Cowlers Central Garage of Woolacombe - Triumph car dealers 108

This post is about Triumph car dealers Cowlers Central Garage who were based in Woolacombe, Devon UK.  They sold and serviced Standard Triumph cars for many years.

Cowlers Central Garage, Woolacombe

Display adverts

Garage business adverts used to be placed in local directories and guide books.  Here are two adverts that were posted to Facebook.
 

Cowlers Central Garage display advert 01

Cowlers Central Garage display advert 02

Going, going gone

The building that was Cowler's Central Garage have been demolished and the site is now residential.

Cowlers Garage, Woolacombe, going going gone 01

Cowlers Garage, Woolacombe, going going gone 02

Cowlers Garage, Woolacombe, going going gone 03

The garage has been replaced by a row of flats.

Standard Triumph dealers in Woolacombe

Cowlers Central Garage, Arlington Road, Woolacombe, Devon UK EX34 7BQ Tel 0271 87428 

I have a record of the business as being listed as Triumph dealer for many years from sometime before October 1955 through until sometime after May 1975.
  
In April 1979 they are  listed as a Leycare Service outlet but not as a new car dealer.

In March 1988 they are listed as an AustinRover service centre. 

In May 1991 they are listed as an Rover Group service centre.

Plea for information

If you have any information or recollections about Cowlers Central Garage, Woolacombe, Devon UK or any other Standard Triumph car dealers in the area 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:Cowlers Central Garage, Woolacombe photo posted to Facebook by David Cowler; Cowlers Central Garage display advert 02 posted to Facebook by Steve Cooper; Going going gone photos posted to Facebook by Glyn Pollington;