On this day in 1951: Ferrari's fabulous F1 victory, Austin opens a radical production facility and we test Aston Martin's Le Mans racer
The building contained three lines, for the A40, A70 and A90 Atlantic and A125 Sheerline. Parts were loaded in sets onto 700ft-long moving assembly tracks and then fitted to a chassis in the most efficient order, with big machines lifting and turning the car at fixed points, such that a hammer and spanner seemed to be the only tools line workers needed.
Perhaps even more impressive was a 1000ft-long railway tunnel, 20ft below the floor, that delivered parts from other areas of the site. All of this was connected to a control room by 100 miles of cable. Most modern of all, though, was that parts delivery was organised by punch cards – so computerised. “Heavy work is eliminated, the pace is leisurely and the result is consistency,” we concluded.s were first sold in Australia in the 1920. In 1935, 18 retailers joined forces to create a distributor, then buy coachbuilder TJ Richards for local assembly.
DB2 ‘VMF 64’ was lent to Autocar. Lightened and tuned up from its usual 105bhp, its quickness surprised even those of us familiar with the road-going DB2’s brilliant performance. We likened it to a jet fighter – as we did the screaming of its 2.6-litre six. Thankfully, the brakes were equally good. Late-night and early-morning country runs with amber headlights ablaze would never be forgotten, the DB2 giving a sense of utter security and complete mastery of every situation.
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