Introduction by Ivor Vaughan CBE

The Beginnings – Taylorcraft Aeroplanes (England)/Auster Aircraft Company

Auster Commercial/Rearsby Components

Rearsby Automotive Ltd rapid expansion

My Rearsby era - Oct 78 to July 1996

Rearsby products 1966-1978

Rearsby production equipment and process layout to 1979

Rearsby Design & Development

The Mini Clutch Driven Plate

1979/80 - Triple Body blows

Staring over the abyss and a new beginning

The Radio PM Programme - MBOs

Next step??

In summary

Searching for funding

Negotiating the price and raising the money

Next little problem - raising the funds

Due diligence

Completion Meeting - January 1982

Freedom, Freedom, Freedom - Post BL Phase

Good luck at last

Trip to Japan An epiphany!

Closure of No.7 works

Metro sterling column

Product Consolidation

Products for the Future

The BIG FUTURE!

SITEV

NISSAN

HONDA

Visiting Competitors

British Embassy. Number One, Tokyo, Japan.

TOYOTA

Internal Issues

Simplify the Business

We don’t have enough time

Learning Improving

Changes to the Top team

The Final Phase

Redundancy – NOT

Business Planning

Coaching

Ford

VW-Audi

Product development

Proud

Communication/contact

External Relations

Exit

My Exit

Epilogue

Epitaph. . .

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