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Month: January 1962

George Farmer
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Archive : New chairman for Rover

26 January 1962 Keith Adams 0

NEW CHAIRMAN FOR ROVER Mr S. B. Wilks has vacated the chairmanship of the Rover Company while remaining a member of the board. Mr M. F. C. Wilks has been […]

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Archive : Lord Nuffield back at his office

26 January 1962 Keith Adams 0

LORD NUFFIELD BACK AT HIS OFFICE FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT OXFORD, JAN. 25 Lord Nuffield, who left hospital in December, surprised the staff at his Cowley office by putting in a […]

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Archive : Standard-Triumph ‘Saved From Bankruptcy’

23 January 1962 Keith Adams 0

Finance, Industry, and Commerce By Our City Editor Just how bad was the financial position of Standard-Triumph International when it was taken over last year by Leylands is now revealed […]

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Archive : £110,000 Paid In Compensation To Standard Triumph International Men

23 January 1962 Keith Adams 0

Compensation totalling £110,000 was paid by Leyland Motors to the directors and some 300 senior and semi-senior staff of Standard Triumph International after the share-exchange takeover in June 1961; Because […]

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Archive : Car factories want more workers

20 January 1962 Keith Adams 0

CAR FACTORIES WANT MORE WORKERS FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT OXFORD. JAN. 19 Morris Motors, one of the British Motor Corporation factories at Oxford, and the neighbouring car-body manufacturers. Pressed Steel Company, […]

A Mini is now officially a Mini
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Archive : BMC press release – Mini

19 January 1962 Keith Adams 0

BMC PRESS RELEASE To the British Press. Gentlemen: You may like to have the following information for reference. In view of the popular usage of the word ‘mini’ when referring […]

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Archive : Car men strike

19 January 1962 Keith Adams 0

DAILY EXPRESS CAR MEN STRIKE Production at the Rover motor companies main plant in Solihull, Warwickshire, was hit yesterday when a strike by 80 men led to 2,500 being laid […]

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Archive : Sharp Fall In Profits Of New Leyland Group

11 January 1962 Keith Adams 0

The fall of £1,212,000, or 26 per cent, to £3,412,230 in Leyland Motors net profits for the year to last September is disappointing in spite of the fact that the […]

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Archive : Car Body Firm Has Orders Piling Up

9 January 1962 Keith Adams 0

FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT OXFORD. JAN. 8 The Pressed Steel Company at Cowley has offered back jobs to about 500 of its workers-the last of those declared redundant during the recession […]

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Archive : Morris Minor to stay in current form

9 January 1962 Keith Adams 5

MORRIS MINOR TO STAY IN PRESENT FORM FROM OUR MOTORING CORRESPONDENT An announcement by the British Motor Corporation yesterday assured the continuance in its present form of the Morris Minor […]

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Archive : Influenza hits Jaguar

8 January 1962 Keith Adams 0

INFLUENZA MAKES 800 JAGUAR STAFF IDLE Jaguar Cars, of Coventry, laid off 800 employees yesterday because of absenteeism in the supply department. A number of workers were away with influenza […]

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Archive : Four million Austins

5 January 1962 Keith Adams 1

GLASGOW HERALD FOUR MILLION AUSTINS The Austin Motor Companies four millionth vehicle, an A40 MK2 saloon, left the Longbridge, Birmingham, assembly lines during the first days production of 1962. It […]

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Archive : Rolls-Royce To Collaborate With B.M.C.

1 January 1962 Keith Adams 0

From Our Correspondent BIRMINGHAM, DEC. 31 Rolls-Royce and the British Motor Corporation are examining the possibility of technical collaboration, a statement by both concerns announced tonight. The two companies consider […]

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