New Mobile Trio
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Marianna
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That looks like the side facing Hollowgate. The scene in the episode is the side facing Huddersfield Road.
Help me out here, it has two stickers in the window advertisting the new FORD Escort & Orion. But the cars in the window are an Austin Maestro, Montego, Metro & a 3 series BMW?
That's a little before my time hence my silence ! But the BMW is an E30, one of the last box shaped models.
I agree it looks like an Austin 7
I think in the episode they were a BL dealer,well Austin at least, also in the windows is a sticker for Granada, so I think maybe they were changing over from BL to Ford dealers, or perhaps they were doing both
theatrically_inclined
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For as long as I can remember car dealerships have had exclusivity clauses in their dealer contracts. Where I used to live, the same company sold three different makes of vehicles from three separate showrooms, on the same road, next to each other!
mikey1965uk
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Loving the blokey car conversation. It's like a wonderful light in the often cak darkness of the internet.
I absolutely love this website.
I absolutely love this website.
captain clutterbuck
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Latest models on display at Flinstone and Rubble's dealership. Mr Barnabus Rubble is seen inspecting the luggage space .
In the early 70's I was a parts manager based in St Albans, they had several showrooms dotted around Hertfordshire and one in North London.
In St Albans it was a Vauxhall dealership who then took on one of the first Datsun dealerships in the UK, in other showrooms they sold NSU and VW, those days it was all air cooled engines for VW until the VW K70 was launched, which being water cooled caused quite a stir.
The NSU cars were nothing but trouble and I am glad I had little to do with them, the Vauxhall brand had it's problems and generated a lot of warranty work, The Datsun cars were incredibly reliable.
The company also had a large car hire fleet with extra rental offices dotted around, so they also used a wide variety of cars bought for other dealerships including Ford and British Leyland, the BL cars often needed work doing to them and pretty unreliable, the most popular hire vehicles were the Datsuns and VW Camper Van.
In St Albans it was a Vauxhall dealership who then took on one of the first Datsun dealerships in the UK, in other showrooms they sold NSU and VW, those days it was all air cooled engines for VW until the VW K70 was launched, which being water cooled caused quite a stir.
The NSU cars were nothing but trouble and I am glad I had little to do with them, the Vauxhall brand had it's problems and generated a lot of warranty work, The Datsun cars were incredibly reliable.
The company also had a large car hire fleet with extra rental offices dotted around, so they also used a wide variety of cars bought for other dealerships including Ford and British Leyland, the BL cars often needed work doing to them and pretty unreliable, the most popular hire vehicles were the Datsuns and VW Camper Van.
Bora Natty
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Or the engine, if you're in the colonies. Which is irrelevant anyhow, since they were foot powered. Now, if you're alone in the car, wouldn't it have been simpler, just to walk?
The showroom with Compo in the yellow MG midget is now the entrance to Holmfirth Mills on Huddersfield Road. We shop in there quite often & the interior steps & office window are just the same.
Do you know what they're putting it its place?