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In production : Rover 25
The Rover 25 at various stages of production. Rover 25 “Stuff-up” suspension process – where the rear “H-frame” is mated to the rest of the car. Fitting the doors to […]
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Spen King : 1925-2010
Spen King (Charles Spencer King), creator of some of the UK’s most influential post-war cars, has died aged 85, following complications sustained from an injury he received when riding his […]
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Press Report : MG name stands proud again at Longbridge
John Revill, Automotive News Europe, 21st January, 2009 The company that runs the remnants of former UK automaker MG Rover has dropped a reference to its Chinese parent from its […]
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Gallery : Longbridge Flightshed, Nov ’06
RDX60 – 3/4 front RDX60 – 3/4 rear RDX60 – five door 3/4 rear RDX60 – five door 3/4 front RDX60 mule interior ZT-Tourer testing? Race fliers? Prototype braking parts […]
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Gallery : Longbridge Flightshed, Nov ’06
View from the road Industrial backdrop Apostrophe warning More warnings MG TF shell Facelift 75 bumper Stores galore Asbestos warnings Plenty of parts Seat testing Crash test car A closer […]
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Essay : Longbridge after Nanjing
Some snapshot images of Longbridge and its surroundings as taken by Sniff Petrol’s Richard Porter and an insider. The signs of neglect at Longbridge become more widespread, and as KEITH […]
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Gallery : Longbridge West Works, Dec 2005
R75/ZT production line The railway lines …a closer look The elevated tunnel The lines are silent… Crushed bodyshells Nothing but scrap now Bell and Howell no more The silence is […]
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Archive : Leyland to site £15m factory at Longbridge
By Clifford Webb Midland Industrial Correspondent British Leyland is seeking planning permission to build an engine factory costing an estimated £15m at Longbridge, near Birmingham, the group’s biggest car manufacturing […]
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Archive : British Leyland gets Whitehall go-ahead for huge Rover plant expansion in the Midlands
By Clifford Webb Midland Industrial Correspondent Lord Stokes, chairman of British Leyland, has won his long struggle with the Government to be allowed to expand his group’s car production in […]
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Archive : BLMC spending £1m at Bathgate
By Clifford Webb British Leyland is spending £1m immediately to reorganize and modernize parts of its troubled truck and tractor plant at Bath- gate, West Lothian. Only two months ago […]