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| 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.
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| 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.
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| 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
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| 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.
Plea for information
If you have any more information or recollections about Drabble and Allen 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.weblinFurther information and sources
Link to a list of Manchester area Standard Triumph dealersLink 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:
Hi there, I was an apprentice at D&A in hale from January 1976. If this is still active I am happy to share my thoughts with you.
ReplyDeleteThanks Paul.
Hi Paul, did you ever deal with the Wilmslow Road branch ? My father worked there at this time as a sales manager until he sadly passed away in 1982. His name was Ronald Aspinall. If not, do you know anyone who may have known him? He was always coming home in triumph cars , I remember a yellow TR7 quite vividly.
DeleteI own a Series 3 Land Rover, this was delivered new to Drabble and Allen on the 24th November 1981.
ReplyDeleteInteresting to see they were Triumph main dealers... I don't know which branch the vehicle was delivered to, paperwork I have just says Drabble and Allen, Manchester unfortunately. They must have held it in stock, as it was first registered in Feb '82, to a joinery company from Stockport.
So, not just Triumph etc...
Thanks for the details about the company. Interesting to see the photos too.
andromeda431- Paul I am always happy to here about Triumph car dealers
ReplyDeleteI have just acquired a Vitesse that was sold by Drabble and Allen on the 20th March 1970. The price was £1072.13.4 minus part ex of £300 for another Vitesse.
ReplyDeleteTotal paid. £772.13.4