Think if I was you back then I would have done what Johnny Cash did.
Hi Happy days, I should have also added that longer jobs were every 2nd or 4th car, IE 2 speedo guys did every other car ,roller test 4 guys every 4th car etc.
The night of the fire,
I had left home for work at 7.30 PM ,started to notice a glow in the sky as i got closer to the Rover as i turned onto Lode lane i could see the huge fire, the police were turning workers away ,it was pay night (cash in those days) and i had a mortgage so thought i would try my luck ,as my car was a smart NADA looking vehicle and telling the police i was a foreman (fib) and had to get in , they let me through.
Walked into stage two (it was unaffected but smokey ) two other mates had also made it we were told we could help the fire crews and be on full pay,.
As we approached the end of stage three we could see stage 4 (final line) was gutted, half the trim shop was on fire and the valet line was an inferno ,smoke was the biggest problem for the firemen , we loaded a range rover with batteries and head lights ,wired one head light to each battery and placed them were the fire crews needed light.
By morning it was out ,such a strange sight , lines of P6s all the same colour matt black ,tyres had gone so they were so low to the ground , bonnets and engines had melted ,inside the cars just seat frames ,large areas were covered in puddles of aluminum .
I wonder now all those vin numbers and engine numbers were they just redone or deleted? would be over 50 cars destroyed.
The fire engines were also a bit lower as they were full of new batteries LOL ,but no one minded as they had worked hard all night ,the Rover police had been told not to stop them at the main gate