Munn and Underwood Ltd of Southampton and Portsmouth - Triumph car dealers 110

Munn and Underwood Ltd sold Triumph motor cars in Southampton and Portsmouth in the United Kingdom.

St Christophers badge

Munn & Underwood, St Christopher badge

Commercial Road

 Munn and Underwood operated from a site on Commercial Road Southampton for many years.

Expansion at Portsmouth and Southsea

King's Garage, Exmouth Road, Southsea

During 1959 as part of their expansion programme, Munn & Underwood Ltd, Standard-Triumph Distributors of Portsmouth and Southsea, acquired King's Garage, Exmouth Road, Southsea, which they modernised and adapted to meet the growing needs of the firm's works department. Pictures show (top) King's Garage at the time it was taken over and (below) after rebuilding. In addition to 20,000 square feet of workshop space there was a covered forecourt with four pumps and behind this are the Works Office and Administration Block. There was also a Parts Department carrying a full range of Stanpart spares.

Munn & Underwood Ltd. at the Royal Counties Show, Southsea 1959

 Wadham "Conversion" body on a Standard Atlas Van

Wadham "Conversion" body on a Standard Atlas Van 1959

 

12-seat Wadham passenger conversion to an Atlas Van

Munn & Underwood Ltd sold Standard Atlas vans. These two photos are of a Wadham "Conversion" body on a Standard Atlas Van. The interior was said to seat 12. The optical illusion of bars in the windows is created by a background fence. These conversions were included on a  stand at the Royal Counties Show Southsea in 1959.

MP'S new Herald Saloon

It was reported in the Standard Triumph Review December 1960 edition:

Mr D E Fox, Branch Manager of Munn & Underwood Ltd, Southampton, Distributors of Standard-Triumph in Hampshire and West Sussex, hands over to Mr David Price, MP for Eastleigh his new Triumph Herald saloon. Also seen is Mrs. Price.

Fireworks fleet delivery

Munn and Underwood Ltd, Southampton  1962 Seven vehicles have recently been supplied to the representatives of Waeco Limited by Munn and Underwood limited, Commercial Road, Southampton. Waeco Limited are a firm of pyrotechnic Manufacturers better known as the makers of Wessex Fireworks. They also manufacture and supply distress signal equipment to all parts of the world. The garage was near the junction of Hill Lane and Commercial Road.

Sales and Service Week

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 Commercial Road Southampton premises November 21 to 25 1960.

Plea for information

If you have any more information or recollections about Munn and Underwood Ltd of Southampton and Portsmouth, 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: Many of these images with the exception of the St Christopher badge first appeared in the Standard Triumph Review. Munn and Underwood Commercial Road Southampton image from Facebook.

Albert Farnell Limited of Bradford - Triumph Car Dealers 109

Albert Farnell Limited were based in Bradford, Yorkshire, United Kingdom. The firm sold cars over a long period of time. For many years the firm operated out of a garage at 38 Manningham Lane, Bradford. Later they also had premises at Albert Farnell Ltd, White Cross Garage, Bradford Road, Guiseley, Leeds LS20 8NJ.

Albert Farnell - Manningham Lane, Bradford

 

Dealer address stamp on Triumph Renown brochure

 

Albert Farnell - 38 Manningham Lane, Bradford - Triumph,Rover Cars (1970)

Albert Farnell Ltd of Bradford advert Motor 29 June 1974

Some history

Albert Farnell Cycle Engineer

The Farnell Group was founded in 1882 by Albert Farnell as a shop selling pushbikes. He went on to stock the first motorised Rover pedal cycles and in 1904 built an ancestor of the first Rover car. Vertu Motors acquired the business in 2013. (1)

The firm, which was started in Bradford, moved its head office to Guiseley when the new dealership was built in 1984. The business was taken over by the Sunwin Group, a CO-OP enterprise in the year 2000. (2)

Plea for information

If you have any information or recollections about Albert Farnell Ltd or any other Bradford 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

Source Credits: 1 https://www.vertumotors.com/news/major-investment-works-start-at-farnell-land-rover-bradford/ 2 https://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/8058871.brothers-tell-of-delight-as-car-firm-taken-over/

Picture credits: Albert Farnell - Manningham Lane, Bradford; Albert Farnell Cycle Engineer and Albert Farnell - 38 Manningham Lane, Bradford - Triumph,Rover Cars (1970) all from Bradford Timeline on flickr.