British Motor Heritage

British Motor Heritage

British Motor Heritage Limited (BMH) is a British company specialising in the manufacture of bodies and body parts for historic and classic British cars, and based in Witney, Oxfordshire.

History

BMH was established in 1975, as a subsidiary of British Leyland, to supply genuine components for classic British cars, using original tools wherever possible. [cite web
title=A Unique Business
publisher=British Motor Heritage Limited
url=http://www.bmh-ltd.com/company.htm]

BMH started using legacy jigs and tools to produce complete bodyshells for historic models in 1988, with its MG MGB replacement body, the car had been out of production for 8 years. In 1991 it restarted production of MG Midget bodies. [cite news
title=Sports cars are given the body treatment
date=1991-05-12
publisher=The Sunday Times]

BMW obtained BMH when it acquired the Rover Group in 1994cite news
title=Heritage is exactly what it used to be
date=2004-07-03
publisher=The Daily Telegraph
url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/main.jhtml?xml=/motoring/2004/07/02/emfclub03.xml]

In 2001 BMW sold BMH back into private ownership, by which time it was also producing Triumph TR6 bodies. [cite news
title=BMW returns some of Britain's heritage
date=2001-12-07
publisher=The Financial Times] Later they added various Mini marks to their range, including the Clubman in 2004.

Notes

External links

* [http://www.bmh-ltd.com British Motor Heritage Limited] - Official company website


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