Booth bros.
| Booth Bros. Limited | |
|---|---|
| legal form | Limited |
| founding | 1938 or earlier |
| resolution | 1954 or 1955 |
| Reason for dissolution | fusion |
| Seat | Dublin , Ireland |
| Branch | Automobiles |
Booth Bros. was an assembly plant for motor vehicles and thus part of the automotive industry in Ireland .
Company history
The Dublin- based company is first mentioned in 1938. In that year the assembly of automobiles began. The parts came from MG , and later from Wolseley Motor Company . 1954 or 1955 did the merger with WF Poole & Company to Booth Poole & Company .
vehicles
The Express Auto Company had already assembled MG from 1936 to 1938. Has been handed secured by Booth Bros. only the model MG TD .
A company not named was assembling Wolseley in Ireland from 1935. Booth Bros. only started doing this after World War II .
Production numbers
The following are registration numbers of MG and Wolseley vehicles in Ireland for the years Booth Bros. assembled them. The figures for the last two years also include the assemblies at Booth Poole & Company, as splitting is not possible within one year.
| year | MG | Wolseley | total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1938 | not known | not known | |
| 1939 | not known | not known | |
| 1946-1953 | not known | not known | |
| 1954 | 62 | 230 | 292 |
| 1955 | 152 | 125 | 277 |
| total | 214 | 355 | 569 |
literature
- Bob Montgomery: Motor Assembly in Ireland . Dreoilín Specialist Publications, Foxrock 2018, ISBN 978-1-902773-35-3 (English).
Individual evidence
- ^ Bob Montgomery: Motor Assembly in Ireland . Dreoilín Specialist Publications, Foxrock 2018, ISBN 978-1-902773-35-3 (English).
- ↑ The London Gazette, January 7, 1938 (accessed December 21, 2019)