Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

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Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 162,257 pages of information and 244,498 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 147,919 pages of information and 233,587 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Harry Ferguson Research

From Graces Guide
1952. Ferguson R4 Prototype Car. 2,200cc FWD. Reg No: RPE 4. Exhibit at Coventry Transport Museum.

1950 April. Company formed by Harry Ferguson with Freddy Dixon and Tony Rolt to develop the Crab, a revolutionary four-wheel drive family car. Claude Hill was the main designer. Dixon soon fell out with Ferguson and left

The company moved to Coventry

1961 Built an experimental race car.[1]

1972 Company closed with John R. Peacock as a director


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