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6 minutes ago, RayMK said:

Thanks. Interesting. I'll find the original owner's son's letter in which he describes the purchase of LCM66 to see if there are any other clues. I think the letter mentions that it was a Reliant dealer. If it was an official Reliant dealer, it would have been listed in one of the handbooks I've got. I'll check them as well. I have owned the car since 1992. Some of the details are becoming a bit sketchy ?. There is an Argyle Street in Liverpool as well. 

This is where the Reliant dealer in Liverpool was. On the corner of Oxford Rd and Hawthorne Rd in Bootle.

 

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1 hour ago, warren t claim said:

This is where the Reliant dealer in Liverpool was. On the corner of Oxford Rd and Hawthorne Rd in Bootle.

I found the letter. It says that LCM66 was bought at Argyle Motors, Birkenhead in March 1961.  Further digging on the net suggests that this was also a motorcycle dealership and was situated at 12-14 Conway Street, Birkenhead.  I have not found any further leads on the web yet except for an entry in the Cheshire Echo of 1967 - an  advert for Argyle Motors.  I did not sign up for the website but may do so that I can view the relevant page of the newspaper.  Argyle Motors also had a registered office (or another outlet) in Liverpool, Vernon Street/Dale Street. 

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On 2/19/2020 at 9:57 PM, RayMK said:

I found the letter. It says that LCM66 was bought at Argyle Motors, Birkenhead in March 1961.  Further digging on the net suggests that this was also a motorcycle dealership and was situated at 12-14 Conway Street, Birkenhead.  I have not found any further leads on the web yet except for an entry in the Cheshire Echo of 1967 - an  advert for Argyle Motors.  I did not sign up for the website but may do so that I can view the relevant page of the newspaper.  Argyle Motors also had a registered office (or another outlet) in Liverpool, Vernon Street/Dale Street. 

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12 Conway Street has always been a dodgy nightclub called Sherlocks (recently rebranded The Platinum Lounge after a recent murder) for as long as I can remember although I was only born in 1970!

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On 2/19/2020 at 8:41 PM, warren t claim said:

This is where the Reliant dealer in Liverpool was. On the corner of Oxford Rd and Hawthorne Rd in Bootle.

 

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FYI , the guy running that National site is an absolute cock, AFYI the autoshite bike Rover 220 sli had it's tracking done there too. 

Loving the pics btw !  

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On 2/19/2020 at 8:41 PM, warren t claim said:

This is where the Reliant dealer in Liverpool was. On the corner of Oxford Rd and Hawthorne Rd in Bootle.

 

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That's on the route James Bulger was taken by Venables and Thompson.  I think that every time I drive into Liverpool.  

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1 hour ago, warren t claim said:

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The white corner shop was a Motorists Discount Centre where an 11 year old WTC managed to blow up the Sparkright electronic ignition display unit.

It looks like the green Astra was dead before its 11th birthday.

 

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