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Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 147,919 pages of information and 233,587 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.
1950 April. Company formed by Harry Ferguson with Freddy Dixon and Tony Rolt to develop the Crab, a revolutionary four-wheel drive family car. Claude Hill was the main designer. Dixon soon fell out with Ferguson and left
The company moved to Coventry
1972 Company closed with John R. Peacock as a director
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