I recall reading something to the effect that Pressed Steel is now Ex Pressed
Steel or some such. I believe they are doing the new bodies for MGBs, Minis,
Midgets, TR6s. It has been a while since I hve read anything about them
though. And I agree that BMH (British Motor Holdings?) had something to do
with the operation.
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From: Tigers [mailto:tigers-bounces@autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Owain Lloyd
Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2014 6:46 PM
To: Tom Parker
Cc: LIST TIGER
Subject: Re: [Tigers] Dana versus Salisbury, etc
er... i don't think anything in the UK was nationalized in 2005! maybe
1975?
On Thu, Jul 24, 2014 at 8:35 PM, Tom Parker <tkparker1941@gmail.com> wrote:
> Tom,
>
> Good thought! But I think they're dead - according to Wikipedia they
> became part of BMH Group, then part of British Leyland, which was
"Nationalized"
> in 2005.
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pressed_Steel_Company
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Leyland
>
> Maybe some of our friends "across the pond" can help with research or
> even (be still my heart!) Mark 2 Wheel Trim.
>
> Tom
> '67 Mark 2
>
>
> On Thu, Jul 24, 2014 at 7:50 PM, Tom Witt <atwittsend@verizon.net> wrote:
>
> > I recently found a similar industrial ad from Pressed Steel
> > mentioning
> >>>> that they were the source for the body shell, paint, and TRIM for
> >>>> the Tiger.<<<
> >>>>
> >>>
> > If Pressed Steel is still in business maybe someone from the Mark II
> crowd
> > should contact them. They might have the ability to still recreate
> > the
> trim
> > that is selling for..., was it $8,000? While there is talk about
> > alternative methods of creating this trim, maybe the possibility
> > exists that the original tooling is still available... somewhere... ???
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