[TR] Rover V8 engine

[johnbmacartney at gmx.com]

Dave Northrup wanted to know if the former WW2 airfield I mentioned in my
last post was still in existence and if so, does it have any particular use?



The answer is Yes to both queries, but not as an airfield. The original WW2
hangars are still there and very much in use by various companies involved
in distribution logistics. The former Royal Air Force Control Tower at the
north end has long been converted into a private house.



Attached (? Hopefully) is an aerial picture of the airfield layout as it
used to be. When in use as a storage park for newly built Standard and
Triumph cars, all three runways (still just visible in the pic) were used
for storage with cars parked in two parallel lines down the runway centres
with two further single lines on each runway edge. Mostly, they were parked
by model and wherever possible by colour within each model group - always
assuming there was available space. This overall layout gave two free
carriageways the full length of each runway for unobstructed vehicle
movements in each direction. The runway intersects were obviously not used
for vehicle parking.



If you've ever wondered where the rust on your Triumph first started, you're
now looking at the location!



Jonmac

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