Making Cars at Cowley: From Morris to Mini

by Stephen Laing, Gillian Bardsle, Gillian Bardsley

In 1913 an ambitious young businessman named William Morris converted a derelict military college on the outskirts of Oxford into an assembly hall for motor vehicles. He thus opened the first chapter in one of the most extraordinary success stories of the British motor industry, becoming Lord Nuffield and a multimillionaire in the process. From Morris Motors and Pressed Steel, via the British Motor Corporation and British Leyland to its role as part...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0752491466
• ISBN13: 9780752491462
• Release Date: August 2013
• Publisher: History Press
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.1"