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2 November 1971 Keith Adams 0

THE GUARDIAN

Triumph Motors at Coventry was working normally yesterday apart from the strike by its 400 toolroom workers. Production was lost on four days last week and several thousand men laid off because 37 maintenance men were on strike over a pay claim.

They returned on Wednesday, but production could not begin again until they had repaired machines which had broken down. The 2,700 Triumph workers at the two factories at Speke, Liverpool, returned to work yesterday after being laid off last week because of a strike of toolmakers in Coventry.

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Created www.austin-rover.co.uk in 2001 and built it up to become the world's foremost reference source for all things BMC, Leyland and Rover Group, before renaming it AROnline in 2007.

Is the Editor of the Parkers website and price guide, formerly editor of Classic Car Weekly, and launch editor/creator of Modern Classics magazine. Has contributed to various motoring titles including Octane, Practical Classics, Evo, Honest John, CAR magazine, Autocar, Pistonheads, Diesel Car, Practical Performance Car, Performance French Car, Car Mechanics, Jaguar World Monthly, MG Enthusiast, Modern MINI, Practical Classics, Fifth Gear Website, Radio 4, and the the Motoring Independent...

Likes 'conditionally challenged' motors and taking them on unfeasible adventures all across Europe.