What motor makers can do in slow seasons is to build up inventories of parts, particularly sub-assembly jobs like axles, motors, transmissions.
Oswald Jacoby's wife, Tennist Mary Zita McHale, got a job as a factory hand (hydraulic sub-assembly work) in the Dallas plant of North American Aviation.
Giovanni Micheletto in nebusiness.co.uk This growing market is worth around £25m in the UK,said Mr Micheletto. "We are also looking for opportunities in the sub-assembly market."