Curiously, Rootes were originally a garage company. My father-in-law received his basic vehicle training in 1940/41 at their garage in Canterbury, a premises which subsequently was destroyed during the Baedecker raids. I believe there is still a garage trading as 'Rootes' in the Maidstone area- a Peugeot franchise IIRC. Regarding the Hillman factory in Coventry, the one that built the Imp was served by Freightliner trains at a terminal at Gosford Green- I vaguely remember seeing a train cross the bridge to it in the mid-1970s. Brian