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| Armstrong Gordon in Beverley in the early 1960's |
By the 1960's/70's the Massey Motors Division of Robert B Massey was merged with Gordon Armstrong Ltd and distributed Rolls Royce, Jaguar, Rover and Triumph cars throughout East Yorkshire as the Armstrong-Massey Group. The companies were purchased by the Unilever Corporation in 1974. Later still the York branch of the business was bought by Inchcape during 2015.
By 1986 they were based elsewhere in Beverley and selling Renault and Rolls Royce motor cars. The site is now is now an ASDA supermarket having been previously NETTO and prior to that a Jacksons supermarket.
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| Armstrong Massey - Beverley image 01 |
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| Armstrong Massey - Beverley image 02 |
Became a Volvo dealer in the 70s. Motor rally sponsor in the 1970's and 1980's.
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| Armstrong Massey dealer address stamp on Triumph Acclaim brochure |
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| Armstrong Massey rear window sticker |
The Gordon Armstrong Car
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| The ‘Gordon’ Car, 1914 |
He founded the business Armstrong Patents Co. Ltd in 1935. The company that made Armstrong lever arm dampers which I wrote about in 2015.
If you like historic images you can buy vintage prints online from East Riding Archives at picturearchives.org/eastridingphotos
Dealer plate
Thamks to Karl for sharing this photo of a plaque ithat is attached to a Land Rover.
Still trading
A business called Armstrong Massey is still trading as of July 2018 based in Driffield and selling used 4x4 vehicles.RBM Agricultural Ltd have been providing products and services to the agricultural industry since 1936. As of 2018 they have 5 locations in Yorkshire, Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire. Market Weighton (East Yorkshire), Malton (North Yorkshire), Clarborough (Nottinghamshire), Brig (North Lincolnshire), and Louth (East Lincolnshire).
Triumph Dealers in Beverley
September 1968, March 1970, March 1972, March 1974, May 1975:Robert B Massey (Beverley) Limited, Norwood, HU17 9HA
June 1984 Armstrong Massey are listed as an Austin Rover dealer.
March 1988 Armstrong Massey Ltd, Barnston Road, Swinemoor Industrail Estate, HU17 0LA are listeda Rover group dealer.
Multisite dealer
Plea for information
If you have any more information or recollections about Armstrong Massey of Beverley, 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 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: Armstrong Gordon in Beverley in the early 1960's photo found on Beverley FM website; Armstrong Massey rear window sticker photo posted to flickr by Nivek.Old.Gold; Armstrong Massey - Beverley images 01 and 02 posted to flickr by Beverley Exile;
My family have lived in Beverley for years and my father was a regular at Armstrong Massey both for work and private cars. The original Norwood premises of Robert B. Massey was demolished in the late 60s for the newer building in the photos in your post. At this time they were BMC dealers and then merged with Gordon Armstrong who also had a garage in Hull.
ReplyDeleteTriumph cars were sold locally by George Thompson on Anlaby Road in Hull, Armstrong Massey would probably only have got Triumph cars when BLMC was formed and that make came under the same umbrella as BMC.
The Rolls Royce and Bentley sales were originally through RBM's large branch in Market Weighton and later at Norwood. Fond memories of peering in the window as a child!
The Renault dealership next door was a separate concern in fact, Clock Garage with the small showroom/parts centre in the photos and service unit further along.