22 pictures inside Coventry's factories - Triumph, Massey Ferguson, Carbodies and more
We've taken another look at our archives and uncovered some gems
"The old faithful returns home"
The car carrying the registration number M239459, was made in Coventry by the Humber Hillman Company and took Field Marshal Montgomery on his triumphant journey from El Alamein across the deserts of North Africa and on to Sicily and Italy, has been given by the War Office to Rootes Group. This photo shows some of the factory workers at the Humber Hillman factory, who helped to produce the car, inspecting it when it returned to the works. 14th December 1945