Minor assembly lines

Post by **Onne** » Sat May 13, 2006 2:01 pm

Does anyone know where they were built, besides Oxford (Cowley), Adderley Park and Amersfoort, the Netherlands? And how does one tell them apart?

English built cars have Triplex toughened glass
Dutch assembly used Staalglas

Surely there are more factories, each with their own special features, and use of local industry.

Onne

Post by **bigginger** » Sat May 13, 2006 2:18 pm

Zetland in Australia

Post by **Onne** » Sat May 13, 2006 2:23 pm

okay... and there was one in Ireland I think

Post by **Scott** » Mon May 15, 2006 12:34 am

The CKD cars assembled here all had local ID tags whereas the UK build cars have Cowley ID tags.

Also, the firewalls on our CKD cars are 2 piece with a joining strip running horizontally. All the UK built cars I've seen have 1 piece firewalls.

CKD cars here used some local parts - trim, radiators, some electrics & glass too I think.

Post by **Cam** » Mon May 15, 2006 12:40 am

Scott wrote:Also, the firewalls on our CKD cars are 2 piece with a joining strip running horizontally. All the UK built cars I've seen have 1 piece firewalls.

Wow! I didn't know that. Do you have any pictures of the 2 piece bulkhead (firewall)?

Post by **Scott** » Mon May 15, 2006 12:51 am

Cam wrote:
Scott wrote:Also, the firewalls on our CKD cars are 2 piece with a joining strip running horizontally. All the UK built cars I've seen have 1 piece firewalls.
Wow! I didn't know that. Do you have any pictures of the 2 piece bulkhead (firewall)?

I can take a couple of pictures tonight.

Post by **Cam** » Mon May 15, 2006 12:52 am

Smashing!

I've not come across that before.

Post by **bigginger** » Mon May 15, 2006 9:42 am

Do you have the names of any other assembly plants too?

Post by **Onne** » Mon May 15, 2006 4:56 pm

We have the CKD with the joining strip too! Ask Wimor on this board, he has one.

Post by **wimor** » Thu May 18, 2006 7:30 pm

Here you can see the strip on the bulkhead.

And the assembly by J.J. Molenaar in Amersfoort

Greetings from Holland,

Wimor

Post by **Onne** » Thu May 18, 2006 8:45 pm

those pictures are very nice indeed!

Post by **Tris** » Thu May 18, 2006 9:23 pm

I'l second that

Post by **iandromiskin** » Fri Jun 30, 2006 9:58 am

okay... and there was one in Ireland I think

Yeah, I think it was known as the the 'Britan' or 'Britin' (Sorry about the spelling) works and based in Dublin. I can find out when I open the bonet of my Minor which is Irish. Basically, all the parts were fully made in England, then boxed up and sent over the Ireland on the boat for assembley by Irish workers (a bit like Ikea). All Irish cars were made in Dublin and have an additional plate beside the chassis and engine plate on the engine bulkhead.

Ian.

Post by **Kevin** » Fri Jun 30, 2006 10:34 am

Dont forget Malta as they still have a large population of Moggies, then there is New Zealand & Sri Lanka, Cyprus and probably anywhere else our forces used to be based in.