BrushType4
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Off topic I’ve been wanting a Classic Landrover for sometime but haven’t found one yet. Next best thing arrived Christmas Day. Looks like the next few days will be busy.
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Pencarrow
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Whatever next? A heater??
Giles
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simond
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Most certainly. I even designed the electric ones for the “US spec“ V8s. That was a challenge as the doors were a bit thin. I suspect the door pad hit the driver’s knee…
The design was closely based on the 216/416/420 saloon front window regulator, which my employers also supplied. It’s a long time ago, probably thirty years, but the big 800, and the MGF, and the otherwise unrelated DB7 used the same family of components. Other notables were three generations of Transit van, the old Mini & Metro, and the rear window mechs for the 400 cabrio and of all things, the Metro cabrio. (I suspect sales of that model might have got into double figures
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Rockwell was an interesting company, we made Space Shuttles, the B1 bomber, avionics for the world, most of Fleet Street’s printing presses, axles for all sorts of heavy trucks, and the bits that make your car windows go up & down…
The design was closely based on the 216/416/420 saloon front window regulator, which my employers also supplied. It’s a long time ago, probably thirty years, but the big 800, and the MGF, and the otherwise unrelated DB7 used the same family of components. Other notables were three generations of Transit van, the old Mini & Metro, and the rear window mechs for the 400 cabrio and of all things, the Metro cabrio. (I suspect sales of that model might have got into double figures
)Rockwell was an interesting company, we made Space Shuttles, the B1 bomber, avionics for the world, most of Fleet Street’s printing presses, axles for all sorts of heavy trucks, and the bits that make your car windows go up & down…
Brian McKenzie
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. . . and allegedly, a listening system so that the former Shah of Iran could listen in to whatever was being said in the country!
There was also a Rockwell milling machine (popular with American model engineers) - but maybe made elsewhere?
simond
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and a fat lot of good it did him!
I hadn't heard of the spyware bit, nor indeed machine tools, but the company was so big and so diverse...
pcalkel
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Where I worked early 90's, we did sub-contract press work for Rockwell, one tool in particular produced 5 lock components for all 4 doors and the hatchback, one blow 5 parts, which was great until they only wanted parts for a two door model, when asked what we were supposed to do the other parts for the rear doors we were told to throw them in the scrap, but they argued about the price when we tried to charge for the five components when we delivered the three they required, happy days.
BrushType4
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Big Train James
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Partially off topic (trains, but not laser cutting or 3d printing or legos), but Rockwell in the US owned LFM from 1956 to 1993. LFM made steel castings for EMD truck frame castings. They're still around, no longer owned by Rockwell, and known as Atchison Foundry. I don't know if they still do railroad related work.
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BrushType4
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And done.
