Argyll
Ashley
Allard
Lanchester
Rochdale
Westfield
Ginetta
Marcos
ERA
Bean
Bond
Singer
Vanden Plas
Frazer Nash
Bradford
Oh there must be more than that!!
now then did someone want to know which models each of these made ??
Guy
----- Original Message -----
From Frank Clarici <spritenut at Exit109.com>
To: V & J Pina <vping@optonline.net>
Cc: Spridget List <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Sent: 22 February 2000 00:21
Subject: Re: Past & Present
> V & J Pina wrote:
>
> > What makes were made and what makes are presently made by the British. I
>really don't know the whole story.
>
>
> I'll at least start the list.
>
> Arkley (yes it is an actual car manufacturer (or was)
> Armstron-Siddley
> Austin (many models)
> Austin Healey
> Aston Martin (now owned by Ford)
> Berkeley
> BMC (*combining Austin, MG, Jaguar Morris and others)
> British Leyland (bought em all up)
> Delorean (well it's from the isles of GB)
> Elva
> Ford (Anglia, Popular, Cortina, etc)
> Gilette (or something like that)
> Jowlette
> Jaguar (now Ford)
> Jensen (pre Healey)
> Hillman (Rootes)
> Humber (Rootes)
> Leyland (commercial vehicles)
> Lola
> Lotus
> Morgan (the only one left still making British cars)
> Morris
> MG (Morris Garage)
> Nash (as in Austin-Nash Metropolitan)
> Reliant (scimetar and 3 wheeler)
> Sunbeam (Rootes)
> Talbot (later Sunbeam then Rootes I think)
> Triumph
> TVR (Trevor Wison)
> Vauxhaul (GM UK)
>
> This is from memory, and maybe a few are just models of makes but I gave
> it my best shot. There are many more makers that came and left.
> Daniel, help me out here.
>
> --
> Frank Clarici
> Toms River, NJ
> Too many Sprites (again)
> There is a very fine line between "hobby" and "mental illness."
> http://www.exit109.com/~spritenut
>
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