tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-138362462024-03-16T18:52:37.334+00:00Vitessesteve - blogA blog by Vitessesteve mostly about Triumph car stuff. Featuring articles about Standard Triumph car dealers. Includes new free technical literature such as Parts Catalogues, Workshop Manuals and Owners Handbooks.vitessestevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11392701711705440923noreply@blogger.comBlogger464125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13836246.post-22931292415910962692023-03-28T11:09:00.001+01:002023-03-28T11:09:53.665+01:00Herts Motors (St Albans) Ltd - Triumph car dealers 93 part 3<p></p><p>This is a follow up to my earlier general post about <a href="https://vitessesteve.blogspot.com/2019/11/herts-motors-st-albans-ltd-triumph-car.html" target="_blank">Herts Motors (St Albans) Ltd</a>. Part 2 was based an original article that first appeared in the Standard Triumph Review December 1964 and was <a href="http://vitessesteve.blogspot.com/2019/12/herts-motors-st-albans-ltd-triumph-car.html" target="_blank">about the building of their new premises.</a></p><h3 style="text-align: left;"> Party Invite</h3><h3 style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjMVhw37-1fHjW_ND-jrWwvtoEgeUQbEvNsKwmhYqP7kwr37FtTaLhCbP4BYMs6omLDJS3FRyVbaGIo_wv74IayCKnt4w7CUGlDksin6-UZMhtkFCmi37xuNcH8AD2u4DDdtIeW-7xpyGjnU8sQDXVIha6eL9sk57dv4YlNSgGiqWziqTibJg/s1847/Herts%20Motors%20(St%20Albans)%20Ltd%20Party%20invite01.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Herts Motors (St Albans) Ltd Party invite 01" border="0" data-original-height="1409" data-original-width="1847" height="244" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjMVhw37-1fHjW_ND-jrWwvtoEgeUQbEvNsKwmhYqP7kwr37FtTaLhCbP4BYMs6omLDJS3FRyVbaGIo_wv74IayCKnt4w7CUGlDksin6-UZMhtkFCmi37xuNcH8AD2u4DDdtIeW-7xpyGjnU8sQDXVIha6eL9sk57dv4YlNSgGiqWziqTibJg/w320-h244/Herts%20Motors%20(St%20Albans)%20Ltd%20Party%20invite01.jpg" title="Herts Motors (St Albans) Ltd Party invite 01" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw3EYvvr7wiQWpuIsowLmqG2ver0_encmWDZZzCRq7sLd15DqzFfhI2Kjp8dhpnLZ_ALidJ3XH_E7hgHYvA5ussXmUWHlgr7U8965hIMYFm898Z3RQYRpayRFLWafbhULST9eI4XOYqvn8Z_EJwR3mjTnhAn2VLUsx9prjZjYwBKMs8y9cFRE/s1904/Herts%20Motors%20(St%20Albans)%20Ltd%20Party%20invite02.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Herts Motors (St Albans) Ltd Party invite 02" border="0" data-original-height="1472" data-original-width="1904" height="247" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw3EYvvr7wiQWpuIsowLmqG2ver0_encmWDZZzCRq7sLd15DqzFfhI2Kjp8dhpnLZ_ALidJ3XH_E7hgHYvA5ussXmUWHlgr7U8965hIMYFm898Z3RQYRpayRFLWafbhULST9eI4XOYqvn8Z_EJwR3mjTnhAn2VLUsx9prjZjYwBKMs8y9cFRE/w320-h247/Herts%20Motors%20(St%20Albans)%20Ltd%20Party%20invite02.jpg" title="Herts Motors (St Albans) Ltd Party invite 02" width="320" /></a></div><br /> </h3><p>Herts Motors (St. Albans) Ltd were distributor responsible for supplying Standard Triumph cars to area dealers. I have recently been sent a Party Invite sent out in 1957 for a party to be held on Friday November 2nd 1957. This document was found amongst a collection of old photos and I am grateful to Neil Emson for sending it to me.<br /></p><h3>
Plea for information</h3>
If you have any more information or recollections about Herts Motors (St
Albans) Ltd, 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 <a href="https://www.facebook.com/stephen.weblin">https://www.facebook.com/stephen.weblin</a> <br />
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Further information and sources</h3>
<div class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name">
Link to part 1 of <a href="https://vitessesteve.blogspot.com/2019/11/herts-motors-st-albans-ltd-triumph-car.html" target="_blank">Herts Motors (St Albans) Ltd - Triumph car dealers 93</a> </div>
<br />
<a href="http://vitessesteve.blogspot.co.uk/search/label/Triumph%20car%20dealer" target="_blank">Link to the other articles in this series.</a><br />
<br />
<a href="https://www.facebook.com/TriumphCarDealers/?" target="_blank">Link to face book page: Triumph Car Dealers.</a><br />
<br />
Link to my <a href="https://www.flickr.com/groups/standard_triumph_dealers/" target="_blank">Triumph
Car Dealers Flickr group which includes many photos of Standard
Triumph garages etc from my collection and many other contributors </a>.<br />
<br />
I have a collection of Standard Triumph car dealer directories:<a href="http://vitessesteve.blogspot.co.uk/2016/03/triumph-car-dealer-directories.html" target="_blank"> http://vitessesteve.blogspot.co.uk/2016/03/triumph-car-dealer-directories.html</a><br />
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Picture credits:<div class="blogger-post-footer">A blog post from vitessesteve</div>vitessestevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11392701711705440923noreply@blogger.com0St Albans, UK51.752725 -0.33943623.442491163821153 -35.495686 80.062958836178836 34.816814tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13836246.post-42707127023204003442022-06-02T08:37:00.001+01:002022-06-02T08:37:36.068+01:00Moortown Motors Limited of Leeds - Triumph Car Dealer 35B<p>This brief post is about Moortown Motors Limited who were based in Leeds UK. They sold and serviced
Standard based motor caravans. </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxKHPpLSkoKV6poacSp2YCjtJl95dQFP3ZiEv_qJSFeK-SKTr51T4A3CmaotOnkqKpRQ0tL9qgNGTTBH-PQBD8ONOFcf8Ttlq-xM2E8M2qlkszULRyn54H9_xNX6r5CAuRyUr68Oi_SorZR0fHmAQbOzPCqSAQoqIyf5Gc3zA8QEpCOEDWueA/s1500/MoortownMotorsLimitedAtlasAutohome.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1066" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxKHPpLSkoKV6poacSp2YCjtJl95dQFP3ZiEv_qJSFeK-SKTr51T4A3CmaotOnkqKpRQ0tL9qgNGTTBH-PQBD8ONOFcf8Ttlq-xM2E8M2qlkszULRyn54H9_xNX6r5CAuRyUr68Oi_SorZR0fHmAQbOzPCqSAQoqIyf5Gc3zA8QEpCOEDWueA/s320/MoortownMotorsLimitedAtlasAutohome.jpg" width="227" /></a></div>Moortown Motors Limited were a VW garage who built motor caravans based on the VW bus body. <br /><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwmW_ttw6C2iUfFJsJWdUIA55Bjew3bWzqlB4GHC9si7xg8GE-vcCldVckt4l5BRpWdpnpCslM6oLJSM-p73BqXCJbetVIjNoYEck1vKJnL6-MGIuVynJro6rCsOLVd9HsLb6iqlRbgkx4m3DzJ0Z4xS0akfxahfJbsi6jcN13hk0CeRHtSRk/s1225/Im196210MotSC-MoortownMots.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Moortown Motors Limited 1962 VW Autohome advert" border="0" data-original-height="1225" data-original-width="760" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwmW_ttw6C2iUfFJsJWdUIA55Bjew3bWzqlB4GHC9si7xg8GE-vcCldVckt4l5BRpWdpnpCslM6oLJSM-p73BqXCJbetVIjNoYEck1vKJnL6-MGIuVynJro6rCsOLVd9HsLb6iqlRbgkx4m3DzJ0Z4xS0akfxahfJbsi6jcN13hk0CeRHtSRk/w199-h320/Im196210MotSC-MoortownMots.jpg" title="Moortown Motors Limited 1962 VW Autohome advert" width="199" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Moortown Motors Limited 1962 VW Autohome advert<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><h3 class="prop small" style="text-align: left;"><span class="valu">Moortown Motors, paint shop</span></h3><div class="prop small" style="text-align: left;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkaXRpm6W9e0eGI95H9aNPHVJkLmODgjQDh1hHIMJBLOfphWY_0_wetdZ8A5xqvYfywSS-fRXokW8MdfVhBTJHjtA0UcDlYy2vRBsxKDX7CDBGVVi5phI4jFYBT2ucoJA5lqd4X-yRnn1wj51uJ14OPhn9NnclD8igRvYzM5HuHAAR1noIAxM/s500/GetImage.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="350" data-original-width="500" height="224" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkaXRpm6W9e0eGI95H9aNPHVJkLmODgjQDh1hHIMJBLOfphWY_0_wetdZ8A5xqvYfywSS-fRXokW8MdfVhBTJHjtA0UcDlYy2vRBsxKDX7CDBGVVi5phI4jFYBT2ucoJA5lqd4X-yRnn1wj51uJ14OPhn9NnclD8igRvYzM5HuHAAR1noIAxM/s320/GetImage.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></div><div class="prop small" style="text-align: left;">1962.
Interior view of Moortown Motors Ltd., situated on Regent Street by the
corner with Skinner Lane. Moortown Motors were concessionaires for
Volkswagen and were part of the Arnold G. Wilson group of companies at
the time. The company painted parts and body shells and claimed to have
one of the only two plants in the UK that could reproduce a factory
finish. This view shows the paint shop with the spray booths and drying
areas on the right. Photograph courtesy of Don Smith who was manager of
the paint shop at the time.</div><h3>Plea for information
</h3>
<p>
If you have any information or recollections about Moortown Motors Limited of Leeds 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 <a href="https://www.facebook.com/stephen.weblin">https://www.facebook.com/stephen.weblin</a></p>
<h3>
Further information and sources
</h3>
<a href="http://vitessesteve.blogspot.co.uk/search/label/Triumph%20car%20dealer" target="_blank">Link to the other articles in this series.</a><br />
<br />
<a href="https://www.facebook.com/TriumphCarDealers/?" target="_blank">Link to facebook page: Triumph Car Dealers.</a><br />
<br />
Link to my <a href="https://www.flickr.com/groups/standard_triumph_dealers/" target="_blank">Triumph Car Dealers Flickr group which includes many photos of Standard
Triumph garages etc from my collection and many other contributors </a>.<br />
<br />
I have a collection of Standard Triumph car dealer directories:<a href="http://vitessesteve.blogspot.co.uk/2016/03/triumph-car-dealer-directories.html" target="_blank">
http://vitessesteve.blogspot.co.uk/2016/03/triumph-car-dealer-directories.html</a><br />
<br />Picture credits:
Moortown Motors Limited 1962 VW Autohome advert from <a href="https://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Main_Page" target="_blank">Graces Guide</a> an excellent source for historical information on industry and
manufacturing in Britain.; Interior view of Moortown Motors Ltd from Leeds City Council archive <a class="navbar-brand" href="https://www.leodis.net/">Leodis</a><div class="blogger-post-footer">A blog post from vitessesteve</div>vitessestevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11392701711705440923noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13836246.post-2364065076180547962021-06-21T18:44:00.002+01:002021-06-21T18:44:33.876+01:00Cowlers Central Garage of Woolacombe - Triumph car dealers 108<p>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. </p><p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-VV40qZN5dHU/YNCpM8hME5I/AAAAAAAAKaM/1EgtaZ1Neu0b2zNxuOEl7NZOLZMT2HuDwCLcBGAsYHQ/s2024/CowlersCentral%2BGarage%2BWoolacombe.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Cowlers Central Garage, Woolacombe" border="0" data-original-height="1493" data-original-width="2024" height="236" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-VV40qZN5dHU/YNCpM8hME5I/AAAAAAAAKaM/1EgtaZ1Neu0b2zNxuOEl7NZOLZMT2HuDwCLcBGAsYHQ/w320-h236/CowlersCentral%2BGarage%2BWoolacombe.jpg" title="Cowlers Central Garage, Woolacombe" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cowlers Central Garage, Woolacombe</td></tr></tbody></table></p><h3 style="text-align: left;">Display adverts</h3><p>Garage business adverts used to be placed in local directories and guide books. Here are two adverts that were posted to Facebook.<br /> </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3Zc41E2AgUU/YNDMAxBpEhI/AAAAAAAAKaU/g8vCPLAIKj8ge0Ofs_TGlX6kfngsMAHGQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1525/Cowlers%2BCentral%2BGarage%2Bdisplay%2Badvert%2B02.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Cowlers Central Garage display advert 01" border="0" data-original-height="1525" data-original-width="1133" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3Zc41E2AgUU/YNDMAxBpEhI/AAAAAAAAKaU/g8vCPLAIKj8ge0Ofs_TGlX6kfngsMAHGQCLcBGAsYHQ/w238-h320/Cowlers%2BCentral%2BGarage%2Bdisplay%2Badvert%2B02.jpg" title="Cowlers Central Garage display advert 01" width="238" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cowlers Central Garage display advert 01</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0McTod7VOHk/YNDMBJqE_LI/AAAAAAAAKaY/wixLAIkrFaMrlsTIjay_6rVHXsUMz16QQCLcBGAsYHQ/s960/Cowlers%2BCentral%2BGarage%2Bdisplay%2Badvert%2B01.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Cowlers Central Garage display advert 02" border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="632" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0McTod7VOHk/YNDMBJqE_LI/AAAAAAAAKaY/wixLAIkrFaMrlsTIjay_6rVHXsUMz16QQCLcBGAsYHQ/w211-h320/Cowlers%2BCentral%2BGarage%2Bdisplay%2Badvert%2B01.jpg" title="Cowlers Central Garage display advert 02" width="211" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cowlers Central Garage display advert 02</td></tr></tbody></table><br />
<h3>Going, going gone</h3><p style="text-align: left;">The building that was Cowler's Central Garage have been demolished and the site is now residential. <br /></p>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_2AQ8H8aj_I/YNB8s3Ws7uI/AAAAAAAAKZw/pv2wYWHV8aUH6_e1T2L6XtI2CJ4x8m-ZgCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/Cowlers%2BCentral%2BGarage%2Bgoing01.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Cowlers Garage, Woolacombe, going going gone 01" border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_2AQ8H8aj_I/YNB8s3Ws7uI/AAAAAAAAKZw/pv2wYWHV8aUH6_e1T2L6XtI2CJ4x8m-ZgCLcBGAsYHQ/w320-h240/Cowlers%2BCentral%2BGarage%2Bgoing01.jpg" title="Cowlers Garage, Woolacombe, going going gone 01" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cowlers Garage, Woolacombe, going going gone 01</td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-O5KS8OF18lY/YNB8thx7TJI/AAAAAAAAKZ4/qVf8MAMHcDYRRJhyQq-Gye2dkbRL18wKwCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/Cowlers%2BCentral%2BGarage%2Bgoing02.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Cowlers Garage, Woolacombe, going going gone 02" border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-O5KS8OF18lY/YNB8thx7TJI/AAAAAAAAKZ4/qVf8MAMHcDYRRJhyQq-Gye2dkbRL18wKwCLcBGAsYHQ/w320-h240/Cowlers%2BCentral%2BGarage%2Bgoing02.jpg" title="Cowlers Garage, Woolacombe, going going gone 02" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cowlers Garage, Woolacombe, going going gone 02</td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2zGb4nWvMp0/YNB8tv6BcOI/AAAAAAAAKZ0/O-0chEBOPKgK-gxnnppuQb8fh7yfjaGvACLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/Cowlers%2BCentral%2BGaragegoing03.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Cowlers Garage, Woolacombe, going going gone 03" border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2zGb4nWvMp0/YNB8tv6BcOI/AAAAAAAAKZ0/O-0chEBOPKgK-gxnnppuQb8fh7yfjaGvACLcBGAsYHQ/w320-h240/Cowlers%2BCentral%2BGaragegoing03.jpg" title="Cowlers Garage, Woolacombe, going going gone 03" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cowlers Garage, Woolacombe, going going gone 03</td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p>
<p>The garage has been replaced by a row of flats.<br /></p>
<p><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-I_hD6QNGhP0/YNB9J_xbr0I/AAAAAAAAKaE/EVwwKjjUKf4_35bpFWeWs7_B1yaluTI1wCLcBGAsYHQ/s2040/Site%2Bof%2BCowlers%2BCentral%2BGarage.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1530" data-original-width="2040" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-I_hD6QNGhP0/YNB9J_xbr0I/AAAAAAAAKaE/EVwwKjjUKf4_35bpFWeWs7_B1yaluTI1wCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/Site%2Bof%2BCowlers%2BCentral%2BGarage.jpg" width="320" /></a></p>
