Plant Oxford Body Mounting Shop, photographed in 1925.

Plant Oxford Body Mounting Shop, photographed in 1925.

Plant Oxford Saw Mills, photographed in 1925.

Plant Oxford Erecting Shop, 1925, was used for gauging chassis components.

A Morris MO Oxford body shell being prepared for the Rotodip rust proofing process.

The Trim Shop, early 1950s.

Final inspection of Morris MO Oxfords, and MM Minors (1948 - 1952).

Frank Bachmann, MD of MINI Plant Oxford, takes to the wheel of 1926 Morris Oxford 14/28, with owner Colin Kilpatrick, 68, at his side.

Robots bolting doors on in the bodyshop

Polishing line in the paintshop

Engine marriage in MINI Plant Oxford's assembly hall

First new MINI off the Production line 2001

2 millionth MINI and Prime Minister David Cameron in 2011

100 yeaars of car making in Oxford.

MINI Plant Oxford, 28 March 2013. Frank Bachmann, Managing Director MINI Plant Oxford and Swindon, the Rt Hon Patrick McLoughlin MP, Secretary of State for Transport and Harald Krüger, Member of the Board of Management of BMW AG, with some of the 1,000 new robots which have been commissioned as part of BMW Group's £750m UK investment for the next generation MINI.

Final rubbing down before varnishing

Final rubbing down before varnishing

Bodies leaving drying tunnel

Bodies entering drying tunnel

Body rejects department

Body rejects department

Painting tool boxes in the body shop

Spray painting bays in the Paint Shop

Rubbing down for painting in the Paint Shop

Rubbing down for painting in the Paint Shop

Rubbing down for painting in the Paint Shop

Rubbing down bodies

Painting chassis in the body mounting shop

Body mounting shop

Body shop

Making Morris Oxford coupé bodies

Morris Cowley coupé bodies

Morris Cowley coupé bodies

Finishing bodies ready for painting

Tinsmith's shop

Making petrol tanks in the Tinsmith's shop

Trismith's Shop

Aluminium polishers

Making bonnet boards in the Tinsmith's Shop

Panelling bodies in the Sheet Metal Department

Panelling bodies in the Sheet Metal Department

The saw mill

The saw mills

Fitting up sections on jigs

Finishing body frames for panelling

Fitting body sections on jigs in the body shop

Fitting body struts together in the body shop

The saw mills

Finished chassis being towed to body mounting shop

Finished chassis awaiting despatch

Chassis receiving final attention in the erecting shop

Chassis ready for road test

Preparing chassis for a road test in the erecting shop

The chassis assembly line

The chassis assembly line

Engine and back axle units on the chassis assembly line.

Fitting the torque rube ball join on the chassis assembly line

Drilling chassis frames in the erecting shop

Drilling chassis frames in the erecting shop.

Fitting Front Axle in the erecting Shop.

Assembling front axles in the erecting shop

Finished back axles

Start of the back axle assembly in the erecting shop

Fitting the differential in the erecting shop

Assembly in the erecting shop

Building steering columns in the erecting shop

Power Unit accessories assembly line

Power Unit accessories assembly line

Engine assembly

The master gauging machine housed within the production office.

Gauging chassis components

Gauging chassis components

Engines arriving into feeding racks

Bodies arriving from Coventry factory

Engines arriving in Cowley from the Coventry factory

Aluminium section inside the foundry

The fettling bay inside the foundry

The fettling bay inside the foundry

Moulds ready for pouring metal inside the foundry

Furnaces and moulding bay at the foundry

The moulding section inside the foundry.

The Lucas continuous core drying store inside the Foundry

Core making in the Foundry

Pattern making in the Foundry.

A Bullnose Morris Oxford, the first car to be manufactured by William Morris on 28th March 1913, (L) and a MINI Roadster, the most recent car to enter production in 2012 are displayed to celebrate 100 years of car manufacturing in Oxford to the sides of MINI Plant Oxford's youngest associate Lewis Norwood, 16, (L) and the plant's longest serving employee, Mick Fisher, who will celebrate 48 years of unbroken service this coming September on March 27, 2013 in Oxford, England

A Bullnose Morris Oxford, the first car to be manufactured by William Morris on 28th March 1913, (L) and a MINI Roadster, the most recent car to enter production in 2012 are displayed to celebrate 100 years of car manufacturing in Oxford to the sides of MINI Plant Oxford's youngest associate Lewis Norwood, 16, (L) and the plant's longest serving employee, Mick Fisher, who will celebrate 48 years of unbroken service this coming September on March 27, 2013 in Oxford, England

