Dan16v Posted November 10, 2015 Share Posted November 10, 2015 I’m not sure if this is the right place for this topic, but I spent an interesting afternoon looking at the build archives at the Heritage Motor Center and tracked down the shipping slip and build slip for my GT6.The dealer is listed as Carrs Auto Sales LTD Croydon, I can find a little bit of info on the net that they were a big Triumph dealer back in the day and an address that doesn’t exist today (2 standard house, south End, Croydon)But I can’t seem to find much else, does anyone have any info? Some pictures of the dealer’s stickers would be a great addition to add to the car.Dan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnD Posted November 10, 2015 Share Posted November 10, 2015 Gone US-side?http://www.carrsgarage.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnD Posted November 10, 2015 Share Posted November 10, 2015 Rufus Carr, Clitheroe? Ford now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnD Posted November 10, 2015 Share Posted November 10, 2015 Carr's of Exeter, Purveyors of luxury motor vehicles to the discerning rich - Ferraris and Maseratis (And, ahem! VW vans) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve AKA vitessesteve Posted November 10, 2015 Share Posted November 10, 2015 According to http://www.companieslist.co.uk/00424966-carrs-auto-sales-limited a company with that name is trading. However company names change over time and registered address does not equal place where business actually trades. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan16v Posted November 10, 2015 Author Share Posted November 10, 2015 Quoted from vitessesteve According to http://www.companieslist.co.uk/00424966-carrs-auto-sales-limited a company with that name is trading. However company names change over time and registered address does not equal place where business actually trades. I did see that, but checking your link again the company director is listed in old Coulsdon, which is strangely the same town that the first owner of my GT6 came from, so it must be the same one.I think they must have been fairly big, the engine inmy car is not the orginal one and I managed to track the car the engine came from and it went to the same dealer almost a year later Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu 1986 Posted November 11, 2015 Share Posted November 11, 2015 I didn't know that you could go through their archive, I'll have to see if I can get there at some point to have a look myself. I'm quite curious about the supplying dealer for my car and when it was built. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Hammond Posted November 11, 2015 Share Posted November 11, 2015 Frank Carr of Carrs Auto Sales Croydon was a well known Triumph Dealer back in the 50's, 60's and 70's. He was well known to Triumph top brass and as we all know the the Herald was named after the boat the Alec Dick owned at the time, well it was Frank Carr who sold him the boat! I'm not sure whether Frank is still Alive, if he is, he'd be terribly old now. On another subject I know someone who worked for Jack Brabham in the early 1960s..........Mark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan16v Posted November 11, 2015 Author Share Posted November 11, 2015 Quoted from Stu 1986 I didn't know that you could go through their archive, I'll have to see if I can get there at some point to have a look myself. I'm quite curious about the supplying dealer for my car and when it was built. you have to book before hand, but they will let you search through the old microfiche scans for your car, you can find the shipping document and the build slip, its a lot more interesting than just seeing it written on a heritage certificate. They are closing for refurb from the end of the month till feb though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan16v Posted November 11, 2015 Author Share Posted November 11, 2015 Quoted from Mark Hammond Frank Carr of Carrs Auto Sales Croydon was a well known Triumph Dealer back in the 50's, 60's and 70's. He was well known to Triumph top brass and as we all know the the Herald was named after the boat the Alec Dick owned at the time, well it was Frank Carr who sold him the boat! I'm not sure whether Frank is still Alive, if he is, he'd be terribly old now. On another subject I know someone who worked for Jack Brabham in the early 1960s..........Mark thanks Mark, I got an email back from a garage a few doors along from where they were with the info below, it would be great if some photos existedYes Carrs were a Triumph dealer next door to us. Superb prewar style showroom, parquet wood flooring, red carpets between the vehicles and unusually the showroom had “Concave “ glass windows so that you could view the vehicles without reflections. Salesmen wore three piece suits and were terribly deferential in a most charming manner.They had a small three pump petrol forecourt National Benzol I think.They later became Fiat dealer however the site was sold for development during the late 70s or possibly early 80s. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve AKA vitessesteve Posted November 11, 2015 Share Posted November 11, 2015 Companies house the official government site: https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/search/officers?