<h3>Standard Triumph dealers in Woolacombe</h3>
<p>Cowlers Central Garage, Arlington Road, Woolacombe, Devon UK EX34 7BQ Tel 0271 87428 </p><p>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. <br /> <br />In April 1979 they are listed as a Leycare Service outlet but not as a new car dealer.</p><p>In March 1988 they are listed as an AustinRover service centre. </p><p>In May 1991 they are listed as an Rover Group service centre.</p>
<h3>Plea for information
</h3>
<p>
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 <a href="https://www.facebook.com/stephen.weblin">https://www.facebook.com/stephen.weblin</a></p>
<h3>
Further information and sources
</h3>
<a href="http://vitessesteve.blogspot.co.uk/search/label/Triumph%20car%20dealer" target="_blank">Link to the other articles in this series.</a><br />
<br />
<a href="https://www.facebook.com/TriumphCarDealers/?" target="_blank">Link to facebook page: Triumph Car Dealers.</a><br />
<br />
Link to my <a href="https://www.flickr.com/groups/standard_triumph_dealers/" target="_blank">Triumph Car Dealers Flickr group which includes many photos of Standard
Triumph garages etc from my collection and many other contributors </a>.<br />
<br />
I have a collection of Standard Triumph car dealer directories:<a href="http://vitessesteve.blogspot.co.uk/2016/03/triumph-car-dealer-directories.html" target="_blank">
http://vitessesteve.blogspot.co.uk/2016/03/triumph-car-dealer-directories.html</a><br />
<br />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; <br /><div class="blogger-post-footer">A blog post from vitessesteve</div>vitessestevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11392701711705440923noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13836246.post-71060391339270553592021-06-18T16:01:00.005+01:002022-11-01T13:47:46.031+00:00Stubberfields Garage, St Leonards - Triumph car dealers 107<p style="text-align: left;">This post is about Triumph car dealers in the towns St Leonards-on-Sea and Hastings in Sussex UK. Stubberfields Garage Ltd sold and serviced Standard Triumph
cars in St Leonards-on-Sea and Hastings for many years. They operated out of premises on Sedlescombe Road North.</p>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/#" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Stubberfields Garage (St Leonards) Ltd Triumph Herald car dealer advert 1963" border="0" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5eiDKS7oHoo/YMsSPU2giUI/AAAAAAAAKWw/NmzNPdcudJ41st6P-clwVJLjIuPsCrmyACLcBGAsYHQ/w230-h320/Stubberfields%2BGarage%252C%2BSt%2BLeonards.%2B01.jpg" title="Stubberfields Garage (St Leonards) Ltd Triumph Herald car dealer advert 1963" width="230" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Stubberfields Garage (St Leonards) Ltd Triumph Herald car dealer advert 1963</td></tr></tbody></table><p> The Stubberfields Garage (St Leonards) Ltd was established in 1962. </p>
<a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-HoDzn-R6sCI/YMsSZ8HdITI/AAAAAAAAKW4/ba78s0946XME5iR0mpt2VYaOdZpP2lXWwCLcBGAsYHQ/s1781/Stubberfields%2BGarage%252C%2BSt%2BLeonards.%2B02.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1733" data-original-width="1781" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-HoDzn-R6sCI/YMsSZ8HdITI/AAAAAAAAKW4/ba78s0946XME5iR0mpt2VYaOdZpP2lXWwCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/Stubberfields%2BGarage%252C%2BSt%2BLeonards.%2B02.jpg" width="320" /></a><br /><br /><p>
<a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-p-W94vWOJCI/YMsSku0mkWI/AAAAAAAAKXA/R-K9E1y_Ta8h2tqBetbAycGr2rCg9svXwCLcBGAsYHQ/s1440/Stubberfields%2BGarage%252C%2BSt%2BLeonards.%2B03.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1008" data-original-width="1440" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-p-W94vWOJCI/YMsSku0mkWI/AAAAAAAAKXA/R-K9E1y_Ta8h2tqBetbAycGr2rCg9svXwCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/Stubberfields%2BGarage%252C%2BSt%2BLeonards.%2B03.jpg" width="320" /></a><br />
I understand that the garage building is currently being used by Kileys Carpets.
</p><h3>Lancia dealer</h3>
<a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Sa6RVCoK07g/YMsYkM3ocTI/AAAAAAAAKXM/MkG7AopCUg0NYdaaRDP1BJDP4yjd-SEUACLcBGAsYHQ/s610/Stubberfields%2BGarage%252C%2BSt%2BLeonards.%2BLancia.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Stubberfields Garage (St Leonards) Ltd Lancia car ealer advert 1978-79" border="0" data-original-height="372" data-original-width="610" height="195" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Sa6RVCoK07g/YMsYkM3ocTI/AAAAAAAAKXM/MkG7AopCUg0NYdaaRDP1BJDP4yjd-SEUACLcBGAsYHQ/w320-h195/Stubberfields%2BGarage%252C%2BSt%2BLeonards.%2BLancia.jpg" title="Stubberfields Garage (St Leonards) Ltd Lancia car ealer advert 1978-79" width="320" /></a><p style="text-align: left;">
For a period of time the business was a Lancia car dealer. I have seen adverts from 1978.
</p><h3>Standard Triumph dealers in Hastings and St Leonards-on-Sea</h3>
<div style="text-align: left;">October 1955:</div><div style="text-align: left;">Freeland & Fuller Ltd, The Green Garage, Hollington Park, St Leonards-on-Sea</div><div style="text-align: left;">Jarrett's Motors Ltd, Sedlescombe Road North, St Leonards-on-Sea - phone Baldslow 94 <br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">October 1958:</div><div style="text-align: left;">Perraton & Hatt (Alexandra) Ltd, 20 St Margaret's Road, St Leonards-on-Sea phone Hastings 1295</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">1959:</div><div style="text-align: left;">Car Mart (Hastings) Ltd, 7 Bank Buildings, Hastings - phone 1504 </div><div style="text-align: left;">Perraton & Hatt (Alexandra) Ltd, 20 St Margaret's Road, St Leonards-on-Sea phone Hastings 1295 <br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">August 1961:</div><div style="text-align: left;">Blacklands Garage (Hastings) Ltd, Fearon Road, Hastings - phone Hastings 98</div><div style="text-align: left;">Car Mart (Hastings) Ltd, 7 Bank Buildings, Hastings - phone 1504 <br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Perraton & Hatt (Alexandra) Ltd, 20 St Margaret's Road, St Leonards-on-Sea phone Hastings 1295 </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">February 1965, September 1968, March 1970, March 1972, March 1974 :</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id hzawbc8m" dir="auto">Stubberfields Garage (St Leonards) Ltd,</span><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id hzawbc8m" dir="auto"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto" lang="en"> 107 Sedlescombe Road North,</span> St Leonards - phone Hastings 841</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id hzawbc8m" dir="auto"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id hzawbc8m" dir="auto"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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If you have any information or recollections about <span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id hzawbc8m" dir="auto">Stubberfields Garage (St Leonards) Ltd or any other Hastings and St Leonards-on-Sea</span> 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
<a href="https://www.facebook.com/stephen.weblin">https://www.facebook.com/stephen.weblin</a></p><p> </p><h3>
Further information and sources
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<a href="http://vitessesteve.blogspot.co.uk/search/label/Triumph%20car%20dealer" target="_blank">Link to the other articles in this series.</a><br />
<br />
<a href="https://www.facebook.com/TriumphCarDealers/?" target="_blank">Link to facebook page: Triumph Car Dealers.</a><br />
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Link to my <a href="https://www.flickr.com/groups/standard_triumph_dealers/" target="_blank">Triumph Car Dealers Flickr group which includes many photos of Standard
Triumph garages etc from my collection and many other contributors </a>.<br />
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I have a collection of Standard Triumph car dealer directories:<a href="http://vitessesteve.blogspot.co.uk/2016/03/triumph-car-dealer-directories.html" target="_blank">
http://vitessesteve.blogspot.co.uk/2016/03/triumph-car-dealer-directories.html</a><br />
<br />Picture credits: The first 3 images were posted to facebook by Mick Masters; Stubberfields Garage posted to facebook; Lancia dealer advert posted to flickr by Steve M.<p></p><p></p><div class="blogger-post-footer">A blog post from vitessesteve</div>vitessestevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11392701711705440923noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13836246.post-76204788922415818012021-04-05T10:38:00.002+01:002021-10-08T11:56:48.591+01:00Quantock Motors Ltd of Swindon - Triumph car dealers 106This 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.
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jg8H2Z2pDrU/YDAE-OPTFPI/AAAAAAAAJaQ/e8x5s02sr-gnjaNPEhCTCZOYaN0vxagwACLcBGAsYHQ/s484/1957%2BAdvertisements%2Bfor%2BMorses%2BLtd.%2Band%2BQuantock%2BMotors%252C%2BSwindon%2B661318_orig.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Quantock Motors, Swindon 1957 advertisement" border="0" data-original-height="411" data-original-width="484" height="272" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jg8H2Z2pDrU/YDAE-OPTFPI/AAAAAAAAJaQ/e8x5s02sr-gnjaNPEhCTCZOYaN0vxagwACLcBGAsYHQ/w320-h272/1957%2BAdvertisements%2Bfor%2BMorses%2BLtd.%2Band%2BQuantock%2BMotors%252C%2BSwindon%2B661318_orig.png" title="Quantock Motors, Swindon 1957 advertisement" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Quantock Motors, Swindon 1957 advertisement</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"> </td></tr></tbody></table>
<h3>Some history</h3>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UhR8C4LjKdE/YDAHHJjcCEI/AAAAAAAAJac/KylnIFi9IwYDEJb7YaO3rzfh87usvSbmACLcBGAsYHQ/s1047/1910%2Bimage.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="1910 image of the Motor Engineering Co, Swindon" border="0" data-original-height="783" data-original-width="1047" height="239" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UhR8C4LjKdE/YDAHHJjcCEI/AAAAAAAAJac/KylnIFi9IwYDEJb7YaO3rzfh87usvSbmACLcBGAsYHQ/w320-h239/1910%2Bimage.jpg" title="1910 image of the Motor Engineering Co, Swindon" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">1910 image of the Motor Engineering Co, Swindon</td></tr></tbody></table><br /> <div style="text-align: left;">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<br />premises, and the gap next door in the top picture has long been occupied by a series of restaurants.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /> </div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Y9RgHsPYnps/YDAHqs2wWoI/AAAAAAAAJak/jroHiGJatNI-BSTZg31Cx6wd1e0dVAaGwCLcBGAsYHQ/s1280/QuantockMotorsDevicesRoadSwindon1961.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Quantock Motors, Devices Road, Swindon 1961" border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1280" height="188" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Y9RgHsPYnps/YDAHqs2wWoI/AAAAAAAAJak/jroHiGJatNI-BSTZg31Cx6wd1e0dVAaGwCLcBGAsYHQ/w320-h188/QuantockMotorsDevicesRoadSwindon1961.jpg" title="Quantock Motors, Devices Road, Swindon 1961" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Quantock Motors, Devices Road, Swindon 1961</td></tr></tbody></table><h3 style="text-align: left;">Programme adverts</h3><p style="text-align: left;">I found all these adverts in some amateur dramatic programs.<br /></p><div style="text-align: left;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-RCQRd3lkJqs/YGrZDYQNJ3I/AAAAAAAAJyk/ts9V8vKrYAs6mn7s21_Opw4TiPpe8g-dwCLcBGAsYHQ/s420/Pages%2Bfrom%2BGlamorous%2BNight%2BProgramme%2B-%2B1965.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Quantock Motors Ltd advert from Glamorous Night Programme - 1965" border="0" data-original-height="420" data-original-width="291" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-RCQRd3lkJqs/YGrZDYQNJ3I/AAAAAAAAJyk/ts9V8vKrYAs6mn7s21_Opw4TiPpe8g-dwCLcBGAsYHQ/w222-h320/Pages%2Bfrom%2BGlamorous%2BNight%2BProgramme%2B-%2B1965.jpg" title="Quantock Motors Ltd advert from Glamorous Night Programme - 1965" width="222" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Quantock Motors Ltd advert from Glamorous Night Programme - 1965</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-iQ2osgJyRDo/YGrZC8gdshI/AAAAAAAAJyg/k2vNj9k9OEM-Ek-TfFW3Fvc4AKEBdcI7QCLcBGAsYHQ/s508/Pages%2Bfrom%2BHello%2BDolly%2521%2BProgramme%2B-%2B1974.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Quantock Motors advert from Hello Dolly! Programme - 1974" border="0" data-original-height="508" data-original-width="345" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-iQ2osgJyRDo/YGrZC8gdshI/AAAAAAAAJyg/k2vNj9k9OEM-Ek-TfFW3Fvc4AKEBdcI7QCLcBGAsYHQ/w217-h320/Pages%2Bfrom%2BHello%2BDolly%2521%2BProgramme%2B-%2B1974.jpg" title="Quantock Motors advert from Hello Dolly! Programme - 1974" width="217" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Quantock Motors advert from Hello Dolly! Programme - 1974</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-JVk1deXIG44/YGrZEHCqWpI/AAAAAAAAJyo/RgkpKyxXE5AZsR1CMaAQbvTdJLmZNX2FwCLcBGAsYHQ/s444/Pages%2Bfrom%2BKiss%2BMe%2BKate%2BProgramme%2B-%2B1970.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Quantock Motors advert from Kiss Me Kate Programme - 1970" border="0" data-original-height="444" data-original-width="309" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-JVk1deXIG44/YGrZEHCqWpI/AAAAAAAAJyo/RgkpKyxXE5AZsR1CMaAQbvTdJLmZNX2FwCLcBGAsYHQ/w223-h320/Pages%2Bfrom%2BKiss%2BMe%2BKate%2BProgramme%2B-%2B1970.jpg" title="Quantock Motors advert from Kiss Me Kate Programme - 1970" width="223" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Quantock Motors advert from Kiss Me Kate Programme - 1970</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FKb7C8SDeAM/YGrZFAvVCHI/AAAAAAAAJys/GQdR0YFOregRxIysSda9wwfuTzOkLlklgCLcBGAsYHQ/s619/Pages%2Bfrom%2BThe%2BVagabond%2BKing%2BProgramme%2B-%2B1954.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Quantock Motors advert from The Vagabond King Programme - 1954" border="0" data-original-height="435" data-original-width="619" height="225" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FKb7C8SDeAM/YGrZFAvVCHI/AAAAAAAAJys/GQdR0YFOregRxIysSda9wwfuTzOkLlklgCLcBGAsYHQ/w320-h225/Pages%2Bfrom%2BThe%2BVagabond%2BKing%2BProgramme%2B-%2B1954.jpg" title="Quantock Motors advert from The Vagabond King Programme - 1954" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Quantock Motors advert from The Vagabond King Programme - 1954</td></tr></tbody></table><br /> </div><h3 style="text-align: left;">Devizes Road building</h3><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Pl3sCESQhxs/YGrXy3iWaCI/AAAAAAAAJyY/XHLarvWqcE0MzkTPxHYBrLi69_-YDAsdQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1100/2180156_orig.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="730" data-original-width="1100" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Pl3sCESQhxs/YGrXy3iWaCI/AAAAAAAAJyY/XHLarvWqcE0MzkTPxHYBrLi69_-YDAsdQCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/2180156_orig.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p>After Quantock Motors moved on to a new site at Dorcan Way their building saw new users and some modernisation.</p><h3 style="text-align: left;">1965 Invoice</h3><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-D2cHOu37b1M/YWAjfo4eFnI/AAAAAAAALWE/3wPASy3zasowJ8GbDDRcQU90DmaoKQyjACLcBGAsYHQ/s1060/QuantockMotorsLtd_Swindon%2Binvoice%2B1965.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Quantock Motors Ltd, Swindon invoice August 1965" border="0" data-original-height="1060" data-original-width="939" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-D2cHOu37b1M/YWAjfo4eFnI/AAAAAAAALWE/3wPASy3zasowJ8GbDDRcQU90DmaoKQyjACLcBGAsYHQ/w283-h320/QuantockMotorsLtd_Swindon%2Binvoice%2B1965.jpg" title="Quantock Motors Ltd, Swindon invoice August 1965" width="283" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Quantock Motors Ltd, Swindon invoice August 1965</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: left;"></div><h3 style="text-align: left;">Dutton Forshaw take over</h3><p>Quantock Motors Ltd was acquired by the Dutton Forshaw Group in 1976.</p>
