Trevor S Posted September 13, 2004 Report Share Posted September 13, 2004 Hi Folks. Recently acquired above 1954 UK car for restoration. Originally BRG with red trim. Previous keeper on V5 from Marlow doesn't recall a great deal about the car. Apparently it was rallied by 2 brothers who had it for some time. It was originally delivered from the factory to C.A. Britten. Anyone know who/where they were ? Any info greatfully received. Trevor. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
clive Posted September 14, 2004 Report Share Posted September 14, 2004 If you have names try just typing them into google... sometimes you can be lucky. Another route is 192.com I traced the third owner of my car through 192.com after gleening some information from thepeerage.com, and the second through his old Oxford College website which was one of the results of a google search. Not bad using information that was nerarly 45 years out of date for a 50 year old car. I also managed to trace the first owner, but it was to late to speak to him. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mike ellis Posted September 14, 2004 Report Share Posted September 14, 2004 This car was registered with us in 1972 by an owner in Devon. Do you know who the two brothers were? C A Brittain was the Standard Triumph distributor in Liverpool. Mike TR2/3/3A/3B Registrar Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Trevor S Posted September 16, 2004 Author Report Share Posted September 16, 2004 Thank you Mike, Clive & Alec. I have still to collect the paperwork for the car, although the old green log book is no longer available. I wil try and get a vehicle history print from DVLA, and try the other suggested lines of enquiry and then I'll get back to you Mike with what details I have. Thanks for your interest. Regards Trevor. Thanks for you help. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
John Saunders Posted September 17, 2004 Report Share Posted September 17, 2004 Hi there , If you want to try to find the very early history of your car, then you can see what if any info. survives against RCD 903. Sometimes if you are lucky you can find allsorts, even early owners. Other times nothing. If you want to find out, the records for RCD are reputedly stored with East Sussex Record Office tel. 01273 482349. Ask if they think they are holding anything for that registration and how much for a photocopy (can vary from £3 - £20 depending on authority). For anyone else trying to trace their car records the same way, you need a copy of how to trace the history of your car by Philip Riden, cost £5.95, published Merton Priory Press. All the best with your search, Regards, john M. Saunders Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Trevor S Posted September 20, 2004 Author Report Share Posted September 20, 2004 Thank you John, I will try that line of enquiry also Regards Trevor. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tony13579 Posted October 28, 2004 Report Share Posted October 28, 2004 (standard triumph) KA 5539 was originally supplied by Liverpool dealer C.A. Britten & Co. Still in Merseyside some twenty-eight years later under the guardianship of a Mr Philip Francis, http://www.standardmotorclub.org.uk/sales/cheffins.htm try liverpool local historians or cheffins etc you may get a photo of the dealersip from local papers hope this helps Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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