On a PAR?

[Tracy D'arth]

Discovered why some Jabsco pumps are "PAR" pumps..... 

It stems from the names of the guys who made them originally many years ago, Peters and Russell.  Those guys really knew how to make quality gear, I still use them, would never buy anything else as long as they are still available.

[bizzard]

The airline Danair stood for ''Davies and Newman''.

[Alan de Enfield]

ASDA comes from "Associated Dairies"

[Chewbacka]

Ford comes from mr Ford

[matty40s]

A certain Port comes from a business associate working with Mr Burns.

Edited October 16, 2020 by matty40s

[bizzard]

NES.  Irish, National Elf Service.

[hughc]

And PRM comes from Percy Riley Motors the first boxes were adaptations of the Riley Nine gearbox I believe.

[Alan de Enfield]

Just now, bizzard said:

NES.  Irish, National Elf Service.

Do Elves require much in the way of servicing ?

Is that not 'Elvist' by just providing service for one part of the community, what about the Faries, etc ?

[Murflynn]

Bee Pee

 

(I didn't know they did actually).

1 minute ago, hughc said:

And PRM comes from Percy Riley Motors the first boxes were adaptations of the Riley Nine gearbox I believe.

and the Wilson pre-selector box?

[bizzard]

6 minutes ago, Alan de Enfield said:

Do Elves require much in the way of servicing ?

Is that not 'Elvist' by just providing service for one part of the community, what about the Faries, etc ?

Unkgnome.

MG,  Morris Garages.

[mrsmelly]

DB............Aston Martin.........David Brown

[Sir Nibble]

Government covid response, Laurel and Hardy.

[magnetman]

The now defunct supermarket "Kwik Save" was named after a Mr Kwik. 

[David Mack]

58 minutes ago, Alan de Enfield said:

Do Elves require much in the way of servicing ?

Is that not 'Elvist' by just providing service for one part of the community, what about the Faries, etc ?

There's a guy works down the chip shop thinks he's Elvist.

[Jon57]

MFI

Millard furniture industry

[matty40s]

Just now, Jon57 said:

MFI

Millard furniture industry

Made For Idiots

[Jon57]

Sorry MFI 

made. For idiots ?

[OldGoat]

2 hours ago, hughc said:

And PRM comes from Percy Riley Motors the first boxes were adaptations of the Riley Nine gearbox I believe.

Gawd - if I'd knwn I would not bought one - silly really as Rileys were good cars and good looking too - but I don't think the gearboxes were that special..

1 hour ago, mrsmelly said:

DB............Aston Martin.........David Brown

Made his name in gearboxes - dunno when the cars started.

Could  be a disagreable man.....

Edited October 16, 2020 by OldGoat

[WotEver]

Matalan

 

Two blokes called Matt & Alan...

[Tim Lewis]

4 hours ago, Alan de Enfield said:

ASDA comes from "Associated Dairies"

No it doesn't (ish):

 

"In 1965, the Asquith brothers approached Associated Dairies to run the butchery departments within their small store chain. A merger was proposed and the Asquiths' business was joined with Noel Stockdale's to form a new company, Asda (Asquith + Dairies) (capitalised from 1985)"

 

 

Edited October 16, 2020 by Tim Lewis

[Tim Lewis]

Mars bars were developed by Forrest Mars

 

The fast freezing of food was developed by Clarence Birdseye

 

The manufacturer of Matchbox toys, Lesney, was founded by a Rodney and a Leslie

 

Tim

Edited October 16, 2020 by Tim Lewis

[Tim Lewis]

2 hours ago, OldGoat said:

Gawd - if I'd knwn I would not bought one - silly really as Rileys were good cars and good looking too - but I don't think the gearboxes were that special..

Made his name in gearboxes - dunno when the cars started.

Could  be a disagreable man.....

David Brown bough the established Aston Martin in 1947

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aston_Martin

[Alan de Enfield]