old garages

[surfblue63]

Filling up on the 1969 Scottish Rally

1969 scottish.jpg

[hanlminiman]

1st Mini in Chipping Campden sold by the garage not in 1959 as first thought as Bill Bell has pointed out it is a 1961 car. Garage still operated by the family on the site after > 100 years but the building has been converted to house shop units.

[snoopy64]

1st Mini sold by the garage in 1959. Garage still operated by the family on the site after > 100 years but the building has been converted to house shop units.

My first 2 MG Metros came out of that very building, nice reminder…

[surfblue63]

An MG Metro at Cutts




Little bit of history here

https://www.cuttsofcampden.co.uk/aboutus.php

Eventually they went changed to a Ford Franchise.


The building is in the yard behind the Red Lion pub.

cutts.jpg

[snoopy64]

Mums XR2 came from there when they changed

[mab01uk]

Alsop's Garage, Newport in 1968 with a BMC sales forecourt of new unregistered Minivans at £475, a Mini Pickup and other BMC Commercial vehicles including the rarer 'Austin' versions of the Minor van all available at bargain prices.....


Photo: Heritage Commercials magazine

Previously posted in this thread:-
viewtopic.php?t=7679

[mab01uk]

Three Minivans bought from Bournemouth Imperial for Sean Hickey Photography in 1963
More info here:-
viewtopic.php?p=81837#p81837

[AndyPen]

An MG Metro at Cutts




Little bit of history here

https://www.cuttsofcampden.co.uk/aboutus.php

Eventually they went changed to a Ford Franchise.


The building is in the yard behind the Red Lion pub.


cutts.jpg

That rang a bell, I think I got some rare dolly sprint parts from there, or maybe mini

[larrysimon]

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Darlington: Dove's of Bondgate selling the new country-going Mini Countryman in 1969

[larrysimon]

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[Pete]

London?

[Pete]

JC’s gaff

[Old English White]

London?

No Pete, that is Morris Garages in St. Aldates Oxford. The modified building is now the Oxford Court building and quite often shown on TV when a prominent court case is ongoing. I remember going there there regularly to collect and deliver cars and parts in years gone by. It was a grand place!
That is a great photo and the MG1100 is wearing a local Oxford registration number from, I think, 1962. It looks to be a LHD export model doesn't it?

[Exminiman]

London?

No Pete, that is Morris Garages in St. Aldates Oxford. The modified building is now the Oxford Court building and quite often shown on TV when a prominent court case is ongoing. I remember going there there regularly to collect and deliver cars and parts in years gone by. It was a grand place!
That is a great photo and the MG1100 is wearing a local Oxford registration number from, I think, 1962. It looks to be a LHD export model doesn't it?

Here you go, think this is it, who would think a building would evolve from a garage to a court building !

Oxford Court Building.jpg

[Old English White]

That is indeed the present Court building and former Morris Garages. It was built in the 1930s and had a lift on the ground floor to hoist cars up to the upper floor service departments! The parts dept. was at the rear and I was a frequent visitor. The staff wouldn't serve you unless you could quote the chassis number of the car in question. I had an MG Midget in the 1970s and the chassis number - GAN4 54403 - is still imprinted on my brain from all those years ago - although I have trouble remembering my date of birth or mobile telephone number nowadays!

[Pete]

Berkshire :

[rpb203]

Actually top end of Dukes Ride in Crowthorne.
Used to get most of my parts from there.
Had a great team on the service reception and always helpful.
Now long gone sadly.

[Costafortune]

London?

No Pete, that is Morris Garages in St. Aldates Oxford. The modified building is now the Oxford Court building and quite often shown on TV when a prominent court case is ongoing. I remember going there there regularly to collect and deliver cars and parts in years gone by. It was a grand place!
That is a great photo and the MG1100 is wearing a local Oxford registration number from, I think, 1962. It looks to be a LHD export model doesn't it?

It's a US market two door on a fake number plate.

[Costafortune]

That is indeed the present Court building and former Morris Garages. It was built in the 1930s and had a lift on the ground floor to hoist cars up to the upper floor service departments! The parts dept. was at the rear and I was a frequent visitor. The staff wouldn't serve you unless you could quote the chassis number of the car in question. I had an MG Midget in the 1970s and the chassis number - GAN4 54403 - is still imprinted on my brain from all those years ago - although I have trouble remembering my date of birth or mobile telephone number nowadays!

Hartwells Kidlington were always the best imo.

[3disco]

My mother purchased a metro from AC Barnes and was the first time I had seen the then new KV6 engine in a Rover 825.