[Mg-t] Abingdon, 1931

[John Quilter]

If by indigenous you mean British owned auto manufacturers you are correct.
It you mean indigenous as made in England I would beg to differ.   BMW is
actively producing the new Mini and Rolls Royce in the UK.  VW produces
the Bentley in the UK and the new owners of Jaguar and Land Rover, Tata, an
Indian firm, continue with production in Coventry and Solihull.  It was not
so much the act of building a motor car in England that was the downfall of
the UK owned firms but management's inability to study the market, and
particularly the overseas markets, and, without xenophobic prejudice, design
and build cars that suited the markets in both the basic product and quality
and durability in service.

John F. Quilter
Brisbane, California
32 year veteran of the British auto industry

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Douglas Ormrod" <Douglas.Ormrod at neurological.org.nz>
To: "MG T List" <mg-t at autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, November 08, 2009 12:17 PM
Subject: Re: [Mg-t] Abingdon, 1931


> Brilliant.
>
> I understand it was originally 1hr 20min long, but they editied out the
> tea break. Of course the problem is the British continued building cars
> the same way which is why there is almost no indigenous British industry
> today.
>
> I wonder if they had a company song like Austin:
>
> THE AUSTIN UNITY SONG
>
> Unity of purpose is our watchword day by day,
> In all we do and say,
> Marching on our way,
> Holding it before us as through life we go along,
> Hear the happy throng,
> Sing the Austin song.
>
>
> Refrain - We stand united, with Austin as our aim,
> Our path is lighted with progress for the flame,
> No shirkers, all workers,
> All playing the game for goodwill and fame;
> Shoulder to shoulder, secure against a fall,
> Bolder and bolder, we'll try to conquer all,
> We'll fight for, do right for the good of our name,
> We stand united with Austin as our aim.
>
>
> Loyal co-operation is the test of brotherhood,
> Working as men should,
> For the common good,
> Each for all, our motto, as the race of life we run,
> Striving all as one,
> Through the years to come.
>
>
> Refrain - We stand united, with Austin as our aim,
> Our path is lighted with progress for the flame,
> No shirkers, all workers,
> All playing the game for goodwill and fame;
> Shoulder to shoulder, secure against a fall,
> Bolder and bolder, we'll try to conquer all,
> We'll fight for, do right for the good of our name,
> We stand united with Austin as our aim.
>
> Douglas
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: mg-t-bounces at autox.team.net [mailto:mg-t-bounces at autox.team.net]
> On Behalf Of David Lodge
> Sent: Friday, 6 November 2009 8:42 a.m.
> To: MG T List; JohnD
> Subject: Re: [Mg-t] Abingdon, 1931
>
> Fascinating!  Thanks, John.  (If I were the foreman I'd get some new
> trestles
> made up, those look as though they're on their last legs!)  Elf &
> safety?
> Regards, Lodge
>
> --- On Thu, 5/11/09, JohnD <johnsfolly at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> From: JohnD <johnsfolly at gmail.com>
> Subject: [Mg-t] Abingdon, 1931
> To: "MG T List" <mg-t at autox.team.net>
> Date: Thursday, 5 November, 2009, 3:49 AM
>
> Maybe you guys have seen this already, but I found it a real treat.
> Hold your breath when you get to the spray booth!
>
> http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=70826
>
> Watch in full frame. Long, silent film.
> John Deikis
> Chelsea, MI
> *Racing in the Past Lane!*
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