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East Works
(Watch a Video at the end of the article)

East Works was a Shadow Factory and work on the building started in 1936. It produced Stirling & Lancaster Bombers in kit-form, but also produced complete Fairey Battle and Hurricane aircraft that took off from the works airfield. Click here for more info

It had many roles after the War, Truck production along with Austin Champ, Austin Gipsy. Its main role in the late 50s was the production of the engines/gearboxs (A series) for the front-wheel range of cars. At the height of production in the mid 60s weekly production was running at 15,000 units.

Its next major change was the production of the all new 'K' series engine.

'K' series production line off to China

















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Cofton Factory

This was built to produce the 'E' series engine, on a green field site next to East Works. When the engine was discontinued, the factory produced Mini suspension and also the R65 gearbox.

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