Month: September 1962

CAR BODY WORKERS ON SHORT TIME FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT OXFORD, SEPT. 21 The Pressed Steel Company’s factory at Oxford. which supplies a large section of the car industry with bodies […]

FORD – The Ford Cortina Mk1 is launched today.

24-HOUR STRIKE BY CAR FACTORY CLERKS FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT COVENTRY. SEPT. 20 Standard Triumph International. Ltd.. remained silent on the effects of a 24-hour strike today by its 800 clerical […]

BMC – Today the ADO23 MGB is launched.

Changes In Leyland Motors Group Changes in the top organization of the Leyland Motors group are announced today following the Leyland-ACV merger. They include the retirement of Sir Henry Spurrier […]

Decisions on whether or not to increase production of tractors at the British Motor Corporation’s new plant at Bathgate, West Lothian, to 750 a week, providing 400 more jobs for […]

Leyland Chairman On Merger Benefits Sir Henry Spurrier, chairman and managing director of Leyland Motors, Mr Stanley Markland, deputy managing director, and Mr Donald Stokes, sales director, have joined the […]

BMC – An Austin A40 is the first car to leave the newly completed CAB2 at Longbridge.