RESSE

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From local paper's website 19/09/2013:

"24 lose jobs as Wolverhampton motorsport firm collapses.

Wolverhampton-based Compomotive Motorsport Wheels has gone into administration after suffering a slide in turnover.

Matthew Ingram and John Whitfield of financial advice and restructuring firm Duff & Phelps have been appointed as joint administrators.

It is understood they took the decision to cease trading at the business and are now attempting to sell off the assets.

Matthew Ingram of Duff & Phelps said: “Despite its strong brand reputation the business has been suffering from declining turnover for a sustained period, largely due to cheaper imports and a subdued trading environment. This has ultimately resulted in its closure and the unfortunate loss of 24 jobs in the local economy.”

The employees at Compomotive Motorsport’s base on the Wulfrun Trading Estate had been made redundant before Duff & Phelps were appointed.

The family-run firm, started by Bill Dixon in 1973, made a range of competition wheels for motorsport teams".

trails

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that sucks.

riiidaa

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Rota killed 'em?

BLU

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Bad news

Luminous

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Never liked their wheels. They had a good name, but was not deserved in my opinion. All of my mates who bought their wheels had centre caps that degraded within a year, and then the lacquer on the wheels itself started to turn a dirty brown.

Not a patch on the OZ wheels I got for my car.

Still, its not good for those who lost their jobs

tubbytommy

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didnt move with the fashion. everyone wants wide concave wheels at the moment of which they dont sell.

shame though i had some compomotives on my old escort cosworth, they were the rotas of there day.

trails

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But Rota just copy other peoples wheels (badly in some cases if you consider the failures)...Compomotive were original

tubbytommy

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but rotas sell well, compomotives obviously dont.


shame seeing a uk company go under though

trails

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no doubting that as it's Compomotive that have gone under not Rota

yes, particularly one with such a long association with decent cars and motorsport

tubbytommy

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the ones they fitted to the delta evolution have to be my favourite.



i had these in white on my imperial blue escort cosworth back in the 90's

g7prs

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Have to agree with Dan, they made some great looking wheels. Damn shame.

Fat Boy

I destroyed one of those integrale wheels years ago after getting a puncture and sliding sideways on into a kerb - the replacement wasn't cheap...

Sorry to see them go - proper rally/motorsport wheels not like the young pretenders

tubbytommy

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one car i wish id have owned.

the shreksta

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they aint that good matey, my mate had one years ago-unreliable-rotten-not that quick-horrible inside-parts hard to find and expensive when you did find them

plus he had the martini graphics on it so you would of hated it

tubbytommy

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i know they are rot boxes and unreliable but the main reason i didnt get one was the version i wanted was lhd only.

BLU

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I had a set on my XR2 engined 1.4s Fiesta in the early 90's



I even had a set on my 1.25 MK4 Fiesta daily in the early 00's!!



The TH's are my all-time fav wheel.

Worlasshasansti

Loved my mo5's on my last GT FOUR


shame this.

Mick

tubbytommy

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lol that brings back memories, dtm wiper mod was all the rage in 90's

that and tsw wheels, like stealths and venoms.

no bee sting aerial though that was another must have.

Osimabu

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That's some reversed Spec C roof vent on there too....

BLU

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The bee sting was fitted just after that photo
Never owned a set of TSWs though. Those wheels cost me Ł80 second hand for the set back then!

tubbytommy

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lol happy days, i remember doing all that stuff to my f reg white xr2.

i did the clear indicator lenses like yours too.


never got around the the rear headrest mod though.

SirFozzalot

Shame.

Fat Boy

You're welcome to your opinion, but as a former owner of an Evolution 2 my view is you're missing the point.

They handle better than any scooby even now. Not that much power compared to modern cars agreed, but then a Db5 is also slow, but that's still desirable. Yes they are a product of their time - boxy plastic interiors etc and the rear diff was a weakness, but a genuine classic car.

They are all LHD - the only rhd ones were conversions that lost the steering feel and braking feel post conversion

LUCKO

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Compomotive TH2 the best wheel design ever.....fact

Matteeboy

A shame - I really liked their wheels.

Loony 911 tuner 9ff has also just gone under too.

trails

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HF is lovely Tommy...shame you didn't spray all the mesh black. ..but I guess it was of it's time

Godspeed Brakes

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Apparently they are restructuring and will be back open soon

kevfawcett

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Posted from their facebook page half an hour ago!:

'COMPOMOTIVE wheels have NOT gone bust... only the factory that used to make them = Components Automotives 73 ltd. COMPOMOTIVE will be back soon after restructuring the brand. Please do not believe all what you read on the net.'

RESSE

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I posted what was reported in a newspaper, whether accurate or not who knows.

ALi-B

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I always wanted a set of MO s for my XR3i

Had to make do with some seond hand TSWs instead