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Archive : William Heynes
William Heynes, Jaguar technical guru retires today. Walter Hassan and Bob Knight are appointed to the company’s board.
Month: July 1969
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Archive : 2000 car men back at work
DAILY MIRROR A five-man strike which made 2,250 workers idle for a day at Morris Motors. Cowley, Oxford, was over yesterday. Production was back to normal. About 120 works policemen […]
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Archive : Issigonis – The Giant Who Thought Small
DAILY MIRROR By Richard Sear No man looks less designed to start off the cult of the miniature. Stooping just under six feet in height, he looms large at any […]
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Archive : The end of Riley
The DAILY EXPRESS reports on the demise of Riley. Mr George Turnbull managing director of the Austin -Morris division, said: “We are not contemplating taking action with any other marques […]
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Archive : End of the line for Riley
British Leyland will stop making Riley cars from today. “With less than 1 per cent of the home market, they are not viable”, the company said last night. The decision […]
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Archive : British Leyland’s stake in Spain
THE GUARDIAN British Leyland Motor Corporation has acquired a 50 per cent holding in Nueva Montana Quijano (NMQ), a heavy industrial group in the north of Spain , and will […]
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Archive : Settlement at Leylands
The dispute over piecework rates at the five British Leyland vehicle factories in Lancashire which led to a five week strike by 8,500 workers has been settled. After a fortnight […]