All automakers today do the same thing. Auto companies are "assemblers"
relying on a raft of companies to manufacture items which they in turn
assemble into a complete car. Ford GM Benz VW
BMW etc all use parts manufactured by suppliers. It would be impossible for
any one automaker to manufacture everything that goes into a modern car. Take
Landrover for example. They take
engines from Puegeot transmissions from ZF instruments from VDO ABS systems
from Bosch and so it goes. So are they kit cars?
Murray Arundell
On Fri Jul 11 15:35 , "Paul Hunt" sent:
>The term 'bin' in 'parts bin' as applied to what BL products were built from
>didn't refer to the bins along any one production line, but the fact that
>common mechanical and electrical parts were used across a variety of models
>and factories. MG *did* design and manufacture pretty-well everything for a
>few years up to the point when Lord Nuffield transferred MG and Wolseley
from
>his personal ownership to that of Morris Motors in the mid-30s. At that
point
>the MG design office was closed down (by Len Lord, office politics and ego
>being well entrenched even then) with the exception of one person, all
future
>designs were done from Cowley, and most mechanical and electrical parts had
to
>be drawn from the Cowley 'parts bin'. It is from this time that the MoWoG
>logo on many parts dates, signifying Morris, Wolseley and mG using common
>parts. Subsequently Abingdon got design back, less so the choice of
>components.
>
>Ironically Australian built MGBs *were* kit cars, a near-complete kit of
parts
>being sent out for local assembly, with some local content.
>
>PaulH.
> ----- Original Message -----
> I believe the proper term was "Bin build" as the cars (MGB's included)
>would
> be built by using parts out of various "Bins" located along the assembly
> line at Abingdon.
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