history

Leyland Tractors was created after a merger of the British Motor Corporation with Leyland Motors to form British Leyland in 1968. Nuffield Tractors, started after World War II by Lord Nuffield, who owned Morris Motors Limited, had become part of the British Motor Company in 1951. Following the merger, Leyland changed the color of the tractor from the poppy red of Nuffield to a two-tone blue. This color remained right up into the early 1980s. They moved production to Bathgate in Scotland. The Nuffield name still appeared until 1969 when it was completely abolished. British Leyland sold Leyland tractors to Marshall Tractors Ltd. in 1982.