Car Dealers, Garages, Petrol Stations

Another cracker from CliffB and possibly another Ebay sale -

Great pic Neil Just look at those lights on top of the gate posts !!

As they've been mentioned on this thread. Does anyone have any images of this dealer? I don't think they were there long (I can't see them listed in the directories) -

Hi Neil et al, I have a 1972 Directory which I haven't shared with you, I don't have the energy to digitise it. But. . . it does have an entry for Rickards, Philip, Barras Heath Service Station, Mercer Ave., Tel. Coventry 52236. This helps with the timing but no images. There has been a long standing car sales and petrol station near to the junction of Coventry Street (before Mercer Avenue becomes Clay Lane), was the car sales Stuart Price? I know a chap called Entwistle had the petrol station for a while. Link https://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/coventry-news/titanic-feat-of-model-making-3124569 I think this is the chap, no mention of Mercer Avenue, but I know he had links with the Potters Green business, a chap named Dave Cagey was prominent in the business too.

They were advertising in Union Street in 1961 to 1966. They are also advertising on London Road.

A lot of discussion on the Holyhead Road garages but haven't seen a mention of Godfrey Hall BMW which is a bit newer. I moved to Coventry in 1989 and remember walking past it into town in the era Godfrey Hall, the owner, used to race in the BTCC, and I seem to remember the race cars were prepared in a small garage on the site, with the doors being opened on hot days so you could see the cars.

Hi Andermt. 128 Holyhead Road is still a BMW dealership, It was taken over by Syntner.

C&E Motors were operating there in late 1970; my dad bought his new HC Viva from them at that time. He'd previously bought a new HA Viva from W. Brandish, in Whitefriar's Street, which was where I bought my new HB Viva SL (GKV697D) in November 1966.

Hi ChrisW, welcome to the forum.

C & E were Cross and Ellis who, pre war, were coachbuilders supplying bodies to all the major manufacturers in the 20s and 30s. They had premises in Stoke row, I believe.