The Factory Formally known as Metro-Cammell Weymann

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14th January 2007

Metro-Cammell Weymann

There was a time when the Midlands could boast that it built buses from the floor up, sadly this is no longer true the factories were the buses were built were Midland Red at Carlyle works and Metro-Cammell Weymann just of the Wshwood Heath Road both now gone the factory that was Midland Red is now a housing estate

The factory that was Metro-Cammell Weymann looks to go the same way a sad end to a piece of Birmingham history thankfully there are a number of buses that have been saved to show that Birmingham could make buses to last the Metro-Cammell Weymann buildings may soon go

Weymann's Motor Bodies (1925) limited was formed in 1925 at Addlestone to manufacture a new type of motor car and later motor coach body consisting of a light and flexible metal jointed wooden frame covered with leather cloth which became very popular but in its final development metal panels replaced the fabric covering.
In 1932 Metropolitan-Cammell Weymann and was set up as a joint sales organisation after the two manufacturing companies had agreed to pool their body building resources, bus body building having been introduced at Metro-Cammell in 1929.

In 1963 Weymann's were bought out and all production was concentrated at MCW in Birmingham Metro Cammell Weymann (MCW) provided an impressive presentation with a series of variants of the highly successful Metrobus, the subject of this particular item lot. Sadly, as became an all-too-familiar story within the bus industry following deregulation in 1986, the fragmented market for double-deck buses saw too many manufacturers chasing too few orders by which to maintain production. Regrettably for MCW, with few other product portfolios available, the last Metrobus left the company's Washwood Heath premises in late 1989 and the factory closed its doors for the last time the Metrobus is a disapearing breed of bus the last of the Birmingham built buses still on the road in 2007

Coming_soon_to_this_site_a_new_housing_estate_or__you_starter_for_Ten_how_many_buses have been throught_thoses_gates 10221x2268 The Former Metro-Cammell Weymann Factory .jpg	3872x2592 From a distance the main gates .jpg	3872x2592 A view of the factory that built buses .jpg	3872x2592 The main gates .jpg
3872x2592 A closer view of the office block .jpg	3872x2592 A closer view of the main gates .jpg	3872x2592 Will this disapear when the houseing eastate is built ? .jpg	3872x2592 How many houses will be on this site .jpg
3872x2592 How soon will this bit of Birmingham history go .jpg	3872x2592 A view of the factory from the outside .jpg	3872x2592 A view from the pavement.jpg	3872x2592 A view of the office block .jpg
3872x2592 Many a bus has gone throught those gates .jpg	3872x2592 A closer view of the gates .jpg	3872x2592 A view of the main gates .jpg