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MJM20
United Kingdom
111 Posts |
 Posted - 05/08/2014 : 19:46:01
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Thanks for this information everyone. I am currently on a fact finding mission in London (Car Mart & UM). I have Mansfield's on my database I will do some detailed research upon my return. With regards to Skurrays it is interesting to hear about the Police link. Earlier this week I contacted a person within Skurrays Vauxhall dealer in Swindon - in the hope that they are one and the same - I have yet to here anything back.
Thanks once again
Matthew |
Edited by - MJM20 on 05/08/2014 19:47:29 |
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George Eagle
United Kingdom
3240 Posts |
Posted - 05/08/2014 : 22:11:48
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On re-reading my posting I noted a typo - it should have read the Chief Constable's son wrote the car off.
George
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JDoe
United Kingdom
85 Posts |
Posted - 06/08/2014 : 07:23:17
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The dealership that sold my J2, Croall Bryson & Co of Melrose, are still in business (though they are now a Land Rover dealership).
I phoned them to see if they had any record of my car and after being kept on hold for a few minutes I was told:" Yes here it is. A green J2 sold to Mr T Scott on the 17th of Feb 1934."
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MJM20
United Kingdom
111 Posts |
Posted - 06/08/2014 : 10:50:16
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Hi Andrew
Thanks for that information I will add your car to the spreadsheet, would it be possible to have your cars chassis no? As the spreadsheet uses the chassis no the search.
In hindsight you could have also asked them for some spare parts, after all workshop manuals and the car itself ask you to contact the suppling dealership for parts.
Thanks
Matthew |
Edited by - MJM20 on 06/08/2014 10:52:57 |
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MJM20
United Kingdom
111 Posts |
Posted - 06/08/2014 : 18:52:03
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Hi
Something that cropped up in London my research that confused me slightly, The Great Northern Motor Co (London) Limited did they have any link to MG?
Thanks
Matthew |
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Oz34
United Kingdom
2539 Posts |
Posted - 06/08/2014 : 19:04:57
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You mention Matthew asking the supplying garage for spare parts. In the late '60s I discovered that the MG dealers (sorry, can't remember their name) in Perth (the original one!) had parts lists for certainly the P & N Types & suggested that they were hardly likely to need them again & perhaps they might like to "lose" them. Their reply was that they couldn't possibly do so; some one might come in tomorrow asking for a steering wiggle woggle or a headlamp widget.
Happy days,
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MJM20
United Kingdom
111 Posts |
Posted - 06/08/2014 : 19:14:30
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I'm not restoring an MMM but I can imagine the delight of someone who is, who happened upon the original supplying dealer and obtained that rarest of items a NOS item. I have identified a couple of dealerships in Perth that might jog your memory - Perth Garage Limited & Shield's Motor Co Limited.
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Matthew |
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MG Maverick
United Kingdom
1045 Posts |
Posted - 06/08/2014 : 19:26:10
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I remember Mansfields had a garage in Lewes, East Sussex. I used to pass there every day on my way to school ( I used to walk a mile to school and back )and I always had a look at the cars in for servicing..if I only could afford a camera !
Chris ( J2353 )
Brighton, East Sussex & Paphos, Cyprus. |
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MG Maverick
United Kingdom
1045 Posts |
Posted - 06/08/2014 : 19:29:42
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Brigdens of Brighton. Yes they used to service the vans for my father in laws bakery business in Brighton pre- war. They were mainly Austin 10 vans and needed a frequent ' de-coke ', that an expression one dose'nt hear often today ! And I can remember my father in law saying that the vans were hand painted by the garage. mmm !
Chris ( J2353 )
Brighton, East Sussex & Paphos, Cyprus. |
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MJM20
United Kingdom
111 Posts |
Posted - 06/08/2014 : 19:31:10
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Thanks for that Chris, I only have Mansfields in Brighton. You don't happen to know which street in Lewes? I will endeavour to obtain as much photographic & documentary evidence for each and every dealership.
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Matthew |
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MG Maverick
United Kingdom
1045 Posts |
Posted - 06/08/2014 : 19:33:01
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I will go on the Lewes Forum and see if anyone has any photos.
Chris ( J2353 )
Brighton, East Sussex & Paphos, Cyprus. |
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Oz34
United Kingdom
2539 Posts |
Posted - 06/08/2014 : 23:43:52
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I'm afraid Matthew that the names mean nothing to me & I can't even remember where in the town this one was located!
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Malcolm Eades
United Kingdom
379 Posts |
Posted - 07/08/2014 : 16:48:39
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Chris,
If you know a dealership name and the town where it was located, local directories like Kelly's and, indeed, old phone books, can often pinpoint the address.. Some of these old records are online via genealogy resources like Ancestry.
Malcolm
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spatek
United Kingdom
218 Posts |
Posted - 08/08/2014 : 20:15:17
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| I used to own Fo353 and it was supplied to Squire motors Remenham hill Hendon as a demonstration car I believe they were MG agents as well as building the Squire sports car. My F2 F1441 was sold by Bambers of Birkdale Lancs although Timberlakes of Wigan seem to have been the main agent. hope this some use to you in you research. |
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George Eagle
United Kingdom
3240 Posts |
Posted - 08/08/2014 : 21:43:48
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Hi Terry
Welcome to the Forum.
George
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