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 162,259 pages of information and 244,500 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.

Rootes Pressings (Scotland)

From Graces Guide
Oct 1966.

Note: This is associated with Rootes Motors

of Linwood, Paisley.

1967 After Rootes announced a £97 million loss, Chrysler took a controlling interest with the Industrial Reorganisation Corporation holding a minority. The 30 subsidiary companies were consolidated into 2 - Rootes Motors Ltd and Rootes Pressings (Scotland) Ltd - in order to reduce admin expenses[1]


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Sources of Information

  1. Times, Dec 29, 1967