<h3>Triumph car dealers in Swindon</h3>
<div style="text-align: left;">October 1955:</div><div style="text-align: left;">Distributor <br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Quantock Motors, Devices Road, 'phone 2073</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">October 1958, August 1961:</div><div style="text-align: left;">Distributor <br /><div style="text-align: left;">Quantock Motors, Devices Road, 'phone 2073</div><div style="text-align: left;">Dealer</div><div style="text-align: left;">Lucknow Garage (W H Golby), 2 Statton Road, phone Stratton St Magaret 2359 </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">February 1965, September 1968, March 1970:</div><div style="text-align: left;">Distributor <br /><div style="text-align: left;">Quantock Motors, Devices Road, 'phone 5283/4</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">March 1972:</div><div style="text-align: left;">Distributor <br /><div style="text-align: left;">Quantock Motors, Devices Road, phone 0793 5283/4/5</div><div style="text-align: left;">Dealer</div><div style="text-align: left;">A E Williams, Lechlade Road, Highworth phone 0793 76203 </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;">March 1974:</div>Distributor <br /><div style="text-align: left;">Quantock Motors, Devices Road, phone 0793 5283/4/5</div><div style="text-align: left;">Dealer</div>Westrop Motors (prop Great Bedwyn Motors), Lechlade Road, Highworth phone 0793 76203 </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">May 1975:</div><div style="text-align: left;">Distributor <br /><div style="text-align: left;">Quantock Motors, Dorcan Way, SN3 3RS phone 0793 5283/4/5</div><div style="text-align: left;">Dealer</div>Westrop Motors (prop Great Bedwyn Motors), Lechlade Road, Highworth, SN6 7HG phone 0793 76203</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">April 1979:</div><div style="text-align: left;">Distributor</div><div style="text-align: left;">Dutton Forshaw (Swindon) Ltd, Dorcan Way, SN3 3RS phone 0793 5283/4/5</div><div style="text-align: left;">Dealer <br /></div> </div></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>
<h3>
Show and Service Week promotion</h3>
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.<h3>Plea for information
</h3>
<p>
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
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<h3>
Further information and sources
</h3>
<a href="http://vitessesteve.blogspot.co.uk/search/label/Triumph%20car%20dealer" target="_blank">Link to the other articles in this series.</a><br />
<br />
<a href="https://www.facebook.com/TriumphCarDealers/?" target="_blank">Link to facebook page: Triumph Car Dealers.</a><br />
<br />
Link to my <a href="https://www.flickr.com/groups/standard_triumph_dealers/" target="_blank">Triumph Car Dealers Flickr group which includes many photos of Standard
Triumph garages etc from my collection and many other contributors </a>.<br />
<br />
I have a collection of Standard Triumph car dealer directories:<a href="http://vitessesteve.blogspot.co.uk/2016/03/triumph-car-dealer-directories.html" target="_blank">
http://vitessesteve.blogspot.co.uk/2016/03/triumph-car-dealer-directories.html</a><br />
<br />Picture credits: Quantock Motors, Swindon 1957 advertisement from Swindon Central library collection; Quantock Motors, Devices Road, Swindon 1961 from Swindon Central library collection; <br /><div class="blogger-post-footer">A blog post from vitessesteve</div>vitessestevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11392701711705440923noreply@blogger.com0Swindon, UK51.555773900000013 -1.779717623.245540063821167 -36.9359676 79.866007736178858 33.3765324tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13836246.post-45551187855759033022021-03-13T16:00:00.003+00:002021-03-13T17:51:38.574+00:00Triumph 1300 Parts fiche and Spare Parts Catalogue<p>I have got copies of both the Triumph 1300 Parts fiche and Spare Parts Catalogue,</p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-JI3yfoKrWLI/YEzS8eQTkKI/AAAAAAAAJnU/JDNlftuAWmIbS5UaF2SsD5hWbyEZFcqXgCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/Triumph%2B1300%2B1300TC%2BParts%2BFiche.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Triumph 1300 Parts fiche front page" border="0" data-original-height="1446" data-original-width="2048" height="226" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-JI3yfoKrWLI/YEzS8eQTkKI/AAAAAAAAJnU/JDNlftuAWmIbS5UaF2SsD5hWbyEZFcqXgCLcBGAsYHQ/w320-h226/Triumph%2B1300%2B1300TC%2BParts%2BFiche.jpg" title="Triumph 1300 Parts fiche front page" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Triumph 1300 Parts fiche front page</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"> </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_CE2l4Osa3SeldnSjZxOEhaNlU/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank">Download link</a> <p></p><p>preview coming soon<br /></p><p>I have got copies of both the Triumph 1300 Parts fiche and Spare Parts Catalogue,</p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-OkqG13u7sio/YEzUSu3mEGI/AAAAAAAAJnc/TGLlJcDDhVo43IXwGBqnyWQr5cYAxKjWgCLcBGAsYHQ/s1053/Triumph%2B1300%252C%2B1300TC%2B1965-1970%2BSpare%2BParts%2BCatalogue.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Triumph 1300, 1300TC 1965-1970 Spare Parts Catalogue front cover" border="0" data-original-height="1053" data-original-width="744" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-OkqG13u7sio/YEzUSu3mEGI/AAAAAAAAJnc/TGLlJcDDhVo43IXwGBqnyWQr5cYAxKjWgCLcBGAsYHQ/w226-h320/Triumph%2B1300%252C%2B1300TC%2B1965-1970%2BSpare%2BParts%2BCatalogue.jpg" title="Triumph 1300, 1300TC 1965-1970 Spare Parts Catalogue front cover" width="226" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Triumph 1300, 1300TC 1965-1970 Spare Parts Catalogue front cover</td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_CE2l4Osa3SNi1uMlNqUUVza3M/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank">Download link</a></p><p>Preview coming soon<br /></p><p><a href="http://vitessesteve.co.uk/Donations_Are_Welcome" target="_blank">Donations to help me with the costs of running my websites would be welcome. </a></p><p> <br />
<a href="https://vitessesteve.blogspot.com/search/label/1300" target="_blank">I have several other Triumph 1300 items you may be interested in</a>.</p><div class="blogger-post-footer">A blog post from vitessesteve</div>vitessestevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11392701711705440923noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13836246.post-69683000182712040432021-02-10T19:52:00.003+00:002021-02-10T19:53:22.404+00:00Halifax UK - Triumph car dealers 105<p>This short post is about the garages that sold and serviced Standard Triumph vehicles in Halifax, Yorkshire UK. <br /></p><h3>Central Garage (Halifax) Ltd</h3>
<p>In October 1958 a business called Central Garages (Halifax) Ltd were operating from 89 King Cross Road and were the area distributors for Standard Triumph. Do you know if this business was taken over by H J Car Sales?<br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-rwZXVVdUT-s/YCPA1sy83mI/AAAAAAAAJQw/g35zdNFzocUEIbCisdyfq3Zg6nCB3Z0dQCLcBGAsYHQ/s750/CentralGarage%2B-%2Bhttpwww.halifaxpeople.comHistoric-KingCross.html.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="476" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-rwZXVVdUT-s/YCPA1sy83mI/AAAAAAAAJQw/g35zdNFzocUEIbCisdyfq3Zg6nCB3Z0dQCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/CentralGarage%2B-%2Bhttpwww.halifaxpeople.comHistoric-KingCross.html.jpg" /></a></div><span data-offset-key="4nkq7-0-0"><span data-text="true"><span data-offset-key="4nkq7-0-0"><span data-text="true">At the time this photo was taken the firm were dealing with Standard cars, Morris Commercials and Riley cars. Central </span></span>Garage (Halifax) Ltd., 89 King Cross Street at its junction with West Parade. I understand that the building was demolished to make way for the A58 town centre bypass.</span></span><br /> <p></p>
<h3>H J Car Sales</h3>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-KNOik9noHKw/YCO6OF5WCWI/AAAAAAAAJQk/WEcxcGUKeZ8hYetzxQbbWj4l2_IIYZiCACLcBGAsYHQ/s719/HJ%2BCar%2BSales.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="H J Cars Sales of Halifax" border="0" data-original-height="717" data-original-width="719" height="319" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-KNOik9noHKw/YCO6OF5WCWI/AAAAAAAAJQk/WEcxcGUKeZ8hYetzxQbbWj4l2_IIYZiCACLcBGAsYHQ/w320-h319/HJ%2BCar%2BSales.jpg" title="H J Cars Sales of Halifax" width="320" /></a></div><p>
Later on H J Cars Sales traded out of the same building as <span data-offset-key="4nkq7-0-0"><span data-text="true">Central Garage (Halifax) Ltd. At the time this photo was taken the firm were also dealing with Singer cars.</span></span></p><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span data-offset-key="4nkq7-0-0"><span data-text="true">Boyes Garages (Halifax) Ltd</span></span></h3><p><span data-offset-key="4nkq7-0-0"><span data-text="true">Boyes ran several branches I have written about <a href="http://vitessesteve.blogspot.com/2019/01/a-g-boyes-co-ltd-of-huddersfield.html" target="_blank">Boyes of Huddefield </a>in a previous post. <br /></span></span></p><h3>Hoffmans of Halifax</h3>
<p>Hoffmans were a chain of garages that sold Rolls Royce motor cars. I have written about <a href="http://vitessesteve.blogspot.com/2018/10/hoffmans-of-sheffield-triumph-car.html" target="_blank">Hoffmans of Sheffield</a> in the past.</p><p>In 1936 a public company was formed to acquire the <a href="https://www.blogger.com/#">Provincial Tramways Co</a><a href="https://www.blogger.com/#">[1]</a>. Subsquently that business acquired Hoffmans of Halifax and Hoffmans of Sheffield in 1958.</p>
<h3>Triumph car dealers in Halifax</h3>
<p>Triumph April 1938<br />Park Motors Ltd, Portland Place,<br /><br />Standard Triumph<br /><br />October 1955, October 1958<br />Distributor<br />Central Garage (Halifax) Ltd, 89 King Cross Street and Horton<br />Street. 'Phone: Day 5846; Night 66050.•<br />Dealers<br />Taylor & Ackroyd Ltd, New Brunswick Street 'Phone: Day 2087: Night 81171.<br />H J Electrical Services Ltd, New Bond Street. 'Phone 66366/7: Night 61731 and 3837. <br /><br />August 1961<br />Dealers<br />Avis Motors. Keighley Road, Causeway Foot. 'Phone 64167.<br />Central Garage (Halifax) Ltd., 89 King Cross Street. 'Phone 5846.<br />Taylor & Ackroyd Ltd, New Brunswick Street. 'Phone 2087.<br />H. J, Electrical Services Ltd., New Bond Street. 'Phone 66366/7<br />Salterhebble Garage Ltd., Salternebble. 'Phone 4077<br /><br />February 1965, September 1968:<br />Avis Motors, Keighley Road. 'Phone 64167.<br />H J Electrical Services Ltd, Kings Cross Steet. 'Phone 61712<br />Hoffmans of Halifax Ltd, Hudderdield Road. 'Pnone 65944<br /><br />March 1970:<br />Avis Motors, Keighley Road. 'Phone 64167.<br />H J Car Sales Ltd, West Parade. 'Phone 66366<br />Hoffmans of Halifax Ltd, Hudderdield Road. 'Pnone 65944<br /><br />March 1972:<br />Boyes Garages (Halifax) Ltd, Halifax Road, Hipperholme. 'Phone 22263 <br />H J Car Sales Ltd, West Parade. 'Phone 61712<br />Headlands Garage, Denholmgate Road, 'Phone 22795<br />Hoffmans of Halifax Ltd, Hudderdield Road. 'Pnone 65944 </p><p>March 1974:<br />Boyes Garages (Halifax) Ltd, Halifax Road, Hipperholme. 'Phone 22263 <br />Hoffmans of Halifax Ltd, Hudderdield Road. 'Pnone 65944</p><p>April 1979: Distributor<br />Lex Greenwood's Hoffmans, Hudderdield Road, HX3 0AA Tel 0422 65944 and Haley Hill, Booth Town, HX3 6EO. Tel 0422 60304 </p><h3>Plea for information
</h3>
<p>
If you have any information or recollections about Standard Triumph car
dealers in Halifax 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
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<h3>
Further information and sources
</h3>
<a href="http://vitessesteve.blogspot.co.uk/search/label/Triumph%20car%20dealer" target="_blank">Link to the other articles in this series.</a><br />
<br />
<a href="https://www.facebook.com/TriumphCarDealers/?" target="_blank">Link to facebook page: Triumph Car Dealers.</a><br />
<br />
Link to my <a href="https://www.flickr.com/groups/standard_triumph_dealers/" target="_blank">Triumph Car Dealers Flickr group which includes many photos of Standard
Triumph garages etc from my collection and many other contributors </a>.<br />
<br />
I have a collection of Standard Triumph car dealer directories:<a href="http://vitessesteve.blogspot.co.uk/2016/03/triumph-car-dealer-directories.html" target="_blank">
http://vitessesteve.blogspot.co.uk/2016/03/triumph-car-dealer-directories.html</a><br />
<br />Picture credits: Central Garage photo from httpwww.halifaxpeople.comHistoric-KingCross.html; H J Sales photo posted to facebook.<p></p><div class="blogger-post-footer">A blog post from vitessesteve</div>vitessestevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11392701711705440923noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13836246.post-67993752756668320682021-02-03T19:55:00.008+00:002021-02-03T20:06:06.361+00:00Oakwell Garage of Ilkeston - Triumph car dealer 104<p>Several garages sold and serviced Triumph cars in Ilkeston. Two of the garage buildings were known as Oakwell Garage and later New Oakwell Garage. of Ilkeston.</p>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3P92FEOK4Qo/YBr47Qb7NWI/AAAAAAAAJOA/3VG-7yXbI1gunmsIRMaPABK3kjRSlAytACLcBGAsYHQ/s640/Oakwell%2BGarage%2B01.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Oakwell Garage from Ilkeston Life" border="0" data-original-height="469" data-original-width="640" height="234" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3P92FEOK4Qo/YBr47Qb7NWI/AAAAAAAAJOA/3VG-7yXbI1gunmsIRMaPABK3kjRSlAytACLcBGAsYHQ/w320-h234/Oakwell%2BGarage%2B01.jpg" title="Oakwell Garage from Ilkeston Life" width="320" /></a></div>
<h3> Oakwell Garage 1964</h3>
<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-E-CFikRwQyo/YBr3OgCaXTI/AAAAAAAAJN0/dOCFpdVpnBMFBY684rIiYMmn3xcQZAfogCLcBGAsYHQ/s600/OakwellGarageIlkeston.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="368" data-original-width="600" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-E-CFikRwQyo/YBr3OgCaXTI/AAAAAAAAJN0/dOCFpdVpnBMFBY684rIiYMmn3xcQZAfogCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/OakwellGarageIlkeston.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p style="text-align: left;">This street scene is said to be from 1964 and shows the corner of Oakwell Garage looking down Park Road away from White Lion square. At this stage the business was operated by the Ilkeston Co-operative Society. These building were <span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql rrkovp55 a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto">demolished to make way for an inner relief road.</span></p><p></p>
