
• December 1968
  The last Vanaja Viesti magazine was published.
• 19.12.1968
  Grels Teir the minister of Finnish commerce and trade was signed the ultimate combination contract.
• 23.12.1968
  The court of law of Hämeenlinna city was accepted the fusion between Vanaja and Sisu.
• 31.12.1968
  Vanaja Carfactory Oy was marked to closed down to register of commerce.
• 1968-1969
  Only 11 Vanaja B6-76 type of trucks were produced.
• 31.12.1969
  After Sisu´s and Vanaja´s merge the company employs 1299 person.
• 1969-1970
  All together 100 heavy Vanaja chassis were equipped with Jyry-Sisu´s cocpits.
• 20.12.1971
  The last Vanaja, crane chassis TTB6+6-76, was manufactured and hands over to Lokomo in the following day.

Source: Yhteissisusta Vanajan ja Sisun kautta Patriaan/ISBN 952-91-5613-8/Blomberg, Olli/Kust. Patria Vehicles Oy/Hämeenlinna 2003