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... All the Makes: Packard to Purvis PACKARD (1899- 1958) Founded as the Ohio Automobile Company by brothers James Ward and William Dowd Packard in Warren (Ohio). Deciding not to compete at the lower mass-produced end of the market being then dominated by Henry Ford, the company instead concentrated on the manufacture of more up-market cars by way of comparison a Model T was selling for $440, while the Packard's had a starting price of $2 ,600! Appealing to the social elite, for a time they were the transport of choice for many US and foreign dignitaries. Financially rescued by a happy Packard owner (and a wealthy one at that), one Henry Bourne Joy, the company would move to Detroit where James would be appointed ...

... Sons& Bean Ltd, established in 1826 as metalworkers. With the coming of the motor age, they had built up a considerable business in stamped, forged and cast components, while, during the war, they concentrated on shell manufacture. Their 1919 plans for motor manufacture included an initial output of 50,000 cars- 20,000 more than the capability of the English branch of the Ford Motor Company, who were, at that time, Britain's largest manufacturer. In May 1919, to eliminate development costs, the company bought the jigs, tools and designs of the 11.9 hp Perry light car, of which around 700 had been built between 1915 and 1916. At the 1919 Olympia Motor Show in November, the public had their first chance to see the ...

... . The Super Sports model, with Matchless MX4 engine, had more than 40bhp and this, combined with minimal weight, helped produce a very lively performance. In fact, fully-tuned 'Grand Prix' Morgans were capable of 115mph, a startling figure considering the time and the fact that you were doing it on three wheels. By the early 1930s Morgan opted for a side-valve Ford engine, and to assist with the extra weight they developed a more solid chassis frame. It was this derivative that would continue to be built until the early 1950s, and more than any other was the model responsible to establishing Morgan's enviable reputation that endures to this day. The Switch To Four Wheels In 1935 H.F .S. Morgan decided that his company should manufacture ...

... .a first for mainstream British car manufacture. The EH Holden 1963 was a watershed for Holden, releasing what many people today still consider to be their greatest achievement, the eighth model" EH Holden ". The new model offered an impressive combination of style, power, refinement, ruggedness and value for money. Launched in August, it was far more able to challenge the recently released XK Ford Falcon than the FB and EK. An immediate success, more than 250,000 were sold in the first 18 months of its release, making it the fastest selling Australian car- ever. The biggest news with the new model was in the introduction of the new" Red Motor" that used an oversquare design with a seven bearing crankshaft. These were the first Holden motors to use ...

... formed before the war to carry out general engineering work. The company was involved in making parts for the aircraft industry, building office furniture and a variety of other sub-contract work. Daninos entered the motor industry when several French manufacturers who required bodies for specialised cars came to Facel for this work to be done. Facel built bodies for the Dyna Panhard, the Simca Sport coupe and the Ford Comete and, in so doing, gained a good deal of expertise both in body building and design, as the company assisted with design work on some of the bodies. The Simca Plein Ciel Although Facel continued to build Simca bodies into the 1960s, they lost the Panhard contract when Panhard decided to build their own bodies, and Daninos decided to go into car manufacturing himself. The company ...