<h3>New Oakwell Garage</h3>
<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FnFgXkEhp78/YBr8QDD0V6I/AAAAAAAAJOM/cx6RWe11eG0mfg4ekdffZNkz0h9EIZhBgCLcBGAsYHQ/s275/New%2BOakwell%2BGarage%2Bforecourt.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="New Oakwell Garage forecourt" border="0" data-original-height="183" data-original-width="275" height="213" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FnFgXkEhp78/YBr8QDD0V6I/AAAAAAAAJOM/cx6RWe11eG0mfg4ekdffZNkz0h9EIZhBgCLcBGAsYHQ/w320-h213/New%2BOakwell%2BGarage%2Bforecourt.jpg" title="New Oakwell Garage forecourt" width="320" /></a></div><p>What are these two chaps shaking hands on at New Oakwell Garage?<br /></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-oixCpXUw-ec/YBr9uNkUReI/AAAAAAAAJOw/69v5Pc1XZSoQ_NMBDWOkqKF-9xKWKEnkgCLcBGAsYHQ/s960/New%2BOakwell%2BGarage%2Brear%2Bwindow%2Bsticker.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="New Oakwell Garage rear window sticker" border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="960" height="192" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-oixCpXUw-ec/YBr9uNkUReI/AAAAAAAAJOw/69v5Pc1XZSoQ_NMBDWOkqKF-9xKWKEnkgCLcBGAsYHQ/w320-h192/New%2BOakwell%2BGarage%2Brear%2Bwindow%2Bsticker.jpg" title="New Oakwell Garage rear window sticker" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">New Oakwell Garage rear window sticker</td></tr></tbody></table>
<h3>MOT garage</h3>
<p>I have read that Bristol Street Motor traded from New Oakwell Garage, Derby Road, Ilkeston but strangely the postcode used by them was DE7 5FH rather than DE7 5GS. Was this same site or did the business transfer the building name?</p><p>Sunwin Motors another MOT provider also traded from the DE7 5FH premises.</p>
<h3>A Co-op garage</h3>
<p>New Oakwell Garage was an Austin Morris and Rover Triumph dealer during the BL cars era. It was owned and operated by the Ilkeston Co-op.</p><h3 style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Sf-_IUnYmBM/YBpxT_KbE0I/AAAAAAAAJNY/6w1fI3_2FtYPy-x43EL9pcnwrkJzPMbGACLcBGAsYHQ/s1413/New%2BOakwell%2B-%2BIlkeston%2Brear%2Bwindow%2Bsticker.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="867" data-original-width="1413" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Sf-_IUnYmBM/YBpxT_KbE0I/AAAAAAAAJNY/6w1fI3_2FtYPy-x43EL9pcnwrkJzPMbGACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/New%2BOakwell%2B-%2BIlkeston%2Brear%2Bwindow%2Bsticker.jpg" width="320" /></a></div></h3><p style="text-align: left;">Ilkeston Co-op owned several car dealerships over the years. Ilkeston Co-op sold its car retail business to United Co-operatives in 2004.</p>
<h3>Triumph car dealers in Ilkeston</h3>
<p>October 1955, October 1958, 1959:<br />Kennings Ltd, The Garage, Wharncliffe Road, Ilkeston phone49<br /><br />August 1961:<br />L Clarke (Ilkeston) Ltd, I.S.M Service Garage, Heanor Road, Ilkeston<br />Kennings Ltd, The Garage, Wharncliffe Road, Ilkeston phone49<br /><br />February 1965:<br />L Clarke (Ilkeston) Ltd, I.S.M Service Garage, Heanor Road, Ilkeston<br />Oakwell Garage I.C.S Ltd, 30 Market Street, Ilkeston DE2 5QY<br /><br />September 1968,March 1970:<br />Oakwell Garage I.C.S Ltd, 30 Market Street, Ilkeston DE2 5QY<br /><br />March 1972:<br />Oakwell Garage, 12 South Street, Ilkeston<br /><br />September 1972,March 1974:<br />Oakwell Garage, 30 Market Street, Ilkeston DE2 5QY<br /><br />April 1979: BL Cars<br />Kenning Ltd, Nottingham Road DE7 5BP<br />New Oakwell Garage, Derby Road, Ilkeston DE7 5GS<br /><br />June 1984, January 1987 AustinRover<br />New Oakwell Garage, Derby Road, Ilkeston DE7 5GS + 12 South Road DE7 5BP<br /><br />September 1989, August 1990, May 1991 Rover Group<br />New Oakwell Garage, Derby Road, Ilkeston DE7 5GS + 12 South Road DE7 5BP<br /> <br /></p>
<h3>Plea for information
</h3>
<p>
If you have any information or recollections about Standard Triumph car dealers in Ilkeston 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
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<h3>
Further information and sources
</h3>
<a href="http://vitessesteve.blogspot.co.uk/search/label/Triumph%20car%20dealer" target="_blank">Link to the other articles in this series.</a><br />
<br />
<a href="https://www.facebook.com/TriumphCarDealers/?" target="_blank">Link to facebook page: Triumph Car Dealers.</a><br />
<br />
Link to my <a href="https://www.flickr.com/groups/standard_triumph_dealers/" target="_blank">Triumph Car Dealers Flickr group which includes many photos of Standard
Triumph garages etc from my collection and many other contributors </a>.<br />
<br />
I have a collection of Standard Triumph car dealer directories:<a href="http://vitessesteve.blogspot.co.uk/2016/03/triumph-car-dealer-directories.html" target="_blank">
http://vitessesteve.blogspot.co.uk/2016/03/triumph-car-dealer-directories.html</a><br />
<br />
Picture credits: Oakwell Garage 1964 from Picture the Past; New Oakwell Garage rear window sticker posted to flickr by John; New Oakwell - Ilkeston rear window sticker posted to flickr by Jonathon.<br /><p></p><div class="blogger-post-footer">A blog post from vitessesteve</div>vitessestevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11392701711705440923noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13836246.post-27045678656486020782020-12-08T16:55:00.005+00:002022-04-22T08:55:09.263+01:00W Sparrow & Sons Ltd of Yeovil - Triumph car dealers 103<p> </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-QoUDHZUDeZM/X8-rKJTSNlI/AAAAAAAAI74/ZPrwHgltrPUJ55hks3hWZr7EbiBAwtX6wCLcBGAsYHQ/s614/W%2BSparrow%2Band%2BSons%2BdeliveryTruck.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="W Sparrow & Sons Ltd of Yeovil Standard delivery" border="0" data-original-height="403" data-original-width="614" height="210" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-QoUDHZUDeZM/X8-rKJTSNlI/AAAAAAAAI74/ZPrwHgltrPUJ55hks3hWZr7EbiBAwtX6wCLcBGAsYHQ/w320-h210/W%2BSparrow%2Band%2BSons%2BdeliveryTruck.jpg" title="W Sparrow & Sons Ltd of Yeovil Standard delivery" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">W Sparrow & Sons Ltd of Yeovil Standard car delivery</td></tr></tbody></table><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql rrkovp55 a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id hzawbc8m" dir="auto">W Sparrow and Sons Ltd were based at Osborne Garage, Sherborne Road, Yeovil. The firm sold Standard cars over a long period of time.</span><p></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jwqAUW_UMoo/X8-saMP8aFI/AAAAAAAAI8E/K-fEHFZd_8QbQC82ov1P2oanNB6yxJXTQCLcBGAsYHQ/s443/W%2BSparrow%2BPg%2B1924%2B517%2Bcopped.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="W Sparrow and Sons Ltd advert from 1924" border="0" data-original-height="366" data-original-width="443" height="264" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jwqAUW_UMoo/X8-saMP8aFI/AAAAAAAAI8E/K-fEHFZd_8QbQC82ov1P2oanNB6yxJXTQCLcBGAsYHQ/w320-h264/W%2BSparrow%2BPg%2B1924%2B517%2Bcopped.jpg" title="W Sparrow and Sons Ltd advert from 1924" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">W Sparrow and Sons Ltd advert from 1924</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql rrkovp55 a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id hzawbc8m" dir="auto">In 1924 the garage was selling Crossley, Humber, Overland and Standard cars.<br /></span><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-svvnFENw-L8/X8-tT9-7GuI/AAAAAAAAI8M/nSQJD0gYWJIHwgWn-yhDccFUqwbv9kp7QCLcBGAsYHQ/s292/W%2BSparrow%2526SonsLtd_Yeovil_Autocar18Oct1957%2Bcropped.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="W Sparrow and Sons Ltd Autocar advert from October 1957" border="0" data-original-height="195" data-original-width="292" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-svvnFENw-L8/X8-tT9-7GuI/AAAAAAAAI8M/nSQJD0gYWJIHwgWn-yhDccFUqwbv9kp7QCLcBGAsYHQ/s16000/W%2BSparrow%2526SonsLtd_Yeovil_Autocar18Oct1957%2Bcropped.jpg" title="W Sparrow and Sons Ltd Autocar advert from October 1957" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">W Sparrow and Sons Ltd Autocar advert from October 1957</td></tr></tbody></table><h3 style="text-align: left;">Change of name or ownership</h3><p>When did the business stop trading using "W Sparrow" identity and become Somerset Motors (Yeovil) Ltd.</p><p>Somerset Motors (Yeovil) Ltd, Osborne Garage, Sherbourne Road, Yeovil are listed in March 1972, March 1974 and May 1975. Were a BMW dealer in
1979.<br />
<br />
<span class="oi732d6d ik7dh3pa d2edcug0 qv66sw1b c1et5uql a8c37x1j muag1w35 ew0dbk1b jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto">Somerset
Motors (Yeovil) Ltd was incorporated 7 February 1952 under the name W
Sparrow & Sons Limited. The company name was formally changed 12
December 1966. However I have photos showing the company trading as
Somerset Motors from as early as March 1956 The company has been
dormant since 4 January 1992.</span></p><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span class="oi732d6d ik7dh3pa d2edcug0 qv66sw1b c1et5uql a8c37x1j muag1w35 ew0dbk1b jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto">Tax disc holder</span></h3><p><span class="oi732d6d ik7dh3pa d2edcug0 qv66sw1b c1et5uql a8c37x1j muag1w35 ew0dbk1b jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto">I found this image of a plastic tax disc holder on facebook. At the time this branded accessory was made W Sparrow & Sons Ltd were selling cars from Daimler, Jaguar, Singer, Standard and Triumph.<br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5YLksdYbpnmjrFouLZPVUDdzM3Opf3OQqqOXIsoLeycFPbkY54h79G1zanaSRwXQk42pGpdjMw0A1QPIhNZ33mvd7b4GV_B62xRqvcNUk6F1q-J2L0hNb-UTUe_VYhHnuTjhoBXouq7oxqm9kM7Sl-MYHzIkQuBfznBHUlmX1iPgdGQSxxPc/s279/W%20Sparrow&SonsLtd_Yeovil_taxDisc%20holder.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="W Sparrow & Sons Ltd of Yeovil tax disc holder" border="0" data-original-height="279" data-original-width="254" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5YLksdYbpnmjrFouLZPVUDdzM3Opf3OQqqOXIsoLeycFPbkY54h79G1zanaSRwXQk42pGpdjMw0A1QPIhNZ33mvd7b4GV_B62xRqvcNUk6F1q-J2L0hNb-UTUe_VYhHnuTjhoBXouq7oxqm9kM7Sl-MYHzIkQuBfznBHUlmX1iPgdGQSxxPc/w182-h200/W%20Sparrow&SonsLtd_Yeovil_taxDisc%20holder.jpg" title="W Sparrow & Sons Ltd of Yeovil tax disc holder" width="182" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">W Sparrow & Sons Ltd of Yeovil tax disc holder</td></tr></tbody></table></span></p><h3 style="text-align: left;">Plea for information
</h3>
If you have any more information or recollections about W Sparrow & Sons Ltd of Yeovil
Standard Triumph dealer 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
<a href="https://www.facebook.com/stephen.weblin">https://www.facebook.com/stephen.weblin</a><br />
<br />
<h3>
Further information and sources
</h3>
<a href="http://vitessesteve.blogspot.co.uk/search/label/Triumph%20car%20dealer" target="_blank">Link to the other articles in this series.</a><br />
<br />
<a href="https://www.facebook.com/TriumphCarDealers/?" target="_blank">Link to facebook page: Triumph Car Dealers.</a><br />
<br />
Link to my <a href="https://www.flickr.com/groups/standard_triumph_dealers/" target="_blank">Triumph Car Dealers Flickr group which includes many photos of Standard
Triumph garages etc from my collection and many other contributors </a>.<br />
<br />
I have a collection of Standard Triumph car dealer directories:<a href="http://vitessesteve.blogspot.co.uk/2016/03/triumph-car-dealer-directories.html" target="_blank">
http://vitessesteve.blogspot.co.uk/2016/03/triumph-car-dealer-directories.html</a><br />
<br />
Picture credits:W Sparrow & Sons Ltd of Yeovil Standard delivery photo posted to facebook by Bob Osborn; W Sparrow and Sons Ltd advert from 1924 from an old theatre program; .<br /><div class="blogger-post-footer">A blog post from vitessesteve</div>vitessestevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11392701711705440923noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13836246.post-85318783026985044452020-11-17T20:27:00.016+00:002020-11-21T16:30:28.210+00:00Eastern Automobile Ltd - Triumph Car dealers 102<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-sBPMqephvYQ/X7VLVT0mNgI/AAAAAAAAI4Q/FovOubLjaHka1pgoFXt5dsURQB77ecpFACLcBGAsYHQ/s1403/EasternAutomobileLtd%2BMotor13-04-1960.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="616" data-original-width="1403" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-sBPMqephvYQ/X7VLVT0mNgI/AAAAAAAAI4Q/FovOubLjaHka1pgoFXt5dsURQB77ecpFACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/EasternAutomobileLtd%2BMotor13-04-1960.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
<p>This post is about Eastern Automobile Ltd who had garages in several towns including Chelmsford, Colchester, Bishop Stortford and Southend.<br /></p>
<h3>
A history</h3>
<p>Eastern Automobile Ltd, of Chelmsford started selling Standard cars in 1914. After 45 years trading the company held a celebration dinner and invited over 200 employees, wives and friends.<br />
<br />
Mr C J Flower started the business with 6 employees in 1913. As of 1959
the firm employed 122 and had 5 depots in Chelmsford, Bishops' Stortford,
Colchester and Southend. </p>
<h3>Luxury Motor Caravan</h3>
<div><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-lbDTacEJGaM/X7VTyfATeNI/AAAAAAAAI4c/wI7IItYXUNA69TFaHZVJNfWSc_1CJGVRwCLcBGAsYHQ/s600/EasternAutomobileLtd%2B02%2BSTR%2B09--1967%2Bimage.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="352" data-original-width="600" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-lbDTacEJGaM/X7VTyfATeNI/AAAAAAAAI4c/wI7IItYXUNA69TFaHZVJNfWSc_1CJGVRwCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/EasternAutomobileLtd%2B02%2BSTR%2B09--1967%2Bimage.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
<p>A two-berth conversion of the Leyland 20 cwt to a Caravan was on shown during summer 1967 at the Essex Agricultural Show where it attracted a great deal of interest. Displayed by Eastern Automobiles of Chelmsford, Triumph Distributors, the Caravan was the result of cooperation and consultation between Mr J D Copsey, of Eastern Automobiles, and Martin Walter who produce the conversion. Mr. Copsey's vehicle pictured was finished in lime green and embodied a degree of luxury unsurpassed and including a refrigerator, cooker and separate toilet facilities. When the conversion was in production later 1967, both two and four berth models were available. Mr Copsey took his Caravan on a 3,000 mile trip through the Continent.</p>
