Talk:Nuffield Organization/Archive 1

Merge in of Nuffield

Strong agree - they are basically, about the same organisation. -De Facto 14:55, 12 July 2006 (UTC)

Spelling

The Nuffield Organization used the more traditional z in the spelling of 'Organization' - although this usage has slipped out of fashion in British English in recent years. Shouldn't the title be switched to the traditional spelling?

"The most famous industrialist of his age"? Really?

"Lord Nuffield, the most famous industrialist of his age." - introductory paragraph of this article, as it is written at this time

First of all, how was this measured?

Secondly, does the editor who wrote this know that William Richard Morris, Viscout Nuffield, lived in the same time as Henry Ford? There may be a question as to whether Morris was as well-known as André Citroën, but there is no question that neither of these men were anywhere near as famous as Henry Ford. Both of these men provide examples of how Ford changed the way the world works.

Claiming Morris to be "the most famous industrialist of his age" is as incongruous as claiming Enrico Fermi to be "the most famous physicist of his age", or claiming Vallabhbhai Patel to be "the most famous campaigner for Indian independence".

Sincerely, SamBlob (talk) 01:02, 19 April 2012 (UTC)

Further to this, the reliability of the source is in question: At £7,500 for the set, you'd think they'd get their facts right - The Observer, Sunday, 6 March 2005. Sincerely, SamBlob (talk) 13:40, 20 April 2012 (UTC)

Merger gallery of products

I should have said here earlier that the issue is the quality / suitability of the Nuffield range going into a merger.Eddaido (talk) 10:16, 18 August 2012 (UTC)

Should the situation at the time of the merger be spelled out like this? Eddaido (talk) 02:03, 18 August 2012 (UTC)

The six car engines and five (and a half) car bodies made by Nuffield

• 
  Morris Six
  2215 cc
• 
  Oxford
  1476 cc
• 
  Minor
  948 cc

• 
  M.G. 1¼-litre
  1250 cc
• 
  Midget
  1250 cc

• 
  Wolseley 6/80
  2215 cc
• 
  4/50
  1476 cc
• 

• 
  Riley 2½-litre
  2443 cc
• 
  1½-litre
  1496 cc

Engines:

• 948 Morris Minor
• 1250 MG saloon & Midget
• 1476 Morris Oxford and Wolseley 4/50
• 1496 Riley
• 2215 Morris Six and Wolseley 6/80
• 2443 Riley

Bodies:

monocoque:

Morris Minor

Oxford, Six, 4/50, 6/80

separate:

MG saloon

MG Midget

Riley

• The four cars on the left share one monocoque body (with an extension to the front of the 6 cylinder cars - the half). They share two engines. The four on the right have separate bodies and chassis and the 4 cars have 3 separate engines (all (cars if not engines) are by then obsolescent). The one in the middle, the Minor, shares at least its monocoque body design if not the whole body with the four cars on the left.

Eddaido (talk) 09:59, 18 August 2012 (UTC)