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Well, that was very interesting. Plenty there. Thanks Simon.
Interestingly, he talks about improvements over the past 10 years. Having just watched the Troubleshooters 2 program, recorded in 1999, a large number of improvements were in place then compared with the Troubleshooter 1 program of 1989 (when they were struggling to make more than 9 cars a week). It would be very interesting to chart the improvements made of the past 20 years.
Good spot, A11OGE
Having been visiting the Factory on a regular basis since 1963 I can concur. When Sir John first visited the place in 1989 it had hardly changed in 40 years. His incredulous comments were very huffily received by Peter and Charles who maintained that he didn't understand Morgan and his comments were 'not worthy of us'
Then, in the next ten years, they proceeded to implement virtually every single suggestion that Sir John had made!
The 'Sir John Hardly-Knows' T-shirts began to look a bit silly! The last ten years have seen a lot more behind-the scenes improvements, but visually it's just pandering to the type of client that Morgans know unfortunately attract.
Colin M
