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Lincoln Street Motors

V

van der Meer

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Who remembers a garage called Lincoln Street Motors?
They were on Cox Street in the Seventies.
 
I can remember Lincoln Street Motors from the 1950's/60's, they specialised in big American cars at that time. My brother bought a Nash Rambler off them. E.
 
I remember Lincoin St motors on the left in Cox St west, you just could not park your own car out side your house, because of all the cars that where left out side, after a while I think some one complained, and they had to put their cars in Upper cox St ( just around the corner, ) they used to just take over the street, when they where in Lincoin St it was just a lttle car show room next to the church, I think the only space they had there was for about 6 cars, but then they moved in to Cox St West, I think Bristol St motors had some thing to do with it, I remember their name came up when we where talking about the show rooms...........John 2000
 
Bristol Street Motors
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Who Can Remember The Little And Old Shops Of BRISTOL road Motors ,
On Bristol Road , Where They Began ,
Long Before They Became Multi - Dealers Of Cars
And Long Before They Got Involved With Fords Dealership ,
It Was Started BY Harry Cresswell AND His Brother Maurice ,
Many MANY Years Ago.
They Had A Couple Of Depots Where They Bought ThereCars
And Valeted Them To High Stannards And Serviced Them
One Was In The Highgate Area, Just Cannot Think Of The Name
Right Now. The OTHER ONE Was In Victoria Street Winson Green
And Thats The One I Worked At Manny Years Ago
[ To Long For Me To Speak ABOUT ]
His Deot Manager Was A Chap Called Freddie Wakelin
Harry And His Brother Came Like Clock Work To Check THAT Was
Everythink His Running SMOOTH
One Day I Went Into The Office ,And ASKED For A Rise In My Wages ,
AND Harry Looked AT Fred ,[ I Was Only Young Then ]
And He SAID Okay Son . He Offered Me Threpuny PIECE Rise ,
I Said Thanks , And Walked OUT OF The Office
All The Older Guys Started To Smile At Me When I Walked Back On To
The Shop Floor And Asked ME How I Got On ,
I Told Them What They Said , The Following Week They Started To Get
Resstless And They Started To Approach Freddie For A Rise
Which nThey Never Got .
A Week Later They Started A Chap On VALETTEDING
Apparently This Guy Had Been A CHAUFFER , For Some Big Noise
It Wasn,t Long Before Harry Had Him Sent Down To Bristol Street
AND He Became There CHAUFFER ,
Afew Weeks LATER I Went Into The OFFICE ,AND Asked Them
Would They Give Me A Refference, To Join The Army ,
And They Both Did And Wished Me Good Luck
AFTER ALengh Of Time I Got Some Home Leave ,
I Went Back To See Them ALL , But By This Time They Had Gone
Into Dealership With Fords On A MASSIVE Scale
There Was Security Everywhere aND Loads Of Camera,s
IGave My Name To The Security Officier On The Gate
Even Thou I Had Never Met Him Before , He Said YOU Are That Chap
WHOM JOINED The Army, I Said Yes , He Said I,VE Heard All About You , The Guy Whom Went Into The Gathers Office For ARISE
He Let Me In ,
The Cresswell Family Are Still DEALING In Cars
Down On The Hagley Road West Dealing With The Old Specialality
For Films And TV Movies
And His Daughter As CONNECTION ,With AMember OF tHE Royal
Family
HAVE A NICE DAY EVERYBODY BEST WISHES , ASTONIAN ;;
 
Who remembers Bristol Street Motors selling aircraft?

I know the owner of Lincoln Street Motors but I cannot for the life of me think of his name (a Jew)
 
malvern said:
Who remembers Bristol Street Motors selling aircraft?

I know the owner of Lincoln Street Motors but I cannot for the life of me think of his name (a Jew)
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Can this be Mr. Falk? I found an advert in a 1972 magazine of him asking for a Cesna aircraft'.


