Interesting, but I think you are wrong on the time line.
The list that Scott Morris linked to
http://mgaguru.com/mgtech/history/hs104.htm lists
BRITISH MOTOR CAR DISTRIBUTORS, LTD.
19100 Susana Road
Compton, California 90221
(Los Angeles)
Phone: (213) 636-9831
Which is what I recall, the move to Anaheim came later, mid 70's as my
memory serves
Do you have anything to show that the move to Anaheim was pre- '68?
Rick
On Sun, Jul 31, 2011 at 1:28 PM, BJ8 Healeys <sbyers at ec.rr.com> wrote:
> I have a list of BMC dealers and distributors for the USA and Canada. It
> is
> not dated, but is apparently older than the time when BJ8s were still being
> sold new. This list includes:
>
> British Motor Car Distributors, Ltd.
> 1601 Anaheim Boulevard
> Anaheim, CA 92805
> Tel: 714-774-4110
>
> British Motor Car Distributors, Ltd.
> 1800 Van Ness Avenue
> San Francisco 9, CA [postal zones were replaced by Zip codes in 1963]
>
> Gough Industries, Inc.
> 19200 Susana Road
> Compton, CA
>
> There are 63 dealers listed for California, and quite a few that I
> recognize
> as being in the L.A. area.
> Interesting stuff, but I bet all of them are long out of business and the
> chances of finding any surviving sales records for them are at or close to
> zero.
>
> Here's another in a long list of reasons why everyone should make sure his
> car gets included in the appropriate registry. Some poor future owner
> might
> benefit from there being some kind of recorded ownership history for their
> car. Too bad that almost all states have destroyed their old vehicle
> registration records, and that the Federal Drive's Privacy Protection Act
> effectively makes any surviving records out of reach to the general public.
> It's funny that the Oregon DMV is asking for historical proof of ownership
> because they are one of the ones that have dumped their records.
>
> Steve Byers
> HBJ8L/36666
> BJ8 Registry
> Havelock, NC USA
>
>
>
> On Sun, Jul 31, 2011 at 10:54 AM, i erbs <eyera3000 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > My BT7 was dispatched to Los Angeles in march 1960. Who besides HSC would
> > have been a distributor? I need proof that my car leagally entered the
> US,
> > as part of getting a new Oregon title issued.
> > Don't ask....
> > Any idea if the sales records exist, and are searchable?
> > Or has anyone on the list owned BT7 6722? And has title proof
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