Merlyn Motors of Bristol - Triumph Car Dealers 11A

Merlyn Motors of Whiteladies Road, Bristol are the subject of this short post in my series about Triumph car dealers.

Merlyn Motors Ltd advert on Western Daily News 29 October 1932

Merlyn Motors Ltd advert on Western Daily News 10 December 1932

Merlyn Motors Ltd advert on Western Daily News 26 November 1932

Unfortunately at present the only information I have is these copies of a series of adverts from the Western Daily News in 1932.

Seagull outboard motors

August 1931 saw the introduction of a 2-stroke motor made by the Sunbeam Motorcycle Company.  Originally intended as an industrial engine there were three versions, a 340 c.c. twin, a 102 c.c. single, and a 78 c.c. single. It was produced at Wolverhampton for several years, and distributed in the UK by Merlyn Motors Whiteladies Road Bristol. It became known as the 'Seagull' outboard motor.  Thanks to www.historywebsite.co.uk/Museum/Transport/Motorcycles/Sunbeam/Sunbeam5.htm for the above paragraph.

Plea for information

If you have any more information or recollections about this garage, 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

Source and links

Link to the other articles in this series.

Click here to read my blog post about College Motors another Bristol Triumph dealer.

Or here to read about C Allen and Son (Bristol) Ltd

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: Merlyn Motors Ltd of Bristol Seagull advert 1932 from gracesguide; The Western Daily Press adverts found on pinterest (David Nicoll).