New car brought a lot of smiles

They may not have had much sunshine during their three-week holiday break but car workers at Chrysler who returned to Paisley’s Linwood Road plant in August 1977, would be seeing plenty of Sunbeams from now on.

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The 6,600 workforce were to build the new Sunbeam hatchback saloon for the first time. The car was to go on sale at Chrysler's 700 dealers and it was hoped that some 5,500 models would be available on the market by that date. Around 2,000 new employees were recruited for the introduction of a second shift to boost pro