GA Brittain
| GA Brittain Limited | |
|---|---|
| legal form | Limited |
| founding | 1913 |
| resolution | 1966 |
| Reason for dissolution | fusion |
| Seat | Dublin , Ireland |
| Branch | Automobiles |
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GA Brittain was an assembly plant for motor vehicles and thus part of the automotive industry in Ireland .
Company history
George A. Brittain founded the company in Dublin in 1913 as a car dealership . He sold vehicles from Morris , Lancia and Unic . Automobile assembly began in autumn 1934. The parts came from Morris and from 1935 also from Riley . From 1935 the son Vincent ran the company when George retired to England . He gave up the auto trade.
In 1966 came the merger with Lincoln & Nolan to BLN Motor Company .
vehicles
Have survived secured Morris Eight , 1948 Morris Minor , Morris Oxford MO and serial Morris 1100 . The Minor differed from the original in that the radiator grille and rims were in the same color as the car and the windows had a clover leaf instead of the triplex symbol. In addition, the Mini was created as the Morris Mini Minor.
Forty RMAs were assembled by Riley in 1946 , one of which sold for £ 9,000 in 2014 . The RMB , which was built in England from 1947 to 1952, was also assembled. One surviving vehicle was auctioned for £ 7,700 in 2011. In addition, the elf is narrated. It is unclear whether it was installed before the merger in 1966.
Production numbers
The following are Irish registration numbers for Morris and Riley vehicles from the years GA Brittain assembled them. The figures for the last year also include the assemblies at the successor company, as splitting is not possible within one year.
| year | Morris | Riley | total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1934 | not known | not known | |
| 1935 | not known | not known | not known |
| 1936 | 833 | 50 | 883 |
| 1937 | 1,352 | 44 | 1,396 |
| 1938 | 1,324 | not known | 1,324 |
| 1939 | 1.103 | not known | 1.103 |
| 1940-1953 | not known | not known | |
| 1954 | 4,716 | 4,716 | |
| 1955 | 4,958 | 4,958 | |
| 1956 | 2,559 | 19th | 2,578 |
| 1957 | 2,641 | 7th | 2,648 |
| 1958 | 3,805 | 53 | 3,858 |
| 1959 | 3,791 | 70 | 3,861 |
| 1960 | 4,593 | 76 | 4,669 |
| 1961 | 4,700 | 59 | 4,759 |
| 1962 | 5,209 | 33 | 5,242 |
| 1963 | not known | not known | not known |
| 1964 | 6,250 | not known | 6,250 |
| 1965 | 6,042 | 42 | 6,084 |
| 1966 | 6,170 | 115 | 6,285 |
| total | 60,046 | 568 | 60,614 |
literature
- Bob Montgomery: Motor Assembly in Ireland . Dreoilín Specialist Publications, Foxrock 2018, ISBN 978-1-902773-35-3 (English).
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Bob Montgomery: Motor Assembly in Ireland . Dreoilín Specialist Publications, Foxrock 2018, ISBN 978-1-902773-35-3 (English).
- ↑ Andrew Ryan: Around the world: Minis in Ireland , December 19, 2019 (accessed December 26, 2019)
- ↑ 2014 auction (accessed December 26, 2019)
- ↑ 2011 auction (accessed December 26, 2019)