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| Fodbank Motors new premises STR August 1966 |
Quoting from the original article:
Opening of the new premises of Fodbank Motors. Standard Triumph dealers in Dunfermline since last December, was held up seven months after a bulldozer destroyed one of the concrete supports. However, the end of May saw the attractive £15,000 building opened on the site the had occupied for the preceding five years.
Showrooms, offices and filling station now sport the up-to-date look, and the services facilities in part of the old building have been increased. Next extension planned will be to provide a large stores department between the sales and services centres.
With a frontage of 128 feet, the garage has room to display 45 cars, and the general impression of tidiness and modernity is emphasised by the rich cedarwood facings of the exterior.
The opening ceremony was performed by Mr W McLay, Manager of Rossleigh Limited, Kirkcaldy, Distributors for Fife, and Mr J W Wills Triumph's Sottish Sales representative was present.
Mr Wills complimented Mr B Scott, proprietor of Fodbank Motors on building premises suitable to house the vehicles for which he held the franchise. This showed the progressive outlook so necessary in the trade today if they were to keep their place in an expanding market.
I understand that the building has been knocked down. BSV205F a Dolomite forum member said:
Am sure if this is where I think it is, all buildings are gone now and a new built Kwik Fit tyres unit sits there now. I recall in the mid 70's onwards Taggarts (previous Fife Motor Co) became the local Triumph/BL agents and thats demolished now as well replaced by newly built Iceland and Aldi next to Dunfermline FC.
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| Fodbank Motors Ltd of Dunfirmline advert from 1972 |
Plea for information
If you have any more information or recollections about Fodbank Motors or any other Dunfermline area Standard Triumph dealer such as photos of window stickers, dealer badges or sill plates etc please let me know. I can be contacted via the comments to this post or on facebook at https://www.facebook.com/stephen.weblinFurther information and sources
Link to the other articles in this series.Link to facebook page: Triumph Car Dealers.
Link to my Triumph Car Dealers Flickr group which includes many photos of Standard Triumph garages etc from my collection and many other contributors .
I have a collection of Standard Triumph car dealer directories: http://vitessesteve.blogspot.co.uk/2016/03/triumph-car-dealer-directories.html
Picture credits: Standard Triumph review August 1966; Fodbank Motors Ltd of Dunfirmline advert from 1972 ectracted from a football programme posted on flickr by Mile McClagan.
This was not where kick fit was it was where arnold Clark is up the road a bit, after triumph it was fiat sales and also a esso garage untill it closed in the 1990s then was knocked down by Arnold Clark as it is today. Where kwik fit is was the gulf service station.
ReplyDeleteDo you know the first name of Mr.Scott the new owner of fodbank motors.Thank-You.
ReplyDeleteI am not aware of the full name Mr S Scott referred to in my blog post.
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