Motorcycle combinations tackling the Test Hill (Paul Stewart).
The BTM Outreach Team pitched its tent in the Paddock and luckily was not too camouflaged, so members and potential recruits did manage to find them. This was the last main event of the year
for both the Museum and the Outreach Team and they will now enjoy a well-earned rest… until New Year’s Day anyway!
Paul Stewart and Tim Morris
BMH FACTORY TOUR AND VISIT TO THE COTSWOLDMOTORMUSEUM
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MGB GT body-shell assembly at BMH (Nigel Brecknell).
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Brooklands Trust Members and Museum volunteers gathered on Monday 17th October for a two-venue trip to the British Motor Heritage factory in Witney near Oxford in the morning and the Cotswold Motor Museum and Toy Collection after lunch in Bourton-on- the-Water.
The BMH visit started with a briefing by the Sales Manager Martin Davies, who told us about the origins of the company which grew from the British Leyland archives around 1975 into the privately-owned company of today via Rover and BMW. It is an organisation unlike any other in the world. However, some other car manufacturers
are thinking along similar lines.
During its formation, as production of a BL model ceased, the press tools, jigs, fixtures and other tooling were acquired, some weighing as much as 28 tonnes each. The first body-shells, those for the MGB, were produced in 1988, with the MG Midget following in 1991. This vast amount of original equipment is used today to produce shells and panels for the original Mini and Clubman, MG Midget, MGB, MGB GT, Austin Healey Sprite and some later Triumphs. All the pressings are produced by third party specialists using BMH-owned tooling but the shells are built up from these panels, by hand in
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