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2 unusual facts about Leyland Motors


123 Signals Unit RAF

All of this equipment plus the workshop, stores and Unit Administration offices was built on Leyland lorry and trailer chassis.

Leyland Band

The Leyland Band was established in 1946 in the heart of industrial Lancashire as the Leyland Motors Band, taking its name from the world famous truck and bus company.


McVicar's Bus Services

When the business was sold in 1978 the fleet consisted of 55 buses, mainly AECs and Leylands operating on nine routes.

William Tollemache, 9th Earl of Dysart

Towards the end of World War I the Dysarts sold some land in Ham to the Government for the construction of a National Aircraft Factory leased first to Sopwith Aviation Company and then to Leyland Motors, adding to local demand for housing.


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Giovanni Michelotti

After Triumph's parent company Leyland Motors became a part of British Leyland, Michelotti undertook a facelift of the BMC 1100 – which became the Spanish-built Austin Victoria and also the South African-built Austin Apache.