AIRCRAFT WANTED. Late model. Well equipped.
Cessna 172/150 or similar. Immediate cash available.
Immediate decision. Apply Mr. Falk, Lincoln St. Motors
(B'ham) Ltd. 39/43 Cox St. West. Birmingham, 12.​
Tel: 021-440 3751/7. [

Anyone out there who has a photo of this garage?
 
Van der Meer
The garage is on the edge of this picture
Mike

14B__Cox_St__West__west_side.jpg
 
Can it be that Mr. Falk of Lincoln Street Motors is still trading?
I found this.

KURT FALK LIMITED 26-36 FRANKFORT STREET, BIRMINGHAM,
 
HI ASTONIAN.
THE FAMILY NAME WAS CRESSMAN. THE SON OF ONE OF THE
BROTHERS NOW RUNS A VERY POSH HOTEL/GOLF CLUB CALLED NAILCOTE HALL
at BERKSWELL/ BALSALL COMMON
 
I had the misfortune of working at a branch of Lincoln Street Motors in Bromsgrove Street. While on the telephone one Christmas Eve people from the main showroom at Cox St came in the office carried out the office furniture, when asked what was going on I was informed we are closing the showroom. It would have been nice to have been informed and I have had better Christmas presents.
The owner was Mr Falk shortened from Falkenstein
 
I thought Lincon street motors was owned by Bristol Street Motors, well I think they were in the early 60's, I used to work part time for a tatty roadhaulier called Alf in harborne when on leave , house removals and odd deliverys including the Sunday "irish Mail " fom chester with the catholic papers, anyway I would go sometimes with Alf to Bristol street motors and I am sure there was a sign saying bristol street and lincoln motors.
 
I seem to recall they were actually rival companies but not sure and the someone I knew who worked there is no longer with us.
 
Dad purchased a Vauxhall Viva estate from Lincoln Street motors would have been about 1975 - was an 'N' reg, bright red always caused a laugh as the letters were TOA, known as the big red toe!!! He hated going back for services as the road was so crowded, that was when it was in Lincoln Street.
Sue
 
hi bernie
yes you are correct they was rivals with each other right up to at least sixty four and we had had some of there staff come and work for us
HARRY nd MAURICE was great guys and looked after there staff Lincoln Street could not compete with bristol st motors they was rubbish in standards and presentatons
and the brothers signed a dealership with fords henced then the big show rooms that followed and swollowd lincoln up and vitoria st smethwick was engulfed by a big compound
almost matching the rover car park which backed on to the cannal at smethick with big search spot lights for security and also gate sercurity before you could enter
the compound to fetch a car down from there before being taken down to bristol st there was a guy whom came as a car valeter whom had previuosly was employed by somebig noise from being there chauffer so harry and maurice started him on as a valeter but later after 3 months he became there personal chauffer and as i am aware this guy even now is old still works there as a cleaner now at bristol street but i must have made a inpact my self as i said to the guys on the shop floor i want a pay rise and i am going in to asked and they laughed at me and said no chance i seen a couple of guys watching towards the shop floor office windows and much to there dismayment they gave me a pay rise they was all shocked
even thou it was only 3 d pence i later left and went into the army when i was on leave i went back for a visit when i was stoped at the gate the security bloke said you must be that guy whom went into the office and asked for the pay rise and yes i did thats me and he laughted i thought so he said nobody else had the nerve to asked Harry and Maurice
i heard about it when i started here from guys and i never knew this bloke at all in my life astonian
 
goldengate27 said:
Do you know if there was ever anybody working for Lincoln Street Motors by the name of Albert Dillenberg in 58/59/60?
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Albert Dillenberg was a Director of the firm -he and Kurt Falk live in substantial properties less than a mile from each other in Solihull (Falk also lives in Golders Green)
Lincoln Motors officially closed in 2001

liberty10 said:
HI ASTONIAN.
THE FAMILY NAME WAS CRESSMAN. THE SON OF ONE OF THE
BROTHERS NOW RUNS A VERY POSH HOTEL/GOLF CLUB CALLED NAILCOTE HALL
at BERKSWELL/ BALSALL COMMON
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Harry Cressman's son Tom was murdered by Ex Sarah Ferugson aide Jane Andrews
 
oldoldold,

I well remember Lincoln Street Motors on several sites, and have no particular interest in them, but I've just spent a very pleasant half hour paging through your terrific images via the link in Post #21. I stopped at the NSU Prinz and will resume on another day, but when I was much younger, it was a car I always wanted to own. I would have probably regretted it, but I really fancied it at the time. Thanks for the link.

