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Just trying to understand the timeline of Tickford and its partnership with Ford. This is what I have so far if you can add or help please do so....

Founded in 1820 as Salmons and Sons in England as a coach building company

In 1943 following Ian Boswell's purchase of Salmons & Sons Limited the company changed its name to its trademark, Tickford

In late 1955 Tickford was bought by David Brown, owner of Aston Martin. The Tickford name disappeared as It be came a sub division of Aston Martin.

In 1981 Aston Martin created an engineering service subsidiary and chose the name 'Aston Martin Tickford', a service available to all vehicle makes.

In 1982 Tickford changed ownership to CH Industrials and In a partnership with Ford Europe engineered a turbo Capri and Sierra.

In 1990 During the collapse of the CHI Group, the directors of Tickford executed a buy-out and saved Tickford from going into receivership.

in 1991 Ford Australia selected Tickford as a joint-venture partner, resulting in Tickford Vehicle Engineering Pty Ltd (TVE), the high performance car division of Ford in Australia (Falcon XR6 XR8 T Series etc)

In 1999 Ford Tickford Racing enters V8 Supercars

In 2001 the whole Tickford Group in UK, Germany, Australia and USA, was acquired by Prodrive. TVE was renamed Ford Performance Vehicles

In 2002 Ford Tickford Racing becomes Prodrive owned Ford Performance Racing. The Tickford name disappeared again

In 2014 Prodrive sells FPR and all its assets (including the Tickford name) to Rod Nash and Rusty French..FPR becomes "Prodrive Racing Australia"

With the wind up of Ford Performance Vehicles in 2015, Tickford Australia is reformed by Nash and French as a Ford aligned vehicle enhancer.Although not a direct partnership like the previous incarnation..all Tickford modifications are approved and sanctioned by Ford Australia.

In 2018 with Prodrive no longer involved, Prodrive Racing Australia becomes Tickford Racing with Ford factory support.......