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Rover P5B ends today
22 June 1973
On this day the last 15 Rover P5Bs came off the production at Solihull.
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Wed, 20 Jun 1973
By R. W. Shakespeare British Leyland ran into fresh labour trouble at its Triumph car plant at Coventry yesterday This came on the...
Thu, 21 Jun 1973
By R. W. Shakespeare The crippling three week-long strike by 80 men at British Leyland's Austin-Morris car plant at Cowley, which...
Thu, 21 Jun 1973
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Mon, 25 Jun 1973
From Our Correspondent Madrid British Leyland locked out about 1,700 workers at the week end in the strike-ridden city of Pamplona....
Tue, 26 Jun 1973
By Stuart Marshall A new British Leyland car announced today has been designed, developed and is being made in Australia but will...
Thu, 05 Jul 1973
By R. W. Shakespeare Northern Industrial Correspondent Hopes are higher today of a possible settlement in the six month long wrangle...
Sun, 15 Jul 1973
By Clifford Webb Midland Industrial Correspondent British Leyland is seeking planning permission to build an engine factory costing...
Thu, 19 Jul 1973
Lord Stokes, chairman of British Leyland, said last night that the country should stop molly-coddling people from cradle to grave and...