K J Motors Ltd and Loxleys of Bromley and Orpington - Triumph car dealer 78

This blog post is about business that has been known by two different names K J Motors Ltd and Loxleys of Bromley and Orpington.

Loxleys of Bromley and Orpington - Triumph car dealer were first established in Bromley in 1919.

Bromley is both a town and London brough. Orpington is now a town in the London brough of Bromley. Before the creation of Greater London in 1965, Orpington was in the county of Kent.

K J Motors advert - Bromley West Kent Mercury 7 October 1932

The business held many different franchises over the years. In 1957 as can seen from these adverts they were selling Vauxhall, Jaguar, Land Rover, Rover and Standard Triumph cars.

K J Motors Ltd 1957 advert 01

K J Motors Ltd 1957 advert 02

Principally based in Bromley and Orpington the business has had several branches over the years. 

K J Motors forecour Vauxhall and Standard Triumph dealership, Widmore Road, Bromley, Kent.

Owen Wilson Jones

Wilson Jones at Brooklands 1925

Owen Wilson Jones was the founder owner and Managing Director of K J Motors.  During the 1920's he raced a Salmon car at hill climbs and speed trails.  He also raced at Brooklands.  He competed in the 200 mile race race at Brooklands in 1924 and broke several class records.

Owen Wilson Jones

Brochure

K J Motors Ltd dealer address sticker on a Triumph 2000 brochure

Triumph car dealers in Bromley and Orpington

Croydon area dealers Autocar 22 October 1954

Key fobs

K J Loxleys key fob

Loxleys key fob

Business cards

St Christophers badge

Standard  Triumph training day

This photo was posted by Patrick Uden to the K J Motors facebook group.  Frank Uden is sitting 2nd left at a Standard Triumph Training day in 1955.

Land Rover service

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Further information and sources

Link to the other articles in this series.

Link to post about  Carrs AutoSales Ltd of Croydon

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: K J Motors Ltd dealer address sticker on a Triumph 2000 brochure from eBay advert; K J Motors forecourt + business cards + key fobs +1957 Advert + St Christophers badges  photos by Chaz Wells; Owen Wilson Jones photo from https://richdolman.wordpress.com; Key fobs

Standard & Triumph Spares & Service Directory 1951 - Wanted

Standard & Triumph Spares & Service Directory 1951

I recently found this advert in Standard Car Review December  1951 for the Standard & Triumph Spares & Service Directory 1951.  Looks as if it includes some pictures.  Would love to find a copy can you help?

Drabble and Allen Ltd of Manchester - Triumph Car Dealers 74D

This short post is about Drabble and Allen Ltd a Standard Triumph car dealer in Manchester.

Drabble & Allen Ltd TR4 advert

The earliest record I have is from a Standard Triumph dealer directory dated October 1955 -Drabble & Allen Ltd, Daimler House, Wilmslow Road, Rusholme, 14. - Phone Blackfriars 5635.   The last record I have in March 1974 over the years the records update to include a postcode and revised phone number:M14 5TL - Phone 061 224 2205.

Drabble & Allen Ltd Daimler 2.5 advert

The business was established by Frank Dabble in 1925.  In addition to Standard Triumph cars they also sold Daimler and Jaguar cars. Later the firm sold Subaru and Isuzi cars.  They had several branches including in Manchester, Hale and Ashton under Lyne. 

Drabble and Allen advert from Motor 16 October 1963

Bought by Grahams Brothers Group then Swan National who in turn were taken over by Lex.

I understand after Stratstone Manchester moved out of the Wilslow Road garage it got demolished except for the frontage which was listed and flats and shops were built behind it.

Tootal Heralds

Tootal take delivery of Triumph Heralds from Drabble & Allen Ltd

It was reported in the Standard Triumph Review dated June 1963. A fleet of forty Herald 1200s were sold by Standard-Triumph main dealers, Drabble and Allen Ltd of Altrincham, Cheshire to Tootal Broadhurst Lee Co Ltd, the tie people.

Mr J F Moore (left) of Drabble and Allen is handing over one of the keys to Mr. G. R. Leighton, Sales Manager of Tootal Broadhurst Lee.

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Further information and sources

Link to a list of Manchester area Standard Triumph dealers

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:

A G Boyes & Co Ltd of Huddersfield - Triumph car dealers 77

A G Boyes Co Ltd are the feature business in this post about Standard Triumph car dealers in the Huddersfield area.  The company was established in 1924.

