Quantock Motors Ltd of Swindon - Triumph car dealers 106

This post is about Triumph car dealers in the town of Swindon in Wiltshire UK. Quantock Motors Ltd sold and serviced Standard Triumph cars in Swindon for many years  The business started out based on Devizes Road operating from a site that earlier was owned and operated by another business.

Quantock Motors, Swindon 1957 advertisement

 

Some history

1910 image of the Motor Engineering Co, Swindon

 

The Motor Engineering Company poses for the camera outside its Devizes Road premises of around 1910. The building remained in the trade, and later became Quantock Motors. It is now commercial
premises, and the gap next door in the top picture has long been occupied by a series of restaurants.

 

Quantock Motors, Devices Road, Swindon 1961

Programme adverts

I found all these adverts in some amateur dramatic programs.

Quantock Motors Ltd advert from Glamorous Night Programme - 1965

Quantock Motors advert from Hello Dolly! Programme - 1974

Quantock Motors advert from Kiss Me Kate Programme - 1970

Quantock Motors advert from The Vagabond King Programme - 1954

 

Devizes Road building

After Quantock Motors moved on to a new site at Dorcan Way their building saw new users and some modernisation.

1965 Invoice

Quantock Motors Ltd, Swindon invoice August 1965

Dutton Forshaw take over

Quantock Motors Ltd was acquired by the Dutton Forshaw Group in 1976.

Triumph car dealers in Swindon

October 1955:

Distributor

Quantock Motors, Devices Road, 'phone 2073

 

October 1958, August 1961:

Distributor

Quantock Motors, Devices Road, 'phone 2073

Dealer

Lucknow Garage (W H Golby), 2 Statton Road, phone Stratton St Magaret 2359 

February 1965, September 1968, March 1970:

Distributor

Quantock Motors, Devices Road, 'phone 5283/4

 

March 1972:

Distributor

Quantock Motors, Devices Road, phone 0793 5283/4/5

Dealer

A E Williams, Lechlade Road, Highworth phone 0793 76203 

March 1974:

Distributor

Quantock Motors, Devices Road, phone 0793 5283/4/5

Dealer

Westrop Motors (prop Great Bedwyn Motors), Lechlade Road, Highworth phone 0793 76203 

 

May 1975:

Distributor

Quantock Motors, Dorcan Way, SN3 3RS phone 0793 5283/4/5

Dealer

Westrop Motors (prop Great Bedwyn Motors), Lechlade Road, Highworth, SN6 7HG phone 0793 76203

 

April 1979:

Distributor

Dutton Forshaw (Swindon) Ltd,  Dorcan Way, SN3 3RS phone 0793 5283/4/5

Dealer

 

Show and Service Week promotion

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 Devices Road premises 13 to 17 February 1967.

Plea for information

If you have any information or recollections about Quantock Motors Ltd of Swindon Standard Triumph car dealers 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.weblin

Further 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: Quantock Motors, Swindon 1957 advertisement from Swindon Central library collection; Quantock Motors, Devices Road, Swindon 1961 from Swindon Central library collection;