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Pinnock Factory History (the cover up)<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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In 2024 the needlebar website closed down. There was a lot of information on that site that appears to have been lost. I saved this article In regards to Pinnock and placed it in its own page here on my site the <\/strong><\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pinnock Needlebar history.<\/a><\/strong><\/mark> <\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Pinnock machines made in Japan but pretending to be Australian.<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Pinnock claims that their machines were made in Australia, this was clearly untrue. It is true that a limited number of machines were actually made in Australia at the Lithgow small arms factory and these were badged as Pinnock. But all machines after that one are NOT <\/strong>Australian made. The information about the Pinnock factory online is rather vague and as I delve deeper into the world of Pinnock I hope to share with you what a fellow collector calls the scandalous history of the Pinnock, full of intrigue and illusion. Similar to the story of the USA Morse.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The original 50’s and 60’s machines were sourced from Toyota in Japan and assembled at the Pinnock factory, in Elizabeth, South Australia. It has been pointed out to me that there are no photographic records of the actual manufacturing of the machines in South Australia. Only the assembly and packing room. According to an entry in the “Pinnock History needlebar.org”, the 1st November 1957, was the day on which the factory was opened by Thomas Playford.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From what I can find out the later Pinnock machines were marked CFM (Currie Furniture Makers). CFM purchased the Pinnock brand in the 1960s. Hence some Pinnocks are also badged CFM or visa versa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What we do know is that the Japanese Toyota Pinnocks are precision machines, made with Japanese quality and attention to detail. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Too risky to sell Japanese machines after the war?<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Maybe post WWII it would have not been a good marketing decision to sell Japanese machines to the Aussie public. But it appears that Pinnock went one step further, they removed the Toyota raised lettering from of the cast iron bases and painted them over (see images below). The machines exported to the USA from Japan appear to have not suffered this fate and still proudly have the Toyota names and markings underneath. Also check out my Pinnock vs Morse<\/a> page for some photographic comparison of machines from both companies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One researcher of these machines here in Australia is Timothy Briggs. He points out that the Toyota symbol can still be seen on the Pinnock machines if you look closely enough. The Toytota Crown can been seen on the Pinnock Toyota machines as well as the Trendsetters, but from what I can find not on the CFMs. So would this indicate that the CFMs may be from one of the other many Japanese manufacturers around at the time?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If we put a sticker on it, it must be true.<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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This sticker still remains on some of the more pristine machines in my collection. Just to hammer home the point that this is an Australian made machine. (This machine was clearly made in Japan) Today they would not get away with it, but it was a sign of the times and part of the Pinnocks history.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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