<h3>London Road Eastern Automobile Ltd development</h3><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-bb4WmLxXDoI/X7VY_R-6EnI/AAAAAAAAI4o/2A_68pbijfcKermK5oCHIUW-GBTCYzNlACLcBGAsYHQ/s646/EasternAutomobileLtd%2BSTR%2B02-1967%2Bimage01.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="644" data-original-width="646" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-bb4WmLxXDoI/X7VY_R-6EnI/AAAAAAAAI4o/2A_68pbijfcKermK5oCHIUW-GBTCYzNlACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/EasternAutomobileLtd%2BSTR%2B02-1967%2Bimage01.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-cECxlOp7spc/X7VZCu30UjI/AAAAAAAAI4s/iZoEqKaY9DAjIeKN8xz9iBpD3Y1xG161ACLcBGAsYHQ/s1000/EasternAutomobileLtd%2BSTR%2B02-1967%2Bimage02.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="725" data-original-width="1000" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-cECxlOp7spc/X7VZCu30UjI/AAAAAAAAI4s/iZoEqKaY9DAjIeKN8xz9iBpD3Y1xG161ACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/EasternAutomobileLtd%2BSTR%2B02-1967%2Bimage02.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p>It was reported in the Standard Triumph Review February 1967:</p><p>Towards the end of last year, Sir Donald Stokes, Chairman of Standard Triumph International Ltd., and Deputy Chairman of the Leyland Group, officially opened the new Triumph Showroom of Eastern Automobiles Ltd., at Chelmsford. </p><p>The new showroom is part of an extensive development of the London Road premises as a whole; a scheme which has already seen the completion of a modern Service Department with equipment to ensure the latest and fastest service and provision for the best possible staff working conditions. Future forecourt development will include blender pumps, the first installation of this type in Essex.</p><p>In speeches at a luncheon following the opening, both Sir Donald and Mr J D Copsey, Managing Director of Eastern Automobiles Ltd, refused to be pessimistic about the future of the Motor<br />Industry.</p><p>'The motor industry in this country is alright. Don't let us get despondent,' said Sir Donald, and Mr. Copsey remarked that at a time when the Motor Trade was faced with many problems, 'we accept<br />the exciting challenge that there is for efficient business today. It is a time of self-appraisal- a time not for despair, but an opportunity for an efficient business to lead'.<br /></p><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><h3>Eastern Automobile Ltd in Bishops Stortford</h3>
<p>The garage premises were at 123 South Street, Bishop Stortford. Here are a pair of photographs showing the site before and after.<br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-iPjhL07AkNc/X7VJ3cBgAlI/AAAAAAAAI4A/fyDjl1DGtaMWxL59753HPE_MWKN50b8eQCLcBGAsYHQ/s960/EasternAutomobileLtd_Bishops%2BStortford.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Eastern Automobiles Ltd, 123 South Street, Bishop Stortford" border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="960" height="213" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-iPjhL07AkNc/X7VJ3cBgAlI/AAAAAAAAI4A/fyDjl1DGtaMWxL59753HPE_MWKN50b8eQCLcBGAsYHQ/w320-h213/EasternAutomobileLtd_Bishops%2BStortford.jpg" title="Eastern Automobiles Ltd, 123 South Street, Bishop Stortford" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Eastern Automobiles Ltd, 123 South Street, Bishop Stortford<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ctNZ93E1NTE/X7VJ2ZCK2CI/AAAAAAAAI38/AsapIc1AJ8YDtPfSZQ35qW0GO9Yc7f0ggCLcBGAsYHQ/s1308/EasternAutomobileLtd_Bishops%2BStortford_siteOf.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Site of Eastern Automobiles Ltd, Bishop Stortford" border="0" data-original-height="765" data-original-width="1308" height="187" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ctNZ93E1NTE/X7VJ2ZCK2CI/AAAAAAAAI38/AsapIc1AJ8YDtPfSZQ35qW0GO9Yc7f0ggCLcBGAsYHQ/w320-h187/EasternAutomobileLtd_Bishops%2BStortford_siteOf.jpg" title="Site of Eastern Automobiles Ltd, Bishop Stortford" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Site of Eastern Automobiles Ltd, Bishop Stortford<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div>
<h3>
Triumph car dealers in Colchester</h3>
<div>
April 1938 Triumph<br />
Eastern Automobiles Ltd, St John's Avenue<br />
<br />
April
1951 Triumph:<br />
P G Page, 38 Crouch Street<br />
<br />
1955, 1959, August
1961:<br />
Distributor<br />
Eastern Automobiles (Colchester) Ltd, St John's
Avenue + Elmstead Road<br />
Dealer<br />
Seaborn Bros, Mile End,<br />
<br />
Feb
1965:<br />
Distributor<br />
Eastern Automobiles (Colchester) Ltd, St John's
Avenue + Elmstead Road<br />
Dealer<br />
Seaborn Bros, Mile End,<br />
Roy H G
Tolley, Colne Garage, Butt Road<br />
<br />
September 1968, March 1970:<br />
Distributor<br />
Eastern
Automobiles (Colchester) Ltd, Elmstead Road<br />
Dealer<br />
Roy H G Tolley,
Colne Garage, Butt Road<br />
<br />
March 1972:<br />
Distributor<br />
Mann
Egerton & Co Ltd, T/A Eastern Automobiles (Colchester) Ltd, Elmstead
Road<br />
Dealer<br />
Roy H G Tolley, Colne Garage, Butt Road<br />
<br />
March
1974:<br />
Distributor<br />
Mann Egerton & Co Ltd, Elmstead Road, CO4
3AE<br />
Dealer<br />
Roy H G Tolley, Colne Garage, Butt Road
</div>
<div>
<br /></div>
<div>
April 1979:</div>
<div>
Distributor<br />
Mann Egerton & Co Ltd, Elmstead Road, CO4 3AE<br />
Dealer
</div>
<div>
Kennings Ltd, Cowdray Avenue CO1 1DP</div><div> </div><div>March 1988<br />Cowies, Elmstead Road, CO4 3AE + 13 Moorside, East Gate CO1 2TY</div><div> </div><div>May 1991:<br />Lancastetr Rover, Wyncolls Road, CO4 4HT</div>
<div>
<br /></div>
<h3>
</h3>
<h3>
Triumph car dealers in Chelmsford
</h3>
October 1955:<br />
Distributor<br />
Eastern Automobiles Ltd, London Road<br />
Dealer<br />
W A Waskett & Son, Galleywood Garage, near Chelmford<br />
<br />
1959:<br />
Distributor<br />
Eastern Automobiles Ltd, London Road<br />
Dealer<br />
J Day (Chelmsford) Ltd, Broomfield - Standard only<br />
<br />
August 1961:<br />
Distributor<br />
Eastern Automobiles Ltd, London Road + Widford Industrial Estate<br />
<br />
February 1965:<br />
Distributor<br />
Eastern Automobiles (Distributors) Ltd, Widford Industrial Estate, Robjohns
Road<br />
Dealer<br />
Eastern Autos Ltd 103 London Road<br />
<br />
September 1968:<br />
Distributor<br />
Eastern Automobiles (Distributors) Ltd, New London Road<br />
Dealer<br />
Eastern Autos Ltd 103 London Road<br />
<br />
March 1970:<br />
Distributor<br />
Eastern Automobiles (Distributors) Ltd, New London Road<br />
<br />
March 1972, March 1972:<br />
Distributor<br />
Mann Egerton & Co Ltd, T/A Eastern Automobiles Ltd, New London Road<br />
<br />
March 1974:<br />
Distributor<br />
<div>
Mann Egerton & Co Ltd, 103 New London Road, CM2 0DJ
</div>
<div>
<br /></div>
<div>
April 1979:</div>
<div>
Distributor<br />
<div>
Mann Egerton & Co Ltd, 103 New London Road, CM2 0DJ +Robjohns Road, Widford Industrial Estate, CM1 3AU
</div>
<div>
Dealer</div>
<div>
Lex Motor Co Chelmsford, Victoria Road South, CM1 1NA + Robjohns Road, Widford Industrial Estate, CM1 3AQ</div><div> </div><div>March 1988:</div><div>J Day (Chelmsford) Ltd, Days Garage, 74 Main Street, Broomfield, CM1 5DH <br /></div><div>Lex Motor Co Chelmsford, Victoria Road South, CM1 1NA + Robjohns Road, Widford Industrial Estate, CM1 3AQ</div><div> </div><div>May 1991:<div>J Day (Chelmsford) Ltd, Days Garage, 74 Main Street, Broomfield, CM1 5DH <br /></div><div>Lex Rover, Victoria Road South, CM1 1NA + Robjohns Road, Widford Industrial Estate, CM1 3AQ</div></div></div>
<br />
<h3>
Triumph car dealers in Bishops Stortford</h3>
October 1955:<br />
Distributor<br />
H R Moore Ltd, Standard House, Northgate End phone 1140<br />
<br />
1959, August 1961:<br />
Area Dealer<br />
Eastern Automobiles Ltd, 123 South Street phone 2266/7<br />
<br />
February 1965:<br />
Dealer<br />
Eastern Automobiles Ltd, 123 South Street phone 2266/7<br />
<br />
September 1968, March 1970:<br />
Distributor<br />
Eastern Automobiles Ltd, 123 South Street phone 2266/7<br />
<br />
March 1972:<br />
Distributor<br />
Mann Egerton & Co Ltd T/A<br />
Eastern Automobiles Ltd, 123 South Street, CM23 3AS phone 2266<br />
<br />
March 1974, May 1975, April 1979, March 1988, May 1991:<br />
Distributor<br />
<div>
Mann Egerton & Co Ltd, 123 South Street, CM23 3AS phone 2266 </div><div> </div><div> </div>
<br />
<h3>
Plea for information
</h3>
If you have any more information or recollections about Eastern Automobile Ltd
Standard Triumph dealer 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
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<br />
<h3>
Further information and sources
</h3>
Link to a post about <a href="https://vitessesteve.blogspot.com/2016/02/triumph-car-dealers-4-roy-hetolley-of.html" target="_blank">Roy H G Tolley of Colne Garage, Butt Road Colchester.</a><br />
<br />
Link to a post about
<a href="https://vitessesteve.blogspot.com/2017/10/cyril-j-deal-ltd-of-kelvedon-triumph.html" target="_blank">Cyril J Deal Ltd of Kelvedon near Colchester.</a><br />
<br />
<a href="http://vitessesteve.blogspot.co.uk/search/label/Triumph%20car%20dealer" target="_blank">Link to the other articles in this series.</a><br />
<br />
<a href="https://www.facebook.com/TriumphCarDealers/?" target="_blank">Link to facebook page: Triumph Car Dealers.</a><br />
<br />
Link to my <a href="https://www.flickr.com/groups/standard_triumph_dealers/" target="_blank">Triumph Car Dealers Flickr group which includes many photos of Standard
Triumph garages etc from my collection and many other contributors </a>.<br />
<br />
I have a collection of Standard Triumph car dealer directories:<a href="http://vitessesteve.blogspot.co.uk/2016/03/triumph-car-dealer-directories.html" target="_blank">
http://vitessesteve.blogspot.co.uk/2016/03/triumph-car-dealer-directories.html</a><br />
<br />
Picture credits:
<div class="blogger-post-footer">A blog post from vitessesteve</div>vitessestevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11392701711705440923noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13836246.post-60668385616446376552020-11-12T17:50:00.000+00:002020-11-12T17:50:15.434+00:00College Motors Ltd Wiltshire Special - Triumph Car dealers 11 part2The building of the Wiltshire Special for a director of College Motors Ltd of Bristol was described in the Standard Triumph Review November1964
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-QyMfmVgNB6w/X61tPsE5zgI/AAAAAAAAI2w/VV9qQ-246dIhdzbK_ICGjBb65DwhXNPBwCLcBGAsYHQ/s800/CollegeSTR-Volume%2B11-1964%2Bimage01.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="664" data-original-width="800" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-QyMfmVgNB6w/X61tPsE5zgI/AAAAAAAAI2w/VV9qQ-246dIhdzbK_ICGjBb65DwhXNPBwCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/CollegeSTR-Volume%2B11-1964%2Bimage01.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
<p>Ingenuity, skill and the quality of Triumph workmanship and design have produced a vehicle the likes of which can be seen at only one place in the British Isles - at Timsbury, near Bath. Here, at Kingwell Hall, the beautiful home of Mr A V T Wiltshire, is the Wiltshire Special, but a useful "special" built to<br />earn its keep and perhaps more accurately described as a refinement<br />of the go-kart design. </p>
<p>The story of the Wiltshire Special is one of reincarnation, for its "life" began after two crashed Triumph Heralds had been written-off by the assessors.</p><p>Mr. Wiltshire is Managing Director of Standard-Triumph distributors, College Motors Limited, Bristol, and following a spell of particularly bad weather - fog, ice and snow conditions he and his service manager and co-director, were faced with the problem of finding more space at their Bristol premises.</p><p>Much of it seemed to be monopolised by, as Mr Wiltshire described them, "a couple of dozen assorted makes of badly battered cars in the process of being written off".</p><p>However, it was obvious that the Heralds had fared much better than other vehicles without a chassis. </p><p>This gave me an idea", says Mr. Wiltshire. "Why not an estate 'special'? Although I keep a Ferguson 35 at home it has to have working tyres and not lawn tyres to do the rough work, and although used with a set of gang mowers on the lawn, in damp conditions the tyres badly marked the grass surfaces".</p><p>During the winter the best parts of the two smashed Heralds were sorted out, and, adds Mr. Wiltshire, "the components were so good that they were in a suitable condition to be used again". </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6WTVncoLpq0/X61uR_RPA7I/AAAAAAAAI28/Q0us6x20X-A6BpmzvzZnGI-PbKNHDHZRQCLcBGAsYHQ/s800/CollegeSTR-Volume%2B11-1964%2Bimage02.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="511" data-original-width="800" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6WTVncoLpq0/X61uR_RPA7I/AAAAAAAAI28/Q0us6x20X-A6BpmzvzZnGI-PbKNHDHZRQCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/CollegeSTR-Volume%2B11-1964%2Bimage02.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /> <p></p><p>End product was the Wiltshire Special, a most useful run-about which now adequately copes with a 10 foot lawn roller, a trailer or a set of gang mowers, in spite of the gradients it has often to negotiate.</p><p>Cutting the 3t acres of lawns takes roughly an hour with the gang mowers in tow, and the Special has carried heavy loads of soil around the 19 acre estate as well as doing yeoman service in carting away heaps of autumn leaves deposited on the 550 yard drive to the house. </p><p>It was found necessary to get the front lyres skimmed as though ready for re-treading, following which the outstanding steering lock of the Herald has proved invaluable in making it possible to negotiate various corners without marking the lawns. </p><p>There is no springing at the rear end of the Special, but it is equipped with a set of over-sized van tyres and wheels. The hydraulic brakes and handbrake are retained, and the only modification which has been made is the scrapping of the ordinary push-and-pull ignition switch and the provision of a key. The<br />reason? The ability to hide the key to prevent joy-riding around the lawns and up and down the drive by visitors of every age group. </p><p>So it is that two Heralds, which seemed destined to end their days on the scrap heap, have found a new purpose in the midst of the beautiful Somerset countryside. <br /></p><h3>
Further information and sources</h3><p>
<a href="http://vitessesteve.blogspot.co.uk/search/label/Triumph%20car%20dealer" target="_blank">Link to the other articles in this series.</a></p><p><a href="College Motors Ltd of Bristol - Triumph Car dealers 11" target="_blank">Read more about College Motors Ltd in my earlier blog post.</a><span style="font-weight: normal;"></span></p><p><a href="http://vitessesteve.blogspot.com/2016/07/lambs-ltd-of-woodford-green-triumph-car.html" target="_blank">
</a><a href="https://www.facebook.com/TriumphCarDealers/?" target="_blank">Link to face book page: Triumph Car Dealers.</a><br />
<br />Link to my <a href="https://www.flickr.com/groups/standard_triumph_dealers/" target="_blank">Triumph Car Dealers Flickr group which includes many photos of Standard
Triumph garages etc from my collection and many other contributors </a>.<br />
<br />
I have a collection of Standard Triumph car dealer directories:<a href="http://vitessesteve.blogspot.co.uk/2016/03/triumph-car-dealer-directories.html" target="_blank">
http://vitessesteve.blogspot.co.uk/2016/03/triumph-car-dealer-directories.html</a><br />
<br />
