The Chequered Flag Ltd of Nottingham feature in this short post about another Standard Triumph car dealer in the Nottingham area.
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| The Chequered Flag Triumph Spitfire Advert |
The Chequered Flag Ltd of Nottingham were for a period an official Triumph car dealer. By 1966 I believe the Edgware address had become the London Sports Car Centre.
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| The Chequered Flag of Nottingham advert |
The Chequered Flag of Nottingham operated from premises at 5-11 Arkwright Street.
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| Chequered Flag advert Nottingham Guardian 2 December 1965 |
The Chequered Flag of Nottingham sold new Bond sports cars.
Lotus dealer
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| The Chequered Flag advert Nottingham Guardian 18 October 1961 |
For a period you could buy Lotus sports cars from The Chequered Flag.
Ogle SX1000
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| The Chequered Flag Ogle advert 1962 |
The Chequed Flag group were distributors of the Ogle SX1000.
The Chequered Flag group
the Chequered Flag Group of Companies now covers four ventures. The showroom at Chiswick sells sports cars only, as does the showroom in Nottingham, while a new building has been erected at Edgware which sells competition and Grand Touring cars. The workshops for building the Gemini Junior are also completely separate.
Plea for information
If you have any more information or recollections about The Chequered Flag Ltd of Nottingham, 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 blog post about F Mitchell the Nottingham area distributor. The post includes details of other Triumph dealers in the area.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
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