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London North Western
Railway:
Midland
Railway:
Stratford
Midland Junction Railway
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LMS Route: Rugby to Wolverhampton LMS Route: Nuneaton to
Leamington
Coventry Station: lnwrcov2762
Inside the Coventry Goods Shed used to tranship road
vehicles, in this instance a Hillman Minx, in September 1948. The caption to
the article in the Coventry Evening Telegraph stated, 'Yet another Coventry
model is loaded onto freight cars, bound for a waiting world. This is the new
look Hillman Minx, unveiled in September, 1948 and praised for its 'beautifully
proportioned' lines. Built at Ryton, the car was three years in the planning
stage and marked the Rootes Group's early attempts at the new post war sleek
designs'. Its basic price was £395 (purchase tax was £110 9s
5d) only £10 dearer than the pre-war model it replaced. The same shed can
be seen in image 'lnwrcov617' with the later
Hillman Minx model on view.
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