Very interesting list of companies. Many of them were visited by my Dad in
his role as Quality Engineer - sometimes, in school holidays I used to go
with him.
One company you didn't mention (maybe it wasn't listed) was PRESTFIBRE at
Reading, Berkshire.
They had the contract for making the instrument panels - mainly Herald and
Vitesse as well as the removable transmission tunnel covers over the
gearbox on the above two cars and Spitfire/GT6/TR.
Their factory stank of wet paper, glue and rotting fish. This was primarily
because the chewed paper mix that went into making these assemblies had a
high proportion of fish and other glues stirred in with it. If any lister's
car periodically smells of old fish - especially if it gets flooded, you'll
know now where the smell's coming from!
John Macartney
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