Month: June 1973

On this day the last 15 Rover P5Bs came off the production at Solihull. Rover P5 development story Rover P5 – the Greatest

JAGUAR BOARD MEETING Subject XJ40 Model “It has been decided to alter the clay styling model and this work is proceeding. Mr England congratulated Mr Knight on his efforts and […]

By R. W. Shakespeare The crippling three week-long strike by 80 men at British Leyland’s Austin-Morris car plant at Cowley, which caused the lay-off of 12,000 other workers and production […]

By R. W. Shakespeare British Leyland ran into fresh labour trouble at its Triumph car plant at Coventry yesterday This came on the eve of a crucial meeting which the […]

JAGUAR – XJ40 full scale models at Browns Lane.

TRIUMPH – Today the Triumph Dolomite Sprint was announced.

DAILY MIRROR By Bryn Jones British Leyland accused shop stewards last night of ‘deliberately sabotaging’ a meeting which could have ended a crippling three-week-old strike. More than 12,000 Leyland workers […]

At British Leyland’s transmission plant at Ward End, Birmingham, the toolroom men agreed last night to return to work, a management spokesman said. The 1,500 men laid off were being […]

In the most damaging stoppage 80 plant attendants at Austin Morris, Cowley, yesterday unanimously rejected a company pay offer and voted to continue the strike which has already cost £8m […]

By Roger Vielvoye British Leyland Motor Corporation has completed the negotiations for a complex reorganization of its manufacturing facilities in Spain and is now awaiting Spanish government approval to put […]

Dispute which halted Allegro line is over The 650 press operators at British Leyland body plant at Swindon, whose unofficial strike halted output of the Allegro car, decided at a […]

By Clifford Webb Midland Industrial Correspondent The motor industry faces another week of massive disruption, with strikes halting production at British Leyland and Chrysler car plants and threatening to do […]

By Clifford Webb Nearly 20,000 car workers were idle yesterday as labour disputes already affecting British Leyland’s Austin-Morris plant at Longbridge spread to Austin-Morris Cowley stopping all car production. With […]

By Clifford Webb Midland Industrial Correspondent More than 14,000 car workers were laid off at British Leyland’s Longbridge plant yesterday because of a series of labour disputes. Production of the […]