A Bullnose Morris Oxford, the first car to be manufactured by William Morris on 28th March 1913, (L) and a MINI Roadster, the most recent car to enter production in 2012 are displayed to celebrate 100 years of car manufacturing in Oxford to the sides of MINI Plant Oxford's youngest associate Lewis Norwood, 16, (L) and the plant's longest serving employee, Mick Fisher, who will celebrate 48 years of unbroken service this coming September on March 27, 2013 in Oxford, England

A Bullnose Morris Oxford, the first car to be manufactured by William Morris on 28th March 1913, (L) and a MINI Roadster, the most recent car to enter production in 2012 are displayed to celebrate 100 years of car manufacturing in Oxford to the sides of MINI Plant Oxford's youngest associate Lewis Norwood, 16, (L) and the plant's longest serving employee, Mick Fisher, who will celebrate 48 years of unbroken service this coming September on March 27, 2013 in Oxford, England

A Bullnose Morris Oxford, the first car to be manufactured by William Morris on 28th March 1913, (L) and a MINI Roadster, the most recent car to enter production in 2012 are displayed to celebrate 100 years of car manufacturing in Oxford to the sides of MINI Plant Oxford's youngest associate Lewis Norwood, 16, (L) and the plant's longest serving employee, Mick Fisher, who will celebrate 48 years of unbroken service this coming September on March 27, 2013 in Oxford, England

A Bullnose Morris Oxford, the first car to be manufactured by William Morris on 28th March 1913, (L) and a MINI Roadster, the most recent car to enter production in 2012 are displayed to celebrate 100 years of car manufacturing in Oxford to the sides of MINI Plant Oxford's youngest associate Lewis Norwood, 16, (L) and the plant's longest serving employee, Mick Fisher, who will celebrate 48 years of unbroken service this coming September on March 27, 2013 in Oxford, England

10 iconic cars built in Oxford.

1926 Morris Oxford

1935 Morris Eight, Series I

1960 Morris Mini Minor

1962 MG 1100

1969 Austin Healey Sprite Mk IV

1970 Morris Minor Million

1978 Morris Marina LE

1988 Sterling 827 S saloon

2001 MINI Cooper Austin Powers

2013 MINI John Cooper Works

Iconic cars timeline

Mr Eric Lord, 93, ex Managing Director of the plant, takes a look around the new exhibition. He takes a closer look at an old Morris Minor.

MINI Plant Oxford celebrate 100 years car manufacturing in Oxford. A new exhibition at the plant.

MINI Plant Oxford celebrate 100 years car manufacturing in Oxford. A new exhibition at the plant.

MINI Cooper S Roadster at former Mini production site in Slovenia. (03/2013)

MINI Cooper D at former Mini production site in Italy. (03/2013)

MINI Cooper D at former Mini production site in Italy. (03/2013)

MINI Cooper D at former Mini production site in Italy. (03/2013)

MINI Cooper D at former Mini production site in Italy. (03/2013)

MINI Cooper D at former Mini production site in Italy. (03/2013)

MINI Cooper D at former Mini production site in Italy. (03/2013)

MINI Cooper D at former Mini production site in Italy. (03/2013)

Day 3, Trip from Naples to Siracusa. (03/2013)

Day 3, Trip from Naples to Siracusa. (03/2013)

Day 3, Trip from Naples to Siracusa. (03/2013)

Day 3, Trip from Naples to Siracusa. (03/2013)

Day 3, Trip from Naples to Siracusa. (03/2013)

Day 3, Trip from Naples to Siracusa. (03/2013)

MINI at former Mini production site in Malta. (03/2013)

MINI at former Mini production site in Malta. (03/2013)

MINI at former Mini production site in Malta. (03/2013)

MINI at former Mini production site in Malta. (03/2013)

MINI at former Mini production site in Malta. (03/2013)

MINI at former Mini production site in Malta. (03/2013)

MINI at former Mini production site in Malta. (03/2013)

MINI at former Mini production site in Malta. (03/2013)

MINI at former Mini production site in Malta. (03/2013)

Day 4, Trip from Siracusa to Malta. (03/2013)

Day 4, Trip from Siracusa to Malta. (03/2013)

Day 4, Trip from Siracusa to Malta. (03/2013)

Day 5, Trip from Malta to Rome. (03/2013)

Day 5, Trip from Malta to Rome. (03/2013)

Day 5, Trip from Malta to Rome. (03/2013)

Day 5, Trip from Malta to Rome. (03/2013)

Day 5, Trip from Malta to Rome. (03/2013)

Day 5, Trip from Malta to Rome. (03/2013)

Day 5, Trip from Malta to Rome. (03/2013)

Day 5, Trip from Malta to Rome. (03/2013)

Day 5, Trip from Malta to Rome. (03/2013)