Standard Triumph factory Coventry - HISTORIC FOOTAGE
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- Опубліковано 23 чер 2010
- Making cars at Standard Triumph's Canley factory in Coventry during the early 1960s.
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My father William Dixon worked at the Standard until 1959, when the Standard sent him to Brazil where I now live. Standard Motors had a factory in São Bernardo do Campo for some years, then left the country and my father decided to stay in Brazil.
When he came he brought his British car, and when he was driving he would take his dog with him in the car and everyone ran away as they thought the dog was driving! (In Brazil the steering wheel is on the opposite side)
Fantastic footage , love the bloke loading up the engine with the ciggy hanging out of the side of his mouth ;) 'Health and safety? whats that Bob? '
I started work at Canley straight from school in Aug 79 as a JWP(JUNIOR WORKS PERSONNEL)as a trainee trimmer, I trimmed seats for the Spitfire and TR7 models in an area of the factory what we called the Rocket Range until the plant closed in 1980 and was then transfered to the Jaguar plant at Browns Lane in Coventry.Triumph or the Standard as we called it was a great place to work,great bunch of lads.its all gone now,its a sainsburys store.
Both my grandparents worked at Standard through the war and after and then my Dad also worked there, he has now rebuilt in NZ a TR7 and a Spitfire Macau (he helped build the original!)
I've just perchased the whealer dealer spitfire from a lady in London, its now back home in Coventry, bought it in memory of my pop passed away last year, Rip pop, worked in no1 raw materials store just by the social club
Very Nice I like it.
Gotta love the way the bodies and drive trains wobbled around on hooks and chains as they were lowered onto the line. That's what you call "precision" !!!!
I wish I still had my Triumph. Was my daily driver for a decade!
I hadn't realised that the Herald was such a kit car in its production, the body in two halves, a separate roof all bolted together on to a chassis, it was a wonder that it was as rigid as it was!
Most interesting! Standard had a factory at Madras, India, where CKDs of the Standard 10/Pennant/Companion and finally the Herald.
The factory then went into independent car production after 1970, but with not much success.
They had shut down following a legal dispute that dragged on until the place was finally auctioned off a few years ago and completely torn down!
'would be interesting if anyone had a footage of that factory.
First car I ever had, triumph herald convertible.
Great car, could turn on a sixpence.
Nice video. As Jim Royal might say , "Health and safety my arse." Had a Triumph Herald. Nice car.
Me too. A good, reliable motor😉
@@edwardoleyba3075 Yes, indeed. 👌🙂
My mum was 14 engraving plane parts in the war years here. My dad got his gold watch after 25 years on engine rectification.Almost everyone in the area worked here or Massey Ferguson's.
Hi Mark both my grandparents worked here and my father their surname was Faulkner.
My dad was catering manager at the triumph factory !
I've never seen a car spray-painted so quickly!
My dad was the catering manager at the standard factory ,he had a triumph 2.5 pi he gave it to me and I found out it had been down the paint line about 20 times 🤣😂
I had two friends who had Triumphs. They broke down a lot and rusted a lot.
anyone else watch the documenty the other day
Spraying a primer coat without masks?
@Charlottie96 he was a truly great man!
God almighty, spraying all that enamel paint and not even a particle mask.
You can smoke while working on the line too!
I love old Triumphs! Yes, the production of them was inefficient, the steel less than rust-proof and the trade unions completely destroyed the entire British auto industry. And the men who painted them no doubt had very colorful lungs. But a classic British car is something to be cherished, in spite of the bruised knuckles.
Not totally right. The unions didn't destroy the industry, they had a small roll in its decline. it was mainly the elite ownership that knew nothing about the auto industry, primarily marketing and quality control, along with a toxic relationship with the workers that killed it.
Did you ever workinacar factory
Let's wear a dress to the factory!
I wish i still had my TR6 but the ex conned it out of me, I can remember the Herald in the 60s they were a sought after car. Pity Triumphs were gobbled up by those dullards at Rover , Rovers made BORING CARS and they were not very good at it ! build quality was abso awful ! Triumphs were exciting motor cars
blokes from that era didnt make old bones and collect their pensions working in factories chugging down paint spray fumes and dust.
this was the 1960s though, I kinda feel sorry for the people who were spraying paint.
thealed29
how about that. in an asbestos building and you were probably allowed to smoke.
A shame what happened with the british automobile industrie. So many different phantastic models. And today? All the same shit. The most cars without a charctre.
Triumphs broke and rusted more than others. They were also more expensive than the average. I can see why looking at the inefficient way they made them.
RIP friends.
Broke and rusted more than others ? Absolute rubbish !!
@paul austin Prick.
Talking out your arse pal 💩
I wouldn't want such a car. The quality was poor and looking at the factory conditions it was easy to see why.
The factory looks like a depressing dump. Far too little automation and too many men working. Men are smoking when working. Some have no respirators when spraying. A lot must have had chest complaints when older. Few wore gloves. They are spraying in open rooms as well.
No wonder the UK car industry went belly up and quite right as well. It saved lots of lives I am sure.
NearAbbeyRoad Most people back then used to smoke & work. This was the early 60s & health & safety didn’t exist at work, back then. Health & Safety got passed in legislation in 1974 & that’s when they stopped smokes at the production line, etc. The same attitudes to spray painting too. Respirators & ventilation wasn’t standard until the 70s at least.