Picture credits: <br /></p><div class="blogger-post-footer">A blog post from vitessesteve</div>vitessestevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11392701711705440923noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13836246.post-27501967368389273332020-10-21T10:43:00.000+01:002020-10-21T10:43:04.626+01:00Brown's Garage (Loughton) Ltd - Triumph car dealers 19B<p>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.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-L0OT7xjQv7o/X4_7cxZ2ChI/AAAAAAAAIzI/I8UV_vGQgE0ZMv8mOhWtQ_d9EEKWzbPegCLcBGAsYHQ/s715/BrownsOfLoughtonEssex_Autocar23Oct1953.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Browns of Loughton, Essex advert from Autocar23Oct1953" border="0" data-original-height="715" data-original-width="494" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-L0OT7xjQv7o/X4_7cxZ2ChI/AAAAAAAAIzI/I8UV_vGQgE0ZMv8mOhWtQ_d9EEKWzbPegCLcBGAsYHQ/w221-h320/BrownsOfLoughtonEssex_Autocar23Oct1953.jpg" title="Browns of Loughton, Essex advert from Autocar23Oct1953" width="221" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Browns of Loughton, Essex advert from Autocar 23 October 1953</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-RgK2r3LBY2U/X4_7nZNoA6I/AAAAAAAAIzM/kIQLRlLqNIQS3EkM27Ou4MCQ_R83V2ZbQCLcBGAsYHQ/s578/BrownsOfLoughtonEssex_Autocar18Oct1957.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Browns of Loughton, Essex advert from Autocar18Oct1957" border="0" data-original-height="281" data-original-width="578" height="156" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-RgK2r3LBY2U/X4_7nZNoA6I/AAAAAAAAIzM/kIQLRlLqNIQS3EkM27Ou4MCQ_R83V2ZbQCLcBGAsYHQ/w320-h156/BrownsOfLoughtonEssex_Autocar18Oct1957.jpg" title="Browns of Loughton, Essex advert from Autocar18Oct1957" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Browns of Loughton, Essex advert from Autocar 18 October 1957<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-uj4FMe6cqPE/X4_7zUBfDbI/AAAAAAAAIzU/MLw5_S2GHwAUc_sqPFUktCkasy1NQw1jQCLcBGAsYHQ/s960/Browns%2BLoughton%2BRHS%2Bdoor%2Bskin%2Bfor%2BHerald.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Browns Loughton RHS door skin for Herald" border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-uj4FMe6cqPE/X4_7zUBfDbI/AAAAAAAAIzU/MLw5_S2GHwAUc_sqPFUktCkasy1NQw1jQCLcBGAsYHQ/w240-h320/Browns%2BLoughton%2BRHS%2Bdoor%2Bskin%2Bfor%2BHerald.jpg" title="Browns Loughton RHS door skin for Herald" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Browns Loughton RHS door skin for Herald<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Browns of Loughton Limited were incorporated as a company 2 December 1950 and were dissolved 9 December 2019.<br /></p><p><br /></p><h3>Triumph dealers in Loughton</h3><p>
In 1955, 1959, 1965 and 1968 dealer directories:<br />
Brown's Garage (Loughton) Ltd, Brown's Corner, High Road, Loughton.</p><p><br /></p><h3>
Plea for information</h3>
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
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<br />
<h3>
Further information and sources</h3><p>
<a href="http://vitessesteve.blogspot.co.uk/search/label/Triumph%20car%20dealer" target="_blank">Link to the other articles in this series.</a> <br /></p><div class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name" style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://vitessesteve.blogspot.com/2016/07/patmore-bros-limited-loughton-essex.html"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Link to blog post about Patmore Bros Limited, Loughton Essex</span></a></div><div class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></div><div class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name" style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://vitessesteve.blogspot.com/2016/07/lambs-ltd-of-woodford-green-triumph-car.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Link to blog post about Lambs who had a branch business called </span>Lambs (Loughton) Ltd that ran from premises which had previously been operated by another Triumph dealer Patmore Bros Limited.</a></div><p><a href="http://vitessesteve.blogspot.com/2016/07/lambs-ltd-of-woodford-green-triumph-car.html" target="_blank">
</a><a href="https://www.facebook.com/TriumphCarDealers/?" target="_blank">Link to face book page: Triumph Car Dealers.</a><br />
<br />Link to my <a href="https://www.flickr.com/groups/standard_triumph_dealers/" target="_blank">Triumph Car Dealers Flickr group which includes many photos of Standard
Triumph garages etc from my collection and many other contributors </a>.<br />
<br />
I have a collection of Standard Triumph car dealer directories:<a href="http://vitessesteve.blogspot.co.uk/2016/03/triumph-car-dealer-directories.html" target="_blank">
http://vitessesteve.blogspot.co.uk/2016/03/triumph-car-dealer-directories.html</a><br />
<a href="http://vitessesteve.blogspot.co.uk/2016/03/triumph-car-dealer-directories.html" target="_blank"></a><br />
Picture credits:</p><div class="blogger-post-footer">A blog post from vitessesteve</div>vitessestevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11392701711705440923noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13836246.post-7108532071740571822020-10-11T14:59:00.002+01:002020-10-11T18:17:35.571+01:00King's Road Garage Co Ltd St Annes-on-Sea - Triumph car dealers 101<p>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.</p><h3 style="text-align: left;">Atlas at agricultural show <br /></h3><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-gABkrYcHTm8/X3m4mhNJHdI/AAAAAAAAIu0/GNoyD29_A8cLdsjqb4jVQ2hLXjSvGPedACLcBGAsYHQ/s600/King%2527sRoadGarageCoLtd_StAnnesOnSea%2BSTR%2B02-1960_image.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="416" data-original-width="600" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-gABkrYcHTm8/X3m4mhNJHdI/AAAAAAAAIu0/GNoyD29_A8cLdsjqb4jVQ2hLXjSvGPedACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/King%2527sRoadGarageCoLtd_StAnnesOnSea%2BSTR%2B02-1960_image.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>It was reported in the February 1960 edition of Standard Triumph Review that: <p></p><p></p><blockquote>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.</blockquote><p></p>
<h3 style="text-align: left;">1955 RAC Rally</h3><h3 style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kJslqOj6Cps/X3m48pXQgBI/AAAAAAAAIu8/Oz0WHgurYZ065O53LMO-EKWUZ3Y7qP7sgCLcBGAsYHQ/s1003/KingsRoadGarage_StAnnesOnSea_RAC_Rally1955_image.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="639" data-original-width="1003" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kJslqOj6Cps/X3m48pXQgBI/AAAAAAAAIu8/Oz0WHgurYZ065O53LMO-EKWUZ3Y7qP7sgCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/KingsRoadGarage_StAnnesOnSea_RAC_Rally1955_image.jpg" width="320" /></a></div></h3><div style="text-align: left;">This photo of the King's Road Garage Co Ltd appeared in Triumph World article.<br /></div><h3 style="text-align: left;"> </h3><h3 style="text-align: left;">Some old adverts</h3>
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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 <a href="http://Historyworld.co.uk" target="_blank">Historyworld.co.uk </a>website.
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<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/#" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-iELgnGpzRxI/X3dTDaZ_YDI/AAAAAAAAIt8/9n1DFm8Ing8rGXvFz1uudxPRTvz43BuTQCLcBGAsYHQ/w239-h320/KingsRoadGarage_StAnnesOnSea%2B-%2B1957-kingsrd3.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Kings Road Garage, St Annes-on-Sea - 1957 advert</td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: center;">
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<a href="https://www.blogger.com/#"><img border="0" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5TAc9DGuQUs/X3dTD3Q_gxI/AAAAAAAAIuA/OCdKRqkJw-YntwAAAUSMZdqUSdebY_nwQCLcBGAsYHQ/w244-h320/KingsRoadGarage_StAnnesOnSea%2B-%2B1958-kingsrd2_Historyworld.co.uk.jpg" /></a><br />Kings Road Garage, St Annes-on-Sea - 1958 advert
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<a href="https://www.blogger.com/#"><img border="0" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/---LY8vmFPBg/X3dTEr7NcVI/AAAAAAAAIuE/xFoyCq5RdZgnUf27evw50wZVgPQygBNbACLcBGAsYHQ/w240-h320/KingsRoadGarage_StAnnesOnSea%2B-%2B1958-kingsrd4.jpg" /></a><br />Kings Road Garage, St Annes-on-Sea - 1958 advert2
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<a href="https://www.blogger.com/#"><img border="0" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0Z124eQ6tgY/X3dTFNW6x_I/AAAAAAAAIuI/cBj4hiZ6wCcrtgLQ7yPPHgM-IcOhbOdmQCLcBGAsYHQ/w233-h320/KingsRoadGarage_StAnnesOnSea%2B-%2B1959-kingsrd.jpg" /></a><br />Kings Road Garage, St Annes-on-Sea - 1959 advert
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<h3>Vanguard for George Formby<br /></h3>
<a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-aUvOdAKKJNc/X3dZLLO6_UI/AAAAAAAAIuo/-YsJ3iZ_ut8dwBG0hW4ACiC6BJyTt3vZACLcBGAsYHQ/s561/KingsRoadGarageLtd_StAnnes-on-Sea_STR_03-1957_image1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="363" data-original-width="561" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-aUvOdAKKJNc/X3dZLLO6_UI/AAAAAAAAIuo/-YsJ3iZ_ut8dwBG0hW4ACiC6BJyTt3vZACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/KingsRoadGarageLtd_StAnnes-on-Sea_STR_03-1957_image1.jpg" width="320" /></a>
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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.<br />
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<h3>Show and Service Week promotion</h3>
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<a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-G7v6UoPdwGI/X3dVhgKaHxI/AAAAAAAAIuc/ekOtkWxjeHYaePe-PqNfpWyM5ZaOSQ-YACLcBGAsYHQ/s601/King%2527sRoadGarageCoLtd_StAnnesOnSea%2BSTR%2B07-1947%2Bimage.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="432" data-original-width="601" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-G7v6UoPdwGI/X3dVhgKaHxI/AAAAAAAAIuc/ekOtkWxjeHYaePe-PqNfpWyM5ZaOSQ-YACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/King%2527sRoadGarageCoLtd_StAnnesOnSea%2BSTR%2B07-1947%2Bimage.jpg" width="320" /></a>
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Mr Poslethwaite, Mr Gentle and Mr Fletcher from the Factory Service Department interviewed nearly 200 STANDARD and TRIUMPH owners. <br />
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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. <br />
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<h3>Loxhams</h3>
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<h3>Triumph car dealers in the St Annes area</h3>
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October 1955, October 1958:<br />Distributor<br />Kings Road Garage, Kings Road, St Annes-on-Sea, Lancs - tel 670/1/2<br /><br /><br />August 1961:<br />Distributor<br />Kings Road Garage, Kings Road, St Annes-on-Sea, Lancs - tel 670/1/2<br />Dealer<br />Geo Moore & Son (St Annes) Ltd, St Davids Road South, - tel 2060 <br /><br /> <br /><br />February 1965, September 1968, March 1970, March 1972: <br />Distributor<br /><br />Loxhams Garages (St Annes) Ltd, Kings Road - tel 25111/2/3<br /><br /><br />March 1974:<br />Distributor<br /><br />Dutton Forshaw (St Annes) Ltd, Kings Road, FY8 1NG - tel 25111<br /> <br /><br /> <br />
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<h3>Plea for information</h3>
<p>
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
<a href="https://www.facebook.com/stephen.weblin">https://www.facebook.com/stephen.weblin</a>
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Further information and sources
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<a href="http://vitessesteve.blogspot.co.uk/search/label/Triumph%20car%20dealer" target="_blank">Link to the other articles in this series.</a>
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<a href="https://www.facebook.com/TriumphCarDealers/?" target="_blank">Link to face book page: Triumph Car Dealers.</a><br />
<br />Link to my <a href="https://www.flickr.com/groups/standard_triumph_dealers/" target="_blank">Triumph Car Dealers Flickr group which includes many photos of Standard
Triumph garages etc from my collection and many other contributors </a>.<br />
<br />
I have a collection of Standard Triumph car dealer directories:<a href="http://vitessesteve.blogspot.co.uk/2016/03/triumph-car-dealer-directories.html" target="_blank">
http://vitessesteve.blogspot.co.uk/2016/03/triumph-car-dealer-directories.html</a><br />
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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<br />
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<div class="blogger-post-footer">A blog post from vitessesteve</div>vitessestevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11392701711705440923noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13836246.post-71338855044159946742020-10-08T17:36:00.004+01:002020-10-08T17:39:52.858+01:00Dolomite 1500 Workshop manual<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-t-_Q-UWHvdk/X38uixFO4gI/AAAAAAAAIw4/6ns0wyA3eVodq2JLBdIFp1J0mhq4uOQCwCLcBGAsYHQ/s1638/Triumph%2BDolomite1500HL%2B1976%2Bto%2B1980%2BRepair%2BOperations%2BManual%2Bcover.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1638" data-original-width="1157" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-t-_Q-UWHvdk/X38uixFO4gI/AAAAAAAAIw4/6ns0wyA3eVodq2JLBdIFp1J0mhq4uOQCwCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/Triumph%2BDolomite1500HL%2B1976%2Bto%2B1980%2BRepair%2BOperations%2BManual%2Bcover.jpg" /></a></div><p>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. <a href="https://app.box.com/s/uwy8anbmq0schbsr3d6xmuap324for4m">https://app.box.com/s/uwy8anbmq0schbsr3d6xmuap324for4m</a></p><p> <br /></p><p></p>
<iframe src="https://app.box.com/embed/s/uwy8anbmq0schbsr3d6xmuap324for4m?sortColumn=date&view=list" width="500" height="800" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="blogger-post-footer">A blog post from vitessesteve</div>vitessestevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11392701711705440923noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13836246.post-39230244825985976992020-09-03T10:32:00.006+01:002020-12-26T12:43:37.562+00:00Robert Massey - Triumph Car Dealers 68A<p>Robert Massey Ltd are the feature business in this post. A company who were a Standard Triumph car dealers in several locations including York. </p>
<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-tEguQlMbN8I/X1C2TmTVgoI/AAAAAAAAIqE/m5jNJnJJ1bgFpPN6pFyqczliSzdICGwkgCLcBGAsYHQ/s1454/RobertBMassey%2528York%2529Ltd%2Bdealer%2Baddress%2Bstamp%2Bbrochure.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Robert B Massey (York) Ltd dealer address stamp on brochure" border="0" data-original-height="887" data-original-width="1454" height="195" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-tEguQlMbN8I/X1C2TmTVgoI/AAAAAAAAIqE/m5jNJnJJ1bgFpPN6pFyqczliSzdICGwkgCLcBGAsYHQ/w320-h195/RobertBMassey%2528York%2529Ltd%2Bdealer%2Baddress%2Bstamp%2Bbrochure.jpg" title="Robert B Massey (York) Ltd dealer address stamp on brochure" width="320" /></a></div>Robert B Massey (York) Ltd dealer address stamp on brochure<p></p><p>The company Robert B Massey (York) Limited was incorporated 29 March 1965 and finally wound up 15 February 2000. </p><h3 style="text-align: left;">From Unilever archive</h3><div style="text-align: left;"><p style="text-align: left;">The Unilever archive is a great resource you will amased at the extent and detail. http://unilever-archives.com/</p></div><p>Robert B Massey and Company Ltd was incorporated 17 December 1942. Acquired by the United Africa Company 1973. Operated as distributors of Rolls Royce, Bentley, Wolseley, MG and Triumph cars throughout East Yorkshire from its base at Market Weighton, with branches at Hull, York, Beverley and Driffield. </p><p>The company also engaged in specialised body building, including refrigerated vans and trailers, and the manufacture of agricultural machinery. Subsequently acquired Gordon Armstrong (Hull) Ltd and Gordon Armstrong (North Bar) Ltd and operated as Armstrong Massey from 1978.</p><p></p><h3>Triumphs for Terry's</h3><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_aR9CQIVvZw/X1C02nAWZnI/AAAAAAAAIp4/pRrkQX5sF5MTCq9BPBKMFLqPj6qGA_4hQCLcBGAsYHQ/s690/RobertBMassey%2528York%2529LtdSTR-06-1968%2Bimage.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="510" data-original-width="690" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_aR9CQIVvZw/X1C02nAWZnI/AAAAAAAAIp4/pRrkQX5sF5MTCq9BPBKMFLqPj6qGA_4hQCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/RobertBMassey%2528York%2529LtdSTR-06-1968%2Bimage.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
