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paul55
Luxembourg
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 Posted - 11/12/2017 : 18:13:33
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Too right Alan, and now Alastair Naylor has retired, and Naylor Bros is gone. But its been taken over (sort of) by Chris Baker at Yorkshire Restorations. They are on the same lane as Naylors used to be.
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powerplus
United Kingdom
599 Posts |
Posted - 11/12/2017 : 18:24:55
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Originally posted by powerplus
For those of us who lived in North East England, Hoffman and Robinson, who were wreckers in Canal Road, Bradford, satisfied our spares requirements during 1960/70s. They specialised in MG spares and always had a wide range of used Triple-M parts. The advent of Naylor Bros, who set up business in nearby Shipley, was too much for them and they subsequently closed.
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paul55
Luxembourg
731 Posts |
Posted - 11/12/2017 : 18:32:20
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Sorry Alan are we at cross purposes here, or have our posts crossed?
Paul.
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Ray Masters
United Kingdom
568 Posts |
Posted - 11/12/2017 : 18:47:21
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When l got my first P type in 1959 Archway Eng. was a good supply of parts as others have said .
I also sent for a catalogue of parts from Thomson’s in London & l still have it ... somewhere!.
Another source of second hand parts was Evans scrap yard in north Manchester.
Deansgate was indeed full of motor spares shops . Can’t think of their names now except Hopwoods. Probably the first set of Bonneville con rods was bought from one of the motorcycle spares shop there in the mid 50s by Geoff Monk for use in the Q type engine of his single seater.
There was also Stan Bolton wheel builders shop on Liverpool road .
Happy days , to say nothing of the prices . But there again many meant a lot of saving up for !. |
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powerplus
United Kingdom
599 Posts |
Posted - 11/12/2017 : 18:58:18
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Apologies Paul, just correcting my geography!
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Oz34
United Kingdom
2542 Posts |
Posted - 11/12/2017 : 18:58:26
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My gosh Nick, what I remember of the Bones' Greenwich place didn't seem to have large enough spaces for fire engines. They also operated at various times from their Dad's place in Crawley and from two different premises in Steyning.
I also remember A.E. Witham having a typical garage in Hersham on what is now the A244 just south of the railway bridge. It's all houses now.
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paul55
Luxembourg
731 Posts |
Posted - 11/12/2017 : 19:05:00
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No problem Alan, thought that I had miss-read something...wouldn't have been the first time though.
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Mikeenty
United Kingdom
198 Posts |
Posted - 11/12/2017 : 19:23:27
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Hi David r.
The engine parts place on Liverpool Road was C.W.Milks, they had everything, it seemed. Opposite was Jim Griffiths operating in a cellar who rebuilt my NA dynamo. Next to Milks was a motorbike bloke who rebuilt my wire wheels. Just down the road on Whitworth Street was Roscoe Howard and Tickle, (yes really!) engineers who did boring and grinding.
Mancunian Springs under the rail arches, opposite the old DOT motorbike shop. What you couldn’t get repaired in Manchester wasn’t worth repairing.
Talking about unusual names of engineers, there was a spring company in Ardwick called Circuit and Hinchcliffe! They made my front springs from Blower’s diagram as a “foreigner “ on Saturday mornings. Bacon and eggs cooked on a pan in the forge. Different, magical, days of discovery for a lad of 17. |
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Mikeenty
United Kingdom
198 Posts |
Posted - 11/12/2017 : 19:27:20
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Hi Ray
I had forgotten about Evans’ scrapyards. I got a PB gearbox and diff for a Fiver.
Mike |
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David R
United Kingdom
289 Posts |
Posted - 11/12/2017 : 19:49:37
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Ray and Mike
It's all coming back now after over 50 years. Milks was a tiny cramped shop when you went in and I think had a wooden counter and a wooden floor. I think Circuit and Hincliffe were going until quite recently. There was also another spring firm just out of town towards Stretford as they did some springs for my Austin 7 in the early 90s.
My favourite scrap yards were in Dukinfield along the River Tame valley - bought a wheel for the TA for £1.00 there.
There was also a chrome plater on Ashton Old Road and another one in Ashton under Lyne itself that had premises like Dante's Inferno - all bubbling and seething.
There was also Sports Motors if you went up market for your car.
David
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Cymber
United Kingdom
966 Posts |
Posted - 11/12/2017 : 21:38:57
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Happy days!
I have a Thomson's catalogue from 1958 in which the prices will astound you. I'll scan it and post it some time.
Maurice.
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JohnE
United Kingdom
373 Posts |
Posted - 11/12/2017 : 21:49:09
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I liked the mysterious premises of the 60's, down the end of muddy lanes or even I seem to remember Toulmins in a farmyard attached to Syon House before they went to the shop just off the A4. You may be pleased to know they are still with us;
http://www.toulminmotors.co.uk/about-us/
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Westbury
United Kingdom
2010 Posts |
Posted - 11/12/2017 : 21:51:44
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Hello Maurice.
Would be very pleased to see Thompson’s List sometime.Do you remember Motolympia that used to be in Welshpool ?A very good source of Spares for many years. The proprietor was Mr. Ward, a true gentleman who always had a bowl of hot water, soap and a towel ready for you after your rummage!
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Mikeenty
United Kingdom
198 Posts |
Posted - 11/12/2017 : 22:15:21
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Dear David r and Ray,
I remember the chrome plater on Ashton old Road, Pin Mill Brow. All yellow fumes and bubbling baths. What a stink!
Thinking of this one realises why elf and safety came about.
Mike |
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Mikeenty
United Kingdom
198 Posts |
Posted - 11/12/2017 : 22:33:41
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Ah! David r,
Sports Motors. Rodney Bloor was part of the Ted Lund MGA Tin Can effort at Le Mans. He saw me coming when he sold me a Lotus in the late 60s..
It was a formula Junior 1959 car, chassis 20/003. I paid 80 for it and was happy to get 200 for it in the 70s. It is worth two six cylinder mmm cars now!!!
But I had fun fun fun Til.......
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