#q=Carrs%20Auto%20Sales%20LTD shows that several Carrs are still involved with the business as directors and lists their home addresses.I can not see Frank Carr amongst the directors now.The company now using the name was started in 1946 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve AKA vitessesteve Posted November 11, 2015 Share Posted November 11, 2015 Frank Carr resigned as from: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu 1986 Posted November 11, 2015 Share Posted November 11, 2015 Quoted from Dan16v They later became Fiat dealer however the site was sold for development during the late 70s or possibly early 80s. That's probably where it all started going wrong! 😀I doubt I'll get anywhere near the Heritage centre for some time, I'll get there one day though and finally get the answers to some questions I've been wondering about for 10 years! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Bancroft Posted November 12, 2015 Share Posted November 12, 2015 Think the Croydon site became part of the A23 gyratory system at the south end of Purley Way.Had two local Triumph dealerships, one at Staines Road West, Ashford, Middlesex and the other being Dobsons, London Road, Staines. These were both BL dealerships and I remember cycling their to ask for brochures. The salesman at Dobsons, gave me a pack of 30 Range Rover brochures, all from 1972, excellent eh! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan16v Posted November 14, 2015 Author Share Posted November 14, 2015 Quoted from timbancroft61 Think the Croydon site became part of the A23 gyratory system at the south end of Purley Way.Had two local Triumph dealerships, one at Staines Road West, Ashford, Middlesex and the other being Dobsons, London Road, Staines. These were both BL dealerships and I remember cycling their to ask for brochures. The salesman at Dobsons, gave me a pack of 30 Range Rover brochures, all from 1972, excellent eh! I don't think its as far up as the A23, it was just at the end of South End road, where it looks like a bit office building has been built on the corner.Im not managing to find much info on it though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve P Posted November 14, 2015 Share Posted November 14, 2015 I remember Dobsons in Staines.Back when i bought my Vitesse in 1985 i used to go to a BL dealer in Queens road,Weybridge to buy parts for it(Unipart)?Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan16v Posted December 9, 2015 Author Share Posted December 9, 2015 I have found a few body plates from that dealer, one must be a sill plate and the other a glove box plate or something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Steve AKA vitessesteve Posted December 30, 2015 Share Posted December 30, 2015 Look my latest eBay purchase. I have never seen this publication before. I have a 1969 Vitesse so now will be able to look up where to get it serviced in 1969. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Hammond Posted December 30, 2015 Share Posted December 30, 2015 Ha ha! I have an earlier one for my Herald. I wonder how many dealers in those directories are still in business?Mark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garyf Posted December 30, 2015 Share Posted December 30, 2015 Marvellous! 🙂Is the Light Car Company of Derby Listed Steve? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve AKA vitessesteve Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 Quoted from garyf Marvellous! 🙂Is the Light Car Company of Derby Listed Steve? Yes they are listed with a star against the name so they were a distributor.The Light Car Co. Ltd., Derwent Street. phone 40584/42293Also listed Allen C H & Sons Ltd 29 Duffield RoadI lived Allestree a while ago so was interested to that Rally Motors Service Station, Blenheim Drive are also listed as a dealer. The business is still there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve AKA vitessesteve Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 I have recently bought a copy of the "Triumph Sales and Service Directory" for 1968/9 which for Croydon shows.Carrs Auto Sales Ltd, Standard House, 2 South End, Croydon as a distributorCarrs Aoto Services Ltd Tamworth Road Service Station, Tamworth Road, as a dealer+ Beddington Lane SS, Beddington Lane, as a dealer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve AKA vitessesteve Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 Thanks to Dan for posting those images of dealer plates.I have recently bought a copy of a list of Triumph dealers - which I will digitise and share later.If anybody else has got images any other different garage plates I would like to see them too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garyf Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 I thought they would be It was a Kenning's Garage in the 80's, I remember getting service parts for my Stag from there.It was all demolished several years ago, there is a used Car Lot on the space now The other two you mention I've never heard of before? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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