boomboom Posted September 10, 2015 Share Posted September 10, 2015 Hi All I have a nagging Question to ask the more intelligent people on this forum if any person can identify thees metal boxes they are dated 1943 and have a symbol on them i have not seen before .....anyone know please Pete Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fv1609 Posted September 10, 2015 Share Posted September 10, 2015 We need a picture to help us a bit Pete Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boomboom Posted September 10, 2015 Author Share Posted September 10, 2015 Hi Again All Sorry about that I forgot to upload the Photos and sizes The sizes are in inches 25 x 15 x 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fv1609 Posted September 10, 2015 Share Posted September 10, 2015 Is this not the trade mark of the Pressed Steel Company? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boomboom Posted September 10, 2015 Author Share Posted September 10, 2015 Is this not the trade mark of the Pressed Steel Company? Is there any history or info on the company that i could research ??? as this bl*ddy interesting:D Pete Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fv1609 Posted September 10, 2015 Share Posted September 10, 2015 Well they made a lot of military trailers in there with the others, Sankey, Brockhouse etc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fv1609 Posted September 10, 2015 Share Posted September 10, 2015 Pressed Steel Co. Ltd., in1966 were taken over by Rootes Pressings Ltd., Paisley, Renfrewshire Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boomboom Posted September 10, 2015 Author Share Posted September 10, 2015 Pressed Steel Co. Ltd., in1966 were taken over by Rootes Pressings Ltd., Paisley, Renfrewshire Interesting And here is a bit more info Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Farrant Posted September 10, 2015 Share Posted September 10, 2015 Pressed Steel Co. Ltd., in1966 were taken over by Rootes Pressings Ltd., Paisley, Renfrewshire Clive, I am not sure that is right. I thought there was a strong connection with BMC / British Motor Holdings, then British Leyland. Looking at Graces Guide and their timeline, seems I was correct http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Pressed_Steel_Co They continued with BL then when the Mini production was set up by BMW, they were drawn into that group, now called Swindon Pressings. They did have a plant at Linwood in Scotland next to the Rootes plant and made the Imp bodies there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fv1609 Posted September 12, 2015 Share Posted September 12, 2015 Clive, I am not sure that is right. Yes it is completely wrong Richard. It was from some notes I made a year or two ago that I found in a company history but have been unable to retrace the source. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fv1609 Posted September 12, 2015 Share Posted September 12, 2015 Is this not the trade mark of the Pressed Steel Company? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Suslowicz Posted September 13, 2015 Share Posted September 13, 2015 Yes it is completely wrong Richard. It was from some notes I made a year or two ago that I found in a company history but have been unable to retrace the source. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pressed_Steel_Company See also "Fisher & Ludlow" which became "Pressed Steel Fisher" as part of BLMC. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castle_Bromwich_Assembly Chris. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Ashby Posted September 15, 2015 Share Posted September 15, 2015 My Uncle worked for Pressed Steel as a welder the plant was next to the Morris Cowley works in Oxford for many years. When BMW took over and the site was 'rationalized' most of the workshops and ancillary buildings were bulldozed. Most of the works site is now a shopping center, hotel and posh industrial estate. Pete Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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