If You Still Have an Old Leyland Tractor, Read This First (UK)

How much is an old Leyland tractor worth? A restored red Nuffield from the Bathgate plant made £23,000 at a Cheffins vintage sale in 2018; a blue Leyland from the same factory made a fraction of that. Where is the number plate on a Leyland 154, what does the bonnet decal say, and does original or restored decide the price? Check your shed before you ring anyone. What this video covers, in order: why BMC and the government put a truck and tractor plant in Bathgate, West Lothian in 1961, and the notice board on the hill road between Blackridge and Harthill; Blackburn growing from under 6,000 people to over 10,000 by 1963; red Nuffield to two-tone blue Leyland in 1968 and 1969, the 154, 344 and 384, the 262 and 272 and the 1978 Synchro; the line's sale to Marshall of Gainsborough in 1981 and Tam Dalyell's emergency debate; the 1,800 jobs George Younger announced would go in 1984; and what old ones sell for now, from Cheffins sales in 2014 and 2018 to the old Marshalls. Then the shed check: the 154 number plate, the C13726 decal change, the Synchro cab, hours, and original against restored. Past sale results, not promises. Tell me in the comments: what colour was the tractor on your farm, red, blue or yellow, and who drove it? Check your loft. You never know what you kept. Chapters 00:00 The Notice Board 01:24 It's Bathgate 03:29 Every Second Guy 04:55 Red to Blue 07:37 Sold to Gainsborough 10:00 1,800 Bathgate Workers 11:49 Red or Blue 15:25 Check the Shed 17:02 Here's Where I Stand Sources Macdonald, PhD thesis on the Bathgate plant, University of Glasgow, 2013: https://theses.gla.ac.uk/4638/ Agriland, whatever happened to Leyland tractors: https://www.agriland.co.uk/farming-ne... Grace's Guide, BMC Leyland Tractors: https://www.gracesguide.co.uk/BMC_Ley... Hansard, 23 November 1981, British Leyland Bathgate: https://api.parliament.uk/historic-ha... Hansard, 24 May 1984, British Leyland closures: https://api.parliament.uk/historic-ha... Farmers Journal, Cheffins Sutton vintage sale, April 2018: https://www.farmersjournal.ie/in-pict... Farmers Journal, Cheffins Cambridge sale, July 2014: https://www.farmersjournal.ie/machine... Clips from Coverr and Wikimedia Commons, trimmed and cropped; photos from Openverse and Wikimedia Commons: WillFR130, CC BY 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/?curid=... Missvain, CC BY 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/?curid=... Monika Widzicka, CC BY 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/?curid=... Martin Pettitt, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... ford8n, flickr, CC BY 2.0, https://www.flickr.com/photos/2643993... Ossewa, CC BY 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... kitmasterbloke, flickr, CC BY 2.0, https://www.flickr.com/photos/5841565... kitmasterbloke, flickr, CC BY 2.0, https://www.flickr.com/photos/5841565... Phil_Parker, flickr, CC BY 2.0, https://www.flickr.com/photos/4513164... UK Parliament, CC BY 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... kitmasterbloke, flickr, CC BY 2.0, https://www.flickr.com/photos/5841565... Christian Lambiotte, CC BY 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... Terry Wha, flickr, CC BY 2.0, https://www.flickr.com/photos/2459213... grobertson4, flickr, CC BY 2.0, https://www.flickr.com/photos/8782469... Dave Hamster, flickr, CC BY 2.0, https://www.flickr.com/photos/1426506... David Merrett, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... Christian Lambiotte, CC BY 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... blastpaintrestore, flickr, CC BY 2.0, https://www.flickr.com/photos/1239737... Footage: Coverr (coverr.co) Map data: Natural Earth, public domain. Place search: © OpenStreetMap contributors (Nominatim). This video uses AI-generated visuals and an AI narration voice. Arthur is a fictional narrator. Facts and auction values are sourced in the description; values vary by condition and are not financial advice.