Wednesday, October 21, 2020

Brown's Garage (Loughton) Ltd - Triumph car dealers 19B

Brown's Garage (Loughton) Ltd traded as Brown's of  Loughton, Essex.  In addition to selling Standard Triumph.products they dealt with Austin, Morris and Hilllman cars. Later operated as a Vauxhall dealer and then as body shop.

Browns of Loughton, Essex advert from Autocar23Oct1953
Browns of Loughton, Essex advert from Autocar 23 October 1953

Browns of Loughton, Essex advert from Autocar18Oct1957
Browns of Loughton, Essex advert from Autocar 18 October 1957

Browns Loughton RHS door skin for Herald
Browns Loughton RHS door skin for Herald

 

Browns of Loughton Limited were incorporated as a company 2 December 1950 and were dissolved 9 December 2019.


Triumph dealers in Loughton

In 1955, 1959, 1965 and 1968 dealer directories:
Brown's Garage (Loughton) Ltd, Brown's Corner, High Road, Loughton.


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

Further information and sources

Link to the other articles in this series.

Link to blog post about Patmore Bros Limited, Loughton Essex
 
Link to blog post about Lambs who had a branch business called Lambs (Loughton) Ltd that ran from premises which had previously been operated by another Triumph dealer Patmore Bros Limited.

Link to face book 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:

Sunday, October 11, 2020

King's Road Garage Co Ltd St Annes-on-Sea - Triumph car dealers 101

King's Road Garage Co Ltd were a Standard Triumph car dealer based in St Annes-on-Sea in Lancshire and are the subject of this blog post.

Atlas at agricultural show

It was reported in the February 1960 edition of Standard Triumph Review that: 

KlNG'S Road Garage Co. Ltd., St. Annes on Sea, staged this display at the Royal Lancashire Agricultural Show. Containing Atlas Vans, Atlas Pick-ups, Standard Vans and Estate Cars. It attracted much attention from the farming fraternity.

1955 RAC Rally

This photo of the King's Road Garage Co Ltd appeared in Triumph World article.

 

Some old adverts

The Historyworld.co.uk website has a lot of interesting content and is well worth a visit.  This is a series of adverts by the Kings Road Garage that I found on the Historyworld.co.uk website.

Kings Road Garage, St Annes-on-Sea - 1957 advert




Kings Road Garage, St Annes-on-Sea - 1958 advert


Kings Road Garage, St Annes-on-Sea - 1958 advert2


Kings Road Garage, St Annes-on-Sea - 1959 advert

Vanguard for George Formby

No more "cleanin winders" for George Formby OBE. He got windscreen washers and wipers on his new Standard Vanguard III. George bought his new car from Kings Road Garage Co Ltd, St Annes-on-Sea.

Show and Service Week promotion

Mr Poslethwaite, Mr Gentle and Mr Fletcher from the Factory Service Department interviewed nearly 200 STANDARD and TRIUMPH owners.

Staff from Standard Triumph HQ visited the business and assisted the firm with week long Show and Service promotions. These were held by the firm at their premises 12 to 17 May 1947.

Loxhams


 
By 1965 the business was operating as Loxhams Garages (St Annes) Ltd.  Loxhams later became a part of the Dutton Forshaw Group.
 


Triumph car dealers in the St Annes area


October 1955, October 1958:
Distributor
Kings Road Garage, Kings Road, St Annes-on-Sea, Lancs - tel 670/1/2


August 1961:
Distributor
Kings Road Garage, Kings Road, St Annes-on-Sea, Lancs - tel 670/1/2
Dealer
Geo Moore & Son (St Annes) Ltd, St Davids Road South, - tel 2060



February 1965, September 1968, March 1970, March 1972:
Distributor

Loxhams Garages (St Annes) Ltd, Kings Road - tel 25111/2/3


March 1974:
Distributor

Dutton Forshaw (St Annes) Ltd, Kings Road, FY8 1NG - tel 25111




Plea for information

If you have any more information or recollections about King's Road Garage Co Ltd of St Annes-on-Sea, 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 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: Kings Road Garage, St Annes-on-Sea - 1957 advert + Kings Road Garage, St Annes-on-Sea - 1958 advert + Kings Road Garage, St Annes-on-Sea - 1958 advert2 + Kings Road Garage, St Annes-on-Sea - 1959 advert

Thursday, October 08, 2020

Dolomite 1500 Workshop manual

 

This copy of the Triumph Dolomite 1500 Workshop Manual known as the Repair Operation Manual has been processed so that you can search it by word.  You can view and download it from my box.net account. https://app.box.com/s/uwy8anbmq0schbsr3d6xmuap324for4m