1958 Royal Enfield - Indian European Motorcycle Factory - 2-Page Vintage Article

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1958 Royal Enfield - Indian European Motorcycle Factory - 2-Page Vintage Article
Original, vintage magazine article
Page Size: Approx 8" x 11" (21 cm x 28 cm) (pages are front & back)
Condition: Good
Visiting European Motorcycle Factories with Floyd Clymer
ROYAL ENFIELD - INDIAN
A short distance from Birmingham
in a scenic part of England is the city
of Redditch, famous for the manufac-
ture of needles, motorcycles and other
merchandise. It is here that Enfield
Motor Works is located.
The Enfield Company has long had
a reputation for being builders of
quality vehicles and although their slo-
gan is “Made Like a Gun”, they actu-
ally do not manufacture guns. In this
factory the Indian is manufactured for
sale in the U.S. and some other coun-
tries. While the factory is not the larg-
est, it is far from the smallest of the
factories that I visited during my for-
eign tour. Much of the machinery is
quite modern and it is one of the clean-
est factories that I visited anywhere.
The general sales manager, Major
Mountford, took me through every
nook and corner of the plant and I
was greatly impressed with many of
their methods of testing. They em-
ploy about 700 workmen. R-E pride
themselves on quality workmanship
and the fact that many of their skilled
workmen have been in their employ
for a long number of years.
Export business amounts to approx-
imately 70% of production with the
U.S. leading in sales, due of course to
Indian. I saw hundreds of Indians be-
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