Re: Block stampings, TA,TB,TC,TD,TF,YA,YB,WA,SA,VA,etc,

[Paul Hunt <paul.hunt1@virgin.net>]

neil.cairns@virgin.net wrote:
> 
> Paul Hunt wrote:
> >
> > neil.cairns@virgin.net wrote:
> > >
> > > ... Morris Engines built all MG, Wolseley and Morris units.
> >
> > Hence MoWoG (he he).
> >
> > PaulH.
> 
> I always thought this stood for MOrris and WOlseley Garages,
>   MO WO G. But why does it appear on AUSTIN designed items??
> 
> Neil

No-one really knows.  Clausager says the G stands for mG; issue 1 of the 
BMIHT magazine says it stands for Garages.  Since reading that MG and 
Wolseley joined Morris as a package I tend to think Clausager is right. 
 Also, Morris chassis numbers begin with an M, and MG with a G.  Don't 
know about Wolseley, W?  Austin and Morris shared parts before MG and 
Wolseley joined.  It was Ray Gibbons contention that it was a factory 
foremans joke, knowing that it would cause arguments for decades. 

PaulH.