A G Boyes & Co Ltd, Huddersfield dealer address stamp on TR6 brochure

According to an extract from Who's Who in the Motor Industry 1953 which is available on the graceguide.co.uk website A G Boyes Co Ltd were a car and commercial vehicle stockist.  The directors were A G Boyes M.I.M.I.S, S Thornton M.I.M.R.S and R S Hallas MBE.

In 1964 Leonard  Butters and his wife bought A.G. Boyes and  renamed it Boyes Garages.  The business folded in the late 1970s.

Geoff Boycott

Geoff Boycott in a new Herald convertible

Mr. Leonard Butters shows Geoff Boycott the controls of a Herald

It was reported in the Standard Triumph Review of May 1965 that: Geoff Boycott, Yorkshire and England opening batsman, is canny enough to go to a Triumph Distributor for a new car and was also enough of a Yorkshireman to purchase the car before the Budget was announced. In the picture he is seen trying a Herald convertible when he went shopping at A G. Boyes & Co. Ltd., Standard-Triumph Distributors, Huddersfield, at the invitation of Mr. Leonard Butters, Managing Director. Mr. Butters met the England cricketer at a cricket dinner recently, and as a result Mr. Boycott visited the garage at Queensgate and tested many of the cars.

Invoices

A G Boyes Co Ltd invoice 10August 1966

This A G Boyes Co Ltd invoice from 10 August 1966 shows that the directors at that time were Mr Leonard Butters, Mrs Joan Butters and J C M Smith.

A G Boyes Co Ltd invoice 8 February 1967

In 1967 the business had branches at Manchester Road Marsden; Newsome Road, Newsome and Halifax Road, Birchencliffe. 

Views of the buildings

A G Boyes Triumph Herald launch display

An alternative view of the garage.

A G Boyes

A G Boyes & Co Ltd, Chapel Hill, Huddersfield

Dealer address

October 1955, 1959, August 1961:
Distributor: A G Boyes & Co Ltd, East Parade phone 7676/7/8

February 1965, September 1968, March 1970, March 1972, March 1974:
Distributor: A G Boyes & Co Ltd, Queensgate HD1 2JE phone 27676/7/8

March 1974:
Distributor: Boyes Garages (Huddersfield) Ltd, Queensgate HD1 2JE phone 27676/7/8

Show and Service week

Staff from Standard Triumph HQ visited the business and assisted with week long Show and Service promotion at Queensgate 22 to 26 February 1965, 16 to 20 October 1967 and 4 to 8 November 1968.  and at East Parade from 21 to 25 November 1960.

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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: Geoff Boycott in a new Herald convertible + Mr. Leonard Butters shows Geoff Boycott the controls of a Herald from the Standard Triumph Review May 1965; Invoices images downloaded from eBID website; A G Boyes & Co Ltd, Chapel Hill, Huddersfield posted facebook by David Simpson;

Portsmouth - Triumph car dealers 78

This post is a list of Standard Triumph car dealers in the Portsmouth area compiled from my collection of dealer directories.

April 1951:
Righton & Bennett, Ltd, Motor Corner, Stoke Road, GOSPORT.
Weston Hart, 84 London Road, North End, PORTSMOUTH.
E. Wyatt, 10 Queens "Road, PORTSMOUTH.
E.M.A., Ltd., Tudor House, Grove Road South, SOUTHSEA.
Haig's Motor Co., Ltd., Austin House, Granada Road, SOUTHSEA.
Seals of Southsea, Ltd., P-H Highland Road, SOUTHSEA.
Wadham Bros., SOUTHSEA.

