Austin
Why on earth I said Morris were at Longbridge I shall never know! Austin Motors = Longbridge, Birmingham; MG = Abingdon, Berkshire as it was in at the time; 'Morris Car branch' = Cowley, Oxford, now BMW Oxford [MINI]; Morris Commercial Cars = Adderley Park, Birmingham 8; Wolseley = Ward End, Birmingham; 'Morris Engine branch' = Coventry.
Bart stated that Contract V.3825 was for 1,000 vehicles, half being sub-contracted to Austins in Longbridge who during 1940-44 co-produced 6,700 Morris chassis. Wolseley apparently built CD/SW chassis for MCC, though whether Austins built any 6 x 4 MCC chassis I have no idea...I have however a photo recently sent of a Longbridge-built Austin CV & WD 6 x 4 chassis.
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