09-02-2022, 10:28 AM
(This post was last modified: 09-02-2022, 10:29 AM by David Stepney.)
(09-02-2022, 09:28 AM)Peter Naulls Wrote: Thank you David and Mike, that's very interesting. I hadn't appreciated that the bodies were numbered according to their type but it makes a lot of sense when you think about it.
I find the timescales and processes of production very interesting, it must have been huge organisational task to get all the component supply chains to marry up.
Indeed, Peter, it was! Although I have no direct experience, I have friends who worked at 'The Austin' in its later years and it was the responsibility of the production managers to ensure that all the cars were built to the correct specification. A works order would be generated, detailing the car's specification, such as colour and trim, including any options and this would accompany the car down the production line so that the correct parts were fitted. In theory, you could built any model to any spec.
I presume that a similar arrangement existed in the thirties.