J B Hepburn Ltd sometimes simply called Hepburns are the subject of this article the first of several about Triumph car dealers in the Liverpool area.
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| Triumph 1300 advert by J B Hepburn Ltd |
Triumph 1300
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| Triumph 1300 owned by Will Parker |
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| Triumph 1300 advert no2 by J B Hepburn Ltd |
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| J B Hepburn Ltd dealer stamped memorandum |
Service Van
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| Hepburns service van from 1969 |
Thanks to Ben Spears who shared this photo of his parts delivery van on facebook.
Hepburns 1st 4 quality
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| Hepburns branded cap |
Thanks to Ben Spears who shared this image of a Hepburns branded cap.
Rear window sticker
Hepburns of Crosby sticker on the rear window of Mini that now lives in Ontaro, Canada.
Key rings and fobs
A key fob branded to show the address and phone number for J B Hepburn Ltd.
A later version from the Rover Group era as used on a Triumph TR7.
Street View
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| J B Hepburn Ltd undated street view |
J B Hepburn Ltd, was based at 48 Bridge Road, Blundellsands, Liverpool, the garage premises and several neighbouring buildings have been demolished and replaced with a block of flats.
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| Google Street View Bridge Road, Blundellsands, Liverpool July 2008 |
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| J B Hepburn Ltd, 48 Bridge Road, Blundellsands, Liverpool, |
Football program advert
Like many other car dealers this firm placed adverts in football programmes. Here is an advert extracted from an Everton v Watford program from 1987.
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| Hepburns Ltd advert from 1987 |
Dealer address info
First listed in my directories in 1955 as: J B Hepburn Ltd, 48 Bridge Road, Blundellsands, Liverpool 23. Phone: Gt. Crosby 4806. Continuously listed through 1959 until 1974 editions. Also listed as a Austin Rover dealer in March 1988 and a Rover dealer in May 1991.
For much of the time the local Triumph distributor was C A Britten Ltd.
Plea for more information
If you have any more information or recollections about any of the Standard Triumph dealers in and around Liverpool including J B Hepburn Ltd please get in touch. I would like to see photos of window stickers, dealer badges or sill plates etc. I can be contacted via the comments to this post or on facebook at
https://www.facebook.com/stephen.weblin
Further information and sources
Link to an article about C A Britten Ltd the Liverpool distributor.
Link to the other articles in this series.
Link to facebook page: Triumph Car Dealers.
Link to my
Triumph Car Dealers Flickr group which includes many photos of Standard Triumph garages etc from my collection and many other contributors .
I have a collection of Standard Triumph car dealer directories:
http://vitessesteve.blogspot.co.uk/2016/03/triumph-car-dealer-directories.html
Picture credits: J B Hepburn Ltd dealer stamped memorandum image and Triumph 1300 photo from Will Parker; Triumph 1300 adverts by J B Hepburn Ltd from Ben Spears on facebook; 2J B Hepburn Ltd undated street view" and "J B Hepburn Ltd, 48 Bridge Road, Blundellsands, Liverpool," posted on http://forum.triumphdolomite.co.uk by benny; Rover era key fob photos from Kenny Mackenzie; Parts delivery van photo from Ben Spears; Hepburns Ltd advert from 1987 from MilesMcClagan on flickr; Hepburns branded cap photo shared by Ben Spears on facebook.
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