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                    Tue, 01 Oct 1974
                
                
                    AUSTIN MORRIS   BLMC investigate a comprehensive re-jig of the ADO20 Mini, giving it a full tailgate, folding rear seats and wrap around...
                
                
            
                    Tue, 01 Oct 1974
                
                
                    Thousands of workers in the Midlands had to be laid off within hours of returning from the industry's autumn holiday. Car production...
                
                
            
                    Wed, 02 Oct 1974
                
                
                    by R. W. Shakespeare  British Leyland's Austin-Morris plant at Longbridge, Birmingham, yesterday was still at a standstill with about...
                
                
            
                    Thu, 03 Oct 1974
                
                
                    BY Clifford Webb  British Leyland's loss making subsidiary has asked the Australian Government for financial assistance to protect...
                
                
            
                    Thu, 03 Oct 1974
                
                
                    At the British Leyland plant in Longbridge, Birmingham, unofficial strikers whose walkout has stopped all car production and made 10,000...
                
                
            
                    Mon, 07 Oct 1974
                
                
                    Coventry wage rates also figure largely in a dispute at British Leyland's plant at Wellingborough in Northamptonshire. Five hundred...
                
                
            
                    Mon, 07 Oct 1974
                
                
                    DAILY MIRROR   Car Plant Blaze   Fire swept through British Leyland's Authi car factory in Pamplona, Spain, yesterday, causing damage...
                
                
            
                    Thu, 10 Oct 1974
                
                
                    UK NEWS   The day of the general election. It was the second of two United Kingdom general elections held that year. Labour Prime Minister...
                
                
            
                    Mon, 14 Oct 1974
                
                
                    Nearly 33,000 Jaguar and Daimler cars were produced in the 12 months to September 30, a record despite the three- day week, British...
                
                
            
                    Tue, 15 Oct 1974
                
                
                    On the eve of the London Motor Show Lord Stokes tells the media: "We are still a bloody good country with some bloody good engineers'......
                
                
            
                    Wed, 16 Oct 1974
                
                
                    By R. W. Shakespeare Northern Industrial Correspondent  British Leyland has again run into labour troubles. All production at the Rover...
                
                
            
                    Wed, 16 Oct 1974
                
                
                    DAILY MIRROR   At the Motor Show    Lord Stokes, chairman of British Leyland, said: “There is a lot of unfounded speculation about...
                
                
            
                    Sat, 19 Oct 1974
                
                
                    DAILY EXPRESS   At Solihull production at Rover car factory was at a standstill again yesterday because of a walk-out last Tuesday...
                
                
            
                    Sat, 19 Oct 1974
                
                
                    INNOCENTI   The Innocenti 90/120 hatchback Mini is announced.   Link :  Innocenti Mini
                
                
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