<div style="text-align: left;"><p style="text-align: left;">It was reported in the Standard Triumph Review June 1968:</p></div><p>Five Triumph 2000's were recently purchased from Robert B Massey (York) Ltd, by Joseph Terry and Sons Ltd, chocolate manufacturers of York. The cars are for some of the Terry directors and top executives, and Mr J. S. Marsh (Sales Manager, Massey's) is seen handing over the cars to Terry's Purchasing Director, Mr A. E. Spink (extreme right) and Mr J Shaw, Terry's Distribution Manager.</p>
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Market Deighton, Yorkshire England</h3><div style="text-align: left;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-n_NywvoE7XQ/X-csg91i4SI/AAAAAAAAJAQ/UGHdn7gLqbYPVj8SEyX6ToXotfMDPHFvgCLcBGAsYHQ/s600/Robert%2BMassey%2BCo%2BLtd%2Bthe-crossroads-c1965%2BMarket%2BWeighton.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Robert Massey Co Ltd the crossroads, Market Weighton" border="0" data-original-height="375" data-original-width="600" height="200" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-n_NywvoE7XQ/X-csg91i4SI/AAAAAAAAJAQ/UGHdn7gLqbYPVj8SEyX6ToXotfMDPHFvgCLcBGAsYHQ/w320-h200/Robert%2BMassey%2BCo%2BLtd%2Bthe-crossroads-c1965%2BMarket%2BWeighton.jpg" title="Robert Massey Co Ltd the crossroads, Market Weighton" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Robert Massey Co Ltd the crossroads, Market Weighton</td></tr></tbody></table>This images shows the Robert Massey Co Ltd garage building that stood at the crossroads, Market Weighton. A larger clearer version of this photo can be optained from the Francis Frith collection. I understand the garage has been knocked down and that a supermarket built in its place.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><h3>Plea for information</h3>
If you have any more information or recollections about Robert Massey Ltd, 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 <a href="https://www.facebook.com/stephen.weblin">https://www.facebook.com/stephen.weblin</a><br />
<br />
<h3>
Further information and sources</h3><p>
<a href="http://vitessesteve.blogspot.co.uk/search/label/Triumph%20car%20dealer" target="_blank">Link to the other articles in this series.</a></p><p><a href="http://vitessesteve.blogspot.com/2018/07/armstrong-massey-triumph-car-dealers-68.html">Link to my post about Armstrong Massey of Beverley</a> <br />
<br />
<a href="https://www.facebook.com/TriumphCarDealers/?" target="_blank">Link to face book page: Triumph Car Dealers.</a><br />
<br />Link to my <a href="https://www.flickr.com/groups/standard_triumph_dealers/" target="_blank">Triumph
Car Dealers Flickr group which includes many photos of Standard
Triumph garages etc from my collection and many other contributors </a>.<br />
<br />
I have a collection of Standard Triumph car dealer directories:<a href="http://vitessesteve.blogspot.co.uk/2016/03/triumph-car-dealer-directories.html" target="_blank"> http://vitessesteve.blogspot.co.uk/2016/03/triumph-car-dealer-directories.html</a><br />
<br />Picture credits: Robert Massey Co Ltd the crossroads, Market Weighton image is from the Francis Frith Collection.</p><div class="blogger-post-footer">A blog post from vitessesteve</div>vitessestevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11392701711705440923noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13836246.post-56188336646853966342020-08-24T09:53:00.007+01:002020-09-30T15:01:35.790+01:00Chamberlin & Sons of Aylesbury - Triumph car dealers 100
<div style="text-align: left;">Chamberlin & Son of Aylesbury sold Standard Triumph cars for a very long time. </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">These adverts are from 1930's.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-hZ8G97XFr4c/X0N74QOWCUI/AAAAAAAAInU/JVu-4ADrOZ0rDDULljBf9OtkMB6ELFjowCLcBGAsYHQ/s430/1935-bucks-herald-friday-20-september-1935-image-c2a9-johnston-press-plc-image-created-courtesy-of-the-british-library-board-1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Chamberlain & Son, Aylesbury 1935 advert" border="0" data-original-height="403" data-original-width="430" height="300" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-hZ8G97XFr4c/X0N74QOWCUI/AAAAAAAAInU/JVu-4ADrOZ0rDDULljBf9OtkMB6ELFjowCLcBGAsYHQ/w320-h300/1935-bucks-herald-friday-20-september-1935-image-c2a9-johnston-press-plc-image-created-courtesy-of-the-british-library-board-1.jpg" title="Chamberlain & Son, Aylesbury 1935 advert" width="320" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;">Chamberlin & Son, Aylesbury 20 September 1935 advert from Buckingham Herald<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/--AIKxzljaNE/X0N9JbC7GZI/AAAAAAAAIng/rUiOH85ZdkMao5khWYjxQ4h0jeRs0DWnACLcBGAsYHQ/s750/1938-bucks-herald-friday-21-october-1938-image-c2a9-johnston-press-plc-image-created-courtesy-of-the-british-library-board-1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Chamberlin & Son, Aylesbury 21 October 1938 advert from Buckingham Herald" border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="453" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/--AIKxzljaNE/X0N9JbC7GZI/AAAAAAAAIng/rUiOH85ZdkMao5khWYjxQ4h0jeRs0DWnACLcBGAsYHQ/w194-h320/1938-bucks-herald-friday-21-october-1938-image-c2a9-johnston-press-plc-image-created-courtesy-of-the-british-library-board-1.jpg" title="Chamberlin & Son, Aylesbury 21 October 1938 advert from Buckingham Herald" width="194" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Chamberlin & Son, Aylesbury 21 October 1938 advert from Buckingham Herald</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">The business partnership known as Chamberlin & Son consisted of Annie Chemberlin and Frank Walter Chamberlin was dissolved 30 March 1933. The business continued after that date with F W Chamerlin as the sole partner. At that time the business was stated as being a coach carriage a motor body builder and repairers based at 15 Buckingham Street.<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">The garage was on Buckingham Street. <br /></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-mh8EnRZ-yno/X0N-OTYaDzI/AAAAAAAAIns/AygS9USejP8mZ_BboOXJTno7gZVH132FQCLcBGAsYHQ/s600/Chamberlin%2B%2526%2BSons-Garages%2Blate%2B1960s%2B-Aylesbury.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Chamberlin & Sons garage late 1960s photo from Aylesbury Remembered" border="0" data-original-height="396" data-original-width="600" height="211" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-mh8EnRZ-yno/X0N-OTYaDzI/AAAAAAAAIns/AygS9USejP8mZ_BboOXJTno7gZVH132FQCLcBGAsYHQ/w320-h211/Chamberlin%2B%2526%2BSons-Garages%2Blate%2B1960s%2B-Aylesbury.jpg" title="Chamberlin & Sons garage late 1960s photo from Aylesbury Remembered" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Chamberlin & Sons garage late 1960s photo from Aylesbury Remembered</div><div style="text-align: left;">Beer mat</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kmpG-Ovlhtw/X0OC6KQKyyI/AAAAAAAAIn8/h3EO6Y0QhWoYj1Vmo874ONnBTPdexjCwwCLcBGAsYHQ/s569/Chamberlin%2B%2526%2BSons%2BLtd%2BAylesbury%2Bbeer%2Bmat.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Chamberlin & Sons Ltd Aylesbury beer mat" border="0" data-original-height="569" data-original-width="569" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kmpG-Ovlhtw/X0OC6KQKyyI/AAAAAAAAIn8/h3EO6Y0QhWoYj1Vmo874ONnBTPdexjCwwCLcBGAsYHQ/w320-h320/Chamberlin%2B%2526%2BSons%2BLtd%2BAylesbury%2Bbeer%2Bmat.jpg" title="Chamberlin & Sons Ltd Aylesbury beer mat" width="320" /></a></div>Dealer address stamp</div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7fjFMr3f-R8/X0ODRpZzX6I/AAAAAAAAIoE/5f3HrtFLu58f_hVZURLCePGH1Z-udxcGgCLcBGAsYHQ/s1128/Chamberlin%2526SonsLtdAylesburyTriumph2000Mk2brochure1973.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Chamberlin & Sons Ltd, Aylesbury Triumph 2000 Mk2 brochure 1973" border="0" data-original-height="828" data-original-width="1128" height="235" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7fjFMr3f-R8/X0ODRpZzX6I/AAAAAAAAIoE/5f3HrtFLu58f_hVZURLCePGH1Z-udxcGgCLcBGAsYHQ/w320-h235/Chamberlin%2526SonsLtdAylesburyTriumph2000Mk2brochure1973.jpg" title="Chamberlin & Sons Ltd, Aylesbury Triumph 2000 Mk2 brochure 1973" width="320" /></a></div> <br /></div></div><h3>Triumph dealers in Aylesbury</h3><div style="text-align: left;">October 1955, October 1958, August 1961:</div><div style="text-align: left;">Distributor</div><div style="text-align: left;">Chamberlin & Sons, 13-15 Buckingham Street, Tel 371/2 </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">Additionally in October 1958 and August 1961 Harris Motors Ltd, 99 Wendover Road, Stoke Mandeville were listed a dealer.</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">February 1965, September 1968, March 1970, March 1972, March 1974:</div><div style="text-align: left;">Chamberlin & Sons, 13-19 Buckingham Street, Tel 4226/7 <br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">April 1979:</div><div style="text-align: left;">Distributor</div><div style="text-align: left;">Dutton-Forshaw (Bucks) Ltd, Buckingham Road, HP19 3QQ - Tel 0296 84071 <br /></div>
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If you have any more information or recollections about Chamberlin &amp; Sons of Aylesbury 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 <a href="https://www.facebook.com/stephen.weblin">https://www.facebook.com/stephen.weblin</a><br />
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Further information and sources</h3>
<a href="http://vitessesteve.blogspot.co.uk/search/label/Triumph%20car%20dealer" target="_blank">Link to the other articles in this series.</a><br />
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<a href="https://www.facebook.com/TriumphCarDealers/?" target="_blank">Link to face book page: Triumph Car Dealers.</a><br />
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Link to my <a href="https://www.flickr.com/groups/standard_triumph_dealers/" target="_blank">Triumph
Car Dealers Flickr group which includes many photos of Standard
Triumph garages etc from my collection and many other contributors </a>.<br />
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I have a collection of Standard Triumph car dealer directories:<a href="http://vitessesteve.blogspot.co.uk/2016/03/triumph-car-dealer-directories.html" target="_blank"> http://vitessesteve.blogspot.co.uk/2016/03/triumph-car-dealer-directories.html</a><br />
<br />Picture credits: Chamberlin & Son, Aylesbury 20 September 1935 advert and Chamberlin & Son, Aylesbury 21 October 1938 advert from Buckingham Herald are both from Pre War Dealerships website; Chamberlin & Sons garage late 1960s photo from Aylesbury Remembered; <br /><div class="blogger-post-footer">A blog post from vitessesteve</div>vitessestevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11392701711705440923noreply@blogger.com0Aylesbury, UK51.815606 -0.808429.837913949463349 -35.964649999999985 73.793298050536663 34.347849999999987tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13836246.post-83558267769028039772020-08-19T12:16:00.001+01:002020-08-19T12:22:41.721+01:00Triumph Herald Front Suspension and Steering training film strip<p><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="270" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/gtuXnhbzpkQ" width="480"></iframe> </p><p>A video I have made from a Standard Triumph training film strip. Thanks to Adrian Hebron for scanning the original film strip.</p><p>These film strip were made by the technical department at Standard Triumph. I have uploaded several to YouTube which you can see here. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_roXEyVcsxeR4_pm3CdrDhGgUZARRyuM" target="_blank">Film strip play list </a></p><p>I have made PDF copies of the booklets handed after the film strips which you can see on my website. <a href="http://vitessesteve.co.uk/ServiceTrainingNotes" target="_blank">Service Training Notes</a>. <br /></p><p> <br /></p><div class="blogger-post-footer">A blog post from vitessesteve</div>vitessestevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11392701711705440923noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13836246.post-32850351222978330232020-07-10T10:03:00.000+01:002020-07-10T10:03:25.313+01:00Triumph Vitesse / GT6 rear rotoflex set up shims<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I was very pleased to track down a supply of shims to rebuild the rear hubs on my Triumph Vitesse.<br />
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Do you remember Jigsaw Racing? Well their workshop may have closed down but you can still buy stuff via their <a href="https://www.ebay.co.uk/str/lemans-r" target="_blank">eBay store</a>.<br />
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Now I just need to get my workshop built so my Vitesse can receive some long delayed attention.<div class="blogger-post-footer">A blog post from vitessesteve</div>vitessestevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11392701711705440923noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13836246.post-84739487503933286872020-07-09T09:44:00.000+01:002020-07-26T09:49:48.078+01:00Triumph Herald 948 + 1200 disc brake conversion<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Triumph Herald 948 + 1200 disc brake conversion - part 511045 fitting instructions<br />
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I have recently been sent a scanned copy of - Triumph Herald 948 + 1200 disc brake conversion - part 511045 fitting instructions. Here is start from the booklet. The booklet was originally published by Standard
Triumph and was scanned by Paul Cattrell.<br />
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DISC BRAKE CONVERSION KIT<br />FITTING INSTRUCTIONS<br />PRELIMINARIES<br />Disconnect the battery, jack up the car and place supporting stands under the chassis frame. Remove<br />all road wheels.<br />Attach a length of rubber tubing to one of the front brake bleed nipples and suspend the opposite<br />end of the tube in a clean container.<br />Unscrew one front bleed nipple one turn and by operating the brake pedal, pump the hydraulic system<br />dry.<br />Front Brake Assemblies<br />Disconnect and remove both bundy pipes which connect the flexible hoses to the 5 way connector.<br />Release the outer ends of the flexible pipes and unscrew them from the wheel cylinders.<br />Remove the brake drums, hubs, brake backing plates and stub axles.</blockquote>
