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Month: October 1973

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Archive : Triumph lay-offs

26 October 1973 Keith Adams 0

At British Leyland’s Triumph car plant in Liverpool 3,250 workers are laid off because of a strike by 70 internal drivers over the dismissal of one man and Toledo car […]

Jaguar XJ40 styling model
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Archive : XJ40 shown to BLMC management

26 October 1973 Keith Adams 0

JAGUAR – The XJ40 proposal shown to Lord Stokes and John Barber.

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Archive : Mini still sold at a loss. BLMC says

23 October 1973 Keith Adams 2

By Clifford Webb British Leyland are selling the Mini at a loss despite the latest price increase and the fact that after 14 years it is still their top export […]

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Archive : Cowley men warned

22 October 1973 Keith Adams 0

British Leyland which had its Marina car production at Cowley stopped during last week, with losses of £5m, issued an ultimatum to 5,000 of its assembly line men during the […]

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Archive : Leyland to invest £12m on boosting truck output

22 October 1973 Keith Adams 0

By Clifford Webb British Leyland is investing £12m almost immediately to boost output of trucks from its factories at Leyland, Lancashire, Bathgate, Scotland, Wolverhampton and Southall, Middlesex. Most of the […]

Archive

Archive : Cowley shut-down

19 October 1973 Keith Adams 0

Yesterday all production at British Leyland’s car plant at Cowley, Oxford, stopped with 9,500 workers either on strike or laid off. During the past week troubles at the plant have […]

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Archive : Filmer Paradise moves on

19 October 1973 Keith Adams 0

Filmer Paradise, the 54-vear old American who surprised the motor industry six weeks ago bv resigning as director of sales for British Leyland’s Austin-Morris division. is going to sell Japanese […]

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Archive : Lord Stokes attacks criticism of UK cars

17 October 1973 Keith Adams 0

By Clifford Webb Lord Stokes, chairman of British Leyland. yesterday attacked un-informed criticism of British cars. He said it had blackened their image at home and overseas to such an […]

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Archive : Yom Kippur War

17 October 1973 Keith Adams 0

OPEC oil ministers agree to use oil as a weapon to punish the West for its support of Israel in the Arab-Israeli war. They recommend an embargo against unfriendly states […]

Archive

Archive : Yom Kippur War

16 October 1973 Keith Adams 0

Saudi Arabia, Iran, Iraq, Abu Dhabi, Kuwait, and Qatar unilaterally raise posted prices by 17% to $3.65 per barrel and announce production cuts.

Leyland National
Archive

Archive : Technical snags hit Leyland’s superbus

15 October 1973 Keith Adams 3

By. Clifford Webb Midland Industrial Correspondent British Leyland have run into technical problems with the new Leyland National bus, the first in the world to be built by mass production […]

Archive

Archive : Eurocrats Lashed By Stokes

10 October 1973 Keith Adams 0

DAILY MIRROR By Patrick Mennem British Leyland chairman Lord Stokes lashed out yesterday at the ‘faceless minions’ who will design motor vehicles of the future. He was speaking at a […]

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Archive : Arab-Israeli war begins

6 October 1973 Keith Adams 0

WORLD NEWS – On October 6th Egypt and Syria attack Israel on Yom Kippur, starting the fourth Arab-Israeli War. Link: Arab-Israeli War

Archive

Archive : Rover stoppage

6 October 1973 Keith Adams 0

Production of the new Rover 2200 saloon at Solihull was halted yesterday for the second time this week. The new model, an uprated version of the Rover 2000, was hit […]

Archive

Archive : Leyland puts in £4.5m re-equipment orders

3 October 1973 Keith Adams 0

By Clifford Webb British Leyland is placing substantial orders for machine tools, power presses and assembly line equipment necessary for the first phase of the £400m to £500m expansion programme […]

Archive

Archive : Lost Chance For Leyland

2 October 1973 Keith Adams 0

DAILY MIRROR By Patrick Mennem British Leyland could have boosted their car sales by 25 per cent, this year, it was claimed yesterday. The only snag was that they couldn’t […]

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