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I have just published a blog post about County Motors in Carlisle using the image supplied by Derek from the TR Register.  http://vitessesteve.blogspot.co.uk/2016/05/county-motors-of-carlisle-triumph-car.html



County Garage Ltd was selling Ford, Standard, Triumph and Ferguson before the second world war. After WW2 Ford was taken to court by Ferguson who accused them of stealing his patented 3 point linkage tractor invention. Ferguson won his legal action and decided not to share it with Ford. After this date there were to be no dealerships with both Ford and the Ferguson connected Standard Triumph cars.

County Motors came into being in 1948 selling Standard, Triumph and Alvis cars as well as Ferguson tractors. The car retailer hit its peak in the 1970s, when its showrooms in Rosehill and Botchergate sported offerings from brands such as Jaguar, Daimler, Triumph, Rover and Land Rover. In more recent times it also acted as distributor for Fiat, Daihatsu and Alfa Romeo. Since 2009, however, County Motors dealt only in selling and repairing used cars.

At its peak the business employed over 140 people at several sites. 24 July 2013 saw the appointment of an administrator to the business.  With the closure of the showroom at Kingstown Broadway eight employees working at the dealership, among them owner Barry Tweddle lost their jobs and the business was closed down,

In both the 1965 and 1968/69 Triumph Service Directory  County Motors (Carlisle) Ltd of 14 Botchergate were listed as a distributor with Carlisle Motor Co on Fishergate listed as a dealer. In 1974 only County Motors are still listed as distributor.

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I wonder how many other garages were affected by the spat between Ford and Ferguson.

It would nice to have some more images about County Motors, pictures of the garage or forecourt would be good.

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I have just published a blog post about C Allen and Son (Bristol) Ltd in Bristol. http://vitessesteve.blogspot.co.uk/2016/05/c-allen-and-son-bristol-ltd-triumph-car.html

I have found about the history of the firm but could really do with some more Triumph related material.  However I was sent these pictures of an unusual Triumph document which feature the C Allen dealer stamp.



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Moores of Brighton feature in my latest blog post about Triumph car dealers.  http://vitessesteve.blogspot.co.uk/2016/06/moores-of-brighton-limited-triumph-car.html

If you have any more information about Moores or any other Triumph garage, photos of window stickers or sill plates etc please let me know.

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Moores of Brighton (1924) Limited ran as s Triumph car distributor for many years. From at least 1955 until 1974 they had premises at Russel Square.  I believe the Russell Square building was demolished and that a multistorey car park was built on the site.Over the years the business held several franchases as can be seen in both the adverts on this page.  Prestige brands including Rolls Royce, Bentley, Jensen, Jaguar and Daimler cars were sold from a showroom at 39 Old Steine.  The business was bought by Dutton Forshaw in 1961 but went on trading under the Moores name until sometime after 1968.

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Glad you posted that Steve. I had a herald (very rough, bought as a donor car as it had loads of new stuff, all got used when I build my vitesse)
Anyway, that was a Moores supplied car, and had a Moores treadplate. I have had a look, but it must have gone as it is nowhere to be found (23 years ago)

I remember moores got bought out by Dutton Forshaw at some point, they dealt with luxury motors and had a showroom in Western Road, Brighton, the main shopping street in Brighton. That would be the early 70's

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Triumph car dealers in Exeter feature in my latest blog post: http://vitessesteve.blogspot.co.uk/2016/07/motor-macs-exeter-ltd-and-lock-bros-of.html



Motor Macs (Exeter) Ltd and Lock Bros of Exeter



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If you have any more information or recollections about these garages, 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

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The Exeter post was number 18 in my series about Triumph car dealers since then I have done these.
Lambs Ltd of Woodford Green - Triumph Car dealers 19:
Patmore Bros Limited, Loughton Essex - Triumph Car dealers 19a
Newton Baker Ltd of Leicester - Triumph Car Dealers 17a
Wicliffe Motor Co Ltd of Stroud, Gloucester and Tewkesbury - Triumph Car Dealers 20



My dealer directories cover the period from 1955 until 1974.  I have not been able to find when Wicliffe Motor Co Ltd got the Triumph franchise can you help?



Anybody know anything about this pickup?

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Hi Steve,

Just to indulge your "weird perversion"   with old ex-Triumph Dealers, there a 1970 one owner 13/60 convertible on eBay currently, it shows a rear window sticker that looks suspiciously like Caffyns (well known and long established dealer group who still exist).

Here is the link:http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1970.....9:g:FPAAAOSwdzVXnzjG

Mark

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Good spot Mark - pretty unusual to see anything convertible tops


Especially 46 year old ones!  Most people took 'em off when they got the car home.  On my Herald that is what my grandfather did once we got home from the dealership.  He kept the tax disc holder though and I was still using it up until tax discs finished.

M.

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Article 22 in my series about Triumph car dealers features Arthur Prince's Garage Limited of Loughborough.

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If you have any more information or recollections about this or any other Standard Triumph garage, photos of window stickers, dealer badges, tax disc holders, invoices, key fobs or sill plates etc please let me know.

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Here is the third version of a Carrs of Croydon sill plate.  It sent to me via facebook from Rie Kurahashi in Canada.  The plate is on his friends Vitesse which is in Japan. What a amasing connected world we live in.


have you any larger versions of the picture, it shows up quite small?  any idea what year car the plate is from?  

Dan

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