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Mar. 03, 1956 - Car manufacturers pile up their cars Government Squeeze stops sales: Hundreds of new British cars are lined up in car parks outside most of the big British Factories including the Rootes Group of Coventry the Standard Company also at Conventry and the Austin factory at Birmingham. The cars remain unsold according to the experts because of the government Budget Squeeze which makes it necessary for a 50 p.c. cash payment on all new cars. Photo shows the scene at the car park of new Austin's - A. 30's Westminster and Cambridge's at the grounds of the B.I.F. at Castle Bromich, Birmingham

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According B.i.f Budget Cambridges Conventry Coventry Experts Hundreds Necessary Payment Pile Remain Rootes Sales Squeeze Stops Unsold

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