General Motors salutes the Machine Shops
OF NEW ZEALAND
Wr the idea of building Universal Bren Gun Carriers in New Zealand was first put forward there were many who said "It can’t be done". The task of planning their manufacture and assembly was entrusted to General Motors New Zealand Limited-a sole responsibility, an exclusive honour, which was accepted not only as a tribute to General Motors but also as an incentive to plan and work as never before. Hundreds of different major parts had to be translated from blue-prints to metal. These parts had to be made in a hundred and one different engineering shops throughout the Dominion . . . so accurately that a part built at the North Cape would fit exactly with a part from the Bluff, A job of planning, of
co-ordination, of supply, and assembly which is the biggest and most worth-while ever achieved by General Motors in New Zealand. Today this job is an accomplished fact-a job made possible only by the enthusiasm, the willing co-operation and sheer engineering ability of men in machine Best throughout New Zealand. Today these Universal Bren Gun Carriers dre playing their part in the defence scheme of the Dominion. They have been tested and proved in the field, and their drivers have signalled back "Well done". General Motors salutes the machine shops everywhere, which were responsible for this engineering success ++. and are proud to be able to report "It has been done in New Zealand."
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 6, Issue 155, 12 June 1942, Page 9
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244General Motors salutes the Machine Shops New Zealand Listener, Volume 6, Issue 155, 12 June 1942, Page 9
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