Author: Tony Cripps

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Published: 2018-10

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780958552554

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Many people would no longer recognise the name Leyland P76 as belonging to a motor vehicle. However, ill-fated as the concept was, it did make a brief presence on the local market and garnered a reputation for being Australia's best and worst car at the same time. The car was the last hope of the Leyland Motor Corporation (Australia) and its unceremonious cancellation signalled the closure of the motor vehicle manufacturing plant established at Zetland in Sydney by Lord Nuffield in 1950. Reborn as an importer, JRA flew to dizzying heights in the 1980's to come crashing down in 1991. With one final gasp, the last remnant finally died in 1998. This book tells the story of those beginnings at the Victoria Park racecourse in Sydney's south to the end, with the collapse of the Clifford Corporation. Nearly 50 years of hope, success, failure and demise but along the way, a cavalcade of unforgettable motor vehicles, many of them now sought-after classics, which played a part in the lives of many thousands of people in the latter half of the 20th century

Download or read book Leyland Cars in Australia written by Tony Cripps and published by . This book was released on 2018-10 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many people would no longer recognise the name Leyland P76 as belonging to a motor vehicle. However, ill-fated as the concept was, it did make a brief presence on the local market and garnered a reputation for being Australia's best and worst car at the same time. The car was the last hope of the Leyland Motor Corporation (Australia) and its unceremonious cancellation signalled the closure of the motor vehicle manufacturing plant established at Zetland in Sydney by Lord Nuffield in 1950. Reborn as an importer, JRA flew to dizzying heights in the 1980's to come crashing down in 1991. With one final gasp, the last remnant finally died in 1998. This book tells the story of those beginnings at the Victoria Park racecourse in Sydney's south to the end, with the collapse of the Clifford Corporation. Nearly 50 years of hope, success, failure and demise but along the way, a cavalcade of unforgettable motor vehicles, many of them now sought-after classics, which played a part in the lives of many thousands of people in the latter half of the 20th century