Bexhill Motors Ltd - Triumph Car Dealers 59

This post is about Bexhill Motors Ltd a Triumph car dealer based in Bexhill-on-Sea, Sussex UK.

Bexhill Motors Ltd dealer address stamp on Triumph 1975 brochure

Golden Anniversary Booklet

To celebrate 50 years in business the company had printed a special booklet.  Unfortunately I only have a rather bad copy but here are some of the contents.

Bexhill Motors Ltd Golden Anniversary booklet cover

Bexhill Motors Ltd Golden Anniversary booklet image 01

Bexhill Motors Ltd Golden Anniversary booklet image 02

Can you share a clearer copy of the Bexhill Motors Ltd Golden Anniversary booklet?

Key Ring

The Bxhill Motor Co Ltd - John Bull Tyres keyring

The Bxhill Motor Co Ltd - John Bull Tyres keyring back

Many garages give away promotional goods.  Branded key rings are fairly common.  Here is an unusual John Bull Tyres rubber key ring fob.

Skinners of Bexhill

Skinners of Bexhill 1985

The business of Bexhill Motors Co Ltd was later known as Skinners of Bexhill as can be seen in this image from 1985.  Thanks to Chris Barker for sharing this image from his collection on flickr.

Triumph in Bexhill-on-Sea

October 1955:
Bexhill Motors Co Ltd, 65 London Road, Bexhill-on-Sea listed as a distributor open 24hrs a day Monday to Saturday.

August 1961:
Bexhill Motors (1960) Ltd, 65 London Road - open 24hrs a day Monday to Saturday.

February 1965:
Bexhill Motors (1960) Ltd, 65 London Road

September 1968, March 1970, March 1972, March 1974:
Bexhill Motors Ltd, 65 London Road

May 1975:
Bexhill Motors Ltd, 57-69 London Road, TN39 3LA listed as a distributor for Rover, Triumph and Land Rover

March 1988:
Skinners (Bexhill) Ltd, 57-69 London Road, TN39 3LA

Plea for information

If you have any more information or recollections about Bexhill Motors 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 https://www.facebook.com/stephen.weblin

Further information and sources

Link to the other articles in this series.

Link to facebook page: Triumph Car Dealers.

Link to my Triumph Car Dealers Flickr group which includes many photos of Standard Triumph garages etc from my collection and many other contributors .
I have a collection of Standard Triumph car dealer directories: http://vitessesteve.blogspot.co.uk/2016/03/triumph-car-dealer-directories.html

Picture credits:Thanks to Lee Godfrey for the sill plate image; Bexhill Motors Ltd Golden Anniversary booklet images from Andy Mills; Skinners of Bexhill 1985 posted to flickr by Chris Barker .