The whole document is available to view and download from my box.com account at: <a href="https://app.box.com/s/zirocqe8bkutddf4qe5qkmpu3jkjddix">https://app.box.com/s/zirocqe8bkutddf4qe5qkmpu3jkjddix</a> <br />
<div class="blogger-post-footer">A blog post from vitessesteve</div>vitessestevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11392701711705440923noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13836246.post-72117593762061642152020-07-07T12:33:00.001+01:002020-07-07T12:33:43.383+01:00Triumph Herald 1200 Twin Carb conversion<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I have recently been sent a scanned copy of - Triumph Herald 1200 Twin Carb conversion - part 511037 fitting instructions. Here is a paragraph from the booklet. The booklet was originally published by Standard Triumph and was scanned by Paul Cattrell.<br />
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TWIN CARBURETTOR CONVERSION KIT<br />Part No. 511037<br />Introduction<br />A twin carburettor conversion kit contains all necessary components<br />for converting a Herald "1200" engine of, 8,0:1 compression ratio, from<br />the single to the twin carburettor condition.<br />To achieve maximum performance conducive with safe operation of the<br />engine, when twin carburettors are fitted, existing main bearings, valves,<br />valve springs, ignition distributor and camshaft must be changed.<br />Existing cylinder heads must be machined to raise the compression<br />ratio to 8,5:1. Polishing the ports is unnecessary, but if undertaken care<br />must be exercised not to destroy the abutment faces for the manifold<br />locating sleeves.</blockquote>
The whole document is available to view and download from my box.com account at: <a href="https://app.box.com/s/o3hq8rip7n2eo6wh6kgb54w145s6h5s6">https://app.box.com/s/o3hq8rip7n2eo6wh6kgb54w145s6h5s6</a><div class="blogger-post-footer">A blog post from vitessesteve</div>vitessestevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11392701711705440923noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13836246.post-26932577903183668812020-06-30T16:34:00.003+01:002023-07-16T22:34:34.533+01:00Jag 3.8 VitessePeople have been tuning and modifying the Triumph Vitesse for many years. Hot Car magazine May 1969 featured a Vitesse that had a Jaguar 3.8 engine in it.<br />
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The car was said to do 130mph and to have 250bhp. It was built by the well known Downton engineering. Based on a shortened Jaguar XK150 chassis. The Triumph Vitesse body was altered to fit.<br />
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More material about this car featured on Facebook recently.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoijHRLQPY-reCxxkMlep0T-mWi4-JS3RiDFdrG9vthkQdnwsa5hhyOEZqfnKYmUUwg9TsUTqtEVU5iGi12rQFobJ8adxczH8DTW-KZPlFi6FbZVKX2giJTGll9N7wpSBi1U9ah1gCeY9mYCTTJJ1nSaCFhqc_p_GeSo14jwT1ipIBh3oQ9j8JoA/s960/FB_IMG_1689542564069.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoijHRLQPY-reCxxkMlep0T-mWi4-JS3RiDFdrG9vthkQdnwsa5hhyOEZqfnKYmUUwg9TsUTqtEVU5iGi12rQFobJ8adxczH8DTW-KZPlFi6FbZVKX2giJTGll9N7wpSBi1U9ah1gCeY9mYCTTJJ1nSaCFhqc_p_GeSo14jwT1ipIBh3oQ9j8JoA/s320/FB_IMG_1689542564069.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /> <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmv0UrU7OuTgNeAhz19IpkRxdtk-Et6Acl77XuKz_ZMdp3eqMjNZRpzKXtEmsbR2I91Dmfqd4jrbZPJVW3LsStb3JAk2ueLxzgOUZaOTxAto3MbUrKDR-1JCoWh2bN0tZ-Hp8OCNnAu0NVJ9myGvY5TjDDu65t9V33FA7113hYzj49o3fTTxJm5g/s960/FB_IMG_1689542554895.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="710" data-original-width="960" height="237" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmv0UrU7OuTgNeAhz19IpkRxdtk-Et6Acl77XuKz_ZMdp3eqMjNZRpzKXtEmsbR2I91Dmfqd4jrbZPJVW3LsStb3JAk2ueLxzgOUZaOTxAto3MbUrKDR-1JCoWh2bN0tZ-Hp8OCNnAu0NVJ9myGvY5TjDDu65t9V33FA7113hYzj49o3fTTxJm5g/s320/FB_IMG_1689542554895.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKcfu5puXYP12JpB20iyJWRBqIAP5KWlurYAAnC3ntr4Rdp8N3lsPIeq1EuYKUI0LslLkjggbPLR5V8duF3nel9bSNfuYU--0kyyeYf4RO5QeJtqShd_r2jCPzaEyXH-D-uLGV6IyXr4GV9SAUZ-BvPBSGxlq63rpTk30AuKy9T3Kj3ni7YTBgkQ/s800/FB_IMG_1689542541683.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="526" data-original-width="800" height="210" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKcfu5puXYP12JpB20iyJWRBqIAP5KWlurYAAnC3ntr4Rdp8N3lsPIeq1EuYKUI0LslLkjggbPLR5V8duF3nel9bSNfuYU--0kyyeYf4RO5QeJtqShd_r2jCPzaEyXH-D-uLGV6IyXr4GV9SAUZ-BvPBSGxlq63rpTk30AuKy9T3Kj3ni7YTBgkQ/s320/FB_IMG_1689542541683.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><div class="blogger-post-footer">A blog post from vitessesteve</div>vitessestevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11392701711705440923noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13836246.post-88796414374133715552020-06-07T18:28:00.000+01:002020-06-07T18:28:09.344+01:00West Central Garage Ltd of Wolverhampton - Triumph Car Dealer 83AThis short post is about West Central Garage Ltd of Wolverhampton.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">West Central Garage Ltd Wolverhampton advert Autocar 18 October 1957</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">West Central Garage Ltd Wolverhampton dealer address stamp</td></tr>
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<a href="https://www.gracesguide.co.uk/" target="_blank">Gracesguide website</a> is a great source of information and includes these 2 sections.<br />
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<blockquote class="tr_bq">
<h4>
West Central Garage</h4>
of School Street, Wolverhampton. <br />
1953 Car and Light Commercial Vehicle Stockists. Directors: <a class="new" href="https://www.gracesguide.co.uk/index.php?title=Norman_H._Dawkins&action=edit&redlink=1" title="Norman H. Dawkins (page does not exist)">Norman H. Dawkins</a> (Joint Managing). <a class="new" href="https://www.gracesguide.co.uk/index.php?title=E._G._Dawes&action=edit&redlink=1" title="E. G. Dawes (page does not exist)">E. G. Dawes</a>, <a href="https://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Thomas_Millard_(b.1912)" title="Thomas Millard (b.1912)">T. L. Millard.</a> (Service)</blockquote>
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<h4>
Thomas Millard (b.1912)</h4>
Thomas Millard (1912- ) of <a href="https://www.gracesguide.co.uk/West_Central_Garage" title="West Central Garage">West Central Garage</a> <br />
Born Sedgley, 1912. <br />
Apprenticed to <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Clyno" title="Clyno">Clyno Cars</a> Ltd., Wolverhampton and was later in charge of service Department of local Garage. <br />
1953 Director, West Central Garage Ltd., Wolverhampton. Joined staff of West Central Garage Ltd. as foreman and became service manager in 1946 and joined the Board of Directors in 1950. Married; one son. </blockquote>
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<div class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name">
Details of Triumph car dealers in Wolverhampton can be found in <a href="http://vitessesteve.blogspot.com/2019/03/hewitts-garages-ltd-of-wolverhampton.html" target="_blank">my blog post about <span style="font-weight: normal;">Hewitts Garages Ltd of Wolverhampton.</span></a></div>
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<h3>
Plea for information</h3>
If you have any more information or recollections about West Central Garage Ltd 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 <a href="https://www.facebook.com/stephen.weblin">https://www.facebook.com/stephen.weblin</a><br />
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<h3>
Further information and sources</h3>
<a href="http://vitessesteve.blogspot.co.uk/search/label/Triumph%20car%20dealer" target="_blank">Link to the other articles in this series.</a><br />
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<a href="http://vitessesteve.blogspot.com/2019/03/hewitts-garages-ltd-of-wolverhampton.html" target="_blank">Link to blog post about Hewitts Garages Ltd of Wolverhampton</a><br />
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<a href="https://www.facebook.com/TriumphCarDealers/?" target="_blank">Link to face book page: Triumph Car Dealers.</a><br />
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Link to my <a href="https://www.flickr.com/groups/standard_triumph_dealers/" target="_blank">Triumph Car Dealers Flickr group which includes many photos of Standard Triumph garages etc from my collection and many other contributors </a>.<br />
<br />
I have a collection of Standard Triumph car dealer directories:<a href="http://vitessesteve.blogspot.co.uk/2016/03/triumph-car-dealer-directories.html" target="_blank"> http://vitessesteve.blogspot.co.uk/2016/03/triumph-car-dealer-directories.html</a><br />
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Picture credits: All 3 images in this post are from my collection.<div class="blogger-post-footer">A blog post from vitessesteve</div>vitessestevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11392701711705440923noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13836246.post-57527426977754261162020-05-18T13:36:00.000+01:002020-08-19T13:36:54.330+01:00Triumph Service Training Notes - Triumph 6 Cylinder engine <div>Standard Triumph used to produce technical training materials for mechanics. Like me you have probably seen and may have copies of some the Service Training Notes booklets. I have shared several via a <a href="http://vitessesteve.co.uk/ServiceTrainingNotes" target="_blank">page on my website.</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://vitessesteve.co.uk/ServiceTrainingNotes" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="1177" data-original-width="910" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GtsTweQAL_c/XsKyoCSLm-I/AAAAAAAAIZ4/2WUgaSbI0coiDp0kAgFOaMryzHxLQIP3QCK4BGAsYHg/s320/Pages%2Bfrom%2BTriumph%2BService%2BTraining%2BNotes%2B-%2BVitessesteve.jpg" /></a></div><div>
Thanks to Adrian from New Zealand who has scanned several of the film strips in his collection. <br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-i59EQRrqzhI/XsKzwkHTkpI/AAAAAAAAIaU/J6jiFxfK7lcx4Ro84nESbOTT20dQ1Bj6ACK4BGAsYHg/Triumph%2B2%2BLitre%2BSix%2BCylinder%2BEngine.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3001" data-original-width="3791" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-i59EQRrqzhI/XsKzwkHTkpI/AAAAAAAAIaU/J6jiFxfK7lcx4Ro84nESbOTT20dQ1Bj6ACK4BGAsYHg/s320/Triumph%2B2%2BLitre%2BSix%2BCylinder%2BEngine.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>Watch the video here.</div><div><br /></div>
<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/p1UzhiUfsxU" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe><div class="blogger-post-footer">A blog post from vitessesteve</div>vitessestevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11392701711705440923noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13836246.post-50754703547175665262020-04-24T14:23:00.001+01:002020-05-09T12:04:23.241+01:00Triumph Service Training Video - Triumph 6 Cylinder engine<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This is a first. Here is a video made from a scanned copy of an original film strip.<br />
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Thanks to Adrian from New Zealand who scanned the film strip.<div class="blogger-post-footer">A blog post from vitessesteve</div>vitessestevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11392701711705440923noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13836246.post-51883521273231845442020-04-17T19:00:00.000+01:002020-05-10T07:13:39.825+01:00F W Mays & Co Ltd of Dorking - Triumph Car Dealer 99F W Mays & Co Ltd were a Standard Triumph distributor based in Dorking Surrey UK.<br />
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<h3>
Some history</h3>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">F W Mays - Dorking invoice 1938</td></tr>
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The firm was founded in 1923 by the Mays family. 1938 saw them based at South Street Dorking trading as Automoble Engineers dealing with Hillman, Ford, Standard and Citroen cars.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">F W May Jaguar advert from Autocar 18 October 1963</td></tr>
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The company was sold by the Mays family in 1989 to William Jaks. The family kept ownership of the site and leased to William Jaks.<br />
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January 2006 saw the remaining 16 employees made redundant as the business was closed down following on from another corporate reorganisation.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">F W Mays building used by Majestic Wine</td></tr>
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Later on the F W Mays building was used by Majestic Wine.<br />
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<h3>
Triumph car dealers in Dorking</h3>
April 1951, October 1955:<br />
F W Mays & Co Ltd, 38 South Street phone 2244/5<br />
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August 1961:<br />
Listed as being a Main Stanpart Stockist (London Metropolitain Area) and as open 7 days a week<br />
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March 1974:<br />
F W Mays & Co Ltd, 105 South Street, RH4 2JT phone 2244 <br />
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May 1975 listed as Rover, Land Rover and Triumph dealer<br />
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March 1988: <br />
listed AustinRover<br />
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May 1991 Rover Group<br />
F W Mays & Co Ltd, 105 South Street, RH4 2JT phone 0306 882244<br />
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<h3>
Plea for information</h3>
If you have any more information or recollections about F W Mays & Co Ltd of Dorking Standard Triumph dealer 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 <a href="https://www.facebook.com/stephen.weblin">https://www.facebook.com/stephen.weblin</a><br />
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<h3>
Further information and sources</h3>
<a href="http://vitessesteve.blogspot.co.uk/search/label/Triumph%20car%20dealer" target="_blank">Link to the other articles in this series.</a><br />
<br />
<a href="https://www.facebook.com/TriumphCarDealers/?" target="_blank">Link to facebook page: Triumph Car Dealers.</a><br />
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Link to my <a href="https://www.flickr.com/groups/standard_triumph_dealers/" target="_blank">Triumph Car Dealers Flickr group which includes many photos of Standard Triumph garages etc from my collection and many other contributors </a>.<br />
<br />
I have a collection of Standard Triumph car dealer directories:<a href="http://vitessesteve.blogspot.co.uk/2016/03/triumph-car-dealer-directories.html" target="_blank"> http://vitessesteve.blogspot.co.uk/2016/03/triumph-car-dealer-directories.html</a><br />
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Picture credits:F W Mays - Dorking rear window sticker posted to flickr by Spottedlaurel; <div class="blogger-post-footer">A blog post from vitessesteve</div>vitessestevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11392701711705440923noreply@blogger.com0