Standard-Triumph Suppliers
Below is a list of suppliers of the various parts of Triumphs (not all in the GT6) in 1973. Unfortunately, many have now gone, I used to work for one (Dunlop in Leicester).
Supplier | of | Location | What Happened to them? | |
GKN | Transmission parts | Birmingham | Still in business. | |
Triplex | Windscreens | - | Pilkington retired the brand in 1993. | |
Wilmot Breeden | Bumpers | Birmingham | Absorbed by the American conglomerate Rockwell Int. in 1979. | |
Dunlop, Polymer Engineering Div. | Metalastik bonded rubber components | Leicester | Taken over by BTR in 1985. Sold off in 1998. | |
Pirelli | Seat Webbing | - | Still in business. | |
AP Lockheed Brakes | Brake Products | Leamington Spa | Sold to an Indian multi-national, who supplies brake systems under the name Caparo AP Braking. | |
Vandervell | Crankshaft Bearings & Thrust Washers | Maidenhead | Now part of the MAHLE group. | |
Armstrong Patents | Shock Absorbers | Melton | Now part of Armstrong Lyon Hydraulics. | |
Formula Plus | Steering Wheels | Gravesend | No longer in business. | |
Alford & Alder | Suspensions & Steering Racks | Hemel Hempstead | Acquired by Standard, died with demise of BL. | |
Intec | Thermoplastic Tube & Injection Mouldings | Plymouth | No longer in business. | |
T J Filters | Oil Filters | Plymouth | Brand now belongs to Tetrasyl. | |
Willenhall Tube | Heaters, Radiators, Exhaust Pipes | Willenhall | Wound up in 2010. | |
Dunlop Wheel Div. | Wheels | Coventry | No longer in business. | |
Coventry Hood & Seating | Seats & Interior Trim | Bedworth | Went out of business in 1991 | |
Champion | Spark Plugs | - | Still in business. Mfg transferred from UK to Italy. | |
Waso | Steering Locks | Sheerness | No longer in business. | |
Dunlop Chemical Products Div. | Adhesives | Birmingham | Still in business (building products). | |
Kent Plastics | Plastic Components | Enniskillen | Went out of business in 2004. | |
Textile Mouldings | Injection Mouldings | Accrington | Went out of business in 1981. | |
Renold | Timing Chains | Manchester | Still in business. | |
Hill Precision | Zinc Alloy Castings | Birmingham | No longer in business. | |
W. Wesson | Steel | Wednesbury | Now part of Niagra LaSalle (UK) | |
Callow & Maddox Bros. | Seats & Trim Panels | Coventry | Went out of business in 2010. | |
Trico | Wiper Blades | - | Still in business (US company). | |
Pressweld | Aluminium Grilles | Gloucester | -Now part of SAPA Pressweld. | |
Britax | Seat Belts | - | -Still in business (Car Seats, Pushchairs etc). | |
Remploy | Packaging & Assembly | London | Still in business. | |
Hodgson & Hodgson | Sound Insulation | Burton-on-Trent | No longer in business. | |
Girling | Brake Products | - | Still in business, sadly no longer make calipers for our Triumphs! | |
Firth Furnishings Ltd. | Moulded Carpets | Heckmondwyke | Rieter Holding AG acquired Firth Furnishings Ltd. in 1994 |