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Archive : E-type production up
Demand for the new E-type Jaguar has been so great that the company has had to step up production by 50 per cent; extra night shifts are being worked at […]
Month: May 1961
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Archive : BMC memo
BMC MEMO From : Jack Daniels To : Alec issigonis Subject : ADO50 We have, as requested, squirted water through a hose at the distributor of our ADO50 vehicle which […]
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Archive : Leyland shuffles
Following the acquisition of Standard-Triumph International by Leyland Motors, it is announced that in order to integrate the operation of the two companies, Sir Henry Spurrier has become chairman of […]
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Archive : 800 car workers on token strike
800 CAR WORKERS ON TOKEN STRIKE FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT OXFORD, MAY 25 Production at Morris Motors radiators branch in north Oxford was stopped today by a one-day token strike by […]
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Archive : 3300 Cars On Two Acres Of Ground
FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT BIRMINGHAM, MAY 2 The growing problem of storing finished vehicles awaiting dispatch has been partly solved by the British Motor Corporation, whose nine-storey car park, said to […]
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Archive : BMC memo
BMC MEMO From : Chief Car Designer C.G.R. Benbow To : Jack Daniels Subject : ADO50 As mentioned in your memo of 24th April it is quite true we have […]