Does anyone know the name of the BMC Dealer that was on Canterbury Rd, Dulwich Hill back in 68. That was where I bought my Mk 1 S. Just trying to piece together a History.

sorry wasnt even born then

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I've also been chasing late 60's dealership information

I wonder if this is worth a sticky somewhere that could be added to as information comes to light?

I realise that lots of cars history has been well and truely lost over the years but from time to time this sort of information does surface

thoughts??

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'62 Morris 850 (Marion)
'65 Mini Delux - sleeper 1275/S discs (Ms Plum)
'69 Vanden Plas Princess 1300
'71 Wolseley 1300
'74 Austin 1300 Countryman
'94 XJ6 Sport 3.2
'04 Rover 75 CDTi

I was wondering that myself .

NLJ000 , I've checked the varioushandbooks here and no mention of that one , I'll go through my brochures and see what dealer stamps are on them later .

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Wood Bros. Mechanics in Bourke were a dealership. But that is a loong way from Dulwich Hill.

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regal motors were in mann street gosford in the sixty's ..... got that from the passport to service
makka

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Was the dealership on New Canterbury Road ?

Just re read yr orig post.

The dealer was L & D Motors - their main dealership was at Campsie.

The business was a partnership between Mr Alf Lucky and Mr Alan Dale. During the 70's they also bought Purnell Motors at Arncliffe. Purnells is now own exclusively by the Dale family.

Hope this helps.

Thanks Karcraft, that was quick. My dad also bought a Mini-matic at the same time. He had it for a year and sold it with only 300 miles on it. Only had my S for about 2 years and sold it . cost me to much in repairs as I drove it to hard. Won't say what it was traded on though.

i may aswell jump in here..

i was told my car was from melton or milton (victoria?) anyone got any info on either of them?

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Rod Dale used to campaign an Anglia sports sedan in the 70's as well as did Chris Heyer of heyer Ford Dubbo

Hi Cush

it's most likely Melton as there isn't a Milton in Victoria that I've ever heard of.

There was never a BMC dealer in Melton as far as I can find out so most likely the car would ahve come from Ballarat or perhaps Footscray?

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'62 Morris 850 (Marion)
'65 Mini Delux - sleeper 1275/S discs (Ms Plum)
'69 Vanden Plas Princess 1300
'71 Wolseley 1300
'74 Austin 1300 Countryman
'94 XJ6 Sport 3.2
'04 Rover 75 CDTi

I got my first Mini from DENTS in Keilor Road, Essendon, they were one of the BMC dealers here in Melbourne and that was in December, 1969..

I purchased my current Cooper S when it was 2 years old from the sister of the Sales Manager at Lanes Motors in Hartwell (near Camberwell in Melbourne).
There was another dealer nearby in Murrumbeena known as 'Heads of Murrumbeena' which I also frequented regularly.

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'64 Cooper 'S' (Group Nb spec)
'67 Mini Marcos GT www.mm7056.wordpress.com

Greg,
You've been doing a bit of lurking if you joined in Aug 2004 and only have 17 posts
cheers
Kevin.

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