Maurice
 
Hi Paul,

I was last in Denmark in 1969 as part of a business trip, so didn't really get much of a chance to look around. Nice restaurants & food, but very expensive even then. Not likely to see it again as age cuts down the travelling and my place of choice is Tuscany, where the the food and ice cream is great and not expensive, and the wine is better on both counts!

Maurice
 
This thread takes me back to my early teens, my friend lived in Wenman Street Balsall Heath between Pearson Street and Edward Road and Lincoln Street Motors had a repair place between his house and Edward Road. As car mad kids we would always be looking at the American cars which were usually parked in the street waiting to be fixed. I can remember the name Falkenstein although I did not know him but I can remember a fancy American car I think a Chevrolet Impala registration KF 4 which used to appear and I was told belonged to the owner. The same car or registration was always on the drive of a house in Mackenzie Road Moseley when I did my paper round for Martins newsagents in Saint Marys Row about 1964/5, maybe that's where he lived.
Maybe I should have applied for a job with Sherlock Holmes !
 
I recall lincoln street motors ,they was competitors to the cressswell brothers whom are the founders of Bristol Street motors when it was a little one small showroom way back in time on the bristol road
Just short of sun street west and the bristol cinaphone picture house along bristol roadand they poached
A couple of there car cleaners to come and join us
And they took another unit down by the soho taveren winson green in the days of the old cortinas and the
Anglia and ford zephers that came from fords which was delivered tnere
And inspected and highly serviced before they was dispatched to bristol street
Car show room and head office fred waklin was there depot manager
And freds brother from dudley road was there head mechanic and he also done the
Under sealing to the cars before shipping down to bristol street
I was a young kid at the time never got much of a wage there ,
There was about four other people down smethwich which was cleaning for them
To london brothers whom was friends of Harry cresswell i worked along side
Of them i was the little young kid in the garage, i was only getting pittance
So one day i went to work and i said to the guys i,m gonna asked for a wage rise
And they laughed so when he came in to the office that morning
I chose my time to go or should i say i plucked up my nerve and said to these two guys
Right i am going to go in the office and asked for a pay rise, they laughed at me
And said go on son go in and asked ,his office was a wide widow all around
So he could see every body on the shop floor so also these guys could see me from there
Postion so i bold over and knocked the office door,come in he said
So in i walked and asked him if i could have a pay rise
He laughed at me and paused and he said okay son, yes you can,and he smiled
So did I, he said you can have a three penny rise 3d in those dayd
I said thank you to him and walked across the shop floor with a smile they said how did you get on
I said he as given me a 3d pay rise they said blimmey we want one but they never went into one
After about eight weeks i decidec to enlist in the Army , so i went back to his office
And he said what now son, I asked him for a reference to join up and again he said no problem
And he got me a written reference to join
Eventualy i came out on leave and decide to go anfpd visit the lads
But they had grew larger in business they had employed a securtiy on there gates
To prevent people walking in the premise, i was stopped by security and asked whom what and why
Whom are you , i had yet another smile to myself
Because the security guy said, Oh you must have been that young kid some time ago
Whom boldly went in and asdked for a pay rise and later you back for a reference
I said oh yes thats me, and he said i,ve heard alot about you and let me through
 
I used to do a lot of signwriting at Bristol st. motors,both Bristol st. and Winson Green, did 10 vans once for West Bromwich football club.
 
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