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Leyland reassures
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spares
starved city
• A comprehensive team from British Leyland's truck and bus division has visited Glasgow Corporation Transport to discuss current bus operating problems. They believe they have allayed criticism arising over a spares shortage by giving the transport convener, Cllr. Walter Wober, certain assurances, a Leyland spokesman told CM on Monday.
This move, writes Derek Moses, follows the development of a serious situation in Glasgow when 57 buses were laid up in the department's depots due to a shortage of spare parts. Leyland claimed that the shortages were due to difficulties encountered with component suppliers. After a protest from the Corporation, the company rushed sufficient spares to put 16 buses back in service.
Purchase threat At one stage, Cur. Wober had threatened to purchase vehicles from the Continent, and not to take up the full option of 150 Leyland chassis on order—a contract worth about 050,000—unless the company gave the transport department absolute satisfaction regarding the availability, and continuing availability, of spares.
The Leyland spokesman added that arrangements had already been made and were being pursued further for the provision of material and facilities to aid Glasgow Corporation in getting vehicles currently out of service back on the road. It had also been agreed to institute an engineering investigation into longer-term changes aimed at reducing vehicle failure under prevailing conditions in Glasgow.