I'm backing Leyland
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I never cease to be amazed that our captains of industry, whose whole object in life is to make profit and to confine their investments in plant and machinery which will produce profit, are so naive, in fact so stupid, as to ignore the advice of the anti-Leyland correspondents who crop up from time to time in your columns. But no, these men who make millions go blindly on buying more and more Leylands. And do you know, if you want to buy a Leyland lorry, thanks to the sheer ignorance of these foolish men, you will have to wait months for one and put your name on the end of a list as long as from here to Stockholm or Munich.
For instance, an American oil company who are famous for throwing millions of dollars around on any rubbish so long as it is British has been running a large fleet of Leylands ever since it commenced operations in this country. Now, you would have thought that after all their experience, they would have learned their lesson. But they have bought lots more!
On second thoughts, however, perhaps these people are not so stupid. Perhaps they enjoyed the experience of running Leylands as I did. Completely reliable, capable of withstanding cruel overloading, neglect and unmerciful punishment, yet able to keep going, day after day.
Leyland always was, is, and ever will be the finest commercial vehicle on earth, Just one more point. Is it not odd that the alternative vehicle your correspondents offer is always foreign? What about those splendid ERFs and Fodens?
A. E. SMITH, Longham, Wimborne, Dorset.