J R J Mansbridge + Wests of Lincoln - Triumph car dealers 16

Number 16 in my series of posts about Triumph car dealers.

extract from the Lincolnshire Echo Friday 10 Oct 1962

Triumph car dealers in Lincoln

Both Wests of Lincoln Ltd and J R J Mansbrdge have held the franchise for Standard Triumph.  In 1955
Wests (Lincoln) Ltd 116 High were the distibutor and 
J R J Mansbridge Ltd at the White Hart Garage was a dealer
Parker Taylor and Co Ltd of Wragby Road was a dealer

In 1959, 1965 and 1969 Wests and Parker Taylor remain. In 1974 J R J Mansbridge Ltd now on Rumbold Street become the sole representative in Lincoln and are listed as the distributor

Wests (Lincoln) Limited

Wests had sold Standard cars from as early as 1923.  The company was a distributor for Massey Ferguson tractors and had several branches in Lincoln, Horncastle and Louth. 

Wests (Lincoln) Limited High Street branch also sold Reliant cars as this advert from 1978 shows.

Wests (Lincoln) Ltd Reliant Dealer Advert Motor 21-10-1978

Factory staff visited the High Street branch between 17th and 21st May 1965 to assist the branch with a special promotional Show and Service Week.

Wests (Lincoln) Ltd service voucher 9 March 1973

A company called Wests Motors (Lincoln) Limited 720955 has been dissolved.  Wests High Street Lincoln premises sold motorbikes and scooters.

Wests of Lincoln 1981 Suzuki dealer advert

J R J Mansbridge Ltd

J R J Mansbridge advert from 1969

J R J Mansbridge Ltd held many franchises over time.  In 1969 they were selling Rolls Royce, Bentley, Daimler, Jaguar, Rover and Triumph.

J R J Manbridge Rolls Royce 1968 advert

J.R.J. Mansbridge Compliments Slip 1970

This compliments slip is attached to a warranty document included with a Triumph 2000mk2 originally supplied by Mansbridge 9/3/70 and now owned by Andrew Newman.

I understand that the business closed down in the early 1990's.  The Rumbold Street garage ended by selling Citroen cars. I think that building is now used by the Lincolnshire archives.  They then moved out to a 3 garage site on Wragby Road but only Citroens were sold under the Mansbridge name. The Wragby site was selling furniture in 2009 having stopped selling cars during the late 1990's.

J R J Mansbridge - Jaguar MkV 1952 Monte Carlo Rally

The one time proprietor J R J Mansbridge drove a Jaguar Mk V in the Monte Carlo rally 1952.

Plea for information

If you have any more information or recollections about Standard or Triumph dealers in Lincoln, 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.weblin

Further information and sources

Link to the other articles in this series.

Link to face book page: Triumph Car Dealers.

Link to my Triumph Car Dealers Flickr group .

I have a collection of Standard Triumph car dealer directories: http://vitessesteve.blogspot.co.uk/2016/03/triumph-car-dealer-directories.html

Picture credits:J R J Mansbridge advert Martin on Flickr; Mansbridge complments slip and Wests service voucher Andrew Newman; Wests of Lincoln 1981 Suzuki dealer advert from Jon on flickr; J R J Manbridge Rolls Royce 1968 advert from Martin on flickr.com.