Leyland Eight or Straight Eight was a luxury car produced by Leyland Motors from 1920 to 1923. The car was designed by the chief engineer of Leyland Motors...
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Leyland Motors Limited (later known as the Leyland Motor Corporation) was an English vehicle manufacturer of lorries, buses and trolleybuses. The company...
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The Leyland P76 is a large car that was produced by Leyland Australia, the Australian subsidiary of British Leyland. Featuring what was described at the...
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manufacturer Leyland Trucks, a medium and heavy duty truck manufacturer based in Leyland Leyland Eight, a luxury car Leyland P76, a car Carl Sonny Leyland (born...
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J. G. Parry-Thomas (section Leyland Motors)
the First World War he and his assistant Reid Railton designed the Leyland Eight luxury motor car, which was intended to compete with Rolls-Royce. His...
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as Ashok Motors, which became Ashok Leyland in the year 1955 after collaboration with British Leyland. Ashok Leyland is the second largest manufacturer...
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8 (disambiguation) (redirect from Eight)
Eight, Bentley's "entry-level" offering from 1984 until 1992 Leyland Eight, a luxury car produced by Leyland Motors from 1920 to 1923 Mercury Eight,...
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three sets of cranks and rods in parallel was used in the 1920–1923 Leyland Eight luxury car built in the United Kingdom. A similar system was used in...
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their Tipo 8 at the Paris Salon in 1919 Leyland Motors introduced their OHC straight-eight powered Leyland Eight luxury car at the International Motor Exhibition...
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James Richard Leyland (born December 15, 1944) is an American former professional baseball player, coach and manager. He serves as a special assistant...
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British Leyland was a British automotive engineering and manufacturing conglomerate formed in 1968 as British Leyland Motor Corporation Ltd (BLMC), following...
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The Leyland cypress, Cupressus × leylandii, × Cuprocyparis leylandii or × Cupressocyparis leylandii, often referred to simply as leylandii, is a fast-growing...
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W800 motorcycle) or a triple eccentric with connecting rods (e.g. the Leyland Eight car). In a two-stroke engine that uses a camshaft, each valve is opened...
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Leyland Trucks is a medium- and heavy-duty truck manufacturer based in Leyland, Lancashire, United Kingdom. It can trace its origins back to the original...
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earlier in the paragraph). The first vehicle to use torsion bars was Leyland Eight designed by J. G. Parry-Thomas and produced from 1920 to 1923, however...
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Leyland DAF was a commercial vehicle manufacturing company based in Leyland, United Kingdom, and a subsidiary of DAF NV. In February 1993, Leyland DAF...
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Michael James Leyland, MBE (4 September 1941 – 14 September 2009) and Malcolm Rex Leyland, MBE (born 2 October 1944), jointly known as the Leyland brothers...
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valve springing using leaf springs as those found on Parry Thomas's Leyland Eight. Drive was to the rear wheels via a Moss 4-speed gearbox and ENV spiral-bevel...
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Maurice Leyland (20 July 1900 – 1 January 1967) was an English international cricketer who played 41 Test matches between 1928 and 1938. In first-class...
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The Leyland Atlantean is a predominantly double-decker bus chassis manufactured by Leyland Motors between 1958 and 1986. Only 17 Atlantean chassis were...
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was required less frequently. Only high-performance cars such as the Leyland Eight of 1920 persisted with it. Bentley and Bugatti were other racing marques...
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Rover P6BS aka Leyland Eight GE (Group experimental) was a prototype from Rover for a mid-engines sports car. Rover had a Buick V8 and after some work...
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The Leyland Hippo was a 6x4 heavy general service cargo truck manufactured by Leyland Motors. Introduced in 1929, it remained in production for 40 years...
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The Leyland Royal Tiger was a rear-engined coach chassis manufactured by Leyland between 1982 and 1987. It was intended to counter the offerings of foreign...
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that created British Leyland Motor Corporation (BLMC). The MG marque continued to be used by the successors of BLMC: British Leyland, the Rover Group and...
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LDV Group (redirect from Leyland DAF Vans)
formerly Leyland DAF Vans, was a British van manufacturer based in Washwood Heath, Birmingham. Historically part of Rover Group and Leyland DAF, it was...
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Manchester University. He joined Leyland Motors in 1917 where he worked with J.G. Parry-Thomas on the Leyland Eight luxury car. He left in 1922 to set...
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The Leyland 4-tonne truck was produced by Leyland Trucks in Lancashire. It was developed for the British Army and won the competition to replace a fleet...
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Thomas Leyland (c. 1752–1827) was an English slave trader. In 1776, he won a lottery and with his share of the winnings, he set himself up in the slave...
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The Leyland Royal Tiger PSU was an underfloor-engined bus and coach chassis manufactured by Leyland between 1950 and 1954. The Leyland Royal Tiger was...
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