of Parliament for Grantham. The development of the "Kendall" version that commenced in 1946 had been abandoned by Grantham due to financial difficulties. The choice to move forward with the Gregorie option was primarily based on the availability of the assets of the former Grantham operation at a significant discount. The whole of the tooling, gauges, jigs, fixtures, patterns, dies and suchlike required for the manufacture of the car were available to be purchased for £30,000. Just two years earlier Grantham had paid £186,000 for these assets. Hartnett concluded that the availability of these assets would "obviate a delay of up to three years and make production possible within one year of the commencement of a Public Company". The Hartnett, as it was to be called, utilised aluminium castings rather than the typical steel pressings, both to save weight and to reduce tooling costs. It was fitted with independent suspension on all four wheels and a 594 cc air-cooled, horizontally opposed two-cylinder engine. In 1951 it was announced that the 'Tasman' sedan model would be supplemented by the 'Pacific', a soft-top sports tourer. Prototypes In May 1950 the company announced that five prototype vehicles fully made in England were due to arrive in Australia. Production models On 16 March 1951 the company simultaneously revealed the first two production vehicles in Sydney and Melbourne. The model displayed was an aluminium bodied Pacific Convertible. At the launch Laurence Hartnett announced that this model was to be followed by a sedan model to be known as the Tasman later in the year. Sixty-eight percent of the vehicle was Australian produced with the imported components comprising the engine, gearbox, instruments and some of the brake fittings. Almost a year to the day after the initial launch of the first two cars, a further two cars were displayed in Melbourne. They were described as being the first two cars from the Frankston assembly plant. Production was stated as eight cars per week. On 23 April 1952 the company announced that several cars had been delivered to buyers in Victoria and that more would be completed weekly at the Frankston assembly plant. Production of vehicles ceased in September 1952. Pricing The original price of the car had been promoted at less than £300; however, by the time the company was formed and before production had commenced it had already risen to an estimated £430. In January