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15-12-2019, 11:59 PM | #1 | ||
FG XR6 Ute & Sedan
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Location: Bibra Lake WA
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Sad topic I know, but as local vehicle manufacture went some time ago I thought it was time for a review of the associated parts and tool manufacturers status. Those that are gone however many decades ago or just recently departed and those still here or recent additions even. Can we add to this list (I am sure we can for at least the "Gone" list ):
Gone (as in closed or here in name only on imported parts) Litchfield Tools Siddons Industries/Sidchrome Tools PBR Brakes Olympic Spark Plugs Lodge Spark Plugs Australia ACL Gaskets, Bearings and piston rings etc BORG-Warner, BTR, ION, Drivetrain Systems International and DSI Septone paints Aungar Plastics (and wheels) Kmac (now part of Whiteline) BTR - Dana Spicer Australia (still here but I don't think they make diffs or anything here anymore Ryco Filters (all made offshore now) Ferris Car Radios AWA Car Radios Echlin Australia Bridgestone (ex Uniroyal) Australia Olympic Tyre & Rubber Co (Tyres) Still Here (I think) and making things in Oz Century Batteries (Still making batteries in Qld) Kilkenny casting Adelaide Lukey Performance Products (Exhausts) Bosch Australia Monroe Australia Pty Ltd (Tenneco Ltd) Clovelly Park Adelaide. Unidrive Clayton, Victoria ?
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