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Month: July 1969

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Archive : William Heynes

31 July 1969 Keith Adams 0

William Heynes, Jaguar technical guru retires today. Walter Hassan and Bob Knight are appointed to the company’s board.

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Archive : 2000 car men back at work

18 July 1969 Keith Adams 0

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

16 July 1969 Keith Adams 5

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

10 July 1969 Keith Adams 0

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

9 July 1969 Keith Adams 0

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

8 July 1969 Keith Adams 0

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

5 July 1969 Keith Adams 0

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 […]

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