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After joining Rover in 1945, Arthur originally worked to develop a new tank engine for the war effort. Once the war ended, the 24-year-old engineer was moved over to working on car engines. Soon after, in 1947, Maurice Wilks had the idea of the iconic all-terrain, multi-purpose vehicle that was to be the saviour of the Rover company. Arthur's job was to design and develop the vehicle, to make it suitable for production. Working under his guidance were the forefathers of the Land Rover, Tom Barton and Frank Shaw (transmission) , Gordon Bashford (chassis) , Joe Drinkwater (engine), and Sam Ostler (body design) .
James Shaw's Vehicles My father had a life-long interest in motor vehicles. As a boy he made Meccano models of cars. He obtained a driving licence as soon as possible and to the disappointment of his father he left school to serve an apprenticeship with a local garage. He was later to be persuaded to study for an HND in Mechanical Engineering at Heriot-Watt College. Unfortunately the war intervened but at least he got to work on Merlin engines for the duration. After the end of the war he continued briefly with aero-engines at RNAS Donibristle and then moved to Birmingham to work for the Rover Car Company and its successors for the rest of his working life.
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