Thread: How to extend Drawbar tube on Army W/shop trailer

G'day Tank

Birmabright is/was Rover Car Coy's name for Aluminium, all that stuff they had leftover from building Lancaster Bombers, Solihull was a shadow Lancaster Factory the name Birmabright was first used by them in 1948, at the Amsterdam motor show release.

cheers

Originally Posted by UncleHo

G'day Tank

Birmabright is/was Rover Car Coy's name for Aluminium, all that stuff they had leftover from building Lancaster Bombers, Solihull was a shadow Lancaster Factory the name Birmabright was first used by them in 1948, at the Amsterdam motor show release.

cheers

The Land Rover Factory in Lode Lane was actually the Gloucester Meteor jet fighter factory and the experience of the Rover Co. engineers with the Whittle jet engine was the reason that Rover trialled jet engined prototype Rover cars after the war.

Birmabright is actually an aluminium alloy which contains a small amount of magnesium which makes a panel stronger and more resistant to dents etc. Ideal for aircraft fuselage travelling at hundreds of miles an hour.

The current Defenders etc no longer use Birmabright are instead made out of plain aluminium and hence the need to fix chequerplate panels everywhere, which was not needed on Birmabright clad series Land Rovers.

Diana