Editing Sharp's Commercials (section)

{{Short description|British automobile manufacturer}}
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'''Sharps Commercials Ltd''' was a [[Automotive industry in the United Kingdom|British car maker]] based in [[Preston, Lancashire|Preston]], Lancashire. It was founded in 1922 by Paul Sharp.<ref>{{cite book|last=Wotherspoon|first=Nick|title=Microcar Man|year=2017|publisher=Pen & Sword|location=Barnsley|isbn=1473858682|page=117|chapter=5}}</ref> It changed its name to '''Bond Cars Ltd''' in 1963. The company was taken over by the [[Reliant Motors|Reliant Motor Co Ltd]] of [[Tamworth, Staffordshire|Tamworth]], Staffordshire in February 1969, who eventually closed the Preston factory at the end of July 1970, transferring the spare parts business for the Bond Minicar, 875 saloon, 875 Ranger van and Equipe models to a firm called Bob Joyner & Son in [[Oldbury, West Midlands|Oldbury]] in [[Worcestershire|the English Midlands]].<ref name=Autocar197101>{{cite magazine| authorlink = Peter Garnier (Ed)|title = News and views: Bond spares|magazine=[[Autocar (magazine)|Autocar]] | volume =  134 (nbr 3905)|page=31|date = 28 January 1971 }}</ref>   Reliant nevertheless continued to use the Bond name until 1974 on [[Bond Bug]] models made at their own Tamworth plant.<ref name=AtoZ>{{cite book |last=Robson |first=Graham |title=A to Z of British Cars 1945–1980 |year=2000 |publisher=Herridge |location=Devon, UK |isbn=0-9541063-9-3 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/azbritishcars1940000robs }}</ref>