Gomba-Stonefield

Gomba Motors Ltd, part of Jersey-based Gomba Holdings, was chosen by the Scottish Development Agency over Shelvoke and Drewry, which had wanted to move production to Letchworth. It restarted Cumnock in 1981 with 50 employees, aimed at civilian markets in developing countries, with a first order of 20 for a Gomba construction company in Nigeria, and later won a Malaysian order. A dispute with the agency over continued supplies of Borg Warner transfer boxes and Salisbury axles led Gomba to move production to its Trans-Ax factory at Strood, near Rochester, in late 1983; Cumnock production ceased in October 1983. In July 1984 the company announced a Deutz V8 diesel option. The business closed in the early 1990s. Shamji was later jailed for lying to a court inquiry about his finances, in a matter unconnected with Stonefield.