Re: old garages
Posted: Sun Sep 25, 2022 1:59 pm
Filling up on the 1969 Scottish Rally
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Re: old garages
Posted: Sat Oct 08, 2022 10:00 am
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.
Re: old garages
Posted: Sat Oct 08, 2022 10:03 am
My first 2 MG Metros came out of that very building, nice reminder…hanlminiman wrote: ↑Sat Oct 08, 2022 10:00 am 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.
Re: old garages
Posted: Sat Oct 08, 2022 3:49 pm
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.
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.
Re: old garages
Posted: Sat Oct 08, 2022 4:12 pm
Mums XR2 came from there when they changed 
Re: old garages
Posted: Sat Oct 08, 2022 7:53 pm
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
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Photo: Heritage Commercials magazine
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Re: old garages
Posted: Sat Oct 08, 2022 7:59 pm
Three Minivans bought from Bournemouth Imperial for Sean Hickey Photography in 1963
More info here:-
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Re: old garages
Posted: Sat Oct 08, 2022 9:48 pm
That rang a bell, I think I got some rare dolly sprint parts from there, or maybe minisurfblue63 wrote: ↑Sat Oct 08, 2022 3:49 pm 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
Re: old garages
Posted: Mon Dec 26, 2022 1:50 pm
Darlington: Dove's of Bondgate selling the new country-going Mini Countryman in 1969
Re: old garages
Posted: Mon Dec 26, 2022 1:51 pm
Re: old garages
Posted: Mon Jan 02, 2023 11:44 pm
London?
Re: old garages
Posted: Mon Jan 02, 2023 11:46 pm
JC’s gaff
Re: old garages
Posted: Tue Jan 03, 2023 7:37 am
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?
Re: old garages
Posted: Tue Jan 03, 2023 8:26 am
Here you go, think this is it, who would think a building would evolve from a garage to a court building !Old English White wrote: ↑Tue Jan 03, 2023 7:37 amNo 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?
Re: old garages
Posted: Tue Jan 03, 2023 8:42 am
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! 
Re: old garages
Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2023 2:05 pm
Berkshire :
Re: old garages
Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2023 5:05 pm
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.
Used to get most of my parts from there.
Had a great team on the service reception and always helpful.
Now long gone sadly.
Re: old garages
Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2023 8:19 pm
It's a US market two door on a fake number plate.Old English White wrote: ↑Tue Jan 03, 2023 7:37 amNo 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?
Re: old garages
Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2023 8:20 pm
Hartwells Kidlington were always the best imo.Old English White wrote: ↑Tue Jan 03, 2023 8:42 am 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!
Re: old garages
Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2023 8:53 pm
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.