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| extract from the Lincolnshire Echo Friday 10 Oct 1962 |
Triumph car dealers in Lincoln
Both Wests of Lincoln Ltd and J R J Mansbrdge have held the franchise for Standard Triumph. In 1955Wests (Lincoln) Ltd 116 High were the distibutor and
J R J Mansbridge Ltd at the White Hart Garage was a dealer
Parker Taylor and Co Ltd of Wragby Road was a dealer
In 1959, 1965 and 1969 Wests and Parker Taylor remain. In 1974 J R J Mansbridge Ltd now on Rumbold Street become the sole representative in Lincoln and are listed as the distributor
Wests (Lincoln) Limited
Wests had sold Standard cars from as early as 1923. The company was a distributor for Massey Ferguson tractors and had several branches in Lincoln, Horncastle and Louth.
Wests (Lincoln) Limited High Street branch also sold Reliant cars as this advert from 1978 shows.
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| Wests (Lincoln) Ltd Reliant Dealer Advert Motor 21-10-1978 |
Factory staff visited the High Street branch between 17th and 21st May 1965 to assist the branch with a special promotional Show and Service Week.
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| Wests (Lincoln) Ltd service voucher 9 March 1973 |
A company called Wests Motors (Lincoln) Limited 720955 has been dissolved. Wests High Street Lincoln premises sold motorbikes and scooters.
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| Wests of Lincoln 1981 Suzuki dealer advert |
Plea for information
If you have any more information or recollections about Standard or Triumph dealers in Lincoln, photos of window stickers, dealer badges or sill plates etc please let me know. I can be contacted via the comments to this post or on facebook at https://www.facebook.com/stephen.weblinFurther information and sources
Link to the other articles in this series.
Link to post about J R J Mansbridge
Link to face book page: Triumph Car Dealers.
Link to my Triumph Car Dealers Flickr group .
I have a collection of Standard Triumph car dealer directories: http://vitessesteve.blogspot.co.uk/2016/03/triumph-car-dealer-directories.html
Picture credits:J R J Mansbridge advert Martin on Flickr; Mansbridge complments slip and Wests service voucher Andrew Newman; Wests of Lincoln 1981 Suzuki dealer advert from Jon on flickr.
Rainforth's Implement Works Monks Road is now part of Lincoln College. The standing building is dated 1887, architect Pearson Bellamy. Rainforth's went into voluntary liquidation in 1933, the business being taken over by A G Parrot, followed by S W Thorne and J Carrot who made bus and coach bodies for Lincolnshire Roadcar until 1935. By 1937 and at least until 1949 it was a motor garage run by A R Hill Ltd and later by J R J Mansbridge. By 1968 adverts put Mansbridge’s in Rumbold Street.
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