Peter - interesting dealer files. I think Norman Nock's son still repairs
Brit cars in Stockton. We had thursday evening technical inspections prior
to weekend racing, at Carl Block's in Oakland. Also had the same at Ed
Lesley's Motors in Monterey prior to Laguna Seca races. The storehouse of
"golden memories" has been stimulated....
On Sat, Mar 21, 2009 at 10:47 PM, Peter Ziedrich <zied@redwoodempiremini.com
> wrote:
> Both Washburn and Ralph Vesper were a block and a half from each other and
> both sold new British Leyland Jaguars, Land Rovers, Triumphs, Austins &
> MGs.
>
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>
> Peter Ziedrich
> Redwood Empire Mini Enthusiasts
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: nobbc-bounces@autox.team.net [mailto:nobbc-bounces@autox.team.net]
> On
> Behalf Of Peter Ziedrich
> Sent: Saturday, March 21, 2009 10:42 PM
> To: 'North Bay British Car Club'
> Subject: Re: [Nobbc] British car dealerships in the area
>
> What a little search on the internet does... this should interest a lot of
> you.
>
> http://tr6.danielsonfamily.org/Files/DealerBrochure.pdf
>
>
> Peter Ziedrich
> Redwood Empire Mini Enthusiasts
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: nobbc-bounces@autox.team.net [mailto:nobbc-bounces@autox.team.net]
> On
> Behalf Of G. Mugele
> Sent: Saturday, March 21, 2009 7:13 PM
> To: North Bay British Car Club
> Subject: Re: [Nobbc] British car dealerships in the area
>
> Hi Don and Robin,
>
> I think the place you're describing on SR Ave. was Vesper Motors. I
> recall a Washburn Motors but I think the Santa Rosa shop only sold
> used cars. I do recall it in a location near there... maybe they
> took over that spot after Vesper closed up shop in the 70s G.K.
> Hardt handled BMC stuff in Santa Rosa into the 60s sometime. It was
> on SR Ave., West side, between Sebastopol Ave. and Maple Ave. In
> early '64 they even opened up a Jag/Cobra/MG dealership annex... it
> was North of town back then.... now that location is in town near the
> K-Mart. .... NW corner of Cleveland Ave and Industrial Dr.
>
> If you want to include ALL Brit cars ya hafta include Paul Felton on
> Van Ness in SF.... Rovers and Land Rovers. There were also Rover
> dealers in Berkeley, El Cerrito and down the Peninsula. Just in the
> idle curiosity category, I think it's interesting that the first Land
> Rover dealership west of the Rockies was in Willets. It was Carbrey
> Motors and they handled Ramblers, International and Caterpillar as well.
>
> Gerry
> Glen Ellen
>
>
> On Mar 21, 2009, at 5:34 PM, don wrote:
>
> > Robin,
> > Thanks for jarring my memory! Now, I remember Washburn on the east
> > side of SR Avenue near Petaluma Hill Road. It was a long building
> > and the showroom was at the street and the service bays were in line
> > behind it.
> > And I remember going to EF Sweeney in San Rafael now. One memorable
> > event was buying parts there for an MG. There was a young woman who
> > had bought an Austin Marina new at the dealership not long before,
> > and she told me the sad story of how everything on the car had
> > broken. That was in the early '70s. No wonder the Japanese were
> > able to take over the imported car market from the Brits.
> > Don
> > Calistoga
>
> G. Mugele
> mewgull@mugele.net
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