October 1955:
Distributor
Wadham Bros Ltd, Standard House, 89 Palmerston Road, Southsea, - phone 2468
Dealer
James Bryant & Sons, National Garage, Twyford Avenue. - phone 4006 and 716941
Area Dealer
Righton & Bennett, Ltd, Motor Corner, Stoke Road, Gosport - phone 8183/4

1959, August 1961:
Distributor
Munn & Underwood, Standard House, 89 Palmerston Road, Southsea, - phone 35541
Dealers
L Bartlett, Cambridge Garage, 17/18 High Street, - phone 22946
James Bryant & Sons, National Garage, Twyford Avenue. - phone 60301
Eastern Garages (Southsea) Ltd, 128 Milton Road, - phone 31493
A E Hayter & Sons Ltd, 201/205 Milton Road, - phone 27064
Linnington Bros (1945) Ltd, 30/32 Commercial Road, - phone 21661
Righton & Bennett Ltd, Portsdown Garage, Northern Road, Cosham. tel 79259/75372

February 1965:
Distributor
Portsmouth Garages Ltd, 128 Milton Road, - phone 35453 stores 35165
Dealers
Cambridge Garage (Portsmouth) Ltd, 17/18 High Street, - phone 22946
Highbury Cars (Portsmouth) Ltd, 401 Commercial Road, - phone 23754
Righton & Bennett, Ltd, Motor Corner, Stoke Road, Gosport - phone 83314

September 1968:
Distributor
Portsmouth Garages Ltd, 128 Milton Road, - phone 35453 stores 35165
Dealers
Cambridge Garage (Portsmouth) Ltd, 17/18 High Street, - phone 22946
Portsmouth Garages Ltd, Motor Corner, Stoke Road, Gosport - phone 83314

March 1970:
Distributor
Portsmouth Garages Ltd, 128 Milton Road, - phone 35453 stores 35165

Dealers
Cambridge Garage (Portsmouth) Ltd, 17/18 High Street, - phone 22946

March 1972:
Distributor
Portsmouth Garages Ltd, 128 Milton Road, - phone 35453 stores 35165

March 1974:
Distributor
Wadham Stringer (Portsea) Ltd, 41 Castle Road, Southsea, PO5 3AX phone 27261/8

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If you have any information or recollections about any Standard or Triumph dealer in Portsmouth 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 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:

Hills Piccadilly Ltd of Manchester - Triumph car dealers 74C

This short post is about Hills Piccadilly Ltd a Standard Triumph car dealer in Manchester.

Hills Piccadilly Ltd of Manchester 1966

The earliest record I have is from a Standard Triumph dealer directory dated October 1955 - Hills Piccadilly Ltd, Port Street, 1. - Phone Central 4311.  By the time of the last record I have in March 1970 they listed as being at Tariff Street.

The business held several franchases.  At the time of the photo of their forecourt they were selling Citoen, Ford and Triumph cars.

Site of Hills Piccadilly Ltd in Manchester 2014

I understand that the building was knocked down in 2014 and that there is now a car park on the site.

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If you have any more information or recollections about Hills Piccadilly Ltd or any other Standard or Triumph dealer in Manchester 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 https://www.facebook.com/stephen.weblin

Further information and sources

Link to a list of Manchester area Standard Triumph dealers

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: Hills Piccadilly Ltd of Manchester 1966 and Site of Hills Piccadilly Ltd in Manchester 2014 photos posted by Duncan Gill to facebook.

H Clifford & Sons Ltd of Nottingham - Triumph car dealer 72C

H Clifford & Sons Ltd of Chilwell Nottingham feature in this short  post about Standard Triumph car dealers in the Nottingham area.

H Clifford & Sons Ltd were based at Bramcote Avenue, Chilwell.  The business is no more.  The tall man in the photo is Herbert Clifford senior - founder of the business. Herbert Clifford junior his son is in the white coat.  According to Philip Clifford from whom I got these photos and much of the information to write this post the business ran from the 1950's until the 1990's.  They took on the Skoda franchise in the late 1960's after Standard Triumph ended their relationship with the firm.

Herbert Clifford senior was in the Royal Army Service Corps during the second world war.  After the war he started a haulage business which was taken over during the Nationalisation of the freight industry in the 19040's.  He then started a chauffeur driven service with 2 sons.  That developed into a general motor trade operation and eventually a Standard Triumph dealership in the 1950's.

H Clifford & Sons Ltd the company was incorporated 19 October 1951 and dissolved 26 August 1997.

Show and Service week

Staff from Standard Triumph HQ visited the business and assisted with week long Show and Service promotion at Bramcote Avenue from 11 to 15 April1960.

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If you have any more information or recollections about H Clifford & Sons Ltd of Chilwell or any other Nottingham area 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 https://www.facebook.com/stephen.weblin

Further information and sources

See also my earlier post about Mitchells of Nottingham the area Triumph 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:All these photos are from Philip Clifford grandson of Herbert Clifford senior.