Two million technit drawings rescued
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THE BRITISH Motor Industry Heritage Trust, whose formal was announced on July 5, is I more than a display of histori vehicles. It is developing an exceptional reference collect of technical drawings and already has more than two million dating from 1896 to tl mid-1970s.
The preservation ofbusine records, photographs, vehicl specifications and build reco is another important task. Without original documents manufacture of components needed in the restoration of historic vehicles at the Trust' workshop at Studley, Warwi would be far more difficult.
The BMIHT is to co-ordina and manage marque trust collections set up in conjunc with the manufacturing inch.. Component suppliers, deale and others are being encouraged to establish sim trusts within a federation.
An industry that has done much for Britain, economicE scientifically, industrially an socially, rightly cherishes it heritage and has acquired a dedicated central body to preserve it.