AEC Factory Southall - Leyland Marathon - 1970s - HD

Here's a great piece of archive from the AEC Lorry factory in Southall. Watch the factory put together the Leyland Marathon lorry.

[@ABB-bw6tc]

This music is so beautiful it makes my eyes filled with grief after my dad had the best job here in the 1970s once the factory closed game over 😭

[@ABB-bw6tc]

My dad worked here in the 1970s said it was the best job he ever had in Southall

[@Schlipperschlopper]

Very good trucks and engines! In Poland many trucks used Leyland diesel engines as base!

[@lucherve6169]

The music is better as the lorry.

[@petersmith4455]

its not leylands engine, its an AEC tl12, i worked there when they were made, i was in chassis finishing when Bill Dawson and Dick Steer were there in charge,we were not allowed to put an AEC badge on the front grill

[@curryhouse1377]

Where it was in Southall???

[@petersmith4455]

@@curryhouse1377 just by the iron bridge, windmill lane, which is now an industrial estate,

[@carlnapp4412]

Legend has it that the AEC engines have been the better engines. I'm German but I know the AEC and Gardner engines from French lorries like Willème and Bernard.

[@ABB-bw6tc]

@@curryhouse1377 on the site of himalaya carpets

[@ABB-bw6tc]

Did you know my dad?

[@carlnapp4412]

Thinking hands and skilled machines would have been better